Baldur Hönlinger

Baldur Hönlinger (born July 7, 1905 in Vienna ; † March 12, 1990 in Wuppertal ) was an Austrian chess player .

In 1928 he played for Austria at the Chess Olympiad in The Hague (10 out of 15 on board 1). Further successes before the Second World War were the victory in Vienna in 1928, the shared first place in Szolnok in 1930 (with Gedeon Barcza ) and the win in Vienna in 1936. He lost a duel with Spielmann in January 1929 (+2 = 3 −5).

After the war he moved to Germany and joined the Barmen chess club in 1946 , where he remained a member until his death and with which he became German team champion in 1949 . From 1947 to 1955 he took part in the German championship five times . After 1956, Hönlinger largely withdrew from the tournament arena and only played team competitions for his club. His last tournament was the 1st candidate tournament of the DSB 1956 in Hitzacker .

In 1948 he played in Velbert for 12 hours and 28 minutes simultaneously against 213 opponents (+187, = 13, -13). At the time, this meant a world record. A year later he was defeated by the 23-year-old German champion Wolfgang Unzicker in the same place in a competition with 2: 4 (including 2 draws).

In 1970, the year the Barmer Chess Club and the Wuppertal Police Sports Club were merged into PSV / BSV Wuppertal, Hönlinger became an honorary member. On the threshold of the ninth decade of life, Hönlinger was playing at the top board.

Baldur Hönlinger taught many people how to play chess in numerous courses at the adult education center .

In the last years of his life he withdrew. Because of a stroke, he had to rely on his wife's help.

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• Obituary in Europa-Rochade 4/1990, p. 9