Mathias Womacka


Mathias Womacka, 2008
Association	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 DDR Germany Germany
Born	June 26, 1966 Karl-Marx-Stadt
title	International Master (1990) Grand Master (2010)
Current Elo rating	2435 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2506 (April 2002)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Mathias Womacka (born June 26, 1966 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) is a German chess master .

Womacka has been actively playing chess since she was eight in his hometown club BSG Lok Karl-Marx-Stadt, now USG Chemnitz. He was three times GDR champion in different age groups in the junior division. He is a graduate mathematician and works in surveying after an evening course.

Successes: 3rd place at the tournament in Augsburg (1989), 1st place at the Münch-Bräu-Open in Leutersdorf (2001), 1st place at the Open in Pardubice (2001) with an Elo performance of 2712 with over 300 participants and in front of 34 grandmasters, 1st – 4th Place at the Open Troll Masters in Gausdal (2002) and 2nd place at the GM tournament in Marienbad (2007). He was second in the German Rapid Chess Championship 2008 in Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf .

Womacka has held the title of International Master since 1990 . He received the grandmaster title 20 years later in 2010. Womacka played in the 1990/91 season for SC 1868 Bamberg in the German Bundesliga , otherwise until 2014 for USG Chemnitz (in the 1997/98 season in the 1st Bundesliga , otherwise in the 2nd Bundesliga East or Oberliga), from the 2014/15 season to the 2017/18 season for SK Schwäbisch Hall ; since the 2018/19 season he has been playing for SV 1920 Hofheim (initially in the 1st Bundesliga, since 2019 in the 2nd Bundesliga).

**Elo development**

Web links

Commons : Mathias Womacka - Collection of Images

Replayable chess games by Mathias Womacka on chessgames.com (English)
Gausdal Troll Masters 2003: Portraits of the participants of the Troll Masters 2003 . English, accessed February 26, 2011

Individual evidence

↑ Festschrift 150 years of club chess in Chemnitz, May 31, 2008 and June 1, 2008, page 10 (PDF; 1.1 MB)
↑ ChessBase Megabase 2011
^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 102
↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)

personal data
SURNAME	Womacka, Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German chess master
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karl Marx City

[1] Festschrift 150 years of club chess in Chemnitz, May 31, 2008 and June 1, 2008, page 10 (PDF; 1.1 MB)

[2] ChessBase Megabase 2011

[3] Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 102

[4] Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)