GDR team championship in chess 1972
At the GDR team championship in chess in 1972 , the defending champion Schachgemeinschaft Leipzig won the GDR team championship for the third time in a row .
A round-robin tournament was played , with each team playing eight team fights on eight boards against each other. There were a total of 48 team fights, so 384 games.
Cross table of teams (ranking)
| society | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SG Leipzig | 38.0 | 40.0 | 47.0 | 125.0 | |
| 2 | Buna hall | 26.0 | 34.5 | 40.0 | 100.5 | |
| 3 | DAW Berlin | 24.0 | 29.5 | 36.0 | 89.5 | |
| 4th | Post Dresden | 17.0 | 24.0 | 28.0 | 69.0 |
Results of the best players
| player | society | Lots | Points | percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artur Hennings | Leipzig | 24 | 19.5 | 81.3 |
| Burkhard Malich | Hall | 12 | 9.5 | 79.2 |
| Wolfgang Uhlmann | Dresden | 20th | 15.5 | 77.5 |
| Lothar Vogt | Leipzig | 24 | 17.0 | 70.8 |
| Heinz Liebert | Hall | 24 | 17.0 | 70.8 |
| Lutz Espig | Hall | 20th | 14.0 | 70.0 |
| Rainer Knaak | Leipzig | 23 | 16.0 | 69.6 |
| Günther Möhring | Hall | 20th | 13.5 | 67.5 |
| Lothar Zinn | Berlin | 20th | 13.5 | 67.5 |
| Heinz Rätsch | Leipzig | 18th | 12.0 | 66.7 |
| Gottfried Braun | Leipzig | 21st | 13.5 | 64.3 |
| Joachim Brüggemann | Leipzig | 18th | 11.5 | 63.9 |
| Manfred Schöneberg | Leipzig | 20th | 12.5 | 62.5 |
The championship team
| 1. | Chess community Leipzig |
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Artur Hennings, Lothar Vogt, Manfred Schöneberg, Rainer Knaak, Manfred Böhnisch, Detlef Neukirch, Gottfried Braun, Joachim Brüggemann, Heinz Rätsch |
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- Hat-trick of the Leipzig chess community . Schach 1972, p. 163–166 (report, tables and games)