Ulrich Voigt is an eleven-time World Puzzle Champion, and the most successful individual contestant. A German, he was born in 1976 in Borna near Leipzig and currently lives in Freiburg.
Ulrich started playing chess at the age of five; he is a FIDE Master with an ELO of over 2300.
He is not the same person as the mnemonics master and managing director of Likanas publisher of the same name.