ROBERT HUEBNER (born Nov-06-1948, died Jan-05-2025, 76 years old) Germany [what is this?] Dr. Robert Huebner was born in Cologne in 1948. He is widely considered to be the greatest German player since Emanuel Lasker. At age sixteen, he tied for first in the European Championship. At eighteen, Huebner was the joint winner of the West German Championship. In 1971, he received the International Grandmaster title after qualifying for the World Championship Candidates at Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), where he tied for second place. The candidates match with Petrosian took place in Seville, Spain - Petrosian - Huebner Candidates Quarterfinal (1971). The first six games of the match ended in draws, with Petrosian winning the seventh. With three games remaining in the best-of-ten encounter, Huebner forfeited the match, citing problems with excessive heat and noise. Huebner also qualified in 1980. By defeating Adorjan and Portisch, he reached the finals. The candidates final with Korchnoi was a best-of-sixteen match that took place in Merano. Huebner was ahead by a point after six rounds, but lost games seven and eight. The following two games were adjourned, after which Huebner asked for a postponement. After some controversy, he ended up leaving Merano and forfeited the match. By reaching the finals, though, he secured a Candidates spot for the third time. In the next cycle, contested in 1983, he played the 62-year-old former world champion, Smyslov. The encounter took place in the Austrian spa and resort city of Velden. After 14 games, the match was tied. On April 20, the match was decided by the spin of a roulette wheel at Casino Velden. The first spin landed on 0 (green), necessitating a second spin. The second spin landed on 3, a red number, making Smyslov the winner. Widespread dissatisfaction with the randomness of this result led to further games at faster time controls being considered as an alternative tiebreaker. Huebner's last FIDE rating was 2574, and his last FIDE-rated game was in March 2020. His elder brother was Wolfgang Huebner. Wikipedia article: Robert Hübner Last updated: 2025-01-05 21:11:40

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page 1 of 76; games 1-25 of 1,879  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Huebner vs F Vogelmann   ½-½ 56 1961 GER-ch TT (final) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Eichner vs Huebner   1-0 65 1961 GER-ch TT (final) B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. Huebner vs J Bichlmeier   1-0 46 1961 GER-ch TT (final) B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 4. Huebner vs E Eichhorn   1-0 37 1964 Niemeyer Juniors B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 5. R Hartoch vs Huebner   ½-½ 41 1964 Niemeyer Juniors C10 French 6. Huebner vs L Cederquist   ½-½ 31 1964 Niemeyer Juniors B07 Pirc 7. P van Herck vs Huebner   0-1 41 1964 Niemeyer Juniors B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Huebner vs R A Harris   1-0 34 1964 Niemeyer Juniors B20 Sicilian 9. Huebner vs J Sloth   ½-½ 35 1964 Niemeyer Juniors B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 10. E Scholl vs Huebner   ½-½ 51 1964 Niemeyer Juniors C16 French, Winawer 11. Huebner vs S Noorda   1-0 43 1964 Niemeyer Juniors C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 12. G Antunac vs Huebner   0-1 52 1964 Niemeyer Juniors C41 Philidor Defense 13. Huebner vs S Noorda   1-0 29 1964 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 14. R Verstraeten vs Huebner   ½-½ 52 1964 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 B42 Sicilian, Kan 15. C Woodcock vs Huebner   ½-½ 30 1964 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 C03 French, Tarrasch 16. Huebner vs J Kolbak   1-0 77 1964 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 17. Huebner vs F Hoelzl   1-0 29 1964 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 18. Huebner vs Y Bleiman   1-0 39 1965 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 19. H Ree vs Huebner   ½-½ 15 1965 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 C41 Philidor Defense 20. Huebner vs H Glauser   ½-½ 42 1965 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. P De Haseth vs Huebner 0-1 42 1965 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 C10 French 22. Huebner vs J Sibe   1-0 41 1965 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 B32 Sicilian 23. S Algera vs Huebner   0-1 33 1965 Niemeyer Juniors 1964/65 A07 King's Indian Attack 24. O Martius vs Huebner   ½-½ 29 1965 FRG CupT B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 25. Huebner vs L Schmid   ½-½ 52 1965 FRG CupT C15 French, Winawer  page 1 of 76; games 1-25 of 1,879

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-26-23    perfidious: Seems to me there is one on this site; I also know a decent one in this corner of the world. Oct-06-24    ketchuplover: HOFer baby! Jan-05-25    FSR: Sadly, Gerald Hertneck reports on Facebook that Huebner died today. Jan-05-25    Damenlaeuferbauer: I have to confirm, that German media report, that Robert Huebner, the best German player after Emanuel Lasker, died today on January 5, 2025. Thank you for the games you played and may your eternal soul rest in peace! Jan-05-25    Williebob: auf Wiedersehen, Großmeister Jan-05-25    Troller: Tschüss mein Freund. Vielen dank für die Parteien. Jan-05-25    areknames: Sad news. May he rest in peace. Jan-05-25    Stonehenge: RIP GM Huebner. <Parteien> Partien rather. Jan-05-25    stone free or die: Two years ago he was diagnosed with stomach cancer, and died in Cologne after a long illness. https://de.chessbase.com/post/rober... (de) RIP. Jan-05-25    edbermac: Story here: https://en.chessbase.com/post/rober... Jan-05-25    Eastfrisian: RIP chess hero. Jan-05-25    ndg2: Farewell, Doc! Hübner was the best German player after Em. Lasker. Some of the young players of today are nominally stronger than him, but he was the only German player after WWII reaching candidate matches (even a final against Korchnoi in Meran 1980). Jan-05-25    0ZeR0: Rest in peace, GM Robert Hübner... Jan-05-25    chrisowen: Gram mar go dog are whistling the best tube jacob double best man after Emanuel Lasker. Jan-06-25    vonKrolock: Very sad news RIP <"Two years ago, Robert Hübner fell ill with stomach cancer and had to undergo a serious operation. Robert Hübner tried bravely to come to terms with his fate and still had various plans for the future in the summer of 2024. But towards the end of the year, his health deteriorated dramatically. Robert Hübner died in the early morning of January 5, 2025 in a hospital in Cologne-Kalk. In the last days of his life, friends and companions, including Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Brigitte and Vlastimil Hort, Bodo Schmidt and Dr. Arndt Borkhardt, visited him there and said goodbye. Robert Hübner was 76 years old">. (from the chessbase article in German) A Spanish booklet about his match vs Petrosian in 1971 was among my first items of chess literature. And his book "Twenty Five Annotated Games" is among my favorites. Jan-06-25    Ruanpablo1: Legend RIP Jan-06-25    offramp: It was kismet. Jan-06-25    Mimzovich: R.I.P. Legend of the game. Jan-06-25    Check It Out: Nigel Short: <I am very sad to learn that my dear friend, Robert Huebner, has died. The last time I spoke to him, he was calm and philosophical about his impending death. That is not to say he embraced it, but he didn't fear it either. He was an exceptionally brilliant man, austere on the outside, but privately very funny. I will miss him greatly.> Jan-06-25    Check It Out: <Here is quite a good summary of Robert's life. It includes a few personal reminisces. By the way, Robert certainly did not speak 22 languages, as is claimed. He would have been the first person to refute that. He did, however, speak English, Dutch, Finnish, French, Spanish, Portuguese (I think) and Italian fluently, as well as his native German. I have no doubt he could read Danish, Swedish and Norwegian with few problems. Probably Romanian. He could also read Homer without a dictionary. Perhaps I am missing a few. But no way did he "speak" 22 languages. Of polyglot current GMs, perhaps Ljubojevic and Movsesian lead the pack with about a dozen or so. https://www.chess.com/news/view/rob...> Jan-06-25    Murky: GM Igor Ivanov made an interesting comment to me some years ago about Robert Huebner. Said the only annotations he fully trusted in the Yugoslav Informant series were those of Robert Huebner. Those annotations were well known and almost notorious for their exceptional depth and accuracy. Most pages in the Informant series contain several games. But not when Robert Huebner was annotating. His commentary often ran several pages. Jan-06-25    parisattack: Another chess Boomer down! RIP, GM Huebner. His '25 Games' book is a mega-classic! Jan-06-25    Check It Out: Look at the photo they used in the chesscom article I linked from Nigel short's comment. Now look at CGs photo from decades earlier. The look is exactly the same. Jan-07-25    Honza Cervenka: R.I.P., Grandmaster. Jan-07-25    paulalbert: I had the pleasure of meeting GM Huebner a long time ago in NY. Having studied Egyptian history as part of my undergraduate history major at Princeton, we discussed his papyrus work more than chess. He was a very accomplished scholar and linguist as well as being an elite chess GM. He reminded me of one of my Princeton roommates who eventually became the head off the Art and Archaeology faculty at Princeton. Losing the chess players whose games I studied and met when I was younger is distressing especially when they are younger than I am. May he rest in peace. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 13) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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