Which title was conferred to Hans-Joachim Hecht in 1963?
Hans-Joachim Hecht Hans-Joachim Hecht ( born January 29 , 1939 , Luckenwalde , Brandenburg ) is a German chess player and twice the national champion . His first name is often abbreviated to Hajo . One of his earliest international tournaments was the Kecskemét zonal qualifier of 1964 , where he finished a creditable ninth equal , behind some of the finest players of the day ( Georgi Tringov , Ludek Pachman , László Szabó , Florin Gheorghiu and Vlastimil Hort to name a few ) . At Bussum in 1968 , he took a share of sixth place ( Robert Hübner won ) . There were other promising results at Bussum 1969 and the Raach zonal the same year , but it was apparent that development was slow during this phase of his career , and he was unable to challenge for first place in strong competition . Progress was eventually forthcoming between earning his International Master title in 1969 and becoming a Grandmaster in 1973 , when the quality of his play improved rapidly , and this was largely due to his decision to turn professional around 1970 . As a result , he participated in a great many events and was able to register impressive victories at Bad Pyrmont 1970 ( with Alexander Matanovic and Mato Damjanovic ) , Olot 1971 , Málaga 1972 , Montilla-Moriles 1972 and Dortmund 1973 ( with Boris Spassky and Ulf Andersson ) . Domestically too , he twice captured the German Chess Championship , in 1970 and 1973 . At Wijk aan Zee in 1974 , a fully bearded Hecht took a share of third place behind Walter Browne and Jan Hein Donner ( ahead of Jan Timman and Andras Adorjan ) and was the winner at Dublin . He was also making wedding plans in 1974 and realised that his earnings would be insufficient to raise a family . Consequently , he resumed his former amateur status and took a job in local government , based in Solingen . He married Anne Marie Zeitler , the sister of notable German blind chess player Hans Zeitler and together they had two sons , Christopher and Volkmar . Both are strong chess players . Hecht has had a long and successful association with team chess , spanning from 1962 to 1986 , during which time he made ten Chess Olympiad appearances . Curiously , his highest team position ( board 2 ) at Valletta 1980 , coincided with his best score of +7 , =4 , -2 ( 69% ) . He also played at three European Team Chess Championships , from 1965 to 1977 , but it was at the World Team Chess Championship of 1985 , that he scored his biggest triumph , taking an individual gold medal for his performance on board 5 . Over the years , he also gained medals at the EEC Team Chess Championship , The Clare Benedict Chess Cup , and the Nordic Chess Cup . In league chess , he enjoyed many successes with Chess Bundesliga teams Solingen SG 1868 and Bayern Munich throughout his career . By the late 1970s , he found himself playing a diminishing number of tournaments and so took up correspondence chess , earning himself the Correspondence International Master title in 1980 . For many years , he was a second to World Chess Championship Candidate Robert Hübner . Most recently , he has been involved in the promotion of German junior chess club Furstenfeldbruck , but also participated at the 2005 World Senior Chess Championship at Lignano Sabbiadoro , where he made a respectable top ten finish from a field of one hundred and forty . In 2006 , he played at Queenstown , New Zealand , and took home the Seniors trophy . Notable games . - Hans-Joachim Hecht vs Raymond Keene , Brunnen 1966 , Caro-Kann Defense : Karpov , Smyslov Variation ( B17 ) , 1-0 - Bent Larsen vs Hans-Joachim Hecht , Buesum 1969 , Nimzo-Larsen Attack : English Variation ( A01 ) , ½–½ - Hans-Joachim Hecht vs Heinz Schaufelberger , Bath 1973 , Sicilian Defense : Najdorf Variation ( B95 ) , 1-0 - Hans-Joachim Hecht vs Gyozo V Forintos , Hoogovens 1974 , Sicilian Defense : Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack ( B30 ) , 1-0 References . - Wijk aan Zee result - Chessbase Queenstown report - CHESS magazine - May 1974 , p . 223 - Dublin result . - Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information External links . - Hechts games at Chessgames.com