Karl Helling
Karl Helling (born August 10, 1904 in Luckenwalde ; † August 15, 1937 in Berlin ) was a strong German chess player and Olympic participant in the 1920s and 1930s .
During his studies, Helling was a member of the Chemnitz chess club. In 1926 he received the title of master of the German Chess Federation at the tournament in Perleberg . In 1928 and 1932 he won the championship in Berlin , tied for the first time with Kurt Richter , whom he defeated in the playoff, in 1932 ahead of Ludwig Rellstab , Kurt Richter and Fritz Sämisch . Also in 1928 he finished fifth in the international tournament of the Berlin Chess Society , which was attended by high-profile players . A year later, he came in fourth place at the German championship in Duisburg.
In 1930 at the 18th Congress of the Saxon Chess Federation in Zwickau, he became the master of Central Germany ahead of Salo Flohr , Karl Gilg , Max Blümich , Jacques Mieses and Friedrich Palitzsch . A year later in the championship tournament at the 19th Congress in Leipzig , he shared first place with Karl Gilg. At the 1931 Chess Olympiad in Prague he represented Germany as a reserve player and scored seven points from 13 games.
It reached its highest historical rating in October 1933 with 2589.
In his way of playing, Helling, who was compared to Kurt Richter, was a representative of the romantic attack style who experimented with unusual and risky openings .
In his last years he only took part in chess events sporadically. Helling originally studied engineering in Berlin. He later worked as an editor at Scherl-Verlag and headed the chess, bridge and ska sections in Thinking and Guessing .
He died of a brief serious illness at the age of 33.
literature
- Helmut Wieteck: Schach-Mekka Berlin in the "roaring twenties" , Rochade Europa, Maintal, February 1995, p. 56 ISBN 3-920748-18-2
Web links
- Berliner Schachverband : Karl Helling ( Memento from July 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Obituary, published in the Deutsche Schachblättern (1937)
- Replayable chess games by Karl Helling on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung Chemnitz, July 1, 1928
- ↑ Thinking and Guessing , 1930, p. 572
- ^ Thinking and guessing , 1931, p. 507
- ↑ Karl Helling's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helling, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luckenwalde |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 1937 |
| Place of death | Berlin |