What key details about matthias wahls can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: matthias wahls -lrb- born january 25 , 1968 -rrb- is a german chess grandmaster and poker player . wahls had his roots in chess sk union eimsbuettel , a chess club in hamburg . beginning in 1985 , he played for hamburger sk in the first division , the same year he became german youth champion . in 1988 he was appointed by the fide international master to master , and a year later to grandmaster . in the 1990s , wahls was among the strongest of german chess players . he represented germany in the 1990 and 1992 chess olympiads , and in 1996 and 1997 german championships . in 1998 , wahls qualified for the fide world chess championship , which was held a year later in las vegas . there , he defeated altin cela of albania in the first round by 1 1/2 -- 1/2 , but fell in the second round by 0 -- 2 to ukrainian vassily ivanchuk . in the second half of the 1990s , wahls began conducting seminars on chess issues , especially openings , and reduced his tournament activities . he also published a book in 1997 on the opening scandinavian defense -lrb- isbn 3-932861-00-0 -rrb- , and in 2005 a multimedia course , the best opening traps -lrb- isbn 3-937549-09-9 -rrb- . since july 2006 , wahls ' elo rating has remained unchanged at 2543 , as he has played no elo-eligible matches . wahls has recently focused on the game of poker . in 2007 , he founded the world 's largest poker school , pokerstrategy.com , with dominik kofert . the school has over 5.5 million members -lrb- as of 2013 -rrb- , and is based in gibraltar . wahls intended it to spread the poker game texas hold 'em in germany . after working with the school for several years , it was reported in november 2011 that wahl had relocated to southern spain '' for a financially successful excursion into the world of poker '' .
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- title is international master -lrb- 1988 -rrb- grandmaster -lrb- 1989 -rrb-- caption is matthias , 1992 wahls at the 30th chess olympiad in manila- fideid is 4600070- country is germany- peakrating is 2609 -lrb- january 1999 -rrb-- birth date is 25 january 1968- name is matthias wahls- image is matthias_wahls_1992_manila . jpg