Luděk Pachman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luděk Pachman

Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster

Date of Birth: 11-May-1924

Place of Birth: Bělá pod Bezdězem, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 06-Mar-2003

Profession: writer, politician, chess player

Nationality: Germany, Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ludek Pachman (German: Ludek Pachmann, May 11, 1924 in Belá pod Bezdezem, today Czech Republic – March 6, 2003 in Passau, Germany) was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist.
In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he was allowed to emigrate to West Germany.
He lived the remainder of his life there, and resumed his chess career with considerable success, including playing in the Interzonal in 1976 and winning the West German Championship in 1978.