Gerald Hertneck

Gerald Hertneck in Vienna 2013
Association	Germany
Born	September 18, 1963 Munich
title	International Master (1985) Grand Master (1991)
Current  Elo rating	2493 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2615 (January 1994)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Gerald Hertneck (born September 18, 1963 in Munich ) is a German grandmaster in chess .

youth

Hertneck, the son of a mechanical engineer, learned to play chess at the age of about 11. In 1976 he joined the chess club SK Obermenzing. Here he worked closely with the later IM Robert Zysk . His first successes were winning the German B youth championship in 1980, the international youth championship in Switzerland in 1982 and the international German youth championship in 1983.

societies

In 1983 he moved to Bayern Munich . Here he played successfully in the federal chess league, initially on the back boards. He was German team champion six times ( 1985 , 1986 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 and 1992 ) with Bayern Munich, and in 1992 he also won the European Club Cup . In 1992 Hertneck moved to the Munich SC 1836 and played with this until 1996 in the 1st Bundesliga, then for two years in the 2nd Bundesliga . Here he was also involved in the management of the association. During this time he also reached his greatest skill level with an Elo rating of 2615 (January 1994) and temporarily occupied the 1st board. When the team disbanded due to the sponsor's withdrawal, he left the club in 1998 for TV Tegernsee , where he played in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 1998/99 season and then in the 1st Bundesliga until 2009. At the same time Hertneck still played in the Austrian Bundesliga with the clubs SK Mozart Salzburg (1991-2002), SK Schwarzach (2002 to 2006) and SG Kufstein / Wörgl (2011/12 season). Hertneck has been playing for the Munich club MSA Zugzwang 82 since 2009 and was the team captain there until the 2016/2017 season - then he passed this position on to Markus Lammers .

International success

Hertneck has been appointed to the German national team several times. For example, he played for the national team of the Federal Republic of Germany at the 1985 World Team Championships in Lucerne , the Nordic Chess Cup in 1985 in Pohja, Finland, and in Aabybro, Denmark in 1989 (where the team came second and Hertneck an individual gold medal for his score of 5 out of 7 on the second board with an Elo performance of 2625), the European team championships in 1992 in Debrecen and 2001 in León (with a third place for the German team) as well as the Chess Olympiads in 1992 (in Manila ) and 1994 (in Moscow ). His greatest tournament success in 1991 was the shared second place in the heavily occupied SKA Mephisto tournament in Munich behind Larry Christiansen .

For his success, the world chess federation FIDE awarded him the title of International Master in 1985 and the title of Grand Master in 1991 . His rating of 2615, which he achieved in 1994, corresponded to number 50 in the world rankings.

In 1991 he defeated his opponent Judit Polgár in the live television program Schach der Großmeister von Claus Spahn and won the television chess prize . In the same year, the French expert Hertneck managed to win against Viswanathan Anand at the SKA Mephisto Grand Master Tournament in Munich . When simultaneous by Garry Kasparov against the German national team in 1992 in Baden-Baden , he scored a draw .

In February 2011 Hertneck, who otherwise only plays a few tournaments, won the 3rd Batavia Chess Tournament in Amsterdam with 6.5 points from 9 games.

As a shogi player , he holds the 1st Dan (FESA).

Chess highlights

• 1982 International German Youth Champion
• 1985 first appearance in the German national team at the World Team Championship in Lucerne
• from 1985 to 2009 and 2017 to 2019 Bundesliga player (at FC Bayern, MSC 1836, TV Tegernsee and MSA Zugzwang)
• 1991 and 1992 participation in the TV game "Schach der Großmeister"
• 1991 to 1994 participation in the Munich grandmaster tournaments
• 1992 European Cup winner with FC Bayern
• 1992 participation in the simultaneous of Kasparov against the German national team
• 1992 (Manila) and 1994 (Moscow) Olympic participant
• 1993 (Debrecen) and 2001 (Leon) European team championships
• 1995 to 2003 simultaneous evenings at the Feierwerk Summer Festival in Munich
• 1998 Politician Simultaneously in Bonn
• 1999/2000 Simultaneous in different JVAs
• In 2009 he took over the leadership of the 1st team at MSA Zugzwang
• 2011 first place in the GM tournament in Amsterdam
• 2013 Promotion of the first team of the MSA Zugzwang to the second Bundesliga East
• 2016 Promotion of the MSA Zugzwang first team to the first Bundesliga

Tournament successes (selection)

• 1987 Altensteig Cat. IX (2nd pl.)
• 1991 Munich Cat. XIV (2nd pl.)
• 1992 Munich Cat.XVI (5th pl.)
• 1993 Zillertal Open (1st place with 8/9)
• 1993 Katerini Open (1st place with 8/9)
• 1995 Munich OIS (1st place with 8.5 / 9)
• 2000 Open Bad Wiessee (2nd place)
• 2001 Open Schwarzach (2nd place)
• 2002 Open Bad Wiessee (5th place)
• 2003 Open Schwarzach (2nd place)
• 2003 Open Bad Wiessee (5th place)

Private

Hertneck founded the Munich Chess Academy together with Stefan Kindermann , Roman Krulich and Dijana Dengler in 2005 and the Munich Chess Foundation in 2007, which supports disadvantaged children.

He works as a civil servant at the Munich City Treasury in the IT department . He has been married to his wife Maria since 2004.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerald Hertneck's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
2. ↑ Gerald Hertneck's results at the World Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Gerald Hertneck's results at Nordic Chess Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Gerald Hertneck's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Gerald Hertneck's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Player profile of: Gerald Hertneck. FESA, accessed December 29, 2017 . 

Web links

Commons : Gerald Hertneck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gerald Hertneck at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
• Hertneck at the Munich Chess Academy
• Replayable chess games by Gerald Hertneck on chessgames.com (English)