Robert Hübner
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Robert Hübner (November 6, 1948 – January 5, 2025) was a German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist.[1] He was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s.[2] In 2000 he won, with the German team, a silver medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. His chess moves were called "aggressive" and "ruthless".[2] The Hubner variation move is named after him. Hübner is known as one of the world's best xiangqi players not from China.[3] Hübner was born in Porz, Allied-occupied Germany.[4]
Hübner died on January 5, 2025 at a hospital in Cologne, Germany from stomach cancer at the age of 76.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Robert Huebner turns 75". FIDE. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hartston, William (1996). The Guinness Book of Chess Grandmasters. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 200. ISBN 0-85112-554-9.
- ↑ Chinese Chess for Beginners by Sam Sloan (1989) ISBN 0-923891-11-0
- ↑ Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 181. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
- ↑ Schulz, André (5 January 2024). "Robert Hübner has passed away". ChessBase. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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