Arno Nickel
- January 9, 2024
- German Chess Grandmaster
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Arno Nickel |
| Occupation | German Chess Grandmaster |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 15, 1952(1952-02-15) |
| Age | 72 |
| Country | Germany |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Arno Nickel Biography
| Name | Arno Nickel |
| Birthday | Feb 15 |
| Birth Year | 1952 |
| Birth Country | Germany |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Arno Nickel is one of the most popular and richest German chess grandmaster who was born on February 15, 1952 in Germany. Arno Nickel (born 15 February 1952) is a German Grandmaster of correspondence chess. He is also an internationally renowned German publisher of chess.
For the ICCF Champions League top group A, from 2007 to 2009 He had the highest score on board 1.
On February 16, 2009 Nickel won the Simon Webb Memorial, a category 15 correspondence chess event with 13 grandmasters.
In 2011 Nickel won the gold medal with the German Olympic team in the Final of the 17th ICCF Correspondence Chess Olympiad. He scored 8/12 and achieved the best result on board 3. 2016 he achieved his second olympic gold at board 4, and 2019 his third gold medal with the best performance at board 2.
Since 2005, Nickel has been working to promote Freestyle Chess (Advanced chess, invented by GM Garry Kasparov), the first online chess game that is computer-controlled game where anything can be played, even help provided by players.
Arno Nickel Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | German chess grandmaster |
| House | Living in own house. |
Arno Nickel is one of the richest German Chess Grandmaster from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Arno Nickel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Since 1983, he been the editor of since 1983, the German Schach-Kalender in addition to in his own “Schach-Journal” together with Alexander Koblencs former coach for Mikhail Tal, from 1991 until 1994. He has written numerous books on chess. They are usually in the German language, with one exception: Robert Hubner’s “Twenty-five Annotated Games” (1996).
In a correspondence contest that lasted over a period of time, he took two games while drawing one against Hydra, which was the most powerful computer for chess in the year (2005).
Since 2008 Nickel has promoted the Infinity Chess project, which is located in Abu Dhabi. Amongst other projects Infinity Chess has dedicated itself to Freestyle chess, supporting four play modes: human, engine, centaur (human + engine) and correspondence chess.
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Facts & Trivia
Arno Ranked on the list of most popular German chess grandmaster. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Arno Nickel celebrates birthday on February 15 of every year.