Alfred Diel

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Alfred Diel (born April 10, 1924 in Mainaschaff ; † June 12, 2013 ) was a German chess journalist . His publications mainly concern topics from the history of chess .

biography

From 1946 to 1968 Diel worked as a journalist in Aschaffenburg, Nuremberg and Würzburg. Afterwards he was first head of the Office for Press and Information in the Hanau district, later until 1984 head of an environmental department in the Main-Kinzig district . He was also involved in local politics on a voluntary basis for twelve years.

For decades he was active in chess organizations. After 1947 he worked for several years as a youth warden in Lower Franconia . From 1954 on he was chairman of the Lower Franconian Chess Association until he moved to Nuremberg in October 1957. Since 1953 Diel was press attendant in the Bavarian Chess Federation . After 1971 he was also a public relations officer in the German Chess Federation until he gave up these two functions in 1986.

He became known as the editor of various chess magazines . In 1950 and 1951, he published the magazine of the Lower Franconia Association, Das Königliche Spiel , in Aschaffenburg, where he initially looked after a chess column as editor of the Main-Echoes . In addition, since 1949 he worked for the Bavarian Chess Newspaper , which merged with The Royal Game in 1951 to form the Bavarian association magazine , Das meisterliche Schach , whose main responsibility at the time was Efim Bogoljubow . This in turn led to the Süddeutsche Schachzeitung , of which Diel was the editor from October 1957 to 1961. In response to the success of the magazine, the DSB federal board decided to distribute this organ nationwide under the traditional title Deutsche Schachblätter . The magazine appeared under this name from 1962 to 1986.

In addition, Diel was a member of the German Correspondence Chess Federation (BdF), where he was the team leader of the Federal Republic of Germany at the first two Teleschess Olympiads . In 1975 he was honored with the Silver Badge of Honor.

Diel was married and has two children from his second marriage. In his free time he devoted himself to genealogy.

Chess historian

Diel wrote several books on chess history. In 1977, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the DSB, he wrote the festival book Chess in Germany . The following year he published the portrait album Die Schachweltmeister with Klaus Lindörfer . After all, we owe him a presentation on the history of the Bavarian Chess Federation (2000).

In later times, his name was mainly associated with short biographies of historical chess masters, which appeared regularly in various magazines. He also wrote the column "From Bygone Times" for the chess magazine Kaissiber .

Honors

Diel was an honorary member of the Bavarian Chess Federation, the Lower Franconian Chess Association and the Mainaschaff chess club. He was awarded the Golden Badge of Honor by the German Chess Federation and the Bavarian Chess Federation. On October 1, 1990, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hanau .

Publications (selection)

  • Chess in Germany. Festival book on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Deutscher Schachbund e. V. 1877-1977. Rau, Düsseldorf 1977. ISBN 3791901672 .
  • (together with Klaus Lindörfer): The world chess champions. A folder , Olms, Zurich 1979. ISBN 3283000174 .
  • The game of kings. Interesting and entertaining things from the world of chess , Bamberger Schachverlag, Bamberg 1983. ISBN 392311303X .
  • The Bavarian Chess Federation. Departure into the third millennium , Beyer, Hollfeld 2000. ISBN 3888052912 .

literature

  • Entry "Alfred Diel", In: Klaus Lindörfer: Schachlexikon. History. Theory and game practice from A – Z , Orbis Verlag, Munich 1991, p. 71. ISBN 3572027349 .
  • Medal of Merit for Alfred Diel , In: Schach-Report , No. 11, 1990, p. 19.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary of the Bavarian Chess Federation ( Memento from February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Egbert Meissenburg: "The German chess magazines from 1945 to 1965", p. 6 (special print from Deutsche Schachblätter 1967); Ludwig Schneider : "Best wishes for the new sphere of activity", in: Deutsche Schachblätter , 5/1968, p. 118f.
  3. ^ Also on the above information see Schneider, in: Deutsche Schachblätter. , 5/1968, pp. 118f.
  4. ↑ Fernschach magazine , No. 5, 1989, p. 231.
  5. ^ GL: Alfred Diel is 70. In: Schach-Report , No. 4, 1994, p. 19.
personal data
SURNAME Diel, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess historian and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainaschaff
DATE OF DEATH June 12th, 2013