Achim Soltau

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Achim Soltau (born April 13, 1938 - † January 29, 2016 ) was a German judge , correspondence chess player and chess official.

Soltau was the presiding judge at the Hamburg Regional Court . He had two daughters and a son. His father, Ernst Soltau , was a member of the Appointed Hamburg Citizenship and German master in sailing ( Olympic dinghy ).

chess

In the German Federal Chess League , Soltau played a game for SK Johanneum Eppendorf in the 1981/82 season , in the 2nd Bundesliga he also played for SK Johanneum Eppendorf and SC Kreuzberg in the 1980s .

From 1988 to 1993 Soltau was President of the German Correspondence Chess Federation . Since 1990 he was international correspondence chess master and since 1992 he was grand master in correspondence chess .

At the correspondence chess Olympiad , Soltau won the gold medal with the German team as a team boss in 1999, followed by silver a year later. He took part several times in the finals of the World Correspondence Chess Championship , most recently at the 21st World Championships (2005-2008). His best placements were fourth at the 16th World Cup (1999-2004) and at the 18th World Cup (2003-2005). Since January 2008 he took part in the Hermann-Heemsoth -Memorial, the correspondence chess tournament with the highest number of players so far, and finished in 10th place.

In 2004 he was awarded the Bertl von Massow medal in silver. With 13 correspondence chess grandmaster norms, he holds an unofficial world record in correspondence chess.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary dated February 3, 2016 at the German Correspondence Chess Federation
  2. ↑ Obituary in the Hamburger Abendblatt of February 13, 2016, page 18
  3. ↑ Achim Soltau died . In: Chess News . February 4, 2016 ( chessbase.com [accessed September 12, 2018]).
  4. ^ Johannes Eising , Claus-Dieter Meyer, Gerd Treppner: Schachbundesliga 1980-83 , Bamberger Schachverlag, Bamberg 1984, ISBN 3-923113-04-8 , page 113
  5. ^ Johannes Eising, Gerd Treppner: Schachbundesliga 1984-88 , Joachim Beyer Verlag, Hollfeld 1989, ISBN 3-88805-081-2 , page 103
  6. ↑ Chess in the New Millennium - History of the Chess Olympiads (9)
  7. ^ Final result of the 21st Correspondence Chess World Championships at the ICCF
  8. ^ Final result of the 16th Correspondence Chess World Championships at the ICCF
  9. ^ Final result of the 18th Correspondence Chess World Championships at the ICCF
  10. ^ Hermann-Heemsoth-Memorial (cross table) on ICCF
  11. ↑ World record by Achim Soltau . BdF Newsletter April 2009, P 10 on BdF
personal data
SURNAME Soltau, Achim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German correspondence chess grandmaster
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1938
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2016