 At the latter event, he delivered an impressive 68% score, including a win against the strong French GM Joël Lautier.He has also played league chess in the Chess Bundesliga, for Porz and Werder Bremen.In international tournaments he has achieved first places at Olomouc 1972, Leipzig 1977 (shared with Malich and Smejkal), Halle 1978 (shared with Farago and Uhlmann) and Cienfuegos 1984.