German Candidates Tournament
As German candidates tournament an organized annual tournament was from 1956 to 1969 German Chess Federation (DSB), respectively. The tournaments identified the majority of the participants in the final round of the German individual championship .
term
The German Candidates Tournament was not related to the Candidates Tournament of the World Chess Federation , the winner of which can challenge the world champion. "Candidates" were the applicants for the free places in the German Individual Championship.
background
At the DSB Federal Assembly in Munich in 1956, it was decided that the German individual championships should be held every two years as a round-robin tournament with sixteen participants. Only the four best players from the previous individual championship and the winners of the Dähne Cup were eligible . The other players had to qualify in the annual candidate tournaments.
Thirty players took part in each of these tournaments. In each tournament, five participants in the upcoming individual championship were determined. With the pre-authorized players and the ten qualifiers, the field of participants in the individual championship was completed in this way.
In 1969 the DSB Federal Assembly in Giessen decided on a far-reaching new regulation. The national German individual championship was to be played every two years with 30 to 36 participants in thirteen rounds according to the Swiss system (international German championships were planned for the uneven years). With the changed tournament regulations, the annual candidate tournaments were canceled.
Winners list
In addition to the individual championship, which only took place every two years, and the Dähne Cup, the candidate tournaments were the most important DSB chess tournaments in Germany. The winners of the fourteen candidate tournaments are listed below:
| year | place | winner |
| 1956 | Hitzacker | Peter Firmenich |
| 1957 | Neustadt / Weinstrasse | Walter Hunter |
| 1958 | Landau / Palatinate | Dieter Mohrlok |
| 1959 | Minden | Wolfram Bialas |
| 1960 | Berlin | Dieter Mohrlok |
| 1961 | Hitzacker | Christian Clemens |
| 1962 | Bad Pyrmont | Hans-Joachim Hecht |
| 1963 | Helmbrechts | Christian Clemens |
| 1964 | Ingolstadt | Dieter Weise |
| 1965 | Kiel | Mathias Gerusel |
| 1966 | Heilbronn | Dieter Max Stern |
| 1967 | Weidenau | Adolf Delander |
| 1968 | Waldkirch | Johannes Eising |
| 1969 | Rinteln | Peter Staller |
Individual evidence
- ^ Eberhard Herter: Schach in Württemberg , Schlembach Fachverlag, Weil der Stadt 2000, p. 190. ISBN 3935340001 .
- ↑ Weise (Celle) won the German Candidates Tournament . Schach-Echo 1964, issue 10, second cover page
literature
- Alfred Diel : Chess in Germany. Festival book on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Deutscher Schachbund e. V. 1877-1977. Rau, Düsseldorf 1977. ISBN 3791901672 .