Michael Hoffmann (chess player)
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| Michael Hoffmann, 2014 |
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 Germany
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| Born | September 19, 1970 Bochum |
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International Master (1991) Grand Master (2009) |
| Current Elo rating | 2439 (August 2020) |
| Best Elo rating | 2521 (November 2010) |
| Tab at the FIDE (English) | |
Michael Hoffmann (born September 19, 1970 in Bochum ) is a German chess player .
Life
Michael Hoffmann is a lawyer by profession and lives in Münster, Westphalia . He began his chess career in the early 1980s at SV Castrop-Rauxel . Shortly after his first tournament participation in 1983 he was one of the strongest players in his age group in Germany.
Services
In 1985 he won the German championship in the U15 age group and the German championship in the U17 age group in 1986 and the title of German youth team champion with the youth national team from North Rhine-Westphalia in 1985 and 1987 and with the club youth team in 1988. With the first team of his home club, he managed to move up from the regional league to the 1st Bundesliga , which the club belonged to from 1993 to 2002.
In 1991 he was named International Master by the World Chess Federation FIDE , and in 2006 Grand Master (GM), but on the condition that he still achieved the required Elo rating of 2500 points, which he had finally achieved in 2009. He had the required standards in July 1992 at a GM tournament in Münster, in June and July 1993 at a GM tournament in Lippstadt , in October and November 2005 at the open Bavarian championship in Bad Wiessee and in February 2006 at the Aeroflot Open reached in Moscow .
societies
Until 2002 Hoffmann played at SV Castrop-Rauxel, who played in the 1st Bundesliga from 1993 to 2002 . From 2002 to 2014 Hoffmann was part of the Bundesliga team of the Schachgesellschaft Solingen , in 2014 he moved to DJK Aufwärts St. Josef Aachen , with whom he initially played in the 2nd Bundesliga , from 2016 until the team withdrew before the 2018/19 season in the 1st. Bundesliga played. In the Dutch Meester class , Hoffmann played for the Enscheder club ESGOO until 2004 and for Homburg Apeldoorn from 2005 to 2010 . In Belgium he played for La Tour d'Ans-Loncin from 2010 to 2012 , from 2012 to 2014 and again since 2016 for KSK 47 Eynatten , with whom he was team champion in 2014 and 2017 . From 2014 to 2016 he played for the Wirtzfeld chess friends . Hoffmann has been playing in Luxembourg since 2012 for the Gambit Bonnevoie team , with whom he became champions in 2017 and 2020 .
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Michael Hoffmann on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ GM application to FIDE (English)
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| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th September 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bochum |