Robert Hübner

Robert Hübner (November 6, 1948 – January 5, 2025) was a German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist. He was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. In 2000 he won, with the German team, a silver medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. His chess moves were called "aggressive" and "ruthless". The Hubner variation move is named after him. Hübner is known as one of the world's best xiangqi players not from China.Chinese Chess for Beginners by Sam Sloan (1989)  Hübner was born in Porz, Allied-occupied Germany.

Hübner died on January 5, 2025 at a hospital in Cologne, Germany from stomach cancer at the age of 76.

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