Berthold Koch

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Berthold Koch (born February 22, 1899 in Berlin ; † May 2, 1988 ) was a German chess player .

Koch played tournament and correspondence chess and was editor of the magazine Schach .

Tournament chess

In 1926, Koch received the title of German Master . In 1946 in Leipzig he became champion of the Soviet zone of occupation after a play-off against Ludwig Herrmann, the future husband of Edith Keller , who also took part in the first Eastern Zone Championship together with her brother Rudolf Keller . After the founding of the GDR , he won the GDR championship in Binz in 1952 . He won the Berlin championship a total of four times . Koch took part in the Chess Olympiads for the GDR in 1952 and 1956 . Since 1950 he has held the title of International Master . Koch won the GDR team championship in 1959 , 1960 , 1966 and 1967 .

Correspondence chess

Koch also played correspondence chess intensively. In 1959 he was named International Correspondence Chess Master by the International Correspondence Chess Federation . At the 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship he was ranked 7 to 9 and at the Dr. Dyckhoff Memorial Tournament (1954–1956) ranked 3 to 4.

editor

In 1947 the magazine Schach-Express was founded in East Berlin . This was renamed Chess in 1951 and still exists today (2020). Koch was the responsible editor until 1966. The permanent heading Chess teaches chess - High School of Combination was founded by him under the name We teach chess . Kurt Richter later expanded the category very successfully.

Web links

literature

  • Berthold Koch 70 Years , Deutsche Schachzeitung, May 1969, page 166

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joachim Petzold (Berlin): The first zone championship on the soil of the GDR . SCHACH 5/1980, pp. 197–198 (report, photo, table, game)
  2. ↑ Berthold Koch's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 87
  4. ↑ Player Details Berthold Koch at the ICCF (English)
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Berthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess player
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1988