Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November, 1900-29 December, 1969) was a German chess Grandmaster, chess writer.

He participated in many chess competitions during his career. In 1922 he won the Berlin Championship. In 1928 he tied for 1-2nd place in Berlin. In 1928 he won in Wiesbaden. In 1930 he tied for 4-5th place in Swinemünde. In the same year, in Prague he tied for 3-5th. In 1931 he earned second place behind Ludwig Rellstab at the Berlin Tournament.

He represented the German national team in two official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads. At Hamburg 1930 on the Board 4 (+6 –3 =3), at Prague 1931 also on Board 4 (+7 –1 =7), at the 1936 Munich unofficial Olympiad he played on Board 1 (+8 –2 =8). He won two team bronze medals (1930, 1936) and one individual bronze medal (1931).

At the further competition, organized in his country he finished continuously in the leading bunch. At Hamburg 1932 he earned first place, in this year he tied for 1-2nd place in Kiel, then finished third in Berlin. In1935 he placed third in the German Championship, in 1937 he got fourth place at the same event. In 1938 he won the Berlin Championship.

During the World War II he played at several tournaments. The most notable event of these may be the first European Championship, hold in Munich, in September 1942. Richter finished 3-5th place, Alexander Aljechin won the tournament.

After the war he also took part at the Berlin Championship: in1948 he tied for 1-2nd, in 1949 he finished 3-4th, in 1950 he tied for 2-3rd place. In 1951 he finished second, in 1952 third place.

In 1950 he was awarded the International Master title. He was a co-author of the Deutsche Schachblätter and Deutsche Schachzeitung magazines.

The Richter-Rauzer Variation of the Sicilian Defence (Richter–Rauzer Attack) is named after Kurt Richter and the Soviet chess Grandmaster, Vsevolod Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5.).

The Richter-Veresov Attack (also known as Veresov Opening) is named after Richter and Gavriil Veresov (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5) as a sign of respect.