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Wolfgang Pietzsch
W Pietzsch 
XVII Schacholympiade Havana 1966.  

Number of games in database: 585
Years covered: 1949 to 1969
Overall record: +191 -136 =258 (54.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (91) 
    B32 B23 B45 B43 B42
 Ruy Lopez (50) 
    C77 C93 C69 C91 C92
 French Defense (25) 
    C18 C05 C02 C16 C13
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (20) 
    C93 C92 C91 C85 C87
 Caro-Kann (16) 
    B18 B14 B11 B17 B13
 King's Indian (16) 
    E83 E70 E80 E75 E89
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (53) 
    C05 C18 C16 C19 C00
 King's Indian (45) 
    E70 E61 E87 E79 E90
 Sicilian (45) 
    B23 B30 B57 B89 B93
 French Winawer (26) 
    C18 C16 C19 C15 C17
 Ruy Lopez (17) 
    C78 C64 C93 C92 C65
 French Tarrasch (16) 
    C05 C07
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W Pietzsch vs Tal, 1966 1/2-1/2
   W Pietzsch vs Smyslov, 1968 1-0
   Uhlmann vs W Pietzsch, 1967 1/2-1/2
   W Pietzsch vs O'Kelly, 1960 1-0
   Kholmov vs W Pietzsch, 1965 0-1
   W Pietzsch vs B Larsen, 1961 1-0
   Gligoric vs W Pietzsch, 1962 1/2-1/2
   W Pietzsch vs B Larsen, 1960 1/2-1/2
   J Sefc vs W Pietzsch, 1958 0-1
   W Pietzsch vs Hort, 1966 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   East German Championship (1962)
   East German Championship (1967)
   East German Championship (1958)
   East German Championship 1959/60 (1959)
   East German Championship (1968)
   East German Championship (1961)
   East German Championship (1969)
   Bad Liebenstein (1963)
   Tbilisi (1965)
   Sarajevo (1966)
   Capablanca Memorial (1962)
   Zinnowitz (1967)
   Madrid Zonal (1960)
   Havana (1965)
   East German Championship (1963)


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WOLFGANG PIETZSCH
(born Dec-21-1930, died Dec-29-1996, 66 years old) Germany

[what is this?]
Wolfgang Walther Pietzsch was born in Wittgendorf. He was a teacher of mathematics and physics by profession.

He was champion of the Russian zone of occupation in 1949 and champion of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1960, 1962 and 1967. He played six times for the Olympics and got his grandmaster title in 1966 after winning the Leipzig International tournament.

By the end of the 1960s, Pietzsch retired from active chess.

Wikipedia article: Wolfgang Pietzsch


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 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 613  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Pietzsch vs R Keller  1-0621949Saxony chB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
2. W Pietzsch vs H Hunte  1-0461949Ostzonen-ch04C78 Ruy Lopez
3. Heidrich vs W Pietzsch  0-1261950Zittau-chD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
4. W Pietzsch vs K Krause  ½-½401950East German ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
5. W Pietzsch vs L Herrmann  0-1331950East German ChampionshipB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
6. H Platz vs W Pietzsch  1-0271950East German ChampionshipE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
7. W Pietzsch vs B Koch  1-0361950GDR-ch+B10 Caro-Kann
8. A Zirngibl vs W Pietzsch  0-1521950East German ChampionshipE17 Queen's Indian
9. W Pietzsch vs W Grosser  1-0341950East German ChampionshipC41 Philidor Defense
10. K U Mueller vs W Pietzsch  0-1421950East German ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
11. W Pietzsch vs G Stein  ½-½491950East German ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
12. H Kauder vs W Pietzsch  ½-½381950East German ChampionshipE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
13. W Pietzsch vs R Elstner  1-0361950East German ChampionshipC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
14. E Burkhardt vs W Pietzsch  0-1491950East German ChampionshipE00 Queen's Pawn Game
15. W Pietzsch vs A Otto  1-0291950East German ChampionshipC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
16. B Ullrich vs W Pietzsch  0-1281950East German ChampionshipE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
17. W Pietzsch vs H Hunte  1-0351950East German ChampionshipC10 French
18. R Schlieder vs W Pietzsch  1-0661950East German ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
19. W Pietzsch vs O Ruppe  ½-½441950East German ChampionshipC19 French, Winawer, Advance
20. F Nuesken vs W Pietzsch  0-1421950East German ChampionshipA34 English, Symmetrical
21. L Schiffler vs W Pietzsch  ½-½471951corrA00 Uncommon Opening
22. R Elstner vs W Pietzsch  ½-½471951East German ChampionshipE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
23. W Pietzsch vs A Zirngibl  0-1461951East German ChampionshipB85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical
24. O Ruppe vs W Pietzsch  0-1451951East German ChampionshipE68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
25. W Pietzsch vs G Stein  ½-½331951East German ChampionshipC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 613  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-21-08  whiteshark: Player of the Day

Bio in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfga...

Dec-21-08  whiteshark: There is a booklet <In memoriam Wolfgang Pietzsch> with lots of details and rare photos: http://www.schachverein-griesheim.d...
Dec-21-08  WhiteRook48: Oh I see is he a wolf??
Dec-21-08  whiteshark: Well, now that you mention it, how could somebody lose sight of the fact?
Dec-21-08  zzzzzzzzzzzz: wolf's dont play chess
Dec-21-08  zzzzzzzzzzzz: i see he plays the sicilian as white a lot
Dec-22-08  whiteshark: ...and only 2 <CK> games.
Dec-21-11  brankat: R.I.P.GM Pietzsch.
Dec-21-11  BIDMONFA: Wolfgang Pietzsch

PIETZSCH, Wolfgang
http://www.bidmonfa.com/pietzsch_wo...
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Dec-21-11  Xeroxx: Hello Wolfgang how you doing.
Dec-21-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy 71st birthday.
Jun-25-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chessical: An excerpt from the booklet found by Whiteshark probably explains why Pietzsch retired from the game so early, support for chess and the opportunities to play internationally were drying up.

A quotation from from the article "Chess in the GDR", by Paul Werner Wagner in the chess magazine KARL 1/2002, states... "Since 1974, chess as a sport in the GDR was systematically disadvantaged. Participation by the GDR team at the Chess Olympiad was prohibited. The best East German chess players were not allowed to take part in the Zonal or Interzonal tournaments, qualifiers for the World Championship.

Only Wolfgang Uhlmann enjoyed an exceptional status but only for a short time."

Later, in the same article, it is stated that this was because the GDR's sport's priorities came to simply concentrate around track and field athlectics.

Jun-25-12  Caissanist: I remember that East Germany stopped playing in Olympiads after they finished behind the West Germans three straight times. It seems that that country generally only competed in sporting events where they could come ahead of their western cousins.
Aug-30-12  Octal: "Life is Pieztsche"
Dec-21-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: R.I.P. GM Wolfgang Pietzsch.
Dec-21-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: A single werewolf is a wolfman.

A great big mob of unruly werewolves is a wolfgang.

Dec-21-16  zanzibar: And a pack of hungry werewolves is known as a Wolfgang Puck.
Dec-22-16  zanzibar: Or should that be ravenous?
Dec-21-18  Nosnibor: The results of the 1966 Leipzig International tournament whereby Pietzsch gained his G.M. title were Pietzch 10.5, Liberson and Kavalek 10, Fuchs and Uhlmann 9.5, Bobotsov 9,Antoshin 8, Trifunovic,Hennings and Zinn 7.5, Golz 7, Barcza 6.5, Malich 6, Liebert 5.5, Sajtar 4.5 and Opecensky 1.5. To Trifunovic went the invidious distinction of drawing all his fifteen games ! R.I.P.Grandmaster Pietzch.

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