Wolfram Bialas

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Wolfram Bialas
CountryGermany
Born(1935-08-25)25 August 1935
Died2 January 1998(1998-01-02) (aged 62)
TitleFIDE Master
Peak rating2370 (July 1989)

Wolfram Bialas (25 August 1935 — 2 January 1998) was a German chess FIDE master and Chess Olympiad team bronze medal winner (1964).

Biography[edit]

Wolfram Bialas twice won the West Berlin City Chess Championship (1958, 1962). He played for chess clubs that won the Chess Bundesliga three times: in 1957 for Berliner Schachgesellschaft Eckbauer, in 1961 for Berliner SG 1827 Eckbauer and in 1978 for Königsspringer Frankfurt.

Wolfram Bialas played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

Wolfram Bialas played for West Germany in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[2]

  • in 1957, at the seventh board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =2, -0),
  • in 1961, at the eighth board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -0),
  • in 1965, at the third board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -1).

Wolfram Bialas played for West Germany in the Clare Benedict Chess Cups:[3]

  • in 1960, at the reserve board in the 7th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Biel (+0, =1, -2), winning a team silver medal,
  • in 1961, at the fourth board in the 8th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Neuhausen (+1, =1, -2), winning team and individual gold medals.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Wolfram Bialas". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Wolfram Bialas". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Wolfram Bialas". www.olimpbase.org.

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