Gerald Hertneck
{{Short description|German chess player}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Gerald Hertneck
|image = GM Gerald Hertneck 4397.jpg
|caption = Hertneck at the 2013 Vienna Open
|country = Germany
|birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|18 September 1963}}
|birth_place = Munich, West Germany
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (1991)
|worldchampion =
|rating =
|peakrating = 2615 (January 1994)
|ranking =
|peakranking = No. 32 (January 1994)
|FideID = 4600088
}}
Gerald Hertneck (born 18 September 1963) is a German chess grandmaster.
Chess career
Born in September 1963, Hertneck won the German U16 Chess Championship in 1980.{{cite web|url =https://www.schachbund.de/gerald-hertneck.html|title =Schachlichter Lebenslauf von Gerald Hertneck|publisher =German Chess Federation|author =Staff writer(s)|date =17 September 2001}} He earned his international master title in 1985 and his grandmaster title in 1991.[https://www.mucschach.de/ueber-uns/unser-team/gerald-hertneck/ Gerald Hertneck] Münchener Schachakademie He competed for West Germany at the 1985 World Team Chess Championship, scoring 2/5 (+0–1=4).[http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/bnbrf3fg.html World Team Chess Championship :: Hertneck, Gerald] OlimpBase He has also represented Germany at two Chess Olympiads (1992 and 1994), and two European Team Chess Championships (1992 and 2001). His overall Olympiad score is 12½/20 (+8–3=9},[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/bnbrf3fg.html Chess Olympiads :: Hertneck, Gerald] OlimpBase and his overall European Team Championship score is 7½/14 (+5–4=5).[http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/bnbrf3fg.html European Team Chess Championship :: Hertneck, Gerald] OlimpBase His peak Elo rating of 2615, set in January 1994, made him the No. 32 ranked player in the world.[http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Hertneck,%20Gerald.html FIDE rating history :: Hertneck, Gerald] OlimpBase
He is the No. 53 ranked German player as of April 2018.{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=GER|title=Federations Ranking – Germany|author=Staff writer(s)|publisher=FIDE|date=April 2018|access-date=2018-04-05|archive-date=2019-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504133201/https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=GER|url-status=dead}} He is also a shogi player. He has achieved the mark of 1 dan.[http://www.shogi.net/fesa/index.php?mid=5&player=Gerald+Hertneck Player profile of: Gerald Hertneck] FESA
References
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External links
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- {{fide|id=4600088}}
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