GDR team championship in chess 1958
At the GDR team championship in chess in 1958 , SC Einheit Dresden won the GDR team championship for the second time in a row .
A round-robin tournament was played in a special league, with each team playing four team fights on eight boards against each other, the so-called half-Scheveningen system . There were a total of 24 team fights, so 192 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.
At the same time the team fights of the league took place, which BSG Motor Gotha won. A playoff between the two winners had to decide the title.
Cross table of the special league (ranking)
| society | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC unit Dresden | 15.0 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 55.0 | |
| 2 | TSC Oberschöneweide | 17.0 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 52.5 | |
| 3 | SC Science Hall | 11.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 43.0 | |
| 4th | SC Rotation Leipzig | 13.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 41.5 |
Play-off battle for the title of German team champion 1958
The winner of the special league, SC Einheit Dresden, and the winner of the upper league, BSG Motor Gotha, competed in a double round tie-off for the title on July 26th and 27th in Leipzig. It won SC unit Dresden with a total score 9.5 to 6.5. Both teams met again in the 1959 series of games in the major league.
| Dresden | Gotha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uhlmann | 1 | 1 | Rattle | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bertholdt | 1 | ½ | Fiensch | 0 | ½ |
| 3 | Herrmann | ½ | ½ | Fight handle | ½ | ½ |
| 4th | Jüttler | 1 | 0 | Zapke | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Keller-Herrmann | ½ | 0 | Schlott | ½ | 1 |
| 6th | Follower | ½ | stork | ½ | ||
| Dorowa | 0 | stork | 1 | |||
| 7th | Judge | 1 | Queck | 0 | ||
| Boat | 1 | Queck | 0 | |||
| 8th | Dorawa | 1 | rust | 0 | ||
| Stanchion | 0 | rust | 1 |
The championship team
| 1. | SC unit Dresden |
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Wolfgang Uhlmann , Dieter Bertholdt , Ludwig Herrmann , Helmut Jüttler, Edith Keller-Herrmann , Karl-Heinz Folgmann , Bernhard Dorawa, Hans Richter, Manfred Kahn , Berthold Runge |
swell
- SC Einheit Dresden German team champion 1958 . Schach 1958, p. 235 (playoff)
- SC Einheit Dresden winner in the special league . Schach 1958, p. 186 (report and results)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Presidium announces . Schach 1955, p. 255