Chess community Leipzig

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Völkerschlachtdenkmal , symbol for the battle of the peoples on the chessboard, as at the Chess Olympiad 1960 in Leipzig

The Leipzig chess community was the most successful chess club in the GDR and was dissolved after German reunification . There is no successor club.

Differentiation from the chess community Leipzig eV

The Schachgemeinschaft Leipzig eV , newly founded in 2011, was created as a merger of the two strongest chess clubs in Leipzig that remained after 1990 , the Leipzig-Gohlis chess club and the chess section of the Lokomotive Leipzig-Mitte sports club . Several members of the former GDR club Schachgemeinschaft Leipzig later played for the club that was founded in 2011. In a member vote, the overwhelming majority voted for the revival of the name Schachgemeinschaft Leipzig .

History of the GDR association Schachgemeinschaft Leipzig

Helge Kildal in 1949

The Leipzig chess community was founded on December 1st, 1967. The chess functionary Helge Kildal was the board of directors of the chess club.

In 1983 the Leipzig chess community changed its name. In 1983 the BSG of the Baukombinat took over the Leipzig chess community as the 13th section in its ranks. The new name was from July 1st 1983 BSG Baukombinat Leipzig until the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Manfred Schöneberg had been a member of the previous clubs since 1958. He writes: " As a child I became a member of the Rotation Sports Club in Leipzig on October 3, 1958. Later on January 1, 1965, we became a section of the Leipzig Sports Club. On December 1, 1967, we became independent as the Leipzig chess community and were directly subordinate to the city Leipzig, Culture Department .

On July 1, 1983, the name was changed to BSG Baukombinat Leipzig . Since the Leipzig Baukombinat was dissolved after the fall of the Wall, the chess section also ceased to exist. The players joined other Leipzig clubs, too many to the two top clubs Lok Mitte and SC Gohlis . "

Wolfgang Pietzsch (1966)

So there were four phases:

  • The chess community in the GDR formed a phase in the work of the Leipzig Chess Performance Center (SCL) . The union of strong players (later also female players) was initiated by Herbert Graetz, tournament director of the 1960 Chess Olympiad in Leipzig, after the establishment of such centers in Berlin, Dresden and Halle. The Leipzig amateur athletes entered the team fights in 1956 as the chess section of the Rotation Leipzig sports club . In November 1959 there was a simultaneous fight by Mark Taimanow against the SC rotation. Because the Leipzig Sports Club emerged from this club, a second phase resulted for the chess section.
  • When chess was no longer one of the sponsored Olympic disciplines of the GDR, the section left the SCL and was now supported by the city as the Leipzig chess community (consideration: looking after a park venue) until it joined the BSG Baukombinat Leipzig . In chronological order, the trainers of all stages were: Martin Schiffer, Bernhard Dorawa, Heinz Rätsch, Rainer Tröger.
  • All four phases up to the end of the GDR played almost the same player base, of course with growth and fluctuation. Only the organizational connection has changed, never the purpose (concentration of strengths and performance promotion).

successes

SG Leipzig, 1968 in front of Novosibirsk Opera House
Petra Feustel (1982)
Hildegard Richter (1992)

At the end of the 60s to the beginning of the 80s, the club had its greatest successes, both nationally and internationally. At the European team championship in 1970 in Kapfenberg the following members of the chess community played for the GDR: Hennings, Vogt, Schöneberg and Neukirch.

In 1968 the Leipzig chess community became the first master of the newly founded special league, which consisted of only four teams. The players of the former championship team were (in alphabetical order): Manfred Böhnisch, Gottfried Braun, Ullrich Brümmer, Manfred Müller, Detlef Neukirch, Wolfgang Pietzsch , Bernd Schmitz, Manfred Schöneberg , Lothar Vogt and Bernd Weber.

In 1968, players from the chess community were invited to the academic city ​​of Akademgorodok , a district of Novosibirsk , where they fought two team matches and were allowed to tour the city. It was played on 10 boards. All in all, the competition ended in a draw.

The club has won the GDR team championship 13 times .

The club won the GDR's Blitz team championship eight times .

  • From 1968 to 1979 as the Leipzig Chess Association , namely in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973 and 1979.
  • From 1984 to 1989 as a company sports association of the Leipzig construction combine , in 1984, 1985 and 1989.

GDR individual champions were Manfred Schöneberg (1972), Rainer Knaak (1974, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984), Lothar Vogt (1977, 1979), Raj Tischbierek (1987, 1990) and Thomas Pähtz (1988, 1990).

The women GDR championship won Petra Feustel in 1974, 1976 and 1977th

GDR lightning champions were Manfred Schöneberg (1969, 1972), Artur Hennings (1970), Thomas Pähtz (1982, 1983) and Thomas Casper (1986).

At the 1972 Chess Olympiad in Skopje , Rainer Knaak, Manfred Schöneberg and Lothar Vogt played for the GDR team.

Members (selection)

Gottfried Braun (1995)
Manfred Schöneberg (2016)

Among others, the chess community and its predecessors in Leipzig had the following members. Some took part in the East Zone Youth Championship in 1949, such as Helge Kildal and Lothar Kleine.

Literature and Sources

  • Klaus Lindörfer: Large chess dictionary . Mosaik Verlag 1982, p. 353 (GDR master).
  • Chess in Saxony . 2008 Chess Association Saxony eV
  • 125 years of the German Chess Federation 1877-2002 . German Chess Federation and Chess Association of Saxony, Leipzig 2002.
  • Facts based on a discussion between Gottfried Braun, Manfred Schöneberg , Lutz Müller and Gerhard Hund , supported by reports in the SCHACH magazine .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Bönisch: The current topic . SCHACH 6/1983, p. 243
  2. ↑ These dates have been verified, because Schöneberg's old ID still exists with the de-registration from the Leipzig sports club and the registration for the Leipzig chess community on December 1, 1967 .
  3. ↑ The date July 1, 1983 is documented by membership card.
  4. ^ Simultaneous fight Mark Taimanow - SC rotation on November 8th, 1959 in Leipzig on TeleSchess
  5. ↑ 4th European Team Chess Championship: Kapfenberg 1970 - East Germany (GDR) on OlimpBase (English)
  6. ^ SG Leipzig German champion of the special league 1968 . Schach 1968, pp. 195–197 (report, table, games, photo of the winners)
  7. ^ Heinz Rätsch: Chess Community Leipzig in Moscow and Novosibirsk . SCHACH 1968, issue 7, p. 209
  8. ^ Horst Rittner : Leipzig was GDR champion for the 10th time . Schach 1983, pp. 299–302 (report, group photo of the Leipzig and Halle residents, cross table, games)
  9. ↑ 12th GDR championship title for Baukombinat Leipzig . SCHACH magazine 1985, issue 6, p. 255 (above)
  10. ↑ 13. Title for Baukombinat Leipzig before Empor HO . Schach 1989, no. 7, pp. 3–9 (report, group photo of the winner and runner-up, cross table, games)
  11. ^ German championships for women on TeleSchach.de
  12. ^ Youth championship of the east zone 1949 in Bad Klosterlausnitz on Teleschach with group picture of the participants
  13. ↑ See the evidence for the 13 articles of the team championships listed under the successes.

Web links

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