Grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann (1935–2020) was a Dresden chess legend and the most successful player in the GDR. He won the national championship eleven times and represented his country at the Chess Olympiads on eleven occasions.
Around 1970, he was among the world’s best and even competed in the Candidates’ Tournament for the World Championship.
Famous as a ‘French Defence specialist’ and as Anatoly Karpov’s second, he always remained close to the people: through countless simultaneous exhibitions, and thanks to his modesty and popularity far beyond the chessboard.
The exhibition in the gallery honours the life and work of this extraordinary sportsman.
Organised by the Förderverein Schach Wolfgang Uhlmann e. V. to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Dresden Chess Club (1876) and the 100th anniversary of the Dresden Chess Congress (1926)
Curator: Michael Merkel
