GDR team championship in chess 1978
At the GDR team championship in chess in 1978 , Buna Halle-Neustadt won the GDR team championship for the seventh time .
A round-robin tournament was played , with each team fought four team matches on eight boards against each other. In total there were 112 team fights, so 896 games.
Halle was six points ahead, although Leipzig won all matches that were played according to the Scheveningen system .
Cross table of teams (ranking)
| society | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buna Halle-Neustadt | 14.0 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 150.5 | |
| 2 | Chess community Leipzig | 18.0 | 18.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 144.5 | |
| 3 | AdW of the GDR, Berlin | 11.5 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 13.5 | 20.0 | 17.5 | 109.5 | |
| 4th | Forward Strausberg | 12.5 | 9.5 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 15.5 | 19.0 | 107.5 | |
| 5 | Post Dresden | 11.0 | 9.5 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 106.5 | |
| 6th | Locomotive / TH Karl-Marx-Stadt | 7.0 | 11.0 | 18.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 103.0 | |
| 7th | Funkwerk Erfurt | 7.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 19.0 | 94.5 | |
| 8th | Dresden locomotive | 6.5 | 9.5 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 80.0 |
Best players on each board
| board | player | society | percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lothar Vogt | Strausberg | 82.1 |
| 2 | Rainer Knaak | Leipzig | 82.6 |
| 3 | Günther Möhring | Hall | 67.5 |
| 4th | Hans-Ulrich Grünberg | Hall | 75.0 |
| 5 | Manfred Böhnisch | Leipzig | 77.5 |
| 6th | Wolfgang Dietze | Hall | 75.0 |
| 7th | Wolfram Heinig | Leipzig | 66.1 |
| 8th | Jörg Pachow | Dresden | 70.0 |
The championship team
| 1. | Buna Halle-Neustadt |
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Burkhard Malich , Uwe Bönsch , Günther Möhring , Hans-Ulrich Grünberg , Heinz Liebert , Wolfgang Dietze, Anton Csulits, Brigitte Hofmann , Lutz Espig , Michael Stettler , Peter Enders |
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- Halle and Leipzig superior to the others . Schach 1978, p. 293–299 (report, group photo of the Halle residents, cross table, games)