GDR team championship in chess 1957

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At the GDR team championship in chess in 1957 , SC Einheit Dresden won the GDR team championship for the first time .

A round-robin tournament was played , with each team fighting each other eight team fights on eight boards, the so-called Scheveningen system . There were a total of 48 team fights, so 384 games.

With a view to the formation of priorities, a restructuring of the top divisions was decided in 1955. A special league was created for the 1955/56 season.

Cross table of teams (ranking)

society 1 2 3 4th Points
1 SC unit Dresden 29.0 43.0 41.0 113.0
2 SC Motor Berlin 35.0 38.5 38.5 112.0
3 SC Science Hall 21.0 25.5 38.0 84.5
4th SC Rotation Leipzig 23.0 25.5 26.0 74.5

The championship team

1. SC unit Dresden
Chess pieces

Alphabetical order: Dieter Bertholdt , Bernhard Dorawa, Karl-Heinz Folgmann , Ludwig Herrmann , Helmut Jüttler, Rudolf Keller , Edith Keller-Herrmann , Peter Mannsfeld, Hans Richter, Rainer Tröger, Wolfgang Uhlmann

swell

  • The better collective achieved the victory - SC Einheit Dresden won the team championship in 1957 . Schach 1957, pp. 211–212 (report, results, games)

Individual evidence

  1. The Presidium announces . Schach 1955, p. 255