Berlin summer

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Alfred Seppelt (organizer)

The Berlin Summer was a chess tournament that was held in Berlin in the 1980s and 1990s . The Open was a tournament with the largest number of participants between 480 and 550. It was originally launched by Alfred Seppelt in 1983 as the American Summer Open Tournament . The Berlin summer, which began as American Summer in 1983 , had encompassed a multitude of sporting events, of which only chess remained in 1987.

Tournaments

Vlastimil Hort (winner 1983)

1983

With 270 participants, including 38 title holders, the international chess tournament American Summer 83 was the largest open tournament that has taken place in Berlin to date. The final result after nine rounds of the Swiss system was at the top: 1. Vlastimil Hort (8.5 points); 2nd to 4th Gutman , Herzog, Åkesson (7.5 points); 5th to 10th Șubă , Murey , Mednis , Sigurjónsson , Ghinda and Trepp (7 points).

1984

The second summer in Berlin had 432 participants. After nine laps Eric Lobron , Krunoslav Hulak and Anatoli Lein were ahead with 7.5 points each. Lobron had the better rating and won 5000 DM. The places 4 to 17 were decided accordingly: Murey, Sharif, Smejkal , Grószpéter , Ftáčnik , Inkjow , Kagan, Johansen , Rigo, Minić , Hjorth, Braga, Padewski and Wessendorf. Muresan won the women's prize . Lehmann was the best senior . In places 18 to 31 were Jansa , Hort , Gheorghiu and Egon Ditt , the DSB vice-president at the time.

1985

At the Berlin Summer 1985 428 chess players took part. It won Mihai Suba from Romania before the same number of points Viktor Korchnoi , each with 7.5 points.

Michail Tal (winner 1986)

1986

Ex-world champion Mikhail Tal won in Berlin in 1986. This time there were 466 participants. The youngest participant was nine-year-old Gabriel Schwartzman from Romania. Ian Rogers commented on two wonderful games by Jansa.

1987

The Berlin summer ended in 1987 with a sensation. The 20-year-old Gad Rechlis won the tournament. From the Berlin summer, which began in 1983 as American Summer , comprised a large number of sporting events, in 1987 only chess was left. In places 2 to 8 landed: Kosten , Grószpéter , Kupreitschik , Akesson , Endre Végh, Constantin Ionescu and Béla Lengyel .

1988

A superlative tournament took place in Berlin in 1988. More than 100 title holders were among the 250 participants, more than 100 registrations had to be rejected. In the end, eleven players with 7 points each from nine rounds were at the top. Bogdan Lalic, Juri Balaschow and Anatoli Waisser were equal in points and valuation . In places four to eleven followed Ferdinand Hellers, Florin Gheorghiu, Josef Klinger (fulfilled his third GM standard), Lev Gutman , Juri Rasuwajew , Tom Wedberg , Lars Bo Hansen and Marek Hawelko.

1989

470 participants, including 138 title holders, met for the seventh edition of the international open in Berlin! Not only the prize fund (65,000 DM), but also the flair of the divided city were decisive. For the first time, players from the GDR took part. Gavrikow from the Soviet Union won by rating. This time the first prize was shared among eight players: Gawrikow , Lukow, Dorfman , Glek , Uwe Bönsch , Rasuwajew, Lucas Brunner and Barejew (7 points each from 9 games).

1990

As in 1989, the Hotel Intercontinental was won over for the event in 1990. Vereslav Ingorn was the best of 546 participants with 7.5 points.

1991

526 players took part in the 1991 Berlin summer. Ingorn won the tournament with equal points ahead of Loek van Wely with 7.5 points each. Another nine players followed with seven points each.

1992

Yuri Dochojan from Russia won after the scoring in front of another seven equals with 7 points each from nine games.

Nana Iosseliani

1993

In the summer of 1993 in Berlin , 494 players took part in the Sport & Congress Center Hohenschönhausen . In 1993, Nana Iosseliani was the most prominent player. The tournament was won by Karen Movsesjan (first by rating) and Henrik Teske with 7.5 points each.

1994

With 466 participants, eight players reached the top with the same number of points in the 1994 Berlin summer. Gennady Kuzmin won the tournament. The German Matthias Wahls took second place.

1995

Out of 480 participants in the Berlin Open in 1995, four players reached the top with equal points. Vyacheslav Dydyschko (Belarus) won the tournament ahead of Matthias Wahls , Gad Rechlis and Jonny Hector .

1996

In the third-last summer of 1996 in Berlin, 488 players took part. Four players reached the top with equal points with 7.5 points each: Akopjan , Schipow, Zurab Sturua and Tymoshenko. Tournament organizer Seppelt promised that there will be a Berlin summer under his direction in 1997 . "The 15th edition rises from August 9th to 17th, 1997!".

1997

On the penultimate "summer", as announced by Alfred Seppelt, 542 players took part in the 15th summer in Berlin . Four players reached the top with equal points with 7.5 points each. Jurij Kruppa (Ukraine) won the tournament ahead of Stanislaw Savchenko (Ukraine), Kostjantyn Lerner (Ukraine) and Vladimir Chuchelov (Belgium).

Werner Reichenbach

1998

The last summer in Berlin took place in 1998. 430 chess players took part last summer in Berlin. The chairman of the Berlin Chess Association , Alfred Seppelt, on whose shoulders most of the organizational work lay, retired for reasons of age. The 62-year-old Werner Reichenbach from Berlin achieved a gem against the Ukrainian grandmaster Gennadi Kusmin. The real problem is the lack of sponsors and suitable hotels. Jonathan Parker (England) and L. Michaletz from Ukraine came out on top with 7.5 points each.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ International chess tournament American Summer 83 in Berlin . Schach-Echo 1983, issue 7, page 224 (report, games).
  2. ^ Hans-Joachim Plesse: Internationales Open, Berlin American Summer 83 . Schach-Echo 1983, issue 7, pages 264 to 266 (report, table, games).
  3. ^ Ludwig Steinkohl: Berlin summer with record participation - Erik Lobron won ahead of Hulak and Lein . Schach-Echo 1984, issue 10, page 369 (report, game).
  4. ↑ Games from the Berlin summer 1985 . Schach-Echo 1985, issue 10, page 377 (report, game).
  5. ↑ Ex-world champion Tal winner in Berlin . Schach-Echo 1986, issue 9, pages 337 and 338 (report, games).
  6. ↑ Ian Rogers : Two splendid parts from "Berlin Summer" . Schach-Echo 1986, volume 10, pages 374 and 375 (commented games).
  7. ↑ Berlin summer with 456 participants . Schach-Echo 1987, issue 10, pages 390 and 391 (report, final score, games).
  8. ↑ Berliner . Schach-Echo 1987, issue 9, page 362 (final result).
  9. ^ Hans Peter Fecht: Dead race at the "Berlin Summer" . Schach-Echo 1988, issue 9, pages 343 to 345 (report, final score, games).
  10. ^ IM Schulz: Gawrikow winner of the Berlin summer . Schach-Echo 1989, issue 9, pages 343 to 346 (report, final score, photo, games).
  11. ^ Stefan Löffler: 3rd grandmaster norm for Thomas Pähtz . Schach 1990, issue 10, pages 10 to 13 (report, table, photos, games).
  12. ↑ Raj Tischbierek : Wereslaw Eingorn for the second time winner of the Berlin summer . Schach 1991, issue 9, pages 32 to 34 (report, table, photos, games).
  13. ^ Raj Tischbierek : Schach 1992, Heft 10, Pages 10 to 23 (report, table, photos, games, interview with Ralf Lau).
  14. ↑ Dirk Poldauf: Germans fought respectably . Schach 1993, issue 10, pages 49 to 52 (report, table, photos, games).
  15. ↑ Hartmut Metz: Berlin Summer - But more than Monopoly notes . Schach 1994, issue 10, pages 55 to 58 (report, table, photo, games).
  16. ↑ Drazen Muse: Berlin Summer - Dydyschko had the perspective . Schach 1995, issue 10, pages 48 to 51 (report, table, photo, games).
  17. ↑ Berlin Summer: The "Berlin Summer" took place from August 10th to 18th. on TeleSchach
  18. ↑ Jörg pachow: Favorites win in the capital . Schach 1996, issue 9, page 62 (report, table, games).
  19. ↑ Dirk Poldauf: The last "summer" . Schach 1997, issue 9, pages 74 to 76 (report, table, photo, games).
  20. ↑ Sibylle Heyme: The curtain has fallen . Schach 1998, issue 9, pages 45 to 48 (report, table, photos, games).