Chess Association Württemberg

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Chess Association Württemberg
Founded January 23, 1910
Place of foundation Liederhalle Stuttgart
president Armin Winkler (since 2013)
societies 218
Members about 9500
Association headquarters Stuttgart
Homepage www.svw.info

The Schachverband Württemberg eV ( SVW for short ) is a regional association of the German Chess Federation and the organization of chess players in the eastern part of Baden-Württemberg. It was founded on January 23, 1910 and is based in Stuttgart.

structure

The Chess Association Württemberg is divided into six districts and their districts, which regulate the respective game operations on their own responsibility:

  1. Unterland (UL): a. Ludwigsburg district, b. Heilbronn-Hohenlohe district
  2. Stuttgart (S): a. District of Stuttgart-Ost, b. Stuttgart-Mitte district, c. Stuttgart-West district
  3. Ostalb (OA): a. Aalen district, b. District of Heidenheim, c. Schwäbisch Gmünd district
  4. Neckar-Fils (NF): a. Esslingen / Nürtingen district, b. Filstal district, c. Reutlingen / Tübingen district
  5. Alb-Black Forest (AS): a. Zollern-Alb district, b. Donau-Neckar district, c. Black Forest district
  6. Upper Swabia (OS): a. North district, b. South district

The youth organization of the SVW is the Württembergische Schachjugend (WSJ).

organization

The association is led by a presidium, which includes the president, three vice-presidents, the treasurer, the association game director, the association youth leader and the press officer and public relations officer. Other organs are the Extended Presidium, the Association Day, the Association Arbitration Court and the Association Games Committee.

The Extended Presidium consists of the Presidium, the members of the Association Games Committee and other speakers elected by the Association Day and the district leaders (the latter with double voting rights).

The Association Day, the highest body of the SVW, meets every two years and elects the members of the Presidium and other specialist speakers for two years each. The Association Day consists of the members of the Extended Presidium, the auditors and the district delegates.

The association arbitration tribunal consists of a chairman, a deputy chairman and at least three assessors; It makes final decisions on disputes within the jurisdiction of the Württemberg Chess Association, with a chairman and two assessors. It is also responsible for appeals against decisions of the district arbitration courts.

The association game committee is convened by the association game leader and regulates the game operations of the team and individual competitions in the association area.

history

The establishment of the Swabian Chess Federation

The German Chess Federation (DSB), founded in 1877, had a total of 69 clubs in 1904. Of the Württemberg clubs, only Stuttgart was connected. At the suggestion of the DSB chairman, Rudolf Gebhardt, the Bavarian Chess Federation was (re) founded in 1906 and the East German Chess Federation in 1908. The expectations of the Württemberg clubs were directed towards the Stuttgart chess club and its chairman Otto Rosenfeld. His initiative led to the founding of the Swabian Chess Federation on Sunday, January 23, 1910. The next day, "Swabian Merkur" read:

»The Swabian Chess Federation was founded on Sunday. Numerous Stuttgart chess friends, representatives of foreign chess associations and other chess comrades attended the founding meeting in the Beethovensaal of the Liederhalle in Stuttgart. Ten chess clubs and many individuals had sent letters of consent. .... The first board consists of the following gentlemen:

Businessman Otto Rosenfeld, Stuttgart, Chairman,
Privatier Heerlein, Stuttgart, Deputy Chairman,
Council clerk Keller, Stuttgart, treasurer,
Geometer Stockmayer, Stuttgart, Secretary,
furthermore Prof. Mützel, S. Löwenthal, A. Kemper, Otto Kraft, building authorities Köpf and Eugen Baur. The establishment of new local chess clubs is to be given active support, various start-ups are already being prepared. "

The Swabian Chess Federation after the 1st World War

Little information is available from the war. A photo shows well-known masters playing in the »Eberhardsbau« and - as they say - at »1. Swabian Chess Congress in 1918 «. For the first time in Ulm in 1923 is explicitly from the »5. Swabian Chess Congress «. In connection with other literature from 1920 onwards, it can be concluded that either no congress took place in 1919 or that the »1. Congress «was not until 1919.

There are reports from a federal assembly on December 29, 1920 - presumably the 2nd Congress. Göppingen was chosen as the next congress location (3rd congress?). Otto Rosenfeld was confirmed as chairman. Schiller (computer), Dr. Geyer (secretary) and Messrs. Beck (Schwenningen), Köpf (Gmünd) and Schnapp (Heilbronn). At Easter 1922 there was an invitation to the “National Tournament and General Assembly” (4th Congress?). Rosenfeld, who had led the Swabian Chess Federation since it was founded, announced in 1923 that he no longer wanted to run for reasons of age. The number of clubs had increased and the Swabian Chess Federation was officially recognized as a regional association in the DSB. The successor to the District Court Judge Hassler and his staff (2nd Chairman L. Scheck, Treasurer Schopper, Secretary Crenz) all belonged to SV Stuttgart 1879 . In 1928 Hassler was replaced by Ernst Kübler from Ludwigsburg. At the 12th Congress in Freudenstadt in 1930, the board was confirmed in office. Otto Rosenfeld was awarded the honorary chairman of the federal government.

The Third Reich brought many far-reaching changes to the Swabian Chess Federation. A few years after his appointment as honorary chairman, the founder Rosenfeld was no longer wanted in the federal government or in the association. The continuity in the work was preserved insofar as the chairman Ernst Kübler as well as important employees, such as treasurer Otto Kaufmann, remain in office. At the 18th Congress in 1936, Ernst Kübler was named as chairman for the last time. The new chairman Dr. Rahn, a master player from Esslingen, won the Württemberg championship in 1939 and 1940. The 21st Congress in Stuttgart ( Liederhalle ) was held in connection with the Reich Garden Show Tournament in 1939 . At that time, regional associations were created according to the districts of the NSDAP. The new "Chess Association Württemberg Hohenzollern in the Greater German Chess Association" continued to hold its Swabian Chess Congresses. Report from the 22nd congress in 1940: »Rudolf Reichel, who has since been head of the association, is in the field and had to resign. The meeting of representatives brought the previous deputy head of the association Otto Kaufmann to the Greater German Chess Federation «. So Reichel probably became head of the association in 1939. Otto Kaufmann remained head of the association until the end of the war. The tradition of the Swabian Chess Congress ended with the 25th Congress in 1943.

The development of the association after World War II

The organization was rebuilt under the special conditions of the military laws of the occupying power. At that time, new or re-founding associations, as well as all assemblies, required approval. In 1946 the chess players were there when the Federation for Sport and Body Care was founded (forerunner of the Württemberg State Sports Federation ). The chess division was headed by Rudolf Kraus (Weilheim / Teck) and Paul Drexler (Stuttgart). In addition to the resurgence of gaming operations, all regional associations were also looking for national contact; the working group of the German Chess Associations was established, which bridged the time until the restoration of the German Chess Federation. Since the end of 1948 the chess division has been called the "Württemberg Chess Association". Rudolf Kraus drafted the statutes. The draft of the competition and tournament regulations came from Anton Munz (Schwäbisch Gmünd), who from 1948 to 1971 as 1st chairman built up the association with determination. The association was initially limited to the American zone of occupation. In the French-occupied zone there was the "Swabian Chess League" (1st chairman J. Cusnick). In 1951 all chess clubs in southern Württemberg were joined, and since 1952 the association has been called the "Schachverband Württemberg-Hohenzollern". Under Anton Munz, Württemberg became the third largest association in the DSB. The traditionally good contact in the working group of the southern German associations was also cultivated, especially through the challenge cup of the "six-country fights" played since 1956, in which Baden, Bavaria, Hesse, Palatinate, Saarland and Württemberg participated. Württemberg won this trophy in 1956 in Pforzheim and in Pirmasens in 1957. In 1973, under the leadership of President Rudolf Scholz (president from 1971 to 1989, later honorary chairman), the name "Chess Association Württemberg" was reverted to.

Until 1983, the SVW mainly occupied the topics of match operations and representation of the interests of the member clubs at the federal level. The main topics were the organization of match operations in team and individual championships as well as membership management. Only then were other fields of activity added. The association has been involved in training since around 1983. This area was driven forward with great commitment by the later President and today's Honorary President Hanno Dürr. Referees, trainers and coaches are trained. At the same time, the division into performance and breadth chess was carried out. Walter Pungartnik carried out the development work in width chess for decades. During this phase, the association developed into a "gaming and training association". It was during this time that we joined the Württemberg State Sports Association (WSLB) by resolution of the Association Day on May 29, 1983 and the State Sports Association of Baden-Württemberg (LSV) in 1984. A decisive development step for the association, which now also provides advice and service for the made possible large sports associations for its members. At the beginning of the 1990s, this was followed by further development into a comprehensive organizational association with the additional areas of further education (e.g. management seminars), school chess, public relations and the later focus area of ​​Internet presence / new media. In all areas, comprehensive services are offered for the member associations. The game operation was supplemented by the sections women's chess and senior chess.

Presidium of the Chess Association Württemberg

The presidium consists of the president, three vice-presidents, the treasurer, the association game manager, the association youth leader and the advisor for press and public relations. The president, the vice-presidents and the treasurer form the board in the sense of § 26 BGB . You are authorized to represent the association solely in and out of court.

Current presidium

After the Association Day on June 29, 2019, the Executive Committee consists of the following people:

Office Surname society Term of office
president Armin Winkler SF 59 Kornwestheim 2013-present
Vice President Walter Pungartnik SVG Vaihingen / Enz 1991-present
Vice President Michael Meier SSV Zuffenhausen 2013-present
Vice President Claus Seyfried Stuttgart SF 1879 2019-present
Treasurer Dennis Bastian SG Donautal Tuttlingen 2017-present
Association game director Carsten Karthaus SC Murrhardt 1984 2015-present
Chairman of the WSJ Philipp Soos SV Backnang 2019-present
Public Relations Officer vacant

List of presidents of the Chess Association Württemberg

No. president Term of office
1. Otto Rosenfeld (Honorary Chairman) 1910-1923
2. Hassler 1923-1928
3. Ernst Kübler 1928-1936
4th N. Rahn 1936-1939
5. Rudolf Reichel 1939-1940
6th Otto Kaufmann 1940-1946
7th Rudolf Kraus & Paul Drexler 1946-1948
8th. Anton Munz (Honorary Chairman) 1948-1971
9. Rudolf Scholz (Honorary Chairman) 1971-1989
10. Herbert Nufer 1989-1997
11. Hanno Dürr (Honorary President) 1997-2005
12. Hans Ellinger 2005-2009
13. Bernhard Mehrer 2009-2013
14th Armin Winkler 2013 – today

literature

  • Eberhard Herter: Chess in Württemberg. J. Sehlernbach Fachverlag, Weil der Stadt, 2000. ISBN 3-935340-00-1 .
  • Bernhard Mehrer: 100 years of the Württemberg Chess Association. 1910–2010 commemorative publication.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schachverband Württemberg, overview of clubs and teams. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
  2. ^ Overview of chess clubs in Germany (German Chess Youth). Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c Statutes of the Schachverband Württemberg eV In: Schachverband Württemberg e. V. Accessed July 2, 2019 .
  4. ^ Erwin Franz: The Association Day decides to join the WLSB . In: Württemberg-Rochade . No. 6 , June 1983, DNB  015308391 , p. 1–2.1 ( online [PDF; accessed July 3, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Claus Seyfried: Saturday was Association Day - the whole day - In Spraitbach! In: Schachverband Württemberg e. V. July 1, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Addresses of the Presidium. In: Schachverband Württemberg e. V. Accessed July 2, 2019 .