Otto Borik spent his youth in his Czech homeland, which at the time was experiencing the Prague Spring. He came to the West Germany and also took German citizenship. Between 1973 and 1984 he lived in Bochum, where he dominated the local chess scene as a member of chess club SG Bochum 31. In 1974 he took part in the Dortmund Chess Days. [1]
At the Bochum Grandmaster Tournament in 1981, which Lubomir Kavalek won before Vlastimil Hort - both of whom had also emigrated from Czechoslovakia - Otto Borik came in 5th place (with 8 out of 15) and thus achieved his first International Master norm. In the same year he met his second norm in a tournament in Denmark. In 1982, Otto Borik was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
In the following years Borik became known primarily as an author and also made a name for himself as a chess trainer, for example as a base trainer for the German Chess Federation. He practically gave up his chess career to concentrate on journalism.
In 1979, at second board in the 23rd Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Cleveland (+2, =3, -1) and won team silver medal.
Otto Borik wrote and translated a variety of chess books. These include opening works, the Meyers chess dictionary edited with Joachim Petzold, as well as several books (with Helmut Pfleger as co-author) on the World Chess Championships between 1981 and 1990, which were published by Falken-Verlag. His main achievement, however, is the chess magazine Schach-Magazin 64, which he founded in 1979. Borik has been editor-in-chief of the chess magazine for three decades, which was published every two weeks until the end of 2006 and is now published monthly.
Literatureedit
Schach-Olympiade: Buenos Aires '78, Rau, Düsseldorf 1979. ISBN 3-7919-0191-5.
otto, borik, otakar, otto, borik, born, september, 1947, czech, origin, german, chess, international, master, 1982, 2007countryczechoslovakiagermanyborn, 1947, september, 1947, prague, czechoslovakiatitleinternational, master, 1982, peak, rating2429, july, 200. Otakar Otto Borik born 25 September 1947 is a Czech origin German chess International Master 1982 Otto BorikOtto Borik in 2007CountryCzechoslovakiaGermanyBorn 1947 09 25 25 September 1947 age 76 Prague CzechoslovakiaTitleInternational Master IM 1982 Peak rating2429 July 2003 Contents 1 Biography 2 Literature 3 References 4 External linksBiography editOtto Borik spent his youth in his Czech homeland which at the time was experiencing the Prague Spring He came to the West Germany and also took German citizenship Between 1973 and 1984 he lived in Bochum where he dominated the local chess scene as a member of chess club SG Bochum 31 In 1974 he took part in the Dortmund Chess Days 1 In 1973 and 1975 Otto Borik twice won a North Rhine Westphalia Chess Championship In 1976 he won West German Blitz Chess Championship In the same year he took part in West German Chess Championship in Bad Pyrmont and reached 4th place In 1982 he came in 9th place in Bad Neuenahr Ahrweiler At the Bochum Grandmaster Tournament in 1981 which Lubomir Kavalek won before Vlastimil Hort both of whom had also emigrated from Czechoslovakia Otto Borik came in 5th place with 8 out of 15 and thus achieved his first International Master norm In the same year he met his second norm in a tournament in Denmark In 1982 Otto Borik was awarded the FIDE International Master IM title In the following years Borik became known primarily as an author and also made a name for himself as a chess trainer for example as a base trainer for the German Chess Federation He practically gave up his chess career to concentrate on journalism Otto Borik played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiads 2 In 1978 at second reserve board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires 2 2 3 In 1980 at third board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta 4 2 4 Otto Borik played for West Germany in the Nordic Chess Cups 3 In 1977 at third board in the 8th Nordic Chess Cup in Glucksburg 4 1 0 and won team silver and individual gold medals In 1983 at third board in the 9th Nordic Chess Cup in Oslo 1 3 3 Otto Borik played for West Germany in the Men s Chess Mitropa Cups 4 In 1979 at second board in the 4th Chess Mitropa Cup in Bern 3 0 2 and won team bronze medal In 1981 at first board in the 6th Chess Mitropa Cup in Luxembourg 0 4 1 Otto Borik played for West Germany in the Clare Benedict Cup 5 In 1979 at second board in the 23rd Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Cleveland 2 3 1 and won team silver medal Otto Borik wrote and translated a variety of chess books These include opening works the Meyers chess dictionary edited with Joachim Petzold as well as several books with Helmut Pfleger as co author on the World Chess Championships between 1981 and 1990 which were published by Falken Verlag His main achievement however is the chess magazine Schach Magazin 64 which he founded in 1979 Borik has been editor in chief of the chess magazine for three decades which was published every two weeks until the end of 2006 and is now published monthly Literature editSchach Olympiade Buenos Aires 78 Rau Dusseldorf 1979 ISBN 3 7919 0191 5 Eroffnungen halboffene Spiele 3rd edition Beyer Verlag Hollfeld 1983 ISBN 3 921202 70 1 with Vlastimil Hort Moderne Verteidigung 2nd edition Beyer Verlag Hollfeld 1984 ISBN 3 88805 053 7 Budapester Gambit 2nd edition Edition Madler im Rau Verlag Dusseldorf o J 1988 ISBN 3 7919 0221 0 Kasparows Schacheroffnungen 2nd edition Edition Olms Zurich 1992 ISBN 3 283 00319 X with Joachim Petzold Meyers Schachlexikon Meyers Lexikonverlag Mannheim 1993 ISBN 3 411 08811 7 References edit Dortmunder Schachtage 1974 vom 3 bis 14 Mai im Dortmunder Westfalenpark OlimpBase Men s Chess Olympiads Otto Borik www olimpbase org OlimpBase Nordic Chess Cup Otto Borik www olimpbase org OlimpBase Men s Chess Mitropa Cup Otto Borik www olimpbase org OlimpBase Clare Benedict Chess Cup Otto Borik www olimpbase org External links editOtto Borik rating card at FIDE nbsp Otto Borik player profile and games at Chessgames com Otto Borik chess games at 365chess com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a German chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Otto Borik amp oldid 1185315906, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
