This list contains the German masters in chess .
Congresses of the German chess associations
Before the German Chess Federation was founded in 1877, western (since 1861), northern (since 1868) and central German (since 1871) championships (congresses) were organized. They are considered to be the forerunners of the later congresses of the German Chess Federation. The West German Chess Federation held its tournaments, originally known as the Rhenish Chess Congress , until 1880. The tournaments mostly took place during the summer holidays and were usually smaller events with six to ten participants.
Congresses of the West German Chess Federation (WDSB) 1861–1880
Max Lange became champion of the West German Chess Federation several times, first in 1862.
Congresses of the North German Chess Federation (NDSB) 1868–1871
Congresses of the Central German Chess Federation (MDSB) 1871–1877
German championships
Congresses of the DSB 1879–1914
The multiple tournament winner Siegbert Tarrasch also wrote the didactic work "
The Chess Game ".
Until 1914, the German championships (numbered) were mostly played as international tournaments at the congresses of the German Chess Federation.
Congresses of the DSB 1920–1932
Efim Bogolyubov (around 1925)
After the First World War , only German players were usually admitted to the congresses, as a national championship was planned.
The 20th DSB Congress, the first after the end of the First World War, took place in Berlin in 1920 . The 1st main tournament (Berliner Tageblatt tournament) was held, which Friedrich Sämisch won.
Congresses of the Greater German Chess Federation 1933–1943
Between 1933 and 1943 the German championships (numbered) were organized by the newly founded Greater German Chess Federation.
All-German championships and championships in the western zones 1947–1953
Wolfgang Unzicker, German Championship, Leipzig 1953
After the Second World War there were all-German championships, as well as separate championships for the western and eastern zones. Since 1950 separate championships have been held in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the GDR. In 1951 and 1953, the last two all-German championships took place until reunification. The championships of the German Chess Federation are numbered. In 1953, Otto Benkner and Gerhard Lorson , two players from Saarland, took part.
Championships of the Federal Republic of Germany 1953–1989
Notes: Until 1969 and from 1987 onwards, the championship of the Federal Republic of Germany was held as a simple round-robin tournament with 16 participants each. From 1970 to 1974, 15 rounds were played according to the Swiss system , with 36 players each taking part. From 1976 to 1984 11 rounds were played according to the Swiss system, there were 26 players in 1976 and 24 players each from 1978 to 1984. In 1965, 1967, 1987 and 1989 two players each finished the tournament tied at the top of the table. In these cases, play-off fights were held, each of which ended in a draw, which is why both players received the title in 1965 and 1967, and in 1987 and 1989 a decision was made on the basis of scores. Numbers 52, 54 and 56 are listed at the International German Championships .
International German Championships (Federal Republic of Germany) 1971–1988
Between 1971 and 1983, the DSB organized international German championships and grand master tournaments in the years when no championship of the Federal Republic of Germany was held. All of these tournaments were held as a simple round-robin tournament with 16 participants each. In addition to the winners of the previous championship of the Federal Republic of Germany, strong foreign players were invited to the tournaments. The second championship was held in Dortmund in 1973, right before the first Dortmund chess days . According to the Festschrift of the German Chess Federation, the grandmaster tournament in 1977 was not an official German championship (according to the tournament regulations), while international grandmaster tournaments took place in Munich in 1979, in Bochum in 1981 and in Hanover in 1983. In addition, open German championships took place in 1986 and 1988 , in which no title was awarded. In the following three tables in the first column either the number (no) of the German championship of the DSB, or GmT (Grand Master Tournament of the DSB) or OdM (open German championship) are entered as type .
Championships in the Soviet Occupation Zone 1946–1949
Championships of the GDR 1950–1990
Since 1991 all-German championships again
Notes: In 1991 the German championship was held as a simple round-robin tournament with 16 participants, since 1993 9 rounds have been played in the Swiss system . The number of participants is variable and is around 40. In 1993 and 1995 rapid chess matches for the title were held. In 1993 Thomas Luther prevailed, in 1995 Christopher Lutz. In 1998 and 2006 the title was awarded according to the evaluation (rating of the opponents), in 1998 Jörg Hickl was the tournament winner, 2006 Thomas Luther. Until 2002, the German championship was held in the last quarter of the calendar year. Since official team tournaments of the FIDE and the European Chess Union ECU ( chess Olympiads , team world and European championships ) take place in the same time frame , the German Chess Federation decided in 2003 to hold the German championship from 2004 in the first quarter of the calendar year to keep the calendar equalize the top players. As a result, there was no German championship in 2003. In the meantime, the German championship will take place again in autumn.
German women's championships
At the congress of the German Chess Federation in Magdeburg in 1927, a ladies tournament was held, the winner of which was awarded the title of "Master of the German Chess Federation". Since 1939 the women have held various individual championships. TeleSchach has compiled the women's championships in a table. The all-German championships, the championships of the eastern zone ( Soviet occupation zone ) and senior women as well as the open women's championships, blitz championships and rapid chess championships are listed. The type, year, venue, the first three tournaments and, for almost all tournaments, a link to the reports are given.
Congress of the German Chess Federation 1927
Championships of the Greater German Chess Federation 1939–1943
All-German championships 1947–1953
Championships of the Federal Republic of Germany 1953–1989
German women's championship 1959 in Dahn
Open German women's championships since 1971
International Open German Women's Championships since 1977
Championships of the Soviet Occupation Zone 1948/49
Championships of the GDR 1950–1990
Since 1991 all-German championships again
Anke Koglin (2001, since 2006 Anke Lutz)
Open German Senior Championships
Award ceremony at the German Senior Championship 1995: Ralf Scheipl, Gottfried Braun and Bodo Starck
Open German senior championships, which are consecutively numbered, have been held since 1989. There will be a competition in the age group 50+ and one in the age group 65+; the titles of the German senior champion and the German senior champion are played in a joint tournament. Until 2017, men who are at least 60 years old and women who are at least 55 years old were eligible to participate.
Open German senior championships since 1989
Last round of the 2017 championship, the all-important game on board 1 between Bodo Schmidt (left) and Jefim Rotstein, who won the game and thus became German senior champion 2017.
Award ceremony of the championship 2017, v. l. From right: Martin Sebastian, Gerhard Maiwald, Stephan Buchal (2nd), Jefim Rotstein (1st), Boris Khanukov (3rd), Ullrich Krause and Cathlen Großmann (Event Manager).
Open German senior championships for women since 1989
Irene Winter (1996) won the championship four times
Award ceremony 2017, from left to right: Gerhard Maiwald, Annett Wagner-Michel (2nd), Brigitte Burchardt (1st), Liubov Orlova (3rd), Ullrich Krause and Martin Sebastian.
German youth championships
Heinz Marcus and
Egon Joppen , the youth champions in 1948 and 1943
Group picture for the youth championship 1949 in the
east zone in Bad Klosterlausnitz.
Until 1998 the maximum age was 20 years, since 1999 it has been 18 years (U18). In 1947, 1951, 1952 and 1953 and since 1991 all-German championships were played. In addition, both West German and East German championships took place from 1947 to 1990. The table lists the all-German, West German and, if known, East German titleholders. The German youth championships are currently also being held in the U16, U14, U12 and U10 age groups. There are also additional youth classes for female youth: U18w, U16w, U14w, U12w and U10w. In the age groups U10 and U12, girls and boys played together until 2015, but named their U10 and U10w champions and U12 and U12w champions. Girls can also play in classes U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ To http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1868Amburgo.htm
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↑ To http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1869Amburgo.htm
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↑ To http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1872Altona.htm
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^ The International Tournament Leipzig 1879 (1st DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ The International Tournament Berlin 1881 (2nd DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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^ The International Tournament Nuremberg 1883 (3rd DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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^ The International Tournament Hamburg 1885 (4th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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^ The International Tournament Frankfurt 1887 (5th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ The international tournament Breslau 1889 (6th DSB Congress) on TeleSchess (cross table and games)
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^ The International Tournament Dresden 1892 (7th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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^ The national tournament Kiel 1893 (8th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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^ The International Tournament Leipzig 1894 (9th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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^ RH Barnes, chairman of the Frankfurt chess club, won the main tournament of the tenth congress. An international championship tournament did not take place. The parallel international championship tournament of the Nuremberg Chess Club (both tournaments began on July 20, 1896) was won by Emanuel Lasker. Deutsche Schachzeitung , August 1896, p. 248ff.
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^ The 10th DSB Congress in Eisenach as well as tournaments in 1896 on TeleSchach (games)
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↑ The International Tournament Cologne 1898 (11th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ Deutsche Schachzeitung , August 1898, pp. 250ff.
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↑ Pillsbury, Schlechter and Géza Maróczy all got the same number of points. In the playoff for the tournament victory, Maroczy resigned due to illness after a loss to Pillsbury. The playoff between Pillsbury and Schlechter ended after four games 2-2, so that first place was shared. Deutsche Schachzeitung , August 1898, pp. 254ff.
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↑ The International Tournament Munich 1900 (12th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and all games)
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↑ Deutsche Schachzeitung , August 1902, pp. 254ff.
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↑ The International Tournament Hanover 1902 (13th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and all games)
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↑ Schlechter was ready for a playoff for the first prize, but von Bardeleben and Swiderski were in favor of sharing the prize, which was finally granted. Deutsche Schachzeitung , August 1904, p. 246ff.
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^ The international tournament Coburg 1904 (14th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and all games)
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^ The international tournament Nuremberg 1906 (15th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and all games)
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^ The international tournament Düsseldorf 1908 (16th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and all games)
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↑ The International Tournament Hamburg 1910 (17th DSB Congress) on TeleSchach (cross table and all games)
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^ The international tournament in Breslau 1912 (18th DSB Congress) on TeleSchess (cross table and all games)
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^ The International Tournament Mannheim 1914 (19th DSB Congress) on Teleschess (cross table and games)
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^ After World War I: 1st main tournament in 1920 in Berlin on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1921 in Hamburg on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual championship 1922 in Bad Oeynhausen on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1923 in Frankfurt / Main on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1925 in Breslau on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1927 in Magdeburg on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual championship 1929 in Duisburg on TeleSchess (table and games)
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↑ German individual championship 1931 in Swinoujscie on TeleSchess (table and games)
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↑ 43rd German individual championship 1953 in Leipzig on TeleSchach (cross table, report, pictures, games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1955 in Frankfurt / Höchst on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1957 in Bad Neuenahr on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1959 in Nuremberg on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1961 in Bad Pyrmont on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1963 in Bad Pyrmont on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1965 in Bad Aibling on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1967 in Kiel on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1969 in Königsfeld on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ 58th German individual chess championship 1978 in Bad Neuenahr on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1980 in Bad Neuenahr on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1982 in Bad Neuenahr on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1984 in Bad Neuenahr on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1987 in Bad Neuenahr on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1989 in Bad Neuenahr on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ 125 years of the German Chess Federation 1877–2002 . Festschrift for the 125th anniversary (Ed. Deutscher Schachbund e.V. and Schachverband Sachsen e.V.), Leipzig 2002, p. 80.
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↑ Regulations of the DSB, Appendix F: German Masters (Men) ( Memento from December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
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↑ 52nd German individual chess championship 1971 in Berlin on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ 2nd International German Individual Chess Championship 1973 in Dortmund on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ 56th German individual chess championship 1975 in Mannheim on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1977 in Bad Lauterberg on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1979 in Munich on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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↑ German individual chess championship 1981 in Bochum on TeleSchach (photos, cross table and games)
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^ German individual chess championship 1983 in Hanover on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
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^ 1. Open German individual championship 1986 in Krefeld on TeleSchach (poster, tables and games)
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↑ 2. Open German Individual Championship 1988 in Bad Lauterberg on TeleSchach
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↑ 67th German individual championship 1995 in Binz / Rügen on TeleSchach (playoff, progress table, games)
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↑ 70th German individual championship 1998 in Bremen
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↑ 77th German individual chess championship 2006 in Osterburg
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↑ 78th German individual chess championship 2007 in Bad Königshofen
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^ German championships for women - an overview of the German championships since 1939, compiled by Gerhard Hund .
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↑ Deutsche Schachzeitung 1943, pp. 52 + 53 and pp. 84–87, as well as Deutsche Schachzeitung 1944, pp. 2 + 3.
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↑ The maximum age for young people has nothing to do with the age of majority , which was reduced from 21 to 18 on January 1, 1975.
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^ German youth championships since 1947 - an overview for the years 1947 to 2003, compiled by Gerhard Hund .
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↑ The official title was Reichsmeister of the Hitler Youth. Joppen was then subordinate to the Hitler Youth as an air force helper.
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^ German Youth Championship (East), Bad Klosterlausnitz 1949 on TeleSchess
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^ German youth championship in Meißen 1953 ( memento from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on Schachbund.de
