RIP
Sad news, Robert Hübner has died.
https://t.co/YnxncK5Ixo— Peter Heine Nielsen (@PHChess) January 5, 2025
Robert Hübner is the best German #chess player since Emanuel Lasker. At the height of his career, the grandmaster from Cologne was ranked third in the world.
The multiple World Championship candidate turned 75 years old.
A tribute by Hartmut Metz: https://t.co/dNYT6mrH4s pic.twitter.com/LTCamVu7KZ
— ChessBase (@ChessBase) November 7, 2023
Wijk aan Zee, 14th January 1975. West German grandmaster Robert Hübner is pictured in play v. Walter Browne (USA) in the opening round of the Hoogovens tournament.
World #3 in 1980, he was a four-time Candidate for the World Championship.
(?: https://t.co/djJ1PufDtO.) #chess pic.twitter.com/9MSmEJD2NQ— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess) September 6, 2022
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— Chess.com (@chesscom) January 26, 2024