Horst Rittner

German chess grandmaster (1930–2021)

Horst Rittner
Rittner in 2008
Full nameHorst Robert Rittner
CountryGermany
Born(1930-07-16)16 July 1930
Breslau, Germany (today Wrocław, Poland)
Died14 June 2021(2021-06-14) (aged 90)
TitleICCF Grandmaster (1961)
ICCF World Champion1968–1971

Horst Robert Rittner (16 July 1930 – 14 June 2021) was a German correspondence chess Grandmaster. He was born in Breslau, Weimar Germany, and was the sixth ICCF World Champion, between 1968 and 1971. He also edited the German magazine Schach.

References

  • Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992]. The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 343. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Horst Rittner.
  • Horst Rittner player profile and games at Chessgames.com
  • Rittner at chessmail.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-05-15)
  • Nachruf bei ChessBase von André Schulz, Obituary – 18 June 2021
  • Nachricht beim Deutschen Schachbund, News – 19 June 2021
  • Horst Rittner player details at ICCF Edit this at Wikidata
Preceded by
United States Hans Berliner
World Correspondence Chess Champion
1968–1971
Succeeded by
Soviet Union Yakov Estrin
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
National
  • Netherlands


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