Alfred Brinckmann

Alfred Brinckmann (born January 3, 1891 in Kiel , † May 30, 1967 ibid) was a German chess player and well-known chess author.

The chess player

Brinckmann was a member of the Kieler SG 1884 club throughout his life. Between 1921 and 1949 he took part in German championships eight times. He celebrated his greatest success in 1927 at the tournament in Berlin, when he took first place in front of well-known masters such as Nimzowitsch and Bogoljubow .

In 1953 he became an international master . His highest historical rating was 2563, which he reached in July 1929.

The functionary

Brinckmann played a key role in the re-establishment of the German Chess Federation (DSB) in the post-war period. From 1950 to 1967 he was secretary of the DSB. From 1953 to 1955 he took over the office of tournament director, from 1962 to 1967 he was a referee.

In 1966 the DSB recognized his services with the Association's Golden Badge of Honor .

The author

Brinckmann wrote numerous books, including several biographies (about Efim Bogoljubow , Kurt Richter and Siegbert Tarrasch ) and tournament reports . In his book Schachmeister im Kampfe , published in 1940 : reflections on chess and the present , he represents National Socialist ideas. In the foreword he writes: This book was written during Germany's greatest historical period. He often speaks of struggle and victory, and so a clear relationship to the present should be seen here. With such statements he was in line with other Nazi chess authors such as Emil Fuchs and Alfred Pfrang, who wanted to give the game of chess a political dimension and, emphasizing its "fighting character", wanted to promote it as a "national game" for "intellectual training". In his books published after 1945, Brinckmann avoided political statements, but did not explicitly distance himself from his earlier writings. His textbook on the game of chess , later edited by Jerzy Konikowski , was published in 2013 in its 10th edition ( ISBN 978-3-940417-17-6 ).

literature

• Horst Lüders: Brinckmann, Alfred Heinrich. In: Olaf Klose (ed.): Schleswig-Holsteinisches Biographisches Lexikon, Vol. 1, Neumünster: Wachholtz 1970, pp. 89-90.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 88
2. ↑ cf. Edmund Bruns: The game of chess as a phenomenon of the cultural history of the 19th and 20th centuries . Lit-Verlag, Münster 2003. ISBN 3-8258-6546-0 . Pp. 160-170

Web links

• Literature by and about Alfred Brinckmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Replayable chess games by Alfred Brinckmann on chessgames.com (English)