Frank Holzke

Frank Holzke
Holzke in 2008
Country	Germany
Born	(1971-07-08) July 8, 1971 (age 53) Cologne, Germany
Title	Grandmaster (2008) [1]
FIDE   rating	2409 (May 2025)
Peak rating	2526 (July 2009)

Frank Holzke (born July 8, 1971) is a German chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In 1998, Holzke was joint winner of the Wichern Open alongside Daniel Fridman.

In 2009, Holzke played in Group C of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, where he finished 6th and defeated Wesley So, Manuel Bosboom, Roeland Pruijssers, and Manuel León Hoyos. ^[2]

In November 2022, Holzke was leading the World Senior Chess Championship after the fifth round alongside Rogelio Antonio Jr., Darcy Lima, and Maxim Novik. ^[3] He finished the tournament in 8th place. ^{[4] [5]}

Publications

Holzke has also written a book on chess strategy. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)".
2. Staff writer(s) (2 February 2009). "Standings grandmaster group C 2009". Tata Steel Chess.
3. "GM Joey Antonio shares the lead of FIDE Senior Chess Championship". BusinessWorld . November 20, 2022.
4. "30th World Senior Chess Championship 2022 Open 50+ - Player info Holzke Frank". November 26, 2022.
5. "30th World Senior Chess Championship 2022 Open 50+ - Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds".
6. "Frank Holzke: Von der Stellung zum Zug".
7. "Frank Holzke".

External links

• Frank Holzke rating card at FIDE