Georg Schönfelder

Georg Schönfelder (* 1911 in Silesia; † 1996 in Axien ) was a German honorary chess trainer.

Career

Schönfelder came to Axien in 1947 and actively played chess in the neighboring town of Prettin . At the request of the Axien teacher Kirste, he began to set up a chess group in Axien, so chess was played at the Axien school as early as 1947 after the end of lessons. Several teams were formed and trained weekly.

The children and young people he trained took part in up to 80 competitions a year, including a. in Falkenberg / Elster, Lauchhammer, Ruhland, Hoyerswerda, Gröditz, Halle, Wittenberg, Seiffen and Torgau the players of the " BSG Traktor Axien" were represented. The Axien chess players were regularly present at district and district Spartakiads as well as at the GDR exit in Neukieritzsch.

Georg Schönfelder worked as a chess trainer and organizer of chess tournaments for over 40 years. Generations of Axien students learned the royal game from him. Under his leadership, Axien became a "chess stronghold".

In memory of Georg Schönfelder, the chess tournament that takes place every year in Labrun bears the name "Georg Schönfelder Landopen". The tournament is hosted by SV Jenapharm EV and organized by the former Axien chess student Bernd Mißbach.

literature

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ulrich Riedel: At the age of 77 still an avid chess player . Lausitzer Rundschau, August 18, 1988.
↑ ^a ^b Gregor Heyne: A man who made Axien a chess stronghold . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, September 25, 1993, p. 15 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lothar Günther: Axiener chess legend . Lausitzer Rundschau, June 24, 1996.
^ ^A ^b Gregor Heyne: Schönfelder's passion was chess . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, June 21, 1996.
↑ ^a ^b ^c H.-Dieter Kunze: 20 board players in the chess stronghold . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, May 17, 2008.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dr. Rüdiger Horn: Georg Schönfelder - Not just a chess legend . In: Jörg Wolfslast (Ed.): Heimatkalender Jessen 2013 . Jessen 2013, p. 123 ff .

Web links

Tournament dates for the current Georg Schönfelder Landopen

personal data
SURNAME	Schönfelder, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German honorary chess trainer
DATE OF BIRTH	1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	1996
Place of death	Axia

[:0-1] Ulrich Riedel: At the age of 77 still an avid chess player . Lausitzer Rundschau, August 18, 1988.

[:1-2] Gregor Heyne: A man who made Axien a chess stronghold . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, September 25, 1993, p. 15 .

[:2-3] Lothar Günther: Axiener chess legend . Lausitzer Rundschau, June 24, 1996.

[:3-4] A ^b Gregor Heyne: Schönfelder's passion was chess . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, June 21, 1996.

[:4-5] H.-Dieter Kunze: 20 board players in the chess stronghold . Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, May 17, 2008.

[:5-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dr. Rüdiger Horn: Georg Schönfelder - Not just a chess legend . In: Jörg Wolfslast (Ed.): Heimatkalender Jessen 2013 . Jessen 2013, p. 123 ff .