Chess friends Berlin

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Chess Friends Berlin 1903 eV
(SF Berlin)
founding May 6, 1903
Seat Berlin-Schöneberg
main emphasis Chess sport
Chair Jörg Schulz
Members approx. 130
Website sfr-berlin.de

The Schachfreunde Berlin 1903 are a German chess club based in Berlin-Schöneberg . The club's first team is currently (2018/19 season) in the Bundesliga .

history

The history of the club began on May 6, 1903 with the establishment of the Neukölln Schachclub , which has been the Neukölln 03 chess club since its 50th anniversary . In 1955 the chess club, which competed in the Berlin city league, won the Berlin team cup. On September 7, 1967, the association merged with local rivals Neuköllner Schachfreunde to form Schachfreunde 03 Neukölln . In 1997 it was promoted to the national chess league for the first time , and from 2001 the club took part in the European Club Cup several times .

At a tournament in Crete in 2003, the later world chess champion Magnus Carlsen met the chess friends Neukölln . They invited him to a water polo game in the hotel pool. The gesture meant that Carlsen played for the club in the Bundesliga in the 2004/05 season . In two games, Carlsen scored half a point on board 1.

In 2005 the club moved from Neukölln to Schöneberg and changed its name to Schachfreunde Berlin 1903 on November 30, 2005 .

In the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons , the club hosted the central finals of the German Chess League.

Squad 2019/20

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chronicle of the Schachfreunde Berlin on their website, accessed on November 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Welt am Sonntag No. 44, November 4, 2018, p. 27.
  3. ↑ Welt am Sonntag No. 44, November 4, 2018, p. 27.
  4. ↑ Peter Kirnich: Why the chess world is soon looking to Berlin , in: Berliner Zeitung , October 23, 2017, accessed on November 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ Central final round again in Berlin on the website of the German Chess League, August 1, 2017, accessed on November 3, 2018.