Viktor Gasthofer

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Viktor Gasthofer ( Russian Виктор Викторович Гастгофер / Wiktor Wiktorowitsch Gasthofer; born January 25, 1957 ) is a German chess player .

Life

Gasthofer was trained in chess at a youth school in Orsk . As one of the strongest players in the city, he was part of the Orenburg Oblast selection . In 1981 he was second at the Klaipėda Chess Festival , tied with first-placed Antanas Zapolskis. The next year he won the Brjanski Les tournament with DJuSSch (Orsk). In 1983 he took part in the 8th Spartakiad of the Peoples of the RSFSR in Krasnodar as a master candidate . In the last round he drew a game with the winner Yuri Rasuwajew and shared fourth place in the individual standings with Semjon Dwoiris and Lev Polugajewski . He also finished fourth in the side tournament at the Moskowskaya Ossen Festival in 1991.

In the mid-1990s, Gasthofer emigrated to Germany. In 1997 he moved from the Russian Chess Federation to the German Chess Federation . In 1998 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master . The norm for this he achieved in the Caissa tournaments in 1995 and 1998 in Kecskemét . At the Apolda Open 2002 he was fourth, tied with the winner Thomas Pähtz and two other players. In the well-occupied VI. In the 2002 Open International Bavarian Championship in Bad Wiessee , he came in 37th place with 6.5 points out of 9. In 2003, he finished 29th with the same result. The following year he shared second place with Srdjan Panzalovic at the Astoria Open in Walldorf . At the Zurich Christmas Open 2008 he was tenth with 5 points out of 7. His highest rating was 2405 in July 1998.

Gasthofer played team chess for SV Hermannia Kassel and SF Bad Mergentheim, before that he played in the Soviet and Russian championships. As a trainer in the youth field, he worked both at the Orsk chess school and at club level in Germany. His son Alexander Gasthofer (* 1985) has been an international chess champion since 2004.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002. Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 111
  2. 6th Open International Bavarian Championship 2002 in Bad Wiessee
  3. Son Alexander at FIDE (English)