Saarland Chess Association

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The Saarland Chess Association 1921 eV (SSV) was founded on December 13, 1921 and is based in Saarbrücken . As one of 17 regional associations, it is a member of the German Chess Federation and also a member of the State Sports Association for Saarland (LSVS). The SSV looks after around 1,500 chess players in around 50 clubs in Saarland .

Organizational structure

The Saarland Chess Association is led by a board of directors, to which the president as chairman, the vice-president, the head of finance, the head of gaming, the head of grassroots sports, the head of education and the first chairman of the Saarland youth chess belong with a seat and vote. The managing director of the SSV at the LSVS takes part in the meetings of the executive board in an advisory capacity.

Wolfgang Bender has been President of the SSV since June 4, 2016 . Herbert Bastian , who has held this office since 1992, did not take up office in 2016.

The General Assembly, the highest body of the SSV, meets at least once a year and elects the members of the Presidium for a two-year term.

Structure of team play operations

The top division of the SSV is the Saarland League. Below is the Association League. This is followed by district leagues and district leagues. The lowest class is the district league (teams of 6), which is also divided regionally. Above the Saarland League are the Oberliga Südwest and the second and first Bundesliga .

history

The then leading Saar Club , the Saarbrücker Schachgesellschaft 1919 (SSG) and the 1913 Fischbach Chess Club participated in the founding of the SSV in 1921 .

From 1952 to 1956, the SSV team took part in the Chess Olympiads in Helsinki, Amsterdam and Moscow. After the Saarland joined the Federal Republic of Germany on January 1, 1957 , the Saarland was no longer considered a partially sovereign state, which made it impossible to take part in other Chess Olympiads independently. Instead, the Saarland Chess Association was incorporated as a regional association into the German Chess Federation.

Chess Olympiad 1952

At the Chess Olympiad in Helsinki in 1952, Saarland only reached 24th place out of 25 participants in the list of Gerhard Lorson (board 1), Otto Benkner (board 2), Ernst Weichselbaumer (board 3), Felix Jost (board 4) and Franz Jacob (1st reserve board). Benkner managed a surprise victory against the Czechoslovak Luděk Pachman .

Chess Olympiad 1954

The Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam in 1954 was already more successful for the team of the Saarland Chess Association with 22nd place out of 26 participants. The victory against Yugoslavia in the 4th preliminary round, which had started with two grandmasters ( Svetozar Gligorić and Petar Trifunović ), was considered a sensation. The Saarland team line-up was Otto Benkner (board 1), Gerhard Lorson (board 2), Walter Morena (board 3), Otto Kastel (board 4), Ernst Weichselbaumer (1st reserve board) and Adolf Haas (2nd reserve board).

Chess Olympiad 1956

In 1956 the Chess Olympiad took place in Moscow. Saarland reached a 26th place out of 34 participants and remained unbeaten in the nine games of the final round. There was a chance to win final group C if Saarland's victory in the 6th final round had been higher against group winners Philippines, who had only four players. The line-up: Otto Benkner (board 1), Gerhard Lorson (board 2), Ernst Weichselbaumer (board 3), Werner Folz (board 4), G. Both (1st reserve board) and Peter Schmitt (2nd reserve board).

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