Peter Ostermeyer
Peter Ostermeyer is a German chess International Master, West German Chess Championship winner.
Biography
In 1961 and 1962, Peter Ostermeyer twice in row won West German Junior Chess Championship. In 1963, in Vrnjačka Banja he participated in World Junior Chess Championship and ranked in 12th place. In 1975, in Reykjavík he participated in World Chess Championship European zonal A tournament and shared 7th–9th place. Peter Ostermeyer won three medals in West German Chess Championship: gold and two silver. In 1983, he was best from German chess player in German Open Chess Championship. In 1981, he won North Rhine-Westphalia State Chess Championship. He was the twice winner of the Chess Bundesliga with chess club Schachgesellschaft Solingen: in 1986/87 and 1987/88.Peter Ostermeyer was participant of a significant number of strong international chess tournaments. He was winner of international chess tournaments in Dortmund and Düsseldorf.
Peter Ostermeyer played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiads:
- In 1976, at first reserve board in the 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa,
- In 1984, at first reserve board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki.
- In 1977, at first reserve board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship in Moscow and won individual silver medal.
- In 1968, at first reserve board in the 15th World Student Team Chess Championship in Ybbs and won team silver medal,
- In 1969, at second reserve board in the 16th World Student Team Chess Championship in Dresden.
- In 1976, at first board in the 7th Nordic Chess Cup in Bremen and won team silver medal,
- In 1983, at first board in the 9th Nordic Chess Cup in Oslo.
- In 1984, at second board in the 9th Chess Mitropa Cup in Bad Lauterberg and won team gold medal,
In 2003, Peter Ostermeyer retired from performing in high-ranking chess tournaments.
Peter Ostermeyer holds a PhD in Mathematics. Until the early 1980s he taught mathematics at one of the universities in Düsseldorf.