Dieter Stern

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Dieter Max Stern (born May 14, 1934 in Sarstedt ; † September 15, 2011 in Hanover ) was a German chess player and grandmaster in correspondence chess .

Correspondence chess

Stern played correspondence chess since 1961. He qualified for the final of the ninth German correspondence chess championship in 1964/67, in which he took a shared second place. At the same time, he took part in qualifying tournaments for the World Cup. After his victory in the semifinals, he reached places 5 to 7 in the finals of the sixth World Cup in 1971. He was successful for Germany in the 7th and 9th Correspondence Chess Olympiad. The German Correspondence Chess Federation awarded him the Golden Badge of Honor in 1985 for achieving the grandmaster standard in the Kurt Klar memorial tournament .

Tournament chess

Stern also achieved mastery level on the board. He won the Lower Saxony championship twice. In 1959 he reached the finals of the German team championship in Minden with the Hannoversche SK , and also in 1964 in Solingen. In 1959 he became German team champion with the Hanover Chess Club. In 1966 he won the German Candidates Tournament and took part in the German individual championship in Kiel the following year ; there he reached 9th place. In the four-track 1st Bundesliga, Stern had a total of 16 missions for the Hannoversche SK, for whom he still occasionally played in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 1980s.

Private

Stern worked for the social insurance company in Hanover until 1995.

literature

  • Detlev Müller-Using: Dieter Stern's new promotion record. In: Fernschach, April 1967, pp. 77–79 (with photo).
  • Dieter Stern correspondence chess grandmaster. In: Fernschach, June 1985, pp. 164–168 (with photo).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 49th German individual chess championship 1967 in Kiel on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  2. ^ Johannes Eising , Karl-Heinz Podzielny , Gerd Treppner: Schach-Bundesliga 1974-80 , Bamberger Schachverlag, Bamberg 1981, ISBN 3-923113-00-5 , page 105
  3. ^ Johannes Eising, Claus-Dieter Meyer, Gerd Treppner: Schachbundesliga 1980-83 , Bamberger Schachverlag, Bamberg 1984, ISBN 3-923113-04-8 , page 114
  4. ^ Johannes Eising, Gerd Treppner: Schachbundesliga 1984-88 , Joachim Beyer Verlag, Hollfeld 1989, ISBN 3-88805-081-2 , pages 109, 115, 120
personal data
SURNAME Stern, Dieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stern, Dieter Max (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess player
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarstedt
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 2011
Place of death Hanover