Gerhard Pfeiffer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerhard Pfeiffer

German chess player

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1923

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 27-Jun-2000

Profession: chess composer, chess player

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Gerhard Pfeiffer (June 14, 1923 – June 27, 2000) was a German chess master and chess problemist. He tied for 5-7th at Bad Oeynhausen 1941 (8th German Chess Championship, Paul Felix Schmidt and Klaus Junge won); shared 1st with Lothar Schmid at Wiessenfels 1947 (Soviet Zone-ch); shared 10th at Bad Pyrmont 1949 (West Germany-ch, Efim Bogoljubow won); took 2nd, behind Rudolf Teschner, at Düsseldorf 1951 (GER-ch); and took 5th at Sofia 1957 (zonal, Miroslav Filip won).Pfeiffer won six times for West Germany in Chess Olympiads (1950-1960), and won two bronze medals (team and individual) in the 9th Chess Olympiad at Dubrovnik 1950.He was awarded the International Master title in 1957.