Friedrich Baumbach
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| Country | Germany |
| Born | 8 September 1935 Weimar, Gau Thuringia, Germany |
| Died | 24 April 2025 (aged 89) Berlin, Germany |
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| ICCF World Champion | 1983–89 |
| FIDE rating | 2131 (October 2021) |
| Peak rating | 2460 (July 1971) |
| ICCF rating | 2399 (October 2021) |
| ICCF peak rating | 2562 (July 1994) |
Friedrich (Fritz) Baumbach (8 September 1935 – 24 April 2025) was a German International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, most famous for being the eleventh ICCF World Champion, 1983–1989. He was also East German Champion in 1970.
Biography
[edit]Baumbach tied for second place behind Mikhail Umansky in a "champion of champions" tournament, the ICCF 50 Years World Champion Jubilee. This was a special invitational correspondence tournament involving all living former ICCF World Champions.[1]
He was a chemist by profession. He received his doctorate in 1966. From 2000 he worked as a freelance patent attorney.
Baumbach died in Berlin on 24 April 2025, at the age of 89.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ World Champions Jubilee Tournament (2003)
- ^ Paul Werner Wagner: "Fritz Baumbach verstorben". chessbase.com, 5 May 2025 (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Friedrich Baumbach player details at ICCF
- Friedrich Baumbach rating card at FIDE
- Friedrich Baumbach player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Baumbach at Chessmail.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-05-23)
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