Final round of the German team championship in chess 1951
The final round of the German team championship in chess in 1951 took place in Hamburg in autumn 1951 .
The Munich Chess Club , the Hamburg Chess Society (defending champion) and Leipzig East competed in the final of the all-German team championship .
Welcome speeches (on Saturday) were given by Willi Fohl (Hamburg Chess Association) and Friedrich A. Stock (Vice President of the German Chess Federation ) in the rooms of the Hamburg Chess Club . Gustav Müller (head of the chess section in the German sports committee) replied with warm words.
Then the Munich Chess Club played against the Hamburg Chess Society for the winner of the German Chess Federation on eight boards. Munich won 5: 3 against the defending champion.
On Sunday then Munich played ten boards against Leipzig. With a narrow victory, Munich became all-German champions.
1st team fight (West German champions)
| board | Munich SC | Hamburger SG | 5.0: 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Unzicker | Ludwig Rellstab | 0.5: 0.5 |
| 2 | Josef Steger | Walter Sahlmann | 1-0 |
| 3 | Otto Thiermann | Georg Maicherczyk | 1-0 |
| 4th | Ludwig Steinkohl | Lutz Klaeger | 0.5: 0.5 |
| 5 | Heinz de Carbonnel | Paul Siegel | 0.5: 0.5 |
| 6th | Karlheinz Höcht | Schumann | 1-0 |
| 7th | Jagielski | Georg Hodakowsky | 0: 1 |
| 8th | Werner Kunerth | Lehmann | 0.5: 0.5 |
2nd team fight (all German champions)
| board | Munich SC | Leipzig East | 5.5: 4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Unzicker | Wolfgang Pietzsch | 0: 1 |
| 2 | Josef Steger | Dettlof | 0.5: 0.5 |
| 3 | Otto Thiermann | Erich Kübart | 0.5: 0.5 |
| 4th | Heinz de Carbonnel | Kurt Grossner | 0: 1 |
| 5 | Ludwig Steinkohl | Hans Engel | 1-0 |
| 6th | Jagielski | Skipper | 1-0 |
| 7th | Karlheinz Höcht | Erich Burkhardt | 0.5: 0.5 |
| 8th | Werner Kunerth | Strength | 0: 1 |
| 9 | Gladly | Pohle | 1-0 |
| 10 | Merkle | Rolf Pötzschmann | 1-0 |
The championship team
| 1. | Munich SC 1836 |
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Wolfgang Unzicker , Josef Steger, Otto Thiermann, Heinz de Carbonnel , Ludwig Steinkohl, Jagielski, Karlheinz Höcht, Werner Kunerth , Gerner, Merkle. |
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- LR: German team championship . Caissa 1951, p. 346