Patrick Wolff (chess player)

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Surname Patrick Wolff
Association United StatesUnited States United States
Born February 15, 1968
United States
title International Master (1986)
Grand Master (1990)
Current  Elo rating 2552 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating 2595 (January 1994)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Patrick Wolff (born February 15, 1968 in the USA ) is an American chess player . He won the US national chess championships in 1992 and 1995.

Life

Patrick Wolff (left) at the Harvard Cup 1992 in a game against the Socrates chess program, developed and operated by Don Dailey

He is the son of the philosopher Robert Paul Wolff (* 1933), who taught him to play chess at age five, and brother of Jura - Professor Tobias Barrington Wolff (* 1970). In addition to his two US championship titles , he won the national university championships in 1983 and the US Junior Championship in 1987 . In 1986 he became International Master and 1990 Grand Master .

In 1988 he succeeded in a simultaneous in New York City against world champion Garry Kasparov a win in only 25 moves. With that he inflicted one of the briefest defeats in the world champion's career.

At the 1995 World Chess Championship , he worked as a second for Viswanathan Anand (see also: Procedure for the 1995 World Cup ). He wrote the book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess .

Wolff ultimately decided against a career as a professional chess player, graduated from Harvard University and from 2005 worked for Clarium Capital , a hedge fund founded by Peter Thiel .

Publications (selection)

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess. Alpha 2005, ISBN 978-1592573165 .
  • Defense & Counterattack. DVD 1998
  • How To Play Winning Attacks. DVD 1998
  • Middlegame Planning. DVD 1998

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Patrick Wolff in chess.db , accessed November 30, 2017.
  2. chessgames.com. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  3. Garry Kasparov vs Patrick Wolff at chessgames.com.Retrieved on November 30, 2017.
  4. ^ Dylan Loeb McClain: Former Champions Find Success Beyond the Board , New York Times, June 12, 2010
  5. Schachversand Niggemann accessed on November 30, 2017.