List of Berlin masters in chess
In the 19th century there were no city championships in chess in Berlin . During this time, however, the importance of unofficial city championships was played by the tournaments of the Berlin Chess Society , the leading Berlin chess club , which were usually very busy . The first tournament of the chess society took place in 1853, which Jean Dufresne won after a playoff against Max Lange . In the summer of 1902, Ossip Bernstein won the first championship of the General Chess Federation in Berlin , the predecessor of the Berlin Chess Federation , ahead of Moritz Lewitt and Piotrowski.
Official city championships have only been held since 1904. Horatio Caro won the first such tournament ahead of Ossip Bernstein , Rudolf Spielmann and Wilhelm Cohn . As a result of the division of Berlin , there were separate city championships in East and West Berlin between 1953 and 1990 . Since reunification, all-Berlin championships have been held again.
Berlin master
| year | winner |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Horatio Caro |
| 1905 | Horatio Caro |
| 1906 | Erich Cohn |
| 1907 | no championship |
| 1908 | Wilhelm Cohn |
| 1909 | no championship |
| 1910 | Ehrhardt Post |
| 1911 | Carl Ahues |
| 1919 | Karl Stephan |
| 1920 | Ernst Schweinburg |
| 1921 | Willi Schlage |
| 1922 | Kurt Richter |
| 1923 | Kurt Richter |
| 1924 | Carl Ahues, Richard Teichmann |
| 1925 | Friedrich Sämisch |
| 1926 | Willi Schlage |
| 1927 | Berthold Koch |
| 1928 | Karl Helling |
| 1929 | Carl Ahues, Kurt Richter |
| 1930 | Kurt Richter, Ludwig Rellstab , Simon Rotenstein |
| 1932 | Karl Helling |
| 1933 | Kurt Richter, Berthold Koch |
| 1934 | Carl Ahues, Friedrich Sämisch |
| 1935 | no championship |
| 1936 | Kurt Richter |
| 1937 | Ludwig Rellstab |
| 1938 | Kurt Richter |
| 1939 | Franz Mölbitz |
| 1940 | Rudolf Palme |
| 1941 | Ludwig Rellstab |
| 1942 | Josef Grammatikoff |
| 1943 | Rudolf Teschner |
| 1944 | Rudolf Teschner |
| 1946 | Berthold Koch |
| 1947 | Rudolf Teschner |
| 1948 | Kurt Richter |
| 1949 | Gerhard Pfeiffer |
| 1950 | Rudolf Teschner |
| 1951 | Berthold Koch |
| 1952 | Rudolf Teschner |
West Berlin and East Berlin masters
In East Berlin, in addition to the district championship (officially semi-finals , the penultimate tournament before the GDR championship ), a city championship also took place at irregular intervals, which was open to champions. Here (for the time being) only the district masters are mentioned.
| year | West Berlin master | East Berlin district champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Rudolf Teschner | |
| 1954 | Klaus Darga | |
| 1955 | Klaus Uwe Müller | |
| 1956 | Heinz Lehmann | |
| 1957 | Rudolf Teschner | |
| 1958 | Wolfram Bialas | Werner Golz |
| 1959 | Klaus Darga | |
| 1960 | Alfred Seppelt | Bodo Starck |
| 1961 | Hans-Joachim Hecht | Hermann Brameyer |
| 1962 | Wolfram Bialas | Klaus Tiemer |
| 1963 | Harald Lieb | Alfred Barwich |
| 1964 | Adolf Delander | |
| 1965 | Hans-Joachim Hecht | Hermann Brameyer |
| 1966 | Adolf Delander | Lothar Kollberg |
| 1967 | Jürgen Dueball | Hermann Brameyer |
| 1968 | Harald Lieb | Franz Stahl |
| 1969 | Hans-Joachim Hecht | Bodo Starck |
| 1970 | Harald Lieb | Bodo Starck |
| 1971 | Werner Reichenbach | Bodo Starck |
| 1972 | Harald Lieb | Wolfgang Rohde |
| 1973 | Harald Lieb | Hans-Jürgen Meissner |
| 1974 | Werner Reichenbach | Bodo Starck |
| 1975 | Horst Bach | Friedrich Baumbach |
| 1976 | Werner Reichenbach | Lothar Kollberg |
| 1977 | Harald Lieb | Joachim Fechner |
| 1978 | Wolfgang Riedel | Wolfgang Thormann |
| 1979 | Norbert Sprotte | Lothar Kollberg |
| 1980 | Michael Bilek | Jörg Seils |
| 1981 | Harald Lieb | Wolfgang Thormann |
| 1982 | not played out | Ralf Rennoch |
| 1983 | Frank Grzesik | Bodo Starck |
| 1984 | not played out | Bodo Starck |
| 1985 | Mladen Muše | Alexander Okrajek |
| 1986 | not played out | Jörg Seils |
| 1987 | Mladen Muše | Alexander Okrajek |
| 1988 | not played out | Wolfgang Rohde |
| 1989 | Mladen Muše | Jörg Seils |
| 1990 | not played out | Matthias Schöwel |
Berlin master
| year | winner |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Jörg Seils |
| 1993 | Jörg Seils |
| 1994 | Alexander Lagunov |
| 1995 | Alexander Lagunov |
| 1996 | Alexander Lagunov |
| 1997 | Robert Rabiega |
| 1998 | Manfred Glienke |
| 1999 | Ulf from Herman |
| 2000 | Robert Rabiega |
| 2001 | Ulf from Herman |
| 2002 | Sergei Kalinichev |
| 2003 | Jacob Master |
| 2004 | Jacob Master |
| 2005 | Jacob Master |
| 2006 | Ulf from Herman |
| 2007 | Jacob Master |
| 2008 | Ulf from Herman |
| 2009 | Ulf from Herman |
| 2010 | René Stern |
| 2011 | René Stern |
| 2012 | René Stern |
| 2013 | Sergei Kalinichev |
| 2014 | René Stern |
| 2015 | Sergei Kalinitschew, Hendrik Möller |
| 2016 | Jacob Master |
| 2017 | Jacob Master |
| 2018 | Atila Gajo Figura |
| 2019 | Johannes Florstedt |
Note: At the 2015 Berlin championship, Sergei Kalinitschew and Hendrik Möller achieved the same number of points and Buchholz scores; a direct comparison was not made. The tournament announcement provided for a decision by lot in this case. The national game director decided differently to award the championship title to both players.
See also
Web links
- Berlin individual championships on the homepage of the Berlin Chess Association
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berlin Championship 1853. ( Memento from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Berlin Chess Association:
- ↑ Program for the Grand Masters Tournament Berlin 2009 (PDF) p. 14
- ↑ Berlin Championship 1904. ( Memento from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Berliner Schachverband
- ↑ Announcement of the Berlin Championship 2015 (PDF; 37.4 kB) at the Berlin Chess Association
- ↑ Final report on the 2015 Berlin Championship at the Berlin Chess Association