GDR team championship in chess 1988
At the GDR team championship in chess in 1988 , Mikroelektronik Erfurt won the GDR team championship for the first time .
A round-robin tournament was played according to the Scheveningen system , with each team fighting each other four team fights on eight boards. In total there were 112 team fights, so 896 games. The last four-round fight was fought centrally in Berlin . Before the last lap, everything was still open. The table shows that the performance gap has narrowed.
Cross table of teams (ranking)
| society | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microelectronics Erfurt | 21.0 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 122.5 | |
| 2 | Up HO Berlin | 11.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 16.5 | 116.0 | |
| 3 | Leipzig-Mitte locomotive | 16.0 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 115.5 | |
| 4th | Post Dresden | 16.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 17.5 | 112.5 | |
| 5 | Baukombinat Leipzig | 13.5 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 109.5 | |
| 6th | Buna Halle-Neustadt | 16.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 109.0 | |
| 7th | Karl-Marx-Stadt locomotive | 15.5 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 18.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 109.0 | |
| 8th | AdW Berlin | 13.0 | 15.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 102.0 |
The championship team
| 1. | Microelectronics Erfurt |
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Regular players Thomas Pähtz , Joachim Brüggemann , Thomas Luther , Bernd Vökler , Mario Hackel, Joachim Franz , Michael Recknagel, Christian August and the substitutes Peter Enders , Norbert Krug and Matthias Müller . |
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- Microelectronics Erfurt GDR master for the first time before Empor HO Berlin . Schach 1988, no. 7, p. 3–7 (report, group photo of the Erfurt and the vice-champions, cross table, games)
- Surprises at the championship of the GDR . Schach-Echo 1988, issue 7, pages 272 and 273 (report, games).