Jan-02-05
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Born 29th January 1939 in Luckenwalde
Awarded the IM title in 1969, the GM title in 1973 and the CIM title in 1980.
He was West German champion in 1970 and 1973. |
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Sep-18-05 | | mcgee: Like Unzicker, had to combine the chess and the day job; I think his purple patch from 1969 to 1974 more or less exactly corresponds with the brief time he was a chess pro. |
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Oct-15-05
 | | Benzol: In January 2006 he'll be playing in the Queenstown Classic. |
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Jan-29-06 | | BIDMONFA: Hans-Joachim Hecht HECHT, Hans Joachim
http://www.bidmonfa.com/hecht_hans....
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Feb-17-06 | | DanielBryant: I was familiar with his brilliant loss to Tal, but I had no idea this guy still played. |
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Nov-07-06 | | Thrajin: This guy gave up chess and opened up a department store, which was recently bought out by Macy's. :-P |
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Nov-07-06 | | nummerzwei: Youré wrong. He still plays chess and, for example, played in the Canadian Open 2006 in Kitchener. |
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Nov-08-06 | | Thrajin: <nummerzwei>, My above post was a joke, hence the "cute" face after it. Hecht's is the name of a department store that was just bought by Macy's this year. |
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Jan-29-07 | | Eastfrisian: I know tjat "Hajo" Hecht is still an active player. He played several times in Senior Championships. |
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Jul-15-07 | | whiteshark: Some more pictures:
http://www.schach-info.de/wyk/foto/...
http://www.schachfestival.de/www_fe...His famous loss: Tal vs Hecht, 1962 German Wikipedia-page
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-J... |
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Jul-18-08 | | myschkin: "Did you hear what happened to Bob? He was taking a Panov the stove
and he Byrned himself!"
"No kidding! That must have Hort like Hecht!"
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Jan-29-09
 | | Benzol: He's coming to visit the Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club on Tuesday the 3rd of February.
Don't know whether he's going to give a lecture or simil display. I'm looking forward to it. |
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Feb-03-09
 | | Benzol: His lecture tonight at the Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club was about his famous game against Tal Tal vs Hecht, 1962
It was great to hear his comments about it and what transpired during it.
I hope he and his wife enjoy the rest of their stay in New Zealand. |
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Jan-29-10 | | sonia91: I played with him in a simultaneous in Vienna a year and half ago. Happy birthday! |
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Jan-29-13
 | | Eggman: Happy birthday to the loser of one of my all-time favourite games: Tal vs Hecht, 1962. |
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Feb-17-14 | | Cemoblanca: Just played through this game:
Hecht vs Spassky, 1973
A famous victory over Spassky. I noticed, that Spassky was highly vulnerable in the Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (B31). In this variation, he has only won 1 game & that was against J M Bellon Lopez vs Spassky, 1978 & he's last defeat was against Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 ;) I'll take a closer look to this variation soon to apply it at the next oppurtunity. |
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Aug-09-18 | | diagonal: Recent game of Hecht at the 4th 'ad Gredine' Open 2018 in Ortisei (St. Ulrich in Gröden), South Tyrol in northern Italy, where chess child prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa fulfilled his third and final gm norm to obtain the grandmaster title. They met each other otb! Hajo Hecht (born 1939) vs. R. Praggnanandhaa (born 2005) remis, in an age difference of 66 years: https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/201... Official Website with beautiful pictures:
http://www.server24chess.com/chessf... |
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