Correspondence chess Bundesliga
The correspondence chess Bundesliga is the highest German division in a correspondence chess competition for club teams .
In 1995, a class system for club teams with promotion and relegation regulations was introduced for the first time:
- 1. Bundesliga - single track, 9 teams
- 2. Bundesliga - 3 groups with 9 teams each
- 1st national class - 9 groups with 7 teams each
- 2nd national class - 18 groups with 6 or 7 teams each
A team consists of four players, it must belong to a club of the German Chess Federation . A club can register several teams.
The first winner of the 1st Bundesliga and thus the 1st German correspondence chess team champion was SV Fechenheim (1997).
Previous winners
- 1997: SV Fechenheim 1926
- 1999: SC Kreuzberg
- 2001: SV Fechenheim 1926
- 2003: SV Osnabrück from 1919
- 2005: SG Freibauer Lübbecke
- 2007: SV Osnabrück from 1919
- 2009: SV Osnabrück from 1919
- 2011: SC Zitadelle Spandau
- 2013: SC Zitadelle Spandau
- 2015: SV Osnabrück from 1919