Q:Facts: - title: grandmaster - caption: bischoff at dortmund 2009 - fideid: 4600045 - birth date: 9 june 1961 - name: klaus bischoff - birthname: klaus bischoff - image: bischoff 2009 dortmund.jpg - birth place: ulm Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of klaus bischoff .
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klaus bischoff -lrb- born june 9 , 1961 in ulm -rrb- is a german chess player .he was awarded the grandmaster title by fide in 1990 .in international tournaments , he has taken a share of first place on a number of occasions , including kecskemet 1988 , arosa 1996 , recklinghausen 1999 , essen 2000 , bad zwesten 2003 and bad zwesten again in 2005 .in 2006 , he tied for 2nd-9th with luke mcshane , stephen j. gordon , gawain jones , Sarunas Sulskis , luis galego , danny gormally and karel van der weide in the 2nd eu individual open chess championship in liverpool .he is a noted expert at rapid chess and is an eleven-time champion of his nation 's blitz chess championship .in 1999 , he shared first place at the prestigious essen rapidplay event with vladimir epishin .also a competitor in team chess events , he was part of the german team that took the silver medal at the 34th chess olympiad in istanbul , 2000 .