Wolfgang Paul Galow (born 21 September 1956 in Landshut, Germany) is a German chess player and photographer.
Photography
Wolfgang Galow is a photographer in Munich, Germany,Photographie-Werkstatt . Article on the website of the German Chess Federation by IM Georgios Souleidis from 28 October 2013 (German) known mainly for photographing chess players,Photographies by Wolfgang Galow at the Fast Chess World Championship 2015 in Berlin architectural photographyArchitectural photography of Wolfgang Galow on photographie-werkstatt.de and wedding photographyWedding photography of Wolfgang Galow at wolfgang-galow-photographie.de (formerly with Beata Zys, now alone). He is a co-founder of Lichtschmiede München, an association operating a photo studio.Lichtschmiede München at lichtschmiede-muenchen.com (German) In 2009 Wolfgang Galow won first prize in an international architectural photography competition, the Polish DIGITAL FOTO VIDEO.Rozwiązanie konkursu Kingston – "Budynki i budowle" at dfv.pl (Polish) His photographs have appeared in magazines of Minolta, the German Association of Photography (DVF), Color-Foto, Color-Foto-Creativ, Profi-Foto and fotoMAGAZIN. He was represented at several group exhibitions and had a solo exhibition, for example, at the Kulturzentrum 2411 in Hasenbergl (Munich).Am Zug. Article by Jutta Czeguhn, Süddeutsche Zeitung 9 January 2016 (German) Both as a photographer and as a chess player, he is self-taught.
Chess
Correspondence chess
In correspondence chess he won his first national master class tournament M/886 in 1982/83FERNSCHACH International magazine 12/1983, page 273 and later also international master class tournaments in European and World tournaments. Thus he qualified for European and World Championships.FERNSCHACH International magazine 03/1998, page 169 In 1997 he was awarded the title of International Master in Correspondence Chess. He achieved the norms for this at the 1994–2000 European Championship, won by Fatih Atakişi, where he finished eighth,FERNSCHACH International magazine 09/2000, page 490 and at the 2nd semi-final of the 21st World Championship 1995–2000, where he missed the grandmaster norm by only half a point, finishing second behind Ralf Barten with 10.5 points from 14 games.WC21/SF02, World Championship 21 Semifinal 2 at iccf.com In 1997, he played the final of the 27th German Correspondence Chess ChampionshipFERNSCHACH International magazine 02/2000, page 116 after having qualified for it in the preliminary round with a split 1st/2nd place.FERNSCHACH International magazine 04/1997, page 240
In 1991 he founded the correspondence chess team of the Landshut Chess Club and led it via two qualifying rounds 1991–1993Qualification for the German corresondence chess first division 1991 to 1993 at bdf-tabellenarchiv.de (German) and 1993–1995Qualification for the German corresondence chess first division 1993 to 1995 at bdf-tabellenarchiv.de (German) into the 1st German Correspondence Chess League 1995–1997, where he played on the first board and scored 3.5 points in 8 games.FERNSCHACH International magazine 11/1997, page 628 Afterwards he ended his correspondence chess career and let the qualification for the 3/4 final of the 21st World Correspondence Chess Championship expire unused.FERNSCHACH International magazine 01/1999, page 21 In 1997 the German Correspondence Chess Federation awarded him the Silver Badge of Honor.FERNSCHACH International magazine 07–08/1996, page 433 His highest rating in correspondence chess was 2448 in 1998.
Over-the-board chess
He was introduced to chess in 1971 in the chess club of Landshut. In 1976 he became Lower Bavarian youth champion in blitz chess. In the 1980s he was temporarily with Münchener SC 1836 and won its club championship in 1986. Later he returned to the chess club of Landshut. After a longer break from chess he joined the chess department of FC Bayern Munich. His highest Elo rating in over-the-board chess was 2129, which he had from July 1999 to October 2015.
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