| Klaus Wockenfuss | |
| Country: | Germany |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Ratzeburg, Germany |
| Death Place: | München, Germany |
| International Master (1987) | |
| Peakrating: | 2415 (July 1987) |
| Fideid: | 4600746 |
Klaus Wockenfuss (29 August 1951 – 11 May 2022) was a German chess International Master (1987), West German Chess Championship winner (1976).
In the 1970s and 1980s Klaus Wockenfuss was one of the leading chess players in West Germany. In 1976, he won West German Chess Championship. Klaus Wockenfuss was winner of international chess tournaments in Wilhelmsfeld (1983) and Kraków (1986).
Klaus Wockenfuss played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiad:[1]
Klaus Wockenfuss played for West Germany in the World Student Team Chess Championship:[2]
Klaus Wockenfuss played for West Germany in the Nordic Chess Cups:[3]
Klaus Wockenfuss played for West Germany in the Men's Chess Mitropa Cup:[4]
In 1987, Klaus Wockenfuss was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
Klaus Wockenfuss has lived in Munich since 1988. He is a qualified economist, but has been working in the IT industry for over 20 years as a programmer, database administrator, quality assurance and security officer. In 1995 Klaus Wockenfuss wrote a short autobiography with 55 chess games. His second great passion is running: marathon and half marathon.