Knut Herschel

Knut Herschel (born August 6, 1948 in Wurzbach ; † August 3, 1999 in Leipzig ) was a German grandmaster in correspondence chess .

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Herschel learned the game of chess from his father Rudolf, who was himself a strong German correspondence chess player. Since his job for close chess gave him too little time, he concentrated on correspondence chess. In 1981 he took second place at the 10th correspondence chess championship of the GDR. He was subsequently appointed to the national team. He took part in the correspondence chess Olympiad 1987-93 with the GDR team. After reunification he strengthened the all-German national team, where he achieved the best result at the European team championship on board 6.

After his victory in the international invitation tournament "100 Years of the Swiss Chess Federation" he was awarded the title of International Master in 1992 . In 1997 he qualified for the 3/4 final of the 19th Correspondence Chess World Championship, and in 1999 he won the invitation tournament 50 Years of the Association of German Correspondence Chess Friends . For this he was awarded the title of Grand Master after his death .

The BdF awarded him the Silver Badge of Honor as early as 1991, and the Golden Badge of Honor followed posthumously in 2000.

Private

Herschel studied construction in Leipzig. He later worked as a university lecturer in Leipzig and at the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences in Cottbus in the field of construction technology . He completed his habilitation and became a professor. Herschel had a son and a daughter.

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• Correspondence Chess 1999/9 page 457
• Bulletin Swiss Correspondence Chess Association No. 34, 1994/2