GM Wolfgang Unzicker

GermanyGermany
Born 1925
Elo2545
Wikipedia

Wolfgang Unzicker was one of Germany's strongest Grandmasters from the postwar era through 1970, yet he chose law as his profession rather than making chess his career. World Champion Anatoly Karpov famously dubbed him the "world champion of amateurs." Unzicker was a devoted practitioner of the Nimzo-Indian Defence.

Wolfgang Unzicker

Associated Openings

As White

C71Ruy Lopez: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3...... d626 games
B64Sicilian Defence: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3...... 9.f412 games
C75Ruy Lopez: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3...... Bd711 games
C64Ruy Lopez: Bc59 games
B59Sicilian Defence: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3...... 7.Nb38 games

As Black

E46Nimzo-Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 0-062 games
E48Nimzo-Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... d550 games
E47Nimzo-Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 5.Bd350 games
E53Nimzo-Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... c547 games
E54Nimzo-Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 8.Bxc434 games
A17English Opening: 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3...... e631 games
C82Ruy Lopez: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3...... 9.c320 games
C83Ruy Lopez: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3...... Be719 games
E55Nimzo-Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... Nbd718 games
E24Nimzo-Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 5.bxc39 games

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