Walter Niephaus (March 30, 1923 – November 2, 1992,
Andernach
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) was a German
chess
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master.
Biography
Born in
Mörs am Niederrhein (now
Moers
Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; archaic Dutch language, Dutch: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German List of cities and towns in Germany, city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel (d ...
), he won
Frankfurt City Championship in March 1942, won ahead of
Fritz Sämisch and
Ludwig Rellstab
Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Rellstab (13 April 179927 November 1860) was a German poet and music critic. He was born and died in Berlin. He was the son of the music publisher and composer Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab. An able pianist, he publi ...
at Bad Elster in May 1942.
He took 11th at
Bad Oeynhausen
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1942 (the 9th
German Chess Championship The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion. Prior to 1880, three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the ''Westdeutscher Schachbund'' (WDSB), the ''Norddeutscher Schachbund ...
, Rellstab won), and won ahead of
Klaus Junge
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at Leipzig 1942. In that year, he beat
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.
By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...
in several simultan games.
After
World War II
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, he shared 1st with
Tröger at
Kirchheim/Teck
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1947, tied for 9-10th in
Kassel
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(
Efim Bogoljubow
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won), took 3rd in
Riedenburg
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The town is on the Rhine–Main– ...
(
Ludwig Roedl
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won), finished 1st ahead of Bogoljubow in
Heringen
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Geography
Location
The nearest major towns and cities are Bad Hersfeld (28 km to the west), Eisenach ...
, tied for 5-7th in
Weidenau
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Weidenau, a northern part of Siegen, shares borders with Niedersetzen in the north, Geisweid in the north-west, the central part of Siegen in the south, Birlenbach in the ...
(the 11th GER-ch,
Georg Kieninger
Georg Kieninger (5 June 1902, in Munich – 25 January 1975, in Düsseldorf) was a German chess player and International Master (IM).
A cigar smoker, Kieninger was nicknamed "Eiserner Schorsch" (roughly translated as "Iron Georgie") because of h ...
won), and shared 2nd, behind Rellstab, in Stuttgart. In 1948, he tied for 3rd-5th in
Bad Nauheim
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As of 2020, Bad Nauheim has a population of 32,493. The town is approximately north of Frankfurt am Main, on the east edge of the Taunus mountain range. It is a worl ...
and 4-5th in Essen (the 12th GER-ch), both won by
Wolfgang Unzicker
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He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead.
Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amat ...
.
In 1949, he won in
Offenbach, shared 10th in
Bad Pyrmont
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(the 13th GER-ch, Bogoljubow won), and tied for 6-8th in
Heidelberg
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(Unzicker won). In 1950, he tied for 14-15th in Bad Pyrmont (the 1st FRG-ch, Unzicker won), and took 3rd in
Saarbrücken
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(
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
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). In 1951, he took 3rd in
Augsburg
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, took 2nd in Saarbrücken, both won by Bogoljubow, and took 9th in
Düsseldorf
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(the 14th GER-ch,
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 ...
won). He tied for 7-9th at
Leipzig
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1953 (the 15th GER-ch, Unzicker and
Ludwig Schmitt won), shared 1st at
Bad Salzuflen
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Bad Salzuflen lies on the eastern edge of the Ravensberg Basin, at the confluence o ...
1954, took 4th at
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** Fra ...
1955 (the 3rd FRG-ch,
Klaus Darga
Klaus Viktor Darga (born 24 February 1934) is a German chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In 1951, Darga became German Junior Champion after winning the national under-20 championship. He also proved his strength as a young chess player by sharing ...
won), shared 10th at
Wageningen
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1957 (zonal,
László Szabó won), and took 15th at
Nuremberg
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1959 (the 5th FRG-ch, Unzicker won).
In 1951, he played four matches; lost to Bogoljubow (1 : 5) and
Herbert Heinicke (2.5 : 3.5), and won against Schifferdecker (9 : 1) and O'Kelly de Galway (3.5 : 1.5).
Niephaus represented West Germany in
12th Chess Olympiad at
Moscow
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1956, scoring +5 –2 =3 at first reserve board. He also played for FRG in friendly matches against Netherlands (1951, 1954, 1957), Yugoslavia (1951, 1954), Switzerland (1952) and Austria (1953), in the
Clare Benedict Cup The Clare Benedict Cup was a chess tournament for national teams from Western and Northern Europe, which took place 23 times from 1953 to 1979.
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Clare Benedict (1871–1961), author and patron, was originally fro ...
at Bern 1957 and Lugano 1959, and in the
European Chess Team Championship at
Oberhausen
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1961.
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References
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1923 births
1992 deaths
People from Moers
Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region)
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20th-century chess players