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Horst Rittner
Horst Robert Rittner (16 July 1930 – 14 June 2021) was a German correspondence chess International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, Grandmaster. He was born in Wrocław, Breslau, Weimar Germany, and was the sixth International Correspondence Chess Federation, ICCF World Correspondence Chess Championship, World Champion, between 1968 and 1971. He also edited the German magazine ''Schach''. References * External links * * Nachruf bei ChessBase von André Schulz Obituary – 18 June 2021 News – 19 June 2021 * 1930 births 2021 deaths German chess players Correspondence chess grandmasters World Correspondence Chess Champions Sportspeople from Wrocław People from the Province of Lower Silesia {{Germany-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Baltic Sea to the north and from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. , the official population of Wrocław is 672,929, with a total of 1.25 million residing in the metropolitan area, making it the third largest city in Poland. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the city dates back over a thousand years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany. Wrocław became part of Poland again in 1945 as part of the Recovered Territories, the result of extensive border changes and expulsions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
