Friedrich A. Stock

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Friedrich A. Stock (1968)

Friedrich A. Stock (* April 24, 1900 ; † January 20, 1984 ) was a German chess functionary and hotel owner , and after the war the first Vice President of the German Chess Federation and FIDE delegate.

Life

Stock, the former sports official in the Third Reich and owner of the Hotel Minerva in Freiburg im Breisgau , became a member of the Freiburg chess club and chairman in 1948 . During his seventeen years in office, he steered the club into the German elite. Several times his club played in the final of the West German team championships . He is a former Vice President (from 1950), received the Golden Badge of Honor in 1969 and became an honorary member of the German Chess Federation in 1970. Lara Stock is his granddaughter.

It was Stock's stated aim to return Germany to FIDE, and he began with power to initiate this “diplomatically”. At the 20th FIDE Congress in Paris in 1949, where Germany was represented as a guest only by Walter Robinow's former follower , Hermann Römmig from Zweibrücken, Germany's readmission was postponed at the request of the Swiss delegation, led by Erwin Voellmy . In December 1949, a friendship battle between the Upper Rhine chess players and the Baslers was arranged, where Stock had "discussions from man to man", especially with Voellmy, who "replaced mountains of letters".

Founding of the DSB and re-admission to FIDE

In February 1950, the German Chess Federation was re-established in Wiesbaden after the end of the war. The first president was Richard Czaya with Friedrich Stock as vice. In July 1950 the German Chess Federation was re-admitted to FIDE in Copenhagen . Stock became the first FIDE delegate and charged with looking after German interests at the World Chess Federation.

In 1951, Czaya decided not to run again. His successor was Emil Dähne from Hamburg , also with Friedrich Stock as Vice President. For years, Stock was President Dähne's right-hand man. In 1952 he was elected to the FIDE Qualification Committee, in 1954 he moved to the Central Committee with a seat on the FIDE Presidium, where he served for more than sixteen years.

He was awarded the Konrad Adenauer plaque in 1956 for special services to the restoration of the German reputation abroad.

Stick and its players

The former island restaurant "Zum Feierling", 2015

Stock ran his club in a professional manner. He wasn't petty when it came to helping his players. From 1950 he found the island restaurant "Zum Feierling" as a representative setting . The club experienced a large number of strong chess players. The most important was Efim Bogolyubov , who had played on the first board since 1948. Unfortunately, the club was only able to benefit from its strength for a short time. A heartbeat marked the sudden end on June 18, 1952. Friedrich Stock donated his tomb in Triberg .

He engaged Emil Joseph Diemer for his association Freiburg Chess Club from 1887 and was second chairman of the South Baden Chess Association. An anecdote on how Stocks dealt with Diemer was: "In order to make his unique specimen walking around in shabby clothes reasonably presentable, the stately stick bequeathed him one of his worn-out suits, which naturally slagged around the skinny Diemer's bones". Stock, who had not gotten through his candidate for the chairmanship in Baden, was only active at the federal level and at FIDE. Diemer experienced in all stages how Bogolyubov composed his last problem, which he dedicated to his club chairman Friedrich A. Stock.

Stock and Ulbricht

In 1951, Stock, as Vice-President of the German Chess Federation and owner of the Hotel "Minerva" in Freiburg, had the forehead to ask the SED General Secretary about the whereabouts of his professional colleagues who were picked up from their Oberhof hotels. Ulbricht's answer was: They were American agents and saboteurs .

Stock's final resting place

Grave site in the main cemetery in Freiburg

After giving up the chairmanship of his Freiburg chess club, he lived for eighteen years before he was buried in the family grave of his wife Rosemarie, née Schöpperle.

He not only achieved a lot for his club and its chess players, but also achieved a lot for the German Chess Federation after the Second World War and worked on FIDE committees.

literature

Web links

Commons : Friedrich A. Stock  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Stock 70 years old . German chess newspaper 1970, p. 200
  2. ↑ Stock's final resting place is in the main cemetery in Freiburg im Breisgau .
  3. ↑ Honors in the area of ​​the German Chess Federation on DSB
  4. ↑ "Man-to-Man Pronunciations". Southwest Chess No. 15, December 1949
  5. ^ EJ Diemer: My experiences with Bogoljubov
  6. ↑ SOVIET ZONE: 2-0 for the new people Der Spiegel 10/1951
personal data
SURNAME Stock, Friedrich A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess official and hotel owner
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1900
DATE OF DEATH 20th January 1984