Chess Festival Bad Wörishofen
The Bad Wörishofen Chess Festival is an international chess tournament in Bad Wörishofen .
1985 start in the Kneipp spa
The ChessOrg chess festivals in Bad Wörishofen were originally international chess tournaments initiated by Reinhold Hoffmann (picture left), which he also organized and hosted from 1985 to 1998. In 1985 the big chess tournaments in Hamburg and Berlin were no longer alone. The foreign players had to be told where Bad Wörishofen is. The city, located south-west of Munich , is known through Pastor Sebastian Kneipp , who made it world famous for his water medicine.
The sponsor of this new big chess event in Bad Wörishofen in 1985 was the global company Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) with its German plant in Kaufbeuren (17 km from Bad Wörishofen). Among the participants was the Hungarian Grand Master Zsuzsa Verőci . Dimo Werner achieved second place. Helmut Reefschläger fulfilled his third IM norm and the Hamburg FIDE champion and Bundesliga chess player Hans-Jörg Cordes achieved a short victory against Grandmaster Anthony Miles , which was widely recognized . Jan Smejkal won this first edition of the 1985 Open .
The chess festival in Bad Wörishofen has been organized by Jürgen Wempe since 1999, after Reinhold Hoffmann celebrated the 25th anniversary of ChessOrg in 1998. The venue today is the theater in the Kurhaus in Bad Wörishofen. Nine rounds are played according to the Swiss system . The ranking lists are determined according to Buchholz with fine evaluation (Buchholz sum). All tournaments are submitted for DWZ and Elo evaluation, whereby title norms are also possible.
In 2012, the 81-year-old Viktor Kortschnoi took an unbeaten second place (fourth in the ranking).
Open of chess festivals
Senior tournaments
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At the same time as the Open, ChessOrg also held senior tournaments in the Bad Wörishofen Kurhaus.
| year | winner | Second |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Reisinger (Austria) | |
| 1986 | ||
| 1987 | Walter Steglich | |
| 1988 | Walter Steglich | Paul Tröger |
| 1989 | ||
| 1990 | ||
| 1991 | Herbert Weigel | |
| 1992 | Christos Papapostolou | Horst Schmitzer |
| 1993 | Hans Kraft | Gregor Kasüschke |
| 1994 | Hans Kraft | Horst Schmitzer |
| 1995 | Hubert Koller | Herbert Weigel |
| 1996 | Christos Papapostolou | Horst Schmitzer |
| 1997 | Reinhard Zunker | Udo Goy |
| 1998 | Bernhard Bierwisch | Reinhard Zunker |
| 1999 | Udo Goy | Helmut Escher |
| 2000 | Bernhard Bierwisch | Tadeusz Zoltek |
| 2001 | Tadeus Zoltek | Milan Keserovic |
| 2002 | Eckart Wunderer | Manfred Hein |
| 2003 | Volkhard Igney | Tadeuz Zoltek |
| 2004 | Volkhard Igney | Ferdinand Niebling |
| 2005 | Johann Fischer | Udo Goy |
| 2006 | Hans-Joachim Neese | Udo Goy |
| 2007 | Reinhard Zunker | Yuri Lubarski |
| 2008 | Wolfgang Weinwurm | Yuri Lubarski |
| 2009 | Arno Zakharenko | Werner Szenetra |
| 2010 | Hans-Joachim Neese | Fritz Maurer |
| 2011 | Hermann Krieger | Stephen Berry |
| 2012 | Bernd Baum | Edwin Bhend |
| 2013 | Bernd Baum | Manfred Trescher |
| 2014 | Hans-Joachim Neese | Bernd Baum |
| 2015 | Wolfgang Weinwurm | Heinrich Daeubler |
| 2016 | Christoph Frick | Alexander Okrajek |
| 2017 | Stephan Berry | Christoph Frick |
Nestor tournaments
In 2011 a nestors tournament was held for the first time, which Gerhard Hund won ahead of Viktor Lainburg.
In 2012 Viktor Lainburg won the Nestoren classification ahead of Gerhard Hund.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Schachzeitung 4/1985, pp. 114/115
- ↑ Schach Magazin 64 6/1985, title page and p. 162
- ^ Klaus-Jürgen Schulz and Hans Peter Fecht: Klinger Extra-Klasse in Wörishofen . Schach-Echo 1988, volume 4, pages 138 and 139 (report, games, table).
Sources, reports and tables
- Deutsche Schachzeitung 4/1986, p. 150 and p. 212
- Deutsche Schachblätter 4/1987, p. 22/23 (286 participants, including 10 GM, 26 IM, 7 FM)
- Dario Doncevic: Bad Wörishofen Open . Deutsche Schachblätter 4/1988, pp. 19-21
- Rainer Kraut: Open Bad Wörishofen . Deutsche Schachblätter 4/1989, pp. 25-28
- Deutsche Schachblätter 5/1990, pp. 26–28 (report, games, 384 participants)
- SCHACH 5/1991, p. 47 (note)
- Stefan Bücker : Knaak wins in Bad Wörishofen . Deutsche Schachblätter 5/1992, pp. 25-27
- 9th ChessOrg Chess Festival 1993 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables ( DSB )
- Lucas Brunner : traditional tournament in distress . SCHACH 5/1993, p. 44/45 (report, games, 217 participants)
- 10th ChessOrg Chess Festival 1994 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- Eckhard Schmittdiel : Magerramow optigonal! SCHACH 4/1994, pp. 59–61 (report, games, 216 participants, 43 seniors)
- 11th ChessOrg Chess Festival 1995 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- 12th ChessOrg Chess Festival 1996 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- 13th ChessOrg chess festival 1997 in Bad Wörishofen on TeleSchach
- 14th ChessOrg Chess Festival 1998 in Bad Wörishofen (25th anniversary of ChessOrg)
- 15th ChessOrg chess festival 1999 in Bad Wörishofen on TeleSchach
- 16th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2000 in Bad Wörishofen on TeleSchach
- 17th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2001 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- 18th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2002 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- 19th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2003 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- 20th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2004 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- 21st ChessOrg Chess Festival 2005 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- 22nd ChessOrg Chess Festival 2006 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- 23rd ChessOrg Chess Festival 2007 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (DSB)
- 24th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2008 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (ChessOrg)
- 25th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2009 in Bad Wörishofen on TeleSchach
- 26th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2010 ( Open and Seniors ) Progress Tables (ChessOrg)
- 27th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2011 in Bad Wörishofen on TeleSchach
- 28th ChessOrg Chess Festival 2012 in Bad Wörishofen on TeleSchach
Web links
- History of the ChessOrg chess festivals in Bad Wörishofen on TeleSchach
- Games (1985 to today) on 365Chess and ChessOrg
- Homepage of the organizer ChessOrg