Gisbert Jacoby

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Gisbert Jacoby (born May 3, 1943 ; † March 1, 2018 in Hamburg ) was a German chess player , trainer and co-founder of ChessBase .

Life

Jacoby was born in 1943 and attended the learned school of the Johanneum in Hamburg. After graduating from high school , Jacoby studied theology and education , but at the same time turned increasingly to the game of chess. He was mainly active in team fights for the Hamburger SK , the oldest chess club in Germany. After founding the four-track federal chess league in 1974, he played with the Hamburger SK in the northern season of the competition. Jacoby played in the single-track Bundesliga from 1980 to 1983 for Hamburger SK and from 1984 to 1986 for SVg Lasker Steglitz , later he was active for the Hamburg clubs SG Mittelweg , Königsspringer Hamburg , SV Eidelstedt and FC St. Pauli . Jacoby was able to achieve some of his greatest successes in tournament chess at the Hamburg City Championships, which he won several times. In the following years Jacoby achieved great fame as a chess trainer. In the 1980s he was the coach of the Bundesliga team of the Hamburger SK and regional coach of the Hamburg Chess Association . His students included the later grandmasters Karsten Müller and Matthias Wahls . Jacoby also worked as a second to his friend Robert Hübner , among other things, he supported him in the 1980 candidate final against Viktor Korchnoi and in the 1983 Candidates Tournament.

In 1986 he founded with Frederic Friedel and Matthias Wüllenweber the company ChessBase developed the software and databases in the field of chess. Jacoby made a decisive contribution to the development of the company based in his hometown of Hamburg and worked in particular on the development of the extensive database of chess games. From 1988 to 1999 Jacoby was managing director of the company's operations. In the service of ChessBase Jacoby also continued his work as a chess trainer and published several DVDs in the Fritztrainer series on the subjects of opening and tactics . Until his death in 2018 Jacoby was active in the Hamburg chess scene at smaller tournaments and events.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b André Schulz : On the death of Gisbert Jacoby. In: chessbase.com. March 5, 2018, accessed August 7, 2020 .
  2. ^ Bundesliga results service Hamburg 2007/08 Königsspringer II. In: Deutscher Schachbund . Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
  3. ^ Bundesliga results service Hamburg 2009/10 SV Eidelstedt. In: German Chess Federation. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
  4. ^ Bundesliga results service Hamburg 2011/12 FC St. Pauli II. In: Deutscher Schachbund. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Jacoby, Gisbert. In: Schachhaus Maedler. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  6. ^ Gisbert Jacoby chess games. In: 365Chess.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Gisbert Jacoby. In: FIDE Chess ratings. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Jacoby, Gisbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess player and trainer
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1943
DATE OF DEATH 1st March 2018
Place of death Hamburg