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Thomas Luther
T Luther 
Photo courtesy of: worldchess-disabled.com  

Number of games in database: 1,105
Years covered: 1987 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2518 (2497 rapid, 2527 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2604
Overall record: +327 -199 =555 (55.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 24 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (241) 
    B33 B96 B42 B62 B97
 Ruy Lopez (106) 
    C67 C92 C78 C95 C80
 French Defense (69) 
    C11 C18 C01 C10 C16
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (51) 
    B62 B67 B63 B61 B65
 Sicilian Najdorf (49) 
    B96 B97 B98 B90 B99
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (49) 
    C92 C95 C89 C99 C96
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (175) 
    C11 C07 C02 C01 C05
 French (71) 
    C11 C10 C12 C00 C13
 French Tarrasch (53) 
    C07 C05 C09
 Queen's Pawn Game (49) 
    A40 D02 A46 E10 E00
 English (42) 
    A13 A19 A11 A14 A15
 Nimzo Indian (35) 
    E32 E59 E21 E46 E54
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Bologan vs T Luther, 2007 0-1
   S Buchal vs T Luther, 1998 0-1
   Movsesian vs T Luther, 2003 1/2-1/2
   T Luther vs Ftacnik, 2006 1-0
   D Bryson vs T Luther, 2002 1/2-1/2
   Huebner vs T Luther, 2002 0-1
   T Luther vs O Touzane, 1994 1-0
   Movsesian vs T Luther, 1998 1/2-1/2
   T Luther vs M Thinius, 2004 1/2-1/2
   J Polgar vs T Luther, 2001 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Lippstadt (1994)
   German Championship (2006)
   East German Championship (1989)
   Ptuj Zonal (1995)
   Bad Zwesten Open (2002)
   Corus Group B (2001)
   Bad Zwesten Open (1999)
   Politiken Cup (1991)
   Szekszard Open (1989)
   European Junior Championship 1989/90 (1989)
   European Union Championship (2006)
   Czech Open (1999)
   Bundesliga 2008/09 (2008)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2006)
   Turin Olympiad (2006)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2001 Capablanca memorial (elite) by trh6upsz
   2001 Capablanca memorial (elite) by gauer
   Corus Group B 2001 by Tabanus

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Austrian Bundesliga 2017/18
   T Luther vs G Papp (Nov-19-17) 0-1
   T Luther vs N Georgiadis (Nov-18-17) 1/2-1/2
   A Danin vs T Luther (Nov-17-17) 1/2-1/2
   T Luther vs G Nagy (Nov-16-17) 1/2-1/2
   T Luther vs D Maximov (Oct-22-17) 1/2-1/2

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THOMAS LUTHER
(born Nov-04-1969, 55 years old) Germany

[what is this?]

Thomas Luther was born in Erfurt, German Democratic Republic (today Germany). He became a GM in 1994. Luther won the German Chess Championship in 1993, 2002 and 2006. Grandmaster Luther achieved a historic victory when he emerged as the undisputed World Champion of the Disabled at the 1st FIDE World Chess Championship for the Disabled (2011).

In Chess Governance, GM Thomas Luther is the Chairman of the FIDE Commission for the Disabled, in the administration of President Arkady Dvorkovich, and as such is the world's highest ranking advocate for Chess Players with Disabilities.

Wikipedia article: Thomas Luther

Last updated: 2019-06-02 20:16:27

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 page 1 of 46; games 1-25 of 1,128  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Luther vs A Goldberg  1-0431987East German ChampionshipC56 Two Knights
2. Knaak vs T Luther  ½-½531987East German ChampionshipE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
3. U Boensch vs T Luther  1-0501987East German ChampionshipA50 Queen's Pawn Game
4. T Luther vs P Hesse  ½-½151987East German ChampionshipB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
5. T Luther vs H Gruenberg  ½-½131987East German ChampionshipB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
6. L Espig vs T Luther  0-1881987East German ChampionshipA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
7. T Luther vs J Seils  ½-½231987East German ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
8. T Luther vs T Casper  ½-½131987East German ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
9. R Tischbierek vs T Luther  1-0301987East German ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
10. M Boehnisch vs T Luther  0-1581987East German ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
11. L Vogt vs T Luther  ½-½521987East German ChampionshipC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
12. T Luther vs T Paehtz Sr  ½-½201987East German ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
13. T Luther vs F Borkowski  ½-½551987NaleczowC50 Giuoco Piano
14. T Luther vs N Gavrilakis  0-1241987NaleczowC53 Giuoco Piano
15. M Matlak vs T Luther  ½-½131987NaleczowA13 English
16. Goldin vs T Luther  1-0391987NaleczowA46 Queen's Pawn Game
17. T Luther vs Z Jasnikowski  ½-½161987NaleczowB22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. J Przewoznik vs T Luther  ½-½291987NaleczowC07 French, Tarrasch
19. T Luther vs J Nun  ½-½291987NaleczowB22 Sicilian, Alapin
20. T Luther vs P Staniszewski  ½-½601987NaleczowB22 Sicilian, Alapin
21. A Negulescu vs T Luther  1-0391987NaleczowA45 Queen's Pawn Game
22. T Luther vs M Sarwinski  ½-½281987NaleczowA45 Queen's Pawn Game
23. T Tolnai vs T Luther  ½-½411987NaleczowC17 French, Winawer, Advance
24. R Kutirov vs T Luther  ½-½211987NaleczowA61 Benoni
25. T Luther vs M Knezevic  ½-½611987Czechoslovak Championship (International)C55 Two Knights Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-16-04  Kaspy2: he was 2003 german champion among other things
Feb-13-06  BIDMONFA: Thomas Luther

LUTHER, Thomas
http://www.bidmonfa.com/luther_thom...
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Aug-11-06  Knight13: Famous for playing the four pawns attack unique with ...c5:


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Mar-17-09  Dredge Rivers: Here I stand, I can do no other!

Oops, wrong Luther! :)

Mar-21-09  Dredge Rivers: Is this guy Hayden Fox's top assistant?

Wait, no. That's Luther Van Dam!

My bad. :)

Nov-04-09  Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!!!Thomas Luther!!!
Jan-02-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: Too bad; no games that go 95 moves. He would have nailed them.
Jul-18-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Placed 7th in the 3rd Mumbai Mayor's Cup Open (India) 2-10 June 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr347...

Oct-01-10  BobCrisp: Playing first board for the <IPCA> (International Physically Disabled Chess Association) in the 2010 Olympiad.

http://www.ugra-chess.com/players.p...

What's wrong with him?

May-14-11  BUNA: <BobCrisp: What's wrong with him?>

Dysmelia. But stronger than Tal's had.

Oct-31-11  wordfunph: GM Thomas Luther is the winner of the 1st World Chess Games for Disabled..

http://www.fide.com/component/conte...

Sep-24-12  waustad: He played first board for IPCA in 2010 and 4 times Germany. http://www.olimpbase.org/players/su...
Jan-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Phony Benoni: Too bad; no games that go 95 moves. He would have nailed them.>

Just came a-lookin' for such an animal myself, but it seems disappointment is our lot. Counted five games with 100+ moves in his resume, tho.

Jan-24-13  waustad: It is amusing that he was German champion the same year his coauthor in some opening DVDs Eva Moser was Austrian absolute champion. I believe that the DVDs came out shortly before that banner year for both players. He also plays in the Austrian team championships, the last I noticed for Styria Gratz.
Nov-04-14  alfiepa: I remember Thomas Luther winner in turin 1995 .
I think that was a victim of thalidomide .
Nov-04-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Typical insensitivity displayed by <BobCrisp>, presently going under the nom de guerre <MissScarlett>.
Nov-04-14  Karpova: The connection between Luther's dysmelia and thalidomide (trade name Contergan) is not clear. Luther was born in 1969 in the GDR, while the scandal in West Germany ended Contergan's distribution in 1961. It doesn't appear impossible, but not exactly probable either.
Nov-04-14  waustad: <perfidious>You could try here where they count plys and there are a LOT more games: http://www.365chess.com/players/Tho...
Nov-04-14  waustad: This year he is playing for SK Absam in the Austrian Bundesliga I. I don't see him on any teams in the German Bundesliga, but there are so many leagues and there isn't a convenient way to search their database. Chess-results makes it much easier to follow Austrian chess.
Feb-21-16  pazzed paun: Anybody know about his forthcoming book about improving to reach the gm title?
Feb-21-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <pazzedpaun> The book in question is called in German: <Vom Schüler zum Großmeister>

They are looking for suggestions for an English title to the book.

http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/blog/...

Feb-21-16  whiteshark: From the schoolboy to the Grand Master

(ty Pons translietor)

Nov-04-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, GM Thomas Luther.

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