Horst Rittner
Rittner in 2008
Full nameHorst Robert Rittner
CountryGermany
Born(1930-07-16)16 July 1930
Breslau, Germany (today Wrocław, Poland)
Died14 June 2021(2021-06-14) (aged 90)
TitleICCF Grandmaster (1961)
ICCF World Champion1968–1971

Horst Robert Rittner (16 July 1930 – 14 June 2021) was a German correspondence chess Grandmaster. He was born in Breslau, Weimar Germany, and was the sixth ICCF World Champion, between 1968 and 1971. He also edited the German magazine Schach.

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Preceded by Hans Berliner World Correspondence Chess Champion 1968–1971 Succeeded by Yakov Estrin