Arno Zude

Arno Zude combined over-the-board chess with the solving of composed chess problems. He won numerous German solving championships beginning in 1983 and became an international solving grandmaster in 1993. The following year he won the World Chess Solving Championship in Belfort. As a tournament player, he won three Hesse championships and finished second to Christopher Lutz in the 1995 German championship. FIDE awarded him the international master title that year. His Bundesliga career included appearances for Hofheim and Duisburg. In 2005 he received Germany's Silver Laurel Leaf award for his sporting achievements.