Wolfgang Uhlmann (29 March 1935 - ) is a German chess Grandmaster. He learned to play chess from his father at the age of 11. In 1951, he won the German Youth Champion title. In 1956, he became an International Master and from1959 he is an International Grandmaster. According to Chessmetrics, his highest score has been 2696.

He soon became a significant person amongst the East-German chess players between 1954 and 1986 he won the National Championship of the German Democratic Republic on 11 occasions. He represented the German Democratic Republic at Chess Olympiads 11 times, from 1956 to 1990. At the 1964 Tel Aviv Chess Olympiad he won an individual gold medal on Board 1. Then, in 1966 Havana, he earned an individual bronze medal.

Considering his appearances in world championship events his most promising attempt was at the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal of 1970, when he tied for 5-6^th places, advancing to the Candidates held in the following year. In the quaterfinal he lost against Bent Larsen by 3,5-5,5. Uhlmann was not able to qualify to the Candidates any more.

During the1960s he made his mark on the international scene. In 1964, he tied for first place with Polugaevsky at Sarajevo Tournament. In the same year, in Havana, he won the competition shared with Smyslov and continued with his excellence in further tournaments.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he tied for first place at Hastings 1975/76 (with Bronstein and Hort), in 1976 finished second place at Skopje, then in 1977, 1978 and 1981 he won a tournament each year.

In 2012, at the age of 77 he was the member of the „old Hands" team (a group for previous and aging top players) facing the "Snowdrops" (talented young females) in a display match. Uhlmann played brilliantly that reminded us of his glorious days. Especially the Kashlinskaya-Uhlmann match was considered to be the most beautiful game in the competition. It was said that the multiple East German Champion played like the young Mikhail Tal.

Uhlmann is also known as one of the excellent experts of the French Defence, he has corrected and developed many variations of it. Besides, he has published books about the opening variations.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org; http://www.chessmetrics.com