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Horst Rittner

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Horst Rittner
Rittner in 2008
Full nameHorst Robert Rittner
CountryGermany
Born(1930-07-16)16 July 1930
Breslau, Germany (today Wrocław, Poland)
Died14 June 2021(2021-06-14) (aged 90)
TitleICCF Grandmaster (1961)
ICCF World Champion1968–1971

Horst Robert Rittner (16 July 1930 – 14 June 2021) was a German correspondence chess Grandmaster. He was born in Breslau, Weimar Germany, and was the sixth ICCF World Champion, between 1968 and 1971. He also edited the German magazine Schach.

References

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  • Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992]. The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 343. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
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Preceded by World Correspondence Chess Champion
1968–1971
Succeeded by