Career
He is a retired university lecturer who received his Ph. Doctorate in 1971 and until 2001 taught Byzantine history at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. Malich learned chess in 1948 at the age of 12.
After the German reunification, Malich played in the 1990/1991 season for Buna Halle and in the 1993/1994 for PSV Duisburg in the Chess Bundesliga.
He continues to play in team events, and as of July 2013 has an Elo rating of 2347.