Georg Stein (17 April 1909 – 1980s) was a German

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player who won East Germany Chess Championship (1951).

Chess career

At the age of 16 Georg Stein won the

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City Chess Championship in 1925. He then won this city championships several times, including in 1930 and 1935. One of his greatest successes was winning the 2nd East Germany Chess Championship in 1951 in

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ahead of Wolfgang Pietzsch. His highest historical Elo rating was 2433 in February 1951, which put him at number 256 in the world. His highest world ranking by historical Elo rating was 214 in January 1949. Nothing more is known about Stein's death. At the German Chess Championship 1948 in

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Deutsche Meisterschaft der Westzonen 1948 in Essen
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Rudolf Teschner Rudolf Teschner (16 February 1922, Potsdam – 23 July 2006, Berlin-Steglitz) was a German chess master and writer. Teschner was seven times Champion of Berlin. In 1948, he won an East-Zones Championship in Bad Doberan, and later in 1951 took the ...

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Georg Stein in Dresden in 1952
Photo from

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1909 births 1980s deaths Year of death uncertain East German chess players {{Germany-chess-bio-stub