1925 - 2006
Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amateur chess player, and World Champion Anatoly Karpov called him the "world champion of amateurs". Unzicker was born in Pirmasens, a small town near Kaiserslautern in the province of Rhineland-Palatinate noted for shoemaking. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Unzicker has received more than 36,452 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Unzicker is the 121st most popular chess player (down from 120th in 2019), the 3,953rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,580th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Wolfgang Unzicker ranks 121 out of 374. Before him are Boris Kostić, Alexander McDonnell, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Adolf Schwarz, Carlos Torre Repetto, and Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant. After him are Boško Abramović, Alexander Khalifman, Genrikh Kasparyan, Viacheslav Ragozin, Ljubomir Ljubojević, and Daniel Harrwitz.
1887 - 1963
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 115
1798 - 1835
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 116
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 117
1836 - 1910
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 118
1904 - 1978
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 119
1800 - 1872
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 120
1925 - 2006
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 121
1951 - 2021
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 122
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 123
1910 - 1995
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 124
1908 - 1962
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 125
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 126
1823 - 1884
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 127
Among people born in 1925, Wolfgang Unzicker ranks 292. Before him are Maria Tallchief, John Tate, Peter R. Hunt, Henri Oreiller, Marlen Khutsiev, and Brent Scowcroft. After him are Justus Dahinden, Raymond Impanis, Hermano da Silva Ramos, Anne Jackson, Alberto Grimaldi, and Roberto Juarroz. Among people deceased in 2006, Wolfgang Unzicker ranks 211. Before him are Betty Curtis, Paul Arizin, Lou Rawls, André Schwarz-Bart, Rajkumar, and Jeane Kirkpatrick. After him are Alvin M. Weinberg, Candy Barr, Imrich Stacho, Elton Dean, Hilde Domin, and Suzan Kahramaner.
1925 - 2013
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 286
1925 - 2019
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 287
1925 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 288
1925 - 1962
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 289
1925 - 2019
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 290
1925 - 2020
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 291
1925 - 2006
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 292
1925 - 2020
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 293
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 294
1925 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 295
1925 - 2016
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 296
1925 - 2021
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 297
1925 - 1995
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 298
1936 - 2006
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 205
1928 - 2006
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 206
1933 - 2006
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 207
1928 - 2006
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 208
1929 - 2006
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 209
1926 - 2006
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 210
1925 - 2006
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 211
1915 - 2006
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 212
1935 - 2006
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 213
1931 - 2006
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 214
1945 - 2006
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 215
1909 - 2006
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 216
1913 - 2006
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 217
Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Unzicker ranks 3,953 out of 6,142. Before him are Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1705), Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916), Jordanus de Nemore (null), Bernd Schneider (1973), Ferdinand Zirkel (1838), and Emanuel Geibel (1815). After him are Eberhard Vogel (1943), Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801), Peter Struck (1943), Iris Berben (1950), Albert Richter (1912), and Rudolf Kittel (1853).
1705 - 1764
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 3,947
1916 - 1991
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 3,948
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 3,949
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 3,950
1838 - 1912
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 3,951
1815 - 1884
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 3,952
1925 - 2006
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 3,953
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 3,954
1801 - 1873
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 3,955
1943 - 2012
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 3,956
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 3,957
1912 - 1940
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 3,958
1853 - 1929
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 3,959
Among chess players born in Germany, Wolfgang Unzicker ranks 8. Before him are Friedrich Sämisch (1896), Robert Hübner (1948), Jacques Mieses (1865), Jean Dufresne (1829), Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), and Wolfgang Uhlmann (1935). After him are Sonja Graf (1908), Hermann Pilnik (1914), Bernhard Horwitz (1807), Carl Mayet (1810), Boris Gulko (1947), and Natalia Zhukova (1979).
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 3
1865 - 1954
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 4
1829 - 1893
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 5
1818 - 1899
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 6
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 7
1925 - 2006
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 8
1908 - 1965
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 9
1914 - 1981
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 10
1807 - 1885
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 11
1810 - 1868
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 12
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 13
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.04
Rank: 14