{{Short description|German chess player (1966–2024)}} {{Infobox chess player |image = Dietmar Kolbus 2014 Eppingen.png |caption = Kolbus in 2014 | country = {{GER}} (until 2021)<br>{{IOM}} (after 2021) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1966|1|17}} | birth_place = [[Rahden]], Germany |death_date = {{death date and age|2024|7|22|1966|1|17}} |death_place = [[Biel]], Switzerland | title = [[International Master]] (2005) | peakrating = 2419 (January 2006) | FideID = 4610628 }}
'''Dietmar Kolbus''' (January 17, 1966 – July 22, 2024)<ref name="obit">[https://www.wb-trauer.de/traueranzeige/dietmar-kolbus Obituary]</ref> was a German [[chess]] player who resided in and played for Germany and the Isle of Man.
==Chess career== Kolbus moved to [[Trier]] in the 1980s to study computer science, and also joined the SG Trier Bundesliga Chess Team. He later sponsored the team, moving them into the [[4NCL]].<ref name="death"/>
In October 2014, Kolbus was defeated by [[Abhijeet Gupta]] at the start of the Poker Masters Isle of Man International chess tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/indian-grandmaster-abhijeet-gupta-off-to-a-flier-in-poker-masters/article6473233.ece|title=Abhijeet Gupta off to a flier in Poker Masters|newspaper=The Hindu |date=October 5, 2014}}</ref>
Kolbus competed in the [[FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023]], where he was the bottom seed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2023: preliminary lineups and World Cup passes|url=https://fide.com/news/2543 |access-date=2023-07-25|website=www.fide.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-67217044|title=Major chess tournament to be watched by millions, organisers say|date=October 26, 2023}}</ref> He managed to hold draws against grandmasters [[Adhiban Baskaran]], [[Adham Fawzy]], and [[Alexandr Fier]].
Kolbus died on July 22, 2024 while playing at the [[Biel Chess Festival]] 2024.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="death">{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/remembering-dietmar-kolbus-1966-2024|title=Remembering Dietmar Kolbus (1966-2024)|first=Andre|last=Schulz|date=July 29, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Off the chessboard, he was a programmer for [[SAP]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/LewishamChess/status/1818652990963667196|title=R.I.P. Dietmar Kolbus I.M. (1966-2024)|date=July 31, 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIDE}} *{{chessgames player|id=52151}}
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