Hans Besser (4 February 1935 – 2002) was a German
chess FIDE Master (FM) who won
West Germany Chess Championship (1967).
Biography
Hans Besser born in the East Germany, in the mid-1950s he moved to West Germany. He was one of the strongest chess players in West Germany in the 2nd half of the 1960s - early 1970s.
In 1967 in
West Germany Chess Championship Hans Besser shared 1st-2nd places with
Robert Hübner
Robert Hübner (born November 6, 1948) is a German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist. He was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Chess career
At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Ch ...
, additional match ended in a draw - 2:2.
With West German Chess Team Hans Besser participated in
European Team Chess Championship in 1965, in
Clare Benedict Cups in 1967 and 1970 where West Germany team in 1967 became the winner of the competition, and in 1970 won bronze, in Nordic Cup Chess Team Tournament in 1972, and a number of international matches.
In 1967 he represented West Germany in the FIDE World Chess Championship cycle (1966–1969) Zonal Tournament.
OlimpBase :: European zonal 2, Halle 1967
/ref>
References
External links
*
*
1935 births
2002 deaths
People from Meissen
German chess players
East German chess players
Chess FIDE Masters
{{Germany-chess-bio-stub