GDR team championship in chess 1968
At the GDR team championship in chess in 1968 , the Leipzig chess community took the title and won the GDR team championship .
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. At least one junior (up to 20 years of age) had to play in each team. Six participants in the German Youth Championship in 1967 competed. The youngest participant was Rainer Knaak , who became district champion for men in Cottbus at the age of 14. The German champion Waltraud Nowarra played for Dresden.
Cross table of teams (ranking)
| society | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SG Leipzig | 34.5 | 37.0 | 43.0 | 114.5 | |
| 2 | DAW Berlin | 29.5 | 31.5 | 45.5 | 106.5 | |
| 3 | Buna hall | 27.0 | 32.5 | 45.5 | 105.0 | |
| 4th | Post Dresden | 21.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 58.0 |
The championship team
| 1. | Chess community Leipzig |
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Alphabetical order: Manfred Böhnisch, Gottfried Braun, Ullrich Brümmer, Manfred Müller, Detlef Neukirch, Wolfgang Pietzsch , Bernd Schmitz, Manfred Schöneberg , Lothar Vogt , Bernd Weber |
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- SG Leipzig German champion of the special league 1968 . Schach 1968, pp. 195–197 (report, table, games, photo of the winners)