Carl Ahues

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Carl Oscar Ahues (born December 26, 1883 in Bremen , † December 31, 1968 in Hamburg ) was a German chess master .

Time in Berlin

Ahues started playing chess at the age of 18. In 1907 he moved to Berlin . Here he became a member of the Berlin Chess Society . In 1910 he was third in the main international tournament at the Congress of the German Chess Federation in Hamburg . In 1911 he won the Berlin championship .

In the First World War he served as a soldier. He was taken prisoner in Romania (until 1919).

In 1920 he won the main tournament at the 20th Congress of the German Chess Federation, which was connected with the achievement of the title of master. Between 1921 and 1953 he took part in German championships nine times . His best success was in 1929, when he was "Champion of Germany" in Duisburg , ahead of Paul Saladin Leonhardt and Friedrich Sämisch . In 1927 in Magdeburg he was tied for fifth with Samisch ( Rudolf Spielmann won the championship). In 1935 in Aachen he achieved a shared second place behind Kurt Richter . Ahues shared third place at a chess tournament in Berlin with Spielmann and Ernst Grünfeld . In 1927 in Bad Niendorf he was fourth and in 1929 in Venice second. His greatest success was third place in 1936 in Bad Nauheim behind Alexander Alekhine , Paul Keres and before Efim Bogoljubow .

Ahues took part in three Chess Olympiads and achieved a positive result each time: 1930 in Hamburg (7.5 out of 14), 1931 in Prague (7 out of 13 on board 2) and at the unofficial Olympiad in Munich in 1936 (10 out of 17 on board 2; +4 = 12 −1). With the team he reached third place in 1930 and 1936.

Time in Schleswig-Holstein

After the end of the Second World War, Ahues moved to Schleswig-Holstein and last lived in Hamburg. He participated in many West German tournaments, such as 1946 in Bad Harzburg, where he was first. At the age of 70 he played in the all-German championship in Leipzig in 1953 , which Wolfgang Unzicker won after a playoff with Ludwig Schmitt , and reached places 4 to 7. With the Hamburger Schachgesellschaft he became German team champion in 1950 , with the Hamburg SK in 1956 and 1958 .

The world chess federation FIDE awarded him the newly created title of International Master in 1950 .

At the age of 81 he still won the Hamburg Blitz Championship , and in September 1968 he became club champion.

His best historical rating was 2651, which he achieved in January 1931.

Private

Ahues was a "committed vegetarian." His son Herbert Ahues was a grandmaster for chess compositions .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German individual championship 1929 in Duisburg on TeleSchess (table and games)
  2. ↑ German individual chess championship 1927 in Magdeburg on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  3. ↑ German individual chess championship 1935 in Aachen on TeleSchach (table and games)
  4. ↑ Chess tournament in Bad Niendorf
  5. ↑ The 1936 international tournament in Bad Nauheim on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  6. ↑ Carl Ahues' results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase (English)
  7. ↑ Carl Ahues' results at unofficial chess Olympiads on olimpbase (English)
  8. ↑ The 1946 chess tournament in Bad Harzburg on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  9. ↑ SCHACH 17/1956, September 1st issue, p. 272.
  10. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 87.
  11. ↑ The HSK becomes German team champion in 1956 & 1958 at: hsk1830.de, accessed on March 19, 2017
  12. ↑ Hamburger Schachklub Klub-Zeitung October / November 1968 on hsk1830.de (PDF; 1.9 MB)
  13. ↑ Carl Ahues won the playoff! In: Deutsche Schachzeitung No. 12 1968, p. 411.

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personal data
SURNAME Ahues, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahues, Carl O.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess player
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1968
Place of death Hamburg