Hermann Pilnik

Hermann Pilnik
CountryArgentina
Born(1914-01-08)8 January 1914
Stuttgart, Germany
Died12 November 1981(1981-11-12) (aged 67)
Caracas, Venezuela
TitleGrandmaster (1952)
Peak rating2450 (July 1972)

Hermann Pilnik[1] (8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12[2] November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was a German-born Argentine chess Grandmaster.[3]

  1. ^ His official name as Argentine citizen was Germán Pilnik
  2. ^ Gaige; but '13' according to Ajedrez Revista Mensual December 1981, p. 737.
  3. ^ Pilnik's given name was spelled with two 'n's, in standard German fashion. Hooper D. and Whyld K. 1992. The Oxford companion to chess. 2nd ed, Oxford University Press. However, on Argentinian periodicals the name always appears as 'Herman'.