Dirk Topolewski

Dirk Topolewski (born March 5, 1962 in Bochum ) is a German international champion in correspondence chess .

Correspondence chess

Topolewski began correspondence chess in 1977 and immediately won his first tournament (AK 606). With first places in I / 2230 and H / 1034, she was quickly promoted to the master class. In 1982 he won the ICCF World Cup V, Group 49. In the second half of the 1980s, Topolewski won the world tournaments in Master Class 326 and Master Class 403. For fourth place in the semifinals of the XIX World Correspondence Chess Championship, the ICCF awarded him the title of International Master in 1994 Correspondence chess. After a long tournament break Topolewski won in 2005 with a two point lead, the ICCF Europe tournament in the master class EM / M / 297 and improved his Fernschach- Elo rating on the 2408th

Close chess

Dirk Topolewski took first place at the Bochum City and Youth City Championships in 1980. He won the Dähne Cup for the Bochum chess district in 1984, 1985 and 1986, and the Bochum district championship in 1985. His best rating ( FIDE ) was 2329 in 2001. The best tournament result was the third place at the Open in Datteln 2001, ahead of the grandmasters Michail Ivanov and Stanimir Nikolić .

From 2001 to 2010 Dirk Topolewski played for SV Castrop-Rauxel in the divisions from the 2nd Bundesliga to the NRW class. The best individual results were wins against the international champions Matthias Thesing and Gerd-Peter Grün .

Others

Topolewski is a freelance web designer and IT lecturer.

Web links

• Dirk Topolewski's website
• Dirk Topolewski at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
• Dirk Topolewski at the World Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official title holder on the website of the German Correspondence Chess Federation ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ICCF European tournament master class EM / M / 297
3. ↑ Correspondence chess rating