Gerhard Pfeiffer

{{short description|German chess player}}

Gerhard Pfeiffer (June 14, 1923 – June 27, 2000) was a German chess master and chess problemist.

He tied for 5-7th at Bad Oeynhausen 1941 (8th German Chess Championship, Paul Felix Schmidt and Klaus Junge won);[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables12.htm 1941] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215810/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables12.htm |date=September 27, 2007 }} shared 1st with Lothar Schmid at Wiessenfels 1947 (Soviet Zone-ch); shared 10th at Bad Pyrmont 1949 (West Germany-ch, Efim Bogoljubow won);[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2020.htm 1949] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220012/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2020.htm |date=2007-09-27 }} took 2nd, behind Rudolf Teschner, at Düsseldorf 1951 (GER-ch); and took 5th at Sofia 1957 (zonal, Miroslav Filip won).[http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1950-59/1957sofia.htm sofia]

Pfeiffer won six times for West Germany in Chess Olympiads (1950-1960), and won two bronze medals (team and individual) in the 9th Chess Olympiad at Dubrovnik 1950.[http://www.olimpbase.org/1950/1950id01.html OlimpBase :: 9th Chess Olympiad, Dubrovnik 1950, individual results]

He was awarded the International Master title in 1957.