German chess youth

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German chess youth in the German Chess Federation
German Chess Youth Logo.png
Abbreviation: DSJ
Founding: April 25, 1970
Place of foundation: Berlin
Chairman: Painted Ibs
Sub-Associations: 17th
Clubs (approx.): 2,361
Members (approx.): 25,855
Url: www.deutsche-schachjugend.de

The German Chess Youth in the German Chess Federation e. V. (DSJ) is the youth organization of the German Chess Federation . It consists of 17 regional chess youths and around 29,000 young members up to the age of 20 who are organized in chess clubs.

As an association, the DSJ is independent within the German Chess Federation . It was founded on April 25, 1970 in Freiburg. It looks at its tasks in offering a regulated nationwide game operation, in general youth work and in school chess. As a leading association, it supports them by organizing championships, courses, tournaments, summer camps, GirlsCamps, etc. v. m. to. In coordination with the German Chess Federation, the German Chess Youth is responsible for representing youth chess vis-à-vis the World Chess Federation FIDE .

Chess sport youth work

Chessy, the DSJ's mascot, on the chessboard

Youth work in chess includes games and competitive sports . The aim of the German Chess Youth is to cultivate the game of chess as a sporting discipline and to educate young people in the community and to represent their common interests. It is based on the principle that the game of chess, as a sporting discipline, is particularly suitable to serve the mental and character upbringing and education of children. The aim is to motivate children and young people to compete under competitive conditions in chess. At the same time, the DSJ tries to find sociable forms for a meaningful fulfillment of leisure time. Trainers are trained and the monthly youth chess newspaper is published .

Championships

  • German individual youth championships : Over 500 children and youths between 5 and 25 years of age come together for nine days in one place and play the national winners in different age groups.
  • German national championship : The regional chess youths form selection teams from their best players and determine the strongest national association.
  • German club championships : Here the best club teams compete against each other in different age groups.
  • German school chess championships : School teams compete against each other in different age groups from elementary schools to high school graduates.
  • German Internet Championships: German Internet individual and school team champions were determined via the Internet.

German individual youth championships

At the annual German Individual Youth Championship (DEM), the best talents and young players in Germany meet. It is the highlight of the season, as all age groups play the German champions centrally. In addition to the official competitions, there is a U25 youth open and an extra tournament for children up to nine years of age, so that a total of over 500 children and young people between 5 and 25 years of age gather at this central youth chess event. In addition, there are almost as many trainers, supervisors, parents and siblings.

German club championships

Every year between Christmas and New Year, the German Club Championships (DVM) take place decentrally and are technically part of the previous season. In the five age groups U20, U16, U12 and for the girls U20w and U14w, the clubs can qualify through their youth chess students. SV Rüdersdorf, SG Porz and SF Dortmund-Brackel have made a special name for themselves in recent years . In the DVM U20, the SG Bochum 31 was the dominant club.

German school chess championships

Every spring, the best teams from the federal states meet to determine the German champions in their competition classes. In 2009 around 450 children and young people took part in the national finals.

German Internet Championships

In cooperation with Chessbase , the DSJ held the German Internet Championships (DIM) every year from 2003 to 2012 in the age groups U14, U18 and U25. In four preliminary tournaments, each with seven rounds of the Swiss system , the six best placed qualify for the final, in which the German Internet Youth Champions are played out in nine rounds of the Swiss system. In 2010 more than 300 young people from all over Germany took part in the competition.

School chess

The promotion of chess in schools is one of the main tasks of the DSJ. There the chess youth combines their educational mission with the advantages of chess for the children and young people. In the meantime, hardly any other sport is practiced in so many working groups at German schools as chess. How strongly the chess sport is anchored in schools was shown, for example, in the partner schools campaign of the 2008 Chess Olympiad . Over 180 schools from all over Germany took part in the one-year competition under the patronage of world champion Wladimir Kramnik . The schools involved not only competed against each other on the chessboard in regional tournaments, but also engaged in countless projects and initiatives with the countries participating in the Chess Olympiad .

Competition system in school chess

In most of the federal states there is a regular game operation for the selection teams of schools in different age groups (here called competition classes ). The respective national champions compete against each other at the German School Chess Championships. The competition system includes competition classes I (open, no national competition), II (up to 17 years), III (up to 15 years), IV (up to 13 years) and G (elementary schools up to the 4th school year). There is also a separate M competition class for girls' teams (up to 21 years of age). In 2010, a national HR competition was held for the first time for pupils who do not belong to a primary school, a grammar school or a grammar school branch. There were state competitions for this in some federal states.

The age information relates to the calendar year in which the school year ends.

School chess patent

With the school chess patent, the Chess Youth and the German School Chess Foundation are trying to spread the game of chess even more widely in schools. At a weekend seminar, the participants - teachers, parents, seniors, older students - learn how to set up, lead and supervise a school chess group. Chess, didactic and methodical knowledge are on the curriculum. The patent is proof of qualification for the school management and parents. Between 2002 and 2008, over 1,500 volunteers successfully completed a seminar and received the school chess patent for it. Chess is intended to become an integral part of the additional educational program at more and more all-day schools and is now part of the regular timetable at numerous schools .

Cross-disciplinary youth work

Since there are also many children and young people who do not necessarily want to play performance-oriented chess, the DSJ supports clubs in setting up a comprehensive youth work with a varied program for all age groups and skill levels. The youth advocacy work has a very special meaning. Here, young people should be encouraged to get involved in their clubs and associations. The two federal youth spokesmen for the youth chess group hold several seminars for committed young people on a wide range of topics, for example rhetoric, motivation, dealing with new media or project management.

DSJ Academy

The German Chess Youth has been running the DSJ Academy as a central training program since 2007. Every participant can put together a seminar program from numerous modules according to their wishes. In this way, the participants can gain ideas and suggestions on a wide variety of topics over a weekend and deal with exactly the questions that concern them in their club or school chess group. The individual modules cover three major subject areas:

  • Organization and leadership
  • Game, competition and training
  • Youth and care

All speakers have many years of voluntary or professional experience in their subject areas. The academy's program is interesting for all those involved in youth work - and therefore attracts all ages. Participants in the event are between 16 and 75 years of age.

Roll of honor

Berthold Schlieper, recipient of the Golden Badge of Honor 1987, photo from 1984.

The DSJ's Golden Badge of Honor includes:

literature

Web links

Commons : Deutsche Schachjugend  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Inventory survey 2019 (PDF) German Olympic Sports Confederation, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  2. ^ German chess youth: German youth Internet championship
  3. ^ German Chess Youth: German Youth Internet Championship 2010
  4. ^ Rules of the game of the German Chess Youth
  5. ↑ Honors of the German Chess Youth on DSJ