GDR team championship in chess 1951
At the GDR team championship in chess in 1951 , BSG Einheit-Ost-Leipzig won the GDR team championship and thus became the GDR's second team champion.
The championship in 1949 in Wernigerode was the last championship in the eastern zone . The GDR's first team championships took place in Binz on Rügen in September 1950 . A youth championship and a men's championship were held.
The final fights of the second GDR team championships took place in Potsdam in autumn 1951 . More than 20,000 chess athletes took part in the preliminary matches. The two finals (youth and men's teams ) were each held as round-robin tournaments, with each team playing on ten boards. There were a total of six teams for the men and six for the youth.
Cross table of men's teams (ranking)
| society | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BSG Unity East Leipzig | 4.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 35.0 | |
| 2 | BSG Aufbau-Börde-Magdeburg | 6.0 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 33.5 | |
| 3 | BSG Empor-Werner Seelenbinder-Berlin | 3.0 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 29.5 | |
| 4th | BSG Empor-Erfurt | 3.5 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 25.5 | |
| 5 | BSG unit-Rostock | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 14.0 | |
| 6th | BSG Unity-State Government Potsdam | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 12.5 |
Cross table of the youth teams (ranking list)
| society | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SG Lichtenberg 47-Berlin | 3.5 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 33.5 | |
| 2 | BSG Chemie-Meißen | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 30.0 | |
| 3 | BSG Stahl-Staßfurt | 3.0 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 29.0 | |
| 4th | BSG Einheit-Schwerin | 4.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 27.5 | |
| 5 | BSG Einheit-Mühlhausen | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 20.5 | |
| 6th | BSG Textile Forest | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 9.5 |
Best individual results
On the men's first board, Wolfgang Pietzsch (Leipzig) and Hans Platz (Magdeburg) each got 4 points from 5 games. Mühlberg (Magdeburg) had the best result of all men with 5 out of 5.
In the youth category , Burkhard Malich (Staßfurt) was the best on the first board with 4 out of 5. Fritz Baumbach from Berlin achieved the best result of all young people with 5 out of 5.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bruno Ullrich: Leipzig double victory in Wernigerode . Schach-Express 1949, H. 19, pp. 289-291
- ↑ Chess athletes are committed to the National Front . Schach 1950, H. 19, pp. 353-354
swell
- For the third time Leipzig before Magdeburg . Schach 1951, H. 20, S. 473–481 (reports, photos, cross tables and games)