| Helmut Pfleger | |
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| Full name | Helmut Pfleger |
| Country | Germany |
| Born | August 6, 1943 Teplice-Šanov |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2477 (April 2009) |
| Peak rating | 2545 (1972) |
Helmut Pfleger (born August 6, 1943, Teplice-Šanov) is a German chess Grandmaster and author. He was one of the most promising chess players in the sixties and seventies. By profession, he is a doctor of medicine.
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In 1960 he won the German Junior Championship, in 1961 was fourth in the World Junior Chess Championship. In 1965 he tied for 1st with Wolfgang Unzicker in the German Chess Championship in Bad Aibling, but lost an additional match to him there.
He took 1st at Maputo 1973, tied for 1st–2nd at Polanica-Zdrój 1971, tied for 1st–2nd at Montilla 1973, tied for 2nd–3rd at Montilla 1974, tied for 2nd–5th at Manila 1975, tied for 2nd–3rd at Havana 1982, was 4th at Royan 1988.
Pfleger played for Germany in the Chess Olympiads of 1964, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980 and 1982. At the Tel Aviv Olympiad of 1964, he was awarded the gold medal for best performance on fourth board and a bronze medal for his contribution to the team's overall performance.[1] He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1975.
According to Chessmetrics, at his peak in January 1976 Pfleger's play was equivalent to a rating of 2656, and he was ranked number 36 in the world. His best single performance was at Amsterdam (IBM), 1978, where he scored 7.5 of 13 possible points (58%) against 2655-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2687.[2] In the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2477, although he has been virtually inactive since 1990.