Dieter Riegler

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Riegler, Dieter 2013 Bad Soden.jpg
Dieter Riegler, Bad Soden am Taunus 2013
Association GermanyGermany Germany
Born December 29, 1950
Ratingen
Current  Elo rating 1950 (April 2020)
Best Elo rating 2270 (January 1991)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Dieter Riegler (* 29. December 1950 in Ratingen as Dieter Bischoff ) is a German blind chess players .

Life

Riegler played for the Ratinger Chess Club in 1950 since 1971. His eyesight decreased sharply towards the end of the 1970s. He then began studying computer science at the SRH University in Heidelberg in 1982 , where he joined the Blind Chess Club in Heidelberg in 1961 .

Riegler won the title of German blind chess master in Altensteig in 1989 , in Niedermittlau in 1993 , in Petersberg in 1995 , in Gelsenkirchen in 1999 and in Knüllwald in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2011 . He also won the open international German championships in Bad Blankenburg in 1994 and in Cham in 1996 , both times tied with Gert Schulz and in 2006 in Knüllwald tied with Manfred Müller. In 1989 he was also the German Rapid Speed ​​Chess Champion in Munich. At the Bad Wörishofen Open in 1996 he was able to achieve 5.5 points from 9 games against several international champions.

At the Blind Chess Olympiads, Riegler represented the German team on the first reserve board in 1985, on the third board in 1988, on the second board in 1992, in 1996, 2000 and 2004 on the first and in 2008 on the second board. To the bronze medal of the German team in 1988 in Zalaegerszeg behind the teams of the USSR and Yugoslavia, he contributed unbeaten with 6.5 points from 8 games, which corresponded to the second best result on the third board. Riegler played on the top board of the German team in 1994, 1998, 2001 and 2005 at blind team world championships.

Since 1990 he has played team fights for the 1947 Sandhausen chess club. As a representative of the German Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Federation , Riegler has participated in numerous German individual championships. He was also a member of the Olympic team of the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA), for which he played on the fourth board at the 1996 Chess Olympiad in Yerevan and on the substitute board at the 1998 Chess Olympiad in Elista.

In 2010, Riegler entered into a registered civil partnership and took on the surname of his friend.

literature

  • Harry Schaack: Bayern Munich for blind chess. The most successful blind chess player in Germany Dieter Bischoff, Karl 2, 2005, pages 32–36

Web links

Commons : Dieter Riegler  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Riegler's results at the Blind Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Dieter Riegler's results at the blind team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Dieter Riegler's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Riegler, Dieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bischoff, Dieter; Bischoff, Hans-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German blind chess player
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Ratingen