Horst Rittner

Horst Rittner
Full name Horst Robert Rittner
Country Germany
Born (1930-07-16) July 16, 1930
Breslau, Germany (today Wrocław, Poland)
Title ICCF Grandmaster (1961)
ICCF World Champion 1968–1971

Horst Robert Rittner (born July 16, 1930 in Breslau, Weimar Germany) is a German correspondence chess Grandmaster. He is most famous for being the sixth ICCF World Champion between 1968 and 1971. He also edited the German magazine Schach.

References

  • Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992]. The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 342. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
Preceded by
Hans Berliner
World Correspondence Chess Champion
1968–1971
Succeeded by
Yakov Estrin
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