Luděk Pachman

Chess Player

1924 – 2003

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Who was Luděk Pachman?

Luděk Pachman was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he was allowed to emigrate to West Germany. He lived the remainder of his life there, and resumed his chess career with considerable success, including playing in the Interzonal in 1976 and winning the West German Championship in 1978.

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Born
May 11, 1924
Bělá pod Bezdězem
Also known as
  • Ludek Pachman
  • Ludek Pachmann
  • Pachman
  • Luděk Pachman
Religion
  • Catholicism
Profession
Died
Mar 6, 2003
Passau

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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