In 1968, Lothar Vogt won the East Germany Youth Chess Championship. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of the leaders in East Germany chess, winning two gold medals (
Suhl in 1977 and
Frankfurt in 1979) in
East Germany Chess Championships. He has appeared in many international chess tournaments, with successes including in
Warsaw (1969, 1st place),
Zinnowitz (1970, shared 1st-2nd place),
Starý Smokovec (1972, shared 1st-2nd place and 1979, shared 1st-2nd place),
Leipzig (1974, shared 1st-2nd place),
Kecskemét (1977, 1st place),
Nałęczów (1979, shared 1st-3rd place),
Polanica-Zdrój (1982, shared 1st-2nd place in
Rubinstein Memorial) and in
Valby, (1991, shared 1st-4th place). In 2002, Lothar Vogt won the
Open tournament in
Leukerbad, while in 2006, he ranked 1st before
Andrei Sokolov in
Lenk. Lothar Vogt played for East Germany in the
Chess Olympiads: • In 1972, at the second reserve board in the
20th Chess Olympiad in
Skopje (+8, =7, -2), • In 1988, at fourth board in the
28th Chess Olympiad in
Thessaloniki (+6, =5, -1). Lothar Vogt played for East Germany in the
European Team Chess Championship: • In 1970, at the tenth board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship in
Kapfenberg (+0, =1, -2) and won the team bronze medal. In 1973, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title three years later. ==References==