Wolfram Bialas

Wolfram Bialas (25 August 1935 — 2 January 1998) was a German chess FIDE master and Chess Olympiad team bronze medal winner (1964).

Wolfram Bialas
Country	Germany
Born	25 August 1935
Died	2 January 1998 (aged 62)
Title	FIDE master

Biography

Wolfram Bialas two times won West Berlin City Chess Championship (1958, 1962). Also he three times won Chess Bundesliga: in 1957 with chess club Berliner Schachgesellschaft Eckbauer, in 1961 with chess club Berliner SG 1827 Eckbauer and in 1978 with chess club Königsspringer Frankfurt.

Wolfram Bialas played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

• In 1960, at reserve board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+2, =5, -4),
• In 1964, at second reserve board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+1, =7, -1) and won team bronze medal.

Wolfram Bialas played for West Germany in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[2]

• In 1957, at seventh board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =2, -0),
• In 1961, at eighth board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -0),
• In 1965, at third board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -1).

Wolfram Bialas played for West Germany in the Clare Benedict Chess Cups:[3]

• In 1960, at reserve board in the 7th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Biel (+0, =1, -2) and won team silver medal,
• In 1961, at forth board in the 8th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Neuhausen (+1, =1, -2) and won team and individual gold medals.

References

1. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Wolfram Bialas". www.olimpbase.org.
2. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Wolfram Bialas". www.olimpbase.org.
3. "OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Wolfram Bialas". www.olimpbase.org.

External links

• Wolfram Bialas player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Wolfram Bialas chess games at 365chess.com