The final round of the German Chess Team Championship in 1979 took place from June 15 to 17 in Bad Kissingen . Over the four-track Bundesliga which had hamburgers SG (Group North), the SG Porz (Group West), King Knight Frankfurt (Group Southwest) and SC Anderssen Bavaria Munich (Group South) qualified.
1 round
In the first round both the defending champion Königsspringer Frankfurt against Hamburger SG and the co-favorite SG Porz against Anderssen Bavaria Munich achieved a narrow victory.
board
Hamburger SG
King Jumper Frankfurt
3.5: 4.5
1
Walter Rostalski
Bela Soos
0.5: 0.5
2
Heinz Turk
Dieter Mohrlok
0.5: 0.5
3
Norbert poker
Peter Staller
0: 1
4th
Christian Hess
Gerhard Fahnenschmidt
1-0
5
Bodo Rhodin
Wolfram Bialas
0.5: 0.5
6th
Jörg Müller
Jürgen Haakert
0: 1
7th
Frithjof Boog
Herbert Geisdorf
0.5: 0.5
8th
Uwe Juergens
Hans-Joachim Clara
0.5: 0.5
2nd round
In the second round, both SG Porz and Königsspringer Frankfurt remained victorious, with Porzer going into the final round with one board point advantage.
board
AB Munich
King Jumper Frankfurt
3: 5
1
Ossi Weiner
Bela Soos
0.5: 0.5
2
Arnulf Westermeier
Dieter Mohrlok
0.5: 0.5
3
Rainer Ungnad
Peter Staller
0: 1
4th
Bernd Saacke
Gerhard Fahnenschmidt
0.5: 0.5
5
Klaus Tschauner
Wolfram Bialas
1-0
6th
Jürgen Schulz
Dieter Hottes
0.5: 0.5
7th
Martin Hock
Jürgen Haakert
0: 1
8th
Maximilian Leitner
Hans-Joachim Clara
0: 1
3rd round
Porz would have been enough to win the title 4: 4 against Königsspringer Frankfurt, but they even won 6: 2. Hamburger SG reached third place with a win against Anderssen Bavaria Munich.
board
Hamburger SG
AB Munich
4.5: 3.5
1
Walter Rostalski
Arnulf Westermeier
0.5: 0.5
2
Heinz Turk
Ossi Weiner
1-0
3
Norbert poker
Rainer Ungnad
1-0
4th
Christian Hess
Bernd Saacke
0.5: 0.5
5
Bodo Rhodin
Jürgen Schulz
0.5: 0.5
6th
Uwe Juergens
Klaus Tschauner
0.5: 0.5
7th
Jörg Müller
Maximilian Leitner
0.5: 0.5
8th
Frithjof Boog
Klaus Reinecke
0: 1
Closing table
The championship team
literature
Johannes Eising / Karl-Heinz Podzielny / Gerd Treppner: Chess Bundesliga 1974-80, ISBN 3-923113-00-5
Werner Lauterbach: Chess Chronicle 1977-1980 . Schwarz-Weiß-Verlag GmbH Bamberg, p. 212 (cross tables, also of the four preliminary groups)
Finals of the German team championship in chess 1947–1980
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