Arno Zude (born 14 May 1964) is a German chess

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and chess problemist.

Biography

Zude has won the German Chess Solving Championship several times (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, and 2013). In 1993 Zude gained the title of International Solving Grandmaster. In 1994 he won the individual

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. Zude is a three-time winner of the

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federal state chess championship (1986, 1992, and 1994). In the 1995 German Chess Championship he finished in second place (behind Christopher Lutz). In 1995 Zude became a

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International Master. He regularly participated in the German Chess Bundesliga, which represented the ''SV Hofheim'' (with interruptions from 1984 to 2005) and ''PSV Duisburg'' (1997–2000) teams. For his achievements in chess, on 7 December 2005 Zude received the highest sports award in Germany: Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.Meldung über die Auszeichnung
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* * * player profile at chess-db.com * Problems at the PDB-Server 1964 births Living people German chess players Chess composers International solving grandmasters Chess International Masters {{Germany-chess-bio-stub