Helmut Pfleger
{{short description|German chess grandmaster and author (born 1943)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Helmut Pfleger
|image = Pfleger.jpg
|caption = Pfleger in 2008
|country = {{FRG}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|8|6}}
|birth_place = Teplitz-Schönau, Reichsgau Sudetenland, Germany
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (1975)
|peakrating = 2545 (July 1972)
|peakranking = No. 33 (January 1976)
|FideID = 4600100
}}
Helmut Pfleger (born August 6, 1943) is a German chess grandmaster and author. He was one of the most promising chess players in the 1960s and 1970s. From 1977 until 2005, Pfleger hosted a series of chess programs on German public TV, including Chess of the Grandmasters, often together with grandmaster Vlastimil Hort. By profession, he is a doctor of medicine.
Chess career
In 1960 he won the West German Junior Championship, in 1961 was fourth in the World Junior Chess Championship. In 1965 he tied for 1st with Wolfgang Unzicker in the West German Chess Championship in Bad Aibling, but lost an additional match to him there.
He took 1st at Maputo 1973, tied for 1st–2nd at Polanica-Zdrój 1971, tied for 1st–2nd at Montilla 1973, tied for 2nd–3rd at Montilla 1974, tied for 2nd–5th at Manila 1975, tied for 2nd–3rd at Havana 1982, was 4th at Royan 1988.
Pfleger played for Germany in the Chess Olympiads of 1964, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980 and 1982. At the Tel Aviv Olympiad of 1964, he was awarded the gold medal for best performance on fourth board and a bronze medal for his contribution to the team's overall performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/4aa2yiaf.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads: Helmut Pfleger|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=2009-07-07}} He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1975.
On the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2477, although he has been virtually inactive since 1990.
Notable games
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067596 Helmut Pfleger vs Anatoli Karpov, Hastings 1971, Queen's Indian Defense: Classical, Main Line (E19), ½–½]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1140155 Helmut Pfleger vs Mikhail Tal, Tallinn 1973, Modern Defense: Queen Pawn Fianchetto (B06), ½–½]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1159922 Helmut Pfleger vs Bent Larsen, Manila 1974, English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10), 1-0]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1103220 John Nunn vs Helmut Pfleger, Plovdiv ETC 1983, Pirc Defense: General (B07), ½–½]
Bibliography
- {{cite book
|author2=Kurz, Eugen
|author=Pfleger, Helmut
|title=Schach: TV-Worldcup '82 Turnier Der Schachgrossmeister Karpow, Spasski, Timman, Seirawan, Torre, Nunn, Bouaziz, Lobron
|language=German
|year=1982
|publisher=Falken-Verlag
|isbn=3806841330
|url-access=registration
|url=https://archive.org/details/schachtvworldcup00pfle
}}
- {{cite book
|author2=Darga, Klaus
|author2-link=Klaus Darga
|author=Pfleger, Helmut
|title=Die Besten Partien Deutscher Schachgrossmeister: Klaus Darga, Hans-J. Hecht, Robert Hubner, Barbara Hund, Erik Lobron, Helmut Pfleger, Lothar Schmid, Wolfgang Unzicker
|language=German
|year=1983
|publisher=Falken
|isbn=3806841217}}
- {{cite book
|author2=Metzing, Horst
|author=Pfleger, Helmut
|title=Schach: Spiel, Sport, Wissenschaft, Kunst
|language=German
|year=1984
|publisher=Hoffmann und Campe
|isbn=3455082289}}
- {{cite book
|author2=Kishon, Ephraim
|author2-link=Ephraim Kishon
|author3=Weiner, Ossi
|author=Pfleger, Helmut
|title=Der Schachcomputer: Gegner Und Freund
|language=German
|year=1986
|publisher=Nymphenburger
|isbn=3485016969}}
- {{cite book
|author2=Treppner, Gerd
|author=Pfleger, Helmut
|title=Chess: The Mechanics of the Mind
|year=1989
|publisher=Trafalgar Square
|isbn=1852231270}}
References
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External links
- {{chessgames player|id=14779}}
- [http://www.365chess.com/players/Helmut_Pfleger Helmut Pfleger at 365Chess.com]
- [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=4600100 Rating data for Helmut Pfleger]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.allbookstores.com/author/Helmut_Pfleger.html Books by Helmut Pfleger]
- [http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S100820000000111000000000024010100 Chessmetrics Player Profile: Helmut Pfleger]
- [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1102 ChessBase.com – Chess News – Happy Birthday Helmut Pfleger!]
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Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:German people of German Bohemian descent