Kurt Richter

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Kurt Richter (born November 24, 1900 in Berlin , † December 29, 1969 Berlin-Karlshorst ) was a German chess player .

Life

At the age of ten Richter learned to play chess from his grandfather. At the beginning of the First World War , his father fell. Therefore, Richter had to leave school. He started an apprenticeship as an insurance salesman. However, due to the hardship in the war, he became ill; the illness accompanied him all his further life. First Richter became a member of the chess club "Springer", then he joined the "Berlin Chess Club 1876". In 1922 he became city ​​champion of Berlin for the first time . In 1928 he won an international tournament in Wiesbaden and in 1934 in Niendorf he was second behind Ståhlberg. When he lost his job in 1929, he devoted himself entirely to chess. From then on he earned his living with articles in chess magazines and the writing of books . He took over the management of the magazine Deutsche Schachblätter and held it until 1952, when the chess papers stopped being published. After he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in World War II in 1942 , Alfred Brinckmann took over as (chief) editor-in-chief . After the German chess sheets were discontinued, Richter worked for the German chess newspaper . For a long time, Richter was very successful in managing the section Chess Teaches Chess - High School of Combination , founded by Berthold Koch , in the magazine Schach , which still exists today.

In 1930 and 1931 he took part in the Chess Olympiads in Hamburg and Prague . The German team reached third place in 1930, and in 1931 Richter scored the third-best result on board 4 with 70% of the possible points. In 1931 he finished 3rd in Swinoujscie in the German individual championship, which Efim Bogoljubow won. In 1935 he became Master of Germany in Aachen , ahead of Carl Ahues , Wilhelm Ernst and Paul Michel . In 1936 Richter was the top player in the German team at the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich . In 1937 in Bad Oeynhausen he came second in the German individual chess championship, which Georg Kieninger won. In 1940, also in Bad Oeynhausen, he took third place behind Kieninger together with Karl Gilg . In 1941 in Bad Oeynhausen he was third behind Paul Felix Schmidt and Klaus Junge .

Because of his uncompromising style of attack he was also called the executioner of Berlin . In 1950 he became an international master . In addition, Richter also created some chess compositions . Later he was one of the most famous chess journalists and wrote numerous books, mostly on chess tactics . With his entertaining style, he was one of the best chess commentators.

An attack system against the Sicilian Defense is named after him , which is characterized by the sequence of moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 ( Richter-Rauser variant ) e6 7. Nxc6 ( nowadays Qd2 is mostly played instead) bxc6 8. e5 is introduced. His best historical rating was 2,652, which he achieved in October 1942. In 1943 and 1944 he was temporarily in 15th place in the world rankings.

Game example

Judge – Alexandrescu
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8th Chess rdt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess bdt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess rdt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess kdt45.svg 8th
7th Chess pdt45.svg Chess pdt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess bdt45.svg Chess pdt45.svg Chess pdt45.svg Chess --t45.svg 7th
6th Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess qdt45.svg Chess pdt45.svg Chess ndt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess pdt45.svg 6th
5 Chess --t45.svg Chess rlt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess nlt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg 5
4th Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg 4th
3 Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess blt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess rlt45.svg Chess --t45.svg 3
2 Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess plt45.svg Chess blt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess plt45.svg Chess plt45.svg Chess plt45.svg 2
1 Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess qlt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess klt45.svg Chess --t45.svg 1
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Position after 18.… Kh8

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At the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich in 1936, Kurt Richter achieved a brilliant match with the white pieces against the Romanian master Gheorghe Gica Alexandrescu.

Judge – Alexandrescu 1-0
Munich, August 24, 1936
French Defense , C10
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6 + Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 c5 9. 0–0 0–0 10. dxc5 Da5 11. Re1 Qxc5 12. Ne5 h6 13.b4 Qxb4 14.Rb1 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qxa2 16. Re3 Qd5 17.Rb5 Qd6 18.Rg3 Kh8 diagram 19.Rxg7! Kxg7 20. Bxh6 +! Kg8 21.Qf3 Ne8 22.Qg4 + Kh8 23.Bg7 + Nxg7 24.Qh3 + Bh4 25.Qxh4 + Nh5 26.Qxh5 + Kg7 27.Qg5 + Black resigned.

Chess composition

Kurt Richter
German General Newspaper, 1935
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7th Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess kdt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess plt45.svg 7th
6th Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg 6th
5 Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg 5
4th Chess blt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess rlt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg 4th
3 Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess qlt45.svg Chess --t45.svg 3
2 Chess bdt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg 2
1 Chess blt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess klt45.svg Chess --t45.svg 1
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Mate in 3 moves

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Richter has published around 30 chess compositions , including two studies .

Solution:

1.Rf7 +! Kxf7 second DG7 + Ke6 3. Qd7 matt
1 ... Lxf7 second DG5 + Nf6 3. Qxf6 matt or 2. ... Ke6 (or second ... Kd6) 3. De5 matt
1 ... Txf7 second hxg8S + Ke6 3. De5 matt or 2. ... Kd8 (or second ... Kf8) 2. DB8 matt
1 ... Ke6 second De5 + Kxf7 3. H8S matt
1 ... Kd8 second DB8 matt

Private

Richter remained a bachelor. He lived with his mother in Berlin-Karlshorst until her death . He rarely and reluctantly traveled abroad; he was not interested in politics. His grave is in the Karlshorster and Neue Friedrichsfelder Friedhof in Berlin-Karlshorst.

Publications

  • Kurt Richter: Chess Olympia Munich 1936 (Part I and II - Library of the Large German Chess Federation, Volumes 6 and 7) Reprint, Olms Verlag, Zurich 1997.
  • Kurt Richter: The first steps. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1940.
  • Kurt Richter: The way to Matt. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1941.
  • Kurt Richter: Das Matt - A chat about the Matt attack in chess (special print for the high command of the Wehrmacht domestic department). Berlin 1942.
  • Kurt Richter: The modern game of chess - theory and practice of the openings. Horizont Verlag, Berlin 1948 (the forerunner of the “little Bilguer”).
  • Kurt Richter: High school of chess tactics. 1952.
  • Kurt Richter, Rudolf Teschner : Chess openings - The Little Bilguer. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1953.
  • Kurt Richter: Chess delicacies. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1961.
  • Kurt Richter, Hans-Hilmar Staudte : Right and wrong. Practical endgame customer. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1962, (2nd edition 1978, ISBN 3-11-007428-1 ) (first edition 1962).
  • Kurt Richter: 666 short games. (First edition 1966)
  • Werner Golz and Paul Keres : the beauty of the combination. Sportverlag Berlin , 1972. (Book about Kurt Richter's chess corner in the magazine Schach )
  • Kurt Richter, Rudolf Teschner: Dr. Max Euwe - A selection of his best games. 2nd Edition. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin / New York 1986.
  • Kurt Richter: Ideas and failures. Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2007, ISBN 978-3-88805-496-9 (first edition 1959).
  • Kurt Richter: Combinations. Joachim Beyer Verlag , Eltmann 2012, ISBN 978-3-940417-33-6 (first edition 1936).
  • Kurt Richter: The chess practitioner. Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2012, ISBN 978-3-940417-28-2 (first edition 1946).
  • Kurt Richter: Checkmate. Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2014, ISBN 978-3-940417-58-9 (first edition 1950).
  • Kurt Richter, Jerzy Konikowski : My first chess book. Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2014, ISBN 978-3-940417-52-7 (first edition 1946).
  • Alfred Brinkmann , Kurt Richter: Struggle of Nations: XIII. Schacholympia Munich 1958. Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2015, ISBN 978-3-940417-84-8 (first edition 1958).
  • Kurt Richter: Short stories about chess pieces . Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2017, ISBN 978-3-95920-053-0 (first edition 1947).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Men's Chess Olympiads - Richter, Kurt (Germany) on Olimpbase (English)
  2. ↑ German individual championship 1931 in Swinoujscie on TeleSchess (table and games)
  3. ↑ German individual chess championship 1935 in Aachen on TeleSchach (table and games)
  4. ↑ unofficial Chess Olympiad: Munich 1936 - Germany (GER) on Olimpase (English)
  5. ↑ German individual championship 1937 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 championship 1941 in Bad Oeynhausen on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  8. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002. Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 87.
  9. ↑ At the grave of Kurt Richter. Website of the German Chess Federation , November 24, 2013, accessed on March 20, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Judge, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess player
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1969
Place of death Berlin