Karl Gilg

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Karl Gilg (born January 20, 1901 in Mankovice (Mankendorf) , † December 4, 1981 in Kolbermoor ) was a German chess master .

Life

Gilg learned chess when he was four. After the end of the First World War he belonged to the German ethnic group in the newly formed Czechoslovakia . By profession a teacher, Gilg took an active part in the Czechoslovak chess life. He represented Czechoslovakia at the Chess Olympiads in 1927 , 1928 and 1931 and in the unofficial chess Olympiad in 1936 . His greatest success with the Czechoslovak team was third place at the 1931 Chess Olympiad in Prague . Gilg took part in numerous international tournaments : In Kecskemét in 1927 he finished eighth, in Semmering in 1926 he defeated Alexander Alekhine . He is one of the few players who have a positive record against Alekhine. Of the three games the two players played together, Gilg won one and drew the other two . In 1931 he shared first place with Karl Helling in the championship tournament for the 19th Congress of the Saxon Chess Federation in Leipzig , after having won the championship for the Central German Championship at the 18th Congress in Zwickau behind Karl Helling and Salo Flohr together with Max Blümich , Jacques Mieses and Friedrich Palitzsch had taken 3rd to 6th place.

After Czechoslovakia was occupied by the German Reich , Gilg took part in the German championship in Bad Oeynhausen in 1939 . He was third behind Erich Eliskases and Josef Lokvenc . He repeated this success a year later when he finished third together with Kurt Richter .

After the end of the Second World War , which Gilg experienced as a soldier in the German Wehrmacht at the front, he settled in Kolbermoor near Rosenheim and found a job as a teacher. He was Rosenheim's champion 25 times and Bavarian champion twice. At the German championship in 1951 in Düsseldorf he was tied for fourth place, at the championship in Berlin in 1953 as well. In the same year, FIDE awarded him the title of International Master . In 1955 and 1963 he won the German Dähne Cup and in 1957 took part in the national team at the European team championship in Vienna . Until 1980 he played team fights for his club in Rosenheim.

Gilg published some endgame studies .

literature

  • H. Schmitzer, H. Wimmer: Karl Gilg, International Master, 1901-1981 . SK Rosenheim 1910, Rosenheim 1987.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Gilgs results at Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Karl Gilgs results at unofficial chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ^ Thinking and guessing , 1931, p. 507.
  4. ↑ Thinking and Guessing , 1930, p. 572.
  5. ↑ German individual championship 1939 in Bad Oeynhausen on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  6. ↑ German individual championship 1940 in Bad Oeynhausen on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  7. ^ German individual chess championship 1951 in Düsseldorf on TeleSchach (cross table)
  8. ↑ German individual chess championship 1953 in Berlin on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  9. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 88.
  10. ↑ Karl Gilgs results at European team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Gilg, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess master
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Mankovice (Mankendorf)
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1981
Place of death Kolbermoor