Karl-Heinz Podzielny

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Karl-Heinz Podzielny, 2008
Association GermanyGermany Germany
Born September 10, 1954
Essen
Died August 1, 2019
Essen
title International champion (1986)
Current  Elo rating 2358 (August 2019)
Best Elo rating 2512 (July 1999)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Karl-Heinz Podzielny jun. (Born September 10, 1954 in Essen ; † August 1, 2019 in Essen) was a German chess player .

Life

As a teenager, Karl-Heinz Podzielny jun. talked about: in 1974 he won the German Youth Championship in Bamberg , at the European Youth Championship 1974/75 he took second place (winner was John Nunn ).

Because of his outstanding skill in blitz chess , he was nicknamed Podz-Blitz . He is a multiple winner of the German blitz chess championship (1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 2007) and was the record title holder in this discipline for a long time. In the meantime, Klaus Bischoff has replaced him. In 2007 he won the German rapid chess championship in Bad Lauterberg 1.5 points ahead of Thorsten Michael Haub , in 2008 he was able to defend his title in Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf 1.5 points ahead of Mathias Womacka, and in 2009 he defended his title again in Kiel with a half point ahead of David Baramidze . In 2013 he was able to win the Open in Goch. Podzielny, multiple individual champion from North Rhine-Westphalia , lived in Essen .

In the four-track 1. Bundesliga Podzielny played from 1975 to 1980 for the Sportfreunde Katernberg . In the single track 1. Bundesliga, he played in the 1980/81 season for SC 1868 Bamberg , 1981-1983 for King Springer Frankfurt from 1983 to 1985, the SG Enger / Spenge and from 1989 to 1998 the Solingen SG 1868 , with which he became German team champion in 1997 and reached the semi-finals in the European Club Cup in 1992 .

In 1986 the World Chess Federation FIDE awarded him the title of International Master . He achieved a grandmaster norm in 2000 at the International Julian Borowsky Tournament in Essen. From the 2014/15 season he played team chess at SV Letmathe .

His father Karlheinz Podzielny sen. (1928-2015) was a strong correspondence chess player who carried the title of international correspondence chess master and was captain of the German national correspondence chess team.

Works

Web links

Commons : Karl-Heinz Podzielny  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ André Schulz : Karl-Heinz Podzielny passed away In: de.chessbase.com. August 5, 2019, accessed October 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Obituary of the German Chess Federation
  3. Gerd Densing: Podzielny wins in Goch , Chessbase , September 12, 2013.
  4. ^ Johannes Eising , Karl-Heinz Podzielny, Gerd Treppner: Schach-Bundesliga 1974-80 , Bamberger Schachverlag, Bamberg 1981, ISBN 3-923113-00-5 , p. 104.
  5. Karl-Heinz Podzielnys results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  6. Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002, Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 98.