Horst Rittner
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| Full name | Horst Robert Rittner |
| Country | Germany |
| Born | 16 July 1930 Breslau, Germany (today Wrocław, Poland) |
| Died | 14 June 2021 (aged 90) |
| Title | ICCF Grandmaster (1961) |
| ICCF World Champion | 1968–1971 |
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[]
- Horst Rittner player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Rittner at chessmail.com
- Nachruf bei ChessBase von André Schulz, Obituary – 18 June 2021
- Nachricht beim Deutschen Schachbund, News – 19 June 2021
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- People from the Province of Lower Silesia
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