Wolfgang Unzicker

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1. Game, Nikolic vs. Wolfgang Unzicker, circa 1971.

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December 12 1954

Opening of The Hasting International Chess Tournament on December 12, 1954. Original caption: German Versus Russian: Competitors from all parts of the world are taking part in the International Chess Tournament which opened at the Sun Louns St. Leonard's, Hastings today. Photo Shows Wolfgang Unzicker of Germany (left) and Vasily Smyslov of Soviet Russia - seen during a traction gets at Hastings today.

Original b/w photo via Keystone Pictures USA. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/p/wolfgang-unzicker.html Vasily Smyslov plays black, whilst Wolfgang Unzicker has the white pieces, yet the only game available on chessgames is in the reverse: Vasily Smyslov vs Wolfgang Unzicker Hastings (1954/55), Hastings ENG, rd 7, Jan-05 Indian Game: King's Indian. Fianchetto Variation (A49) 1-0 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1125740

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1966

Group photo of challengers featured in the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup Tournament. Samuel Reshevsky is missing. Jacqueline Piatigorsky stands at center. Initially, there were difficulties securing participation of Soviet players, Boris Spassky and Tigran Petrosian, so invitations were dispatched to competitors from other countries. Ultimately, the Soviet participants were permitted to compete. Beginning at left, Lajos Portisch (Hungary), Bobby Fischer (USA), Boris Spassky (USSR), Jan Hein Donner (Netherlands), Jacqueline Piatigorsky, Bent Larsen (Denmark), Miguel Najdorf (Argentina), Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia), Tigran Petrosian (USSR), and Wolfgang Unzicker (Germany).

Original photo, Phil Bath, World Chess Hall of Fame. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/p/wolfgang-unzicker.html

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