World Chess hall of fame
Robert Hübner
Inducted 2024 1948 - 2025
Germany
Biography
Robert Hübner was one of the strongest players in the world from the 1970s to the early 1990s. A four-time candidate for the World Championship (1971, 1980-81, 1983, and 1991), rated as high as number three in the world (July 1981), he helped lead Germany to second place in the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Hübner, who has a PhD in papyrology and is reputed to be fluent in 22 languages, accomplished all of this despite being an amateur player for much of his career. A major variation in the Nimzo-Indian Defense is named after him.
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