SC Leipzig-Gohlis
The SC Leipzig-Gohlis (eV) was a chess club from the Leipzig district of Gohlis , Saxony . After the reunification , the club emerged from the chess department of BSG Motor Gohlis Nord and merged on April 1, 2011 with the chess department of SV Lok-Leipzig-Mitte to form the Leipzig chess community (SG Leipzig). After the merger, the chess community with around 200 members forms the fourth largest chess club in Germany.
For its successful youth and club work in recent years, the SC Leipzig-Gohlis 2011 received the "Annual Cup of the City Sports Association Leipzig". While the first team of the chess club only played one season in the German Chess League, the women's team was significantly more successful in the Women's League. In the 1997/98 season the women achieved their best position in team chess with 3rd place .
Bundesliga
In general game operations, the first team of the SC Leipzig-Gohlis played mainly in the 2nd Bundesliga (East) after reunification . Only in 2005 did she gain promotion to the German Chess League . However, after a 15th place in the 2005/06 season, the team rose again - like the other three newcomers. In their last season 2010/2011, the first team played in the league, the newly formed chess community Leipzig started due to the right of SV Lok Leipzig-Mitte in the season 2011/12 in the 2nd Bundesliga (East). At the end of the 2010/11 season, the men occupy 78th place in the all-time table of the German Chess League .
Grandmaster (GM) Lothar Vogt played on the first board in the 16-man team of the only Bundesliga season . Vogt had an Elo rating of 2484 at that time . There was also an International Master (IM) and nine FIDE Master (FM) in the roster. Melanie Ohme , who otherwise led the women's Bundesliga team from 2007 to 2011 , was reported on the 15th board and used twice .
Bundesliga women
The women's team lasted much longer in the Bundesliga, although as a real elevator team it almost constantly shuttled between league one and two.
Placements
The women's team rose in 1994 to the highest league, the women's chess national league formed in 1991 . In the first season 1994/95 she finished 5th. The team achieved the best placement in their Bundesliga history in 1997/98 with 3rd place. After relegating to the 2. Bundesliga (East) in 2000/01 , she immediately rose again in 2002, but immediately relegated to the last, twelfth place in 2002/03 . After another year in the second division, he was promoted again to the 2004/05 Bundesliga season . Also in this season the club was only able to hold the first division for one year and ended up in division two after eleventh place. According to the well-known pattern, she made guest appearances there for a year and played again first class from 2006/07 , this time for a longer period of time. After a 9th place in 2006/07, SC Leipzig-Gohlis took 7th place in the Bundesliga in each of the following three seasons.
In the last season of the club's existence 2010/11 followed with the 10th place the fourth descent, so that the newly formed chess community Leipzig begins in the 2011/12 season in the 2nd Bundesliga.
In addition, the women of the club were five times German team champions in blitz chess , most recently in 2010.
Team squad
The 14-man team for the 2010/11 season included a women's grandmaster (WGM), three international women's champions (WIM) and three FIDE women 's champions (WFM). This included Melanie Ohme and Martina Beltz (both WIM). While other women's teams now sometimes use over half of top foreign players, there was only one foreigner on the board for Leipzig this season. Dana Reizniece (WGM) had the highest Elo rating in the team's history with 2341 (2009/10 season).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Burkhard Starke: Obituary for the death of chess teacher Paul Gaffron. In: SG Leipzig. January 13, 2012, accessed April 6, 2017 .
- ^ SV Lok Leipzig-Mitte, chess. Chess community Leipzig .
- ↑ Leipzig Chess Association. Association .
- ↑ Leipzig Chess Association. The slightly different point game Sunday .
- ↑ Leipzig Chess Association. Teams .