Georg Schories

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Georg Schories , also George Shories (born January 9, 1874 in Berlin ; † December 2, 1934 there ), was a German chess player and problem composer . After staying in England for decades , he returned to Germany after the First World War and has been one of the strongest Berlin masters ever since.

German-English way of life

It is said of Schories that as a chess player he was “called to excellent performance, but as a result of adverse living conditions he was unable to achieve the final, harmonious development”. His eventful life led him, originally in the tailoring trade , via Paris to England, where he took up his permanent residence. During his time in London he had “Englishized” his name. During the First World War he was interned as a German citizen . This painful experience was obviously the decisive factor for him to leave his adopted home at a more mature age after the end of the war and return to Berlin.

Chess achievements

During his time in England, Schories took part in various tournaments. But he achieved his breakthrough during a visit to Germany. In 1905 S (c) hories won the "main tournament B" at the international chess congress in Barmen in a playoff against Savielly Tartakower . For this he was awarded the title of master of the German Chess Federation . Later he would never build on this success in full. At the international tournament of Scheveningen in 1905 he came on the shared 9th / 10th. Space. He also finished in the championship tournament in Ostend in 1907 with 12.5 points (11:14, = 3) a place in the lower midfield.

In 1912, during a trip to Ireland in Portadown , Schories held the upper hand in a match against John O'Hanlon , who was Ulster champion (since 1902) and later won the Irish championship nine times, with a score of 11: 7 and a draw . Schories also won a tournament in Belfast in 1914 , where he made only one draw in eleven games.

Back in Germany, Schories was one of the respected Berlin masters in the 1920s, even if, unlike Friedrich Sämisch, he did not take part in major international tournaments. His published chess problems - albeit only in small numbers - also earned him recognition .

At the first German post-war championship in Hamburg in 1921, which Ehrhardt Post won, Schories landed on the 5th / 7th. Space. At the two- round Wiesbaden four-master tournament in 1925, he came third behind Max Euwe and Rudolf Spielmann , and Samisch took fourth place. Of the few tournaments in which he played in later years, the first championship of the newly founded Greater German Chess Federation in Bad Pyrmont in 1933 should be highlighted. As the oldest participant, Schories took the penultimate place.

The following year, the Berlin master died after a serious illness at the age of 60.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeremy Gaige: Chess Personalia . McFarland, Jefferson 2005, p. 389 (deviating information "1873" in the obituary of the German chess sheets )
  2. ^ Obituary of the German Chess Papers
  3. ↑ Georg Marco : The international chess congress of the Barmer Chess Club 1905 , reprint Zurich 1984, p. 98. ISBN 3283001308
  4. ↑ David McAlister: O'Hanlon's First Two Irish Titles (www.chessarch.com)
  5. ↑ German individual chess championship 1921 in Hamburg on TeleSchach (cross table and games)

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SURNAME Schories, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shories, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess player and problem composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1934
Place of death Berlin