SG Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf

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The chess society Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf is a chess club from Berlin . It emerged in 1999 from the merger of the traditional clubs SVg Lasker Steglitz and SV Wilmersdorf .

The oldest predecessor club, SV Schallopp Steglitz , was founded in 1909 and later merged with SVg Lasker Steglitz. The chess society is named after Emanuel Lasker , the only German chess world champion to date , as well as after the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district of Steglitz and the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorfer district of Wilmersdorf . Club members like Rudolf Teschner won various individual titles at the Berlin and national level. Until the 1990s, the previous clubs also played a prominent role in team chess; SVg Lasker Steglitz achieved the best placement in the single-track men's chess Bundesliga in the 1988/89 season with fourth place. The first women's team of SVg Lasker Steglitz won in 1992 in the newly founded single-track women's chess league, the only German championship title of today's overall club. As of 2019, the men play in the Berlin city league.

Emanuel Lasker , who gave the association its name

history

In 1999 the Lasker-Steglitz Chess Association (short: SVg Lasker-Steglitz , often also written Lasker Steglitz ) and the Wilmersdorf chess club (short: SV Wilmersdorf ) merged to form the Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf chess company (short: SG Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf ). While SV Wilmersdorf kept its name from its foundation in 1919 until the merger, SG Lasker-Steglitz emerged from several predecessor clubs.

SK Schöneberg (1913)
 
 SG Friedenau (1918)
 
 SV Schallopp Steglitz (1909)
 
 SV Wilmersdorf (1919)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SK Lasker (1947)
 
 
 
 SV Steglitz (1933/1958)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SVg Lasker Steglitz (1963)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SG Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf (1999)
 
 
 

Development of SVg Lasker Steglitz (1963)

The SVg Lasker-Steglitz was founded 1963rd The SV Steglitz , previously SV Schallopp Steglitz , and the SK Lasker , which in turn emerged in 1947 from the SK Schöneberg and SG Friedenau , were united in it .

SV Schallopp Steglitz (1909), SV Steglitz (1933; 1958)

Emil Schallopp

The chess club Schallopp in Steglitz (often also: SV Schallopp or Schallopp Steglitz ) was founded on March 5, 1909. He was named after Emil Schallopp , stenographer , German chess master, chess writer and since 1902 honorary member of the Berlin Chess Society . On March 25, 1919, the club was one of the founding members of the Free Association of Greater Berlin Chess Clubs . In 1933 the National Socialists forbade the use of the name Schallopp and the club renamed itself to SV Steglitz . After the Second World War , it was renamed SV Schallopp Steglitz in 1951 . In 1958 he called himself SV Steglitz again for an unknown reason .

SK Lasker (1947)

In 1947 the members of the SK Schöneberg and the SG Friedenau decided to merge to form a large club, which was named Schachklub Lasker . The restaurant Zum Hähnel in Friedenau served as a playhouse . The founding members included Heinz Lehmann , Rudolf Teschner and Otto Walter (member of SV 03/25 Koblenz in the 1930s ). On February 18, 1950, the club joined the re-established Berlin Chess Association .

SK Schöneberg (1913)

The Schöneberg Chess Club 1913 (short: SK Schöneberg ) was founded on June 4th, 1913 by Albert Kelm and in 1919 was one of the initiators of the Free Association of Greater Berlin Chess Clubs. On September 29, 1922, Willi Schlage competed against 25 opponents in simultaneous chess and won 18 games after three and a half hours, three times he scored a draw. In 1925 the SK had 50 members. From 1933 to 1945, the club played as a member of the Greater German Chess Federation under the name Schachgruppe Schöneberg .

SG Friedenau (1918)

The Friedenauer Schachgesellschaft (short: SG Friedenau ) was founded on November 19, 1918 on the initiative of Johannes Öhquist (born December 6, 1861 in Slavanka near St. Petersburg , † October 15, 1949 in Wolfach , Baden). Öhquist, husband of Rita Öhquist , was an art scholar, was on the side of the Finnish uprising against Russia and was cultural attachée of the Finnish legation in Berlin, Finnish chess master and chess author. In 1938, Öhquist made himself an advocate for National Socialism in Finland through his book Das Reich des Führer , which was also translated into German . During the National Socialism, the club was called the Friedenau chess group . In 1947 the SG Friedenau merged with the SK Schöneberg in the SK Lasker .

Development of SV Wilmersdorf (1919)

The Wilmersdorf chess club was founded on September 24, 1919 under the name Wilmersdorfer Schachgesellschaft by Eugen Grasmair († 1955, 66 years old, often also written Grasmeir ), who later became the club's honorary chairman. The association was also known under the names Schachvereinigung Wilmersdorf and Wilmersdorfer Schachvereinigung . When the name Schachverein Wilmersdorf , which is common today , cannot be determined; In 1926 at the latest it was carried under this name - according to the German chess sheets , the Wilmersdorf chess club organized a simultaneous performance of the Russian grandmaster   (GM) Efim Bogoljubow that year . During the time of National Socialism (from 1933) and in the first post-war years, the club was called Schachgruppe Wilmersdorf . In the Berlin team championship in 1942, the club finished fifth and in 1949 seventh. In 1950 the club joined the re-established Berlin Chess Association and was again listed as the Wilmersdorf chess club .

In the 1960s and 1970s, SV Wilmersdorf usually did better than SVg Lasker-Steglitz in terms of chess . Among the most prominent and successful members after the Second World War were Rudolf Teschner , Kurt Richter and Jürgen Dueball , honorary members were Michail Botwinnik and Paul Keres . The dentist and long-time club chairman Hans-Joachim ("Hajo") Sitte (* 1925, † 1997), who was also part of the chess club's Bundesliga team, was a defining factor in the club during these years.

Chess League

The merged chess company Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf no longer played a role in the national chess league, while the previous clubs - especially SVg Lasker Steglitz - were represented in the league until 1990 (men) and 1992 (women). In the all-time table of the Bundesliga, Lasker Steglitz are 19th and SV Wilmersdorf 62nd. Despite the only one year league guest appearance, the women's team of SVg Lasker Steglitz is in the all-time table of the women's Bundesliga in 23rd place among the 39 teams listed (as of the end of the 2010/11 season).

Men's teams

Before the founding of the Bundesliga, the German team championships were held in finals. The four participants in the finals were determined in a qualifying tournament. Here reached:

The 1974 team included Heinrich Burger , at that time President of the Berlin Chess Association . In the 1974 created and initially four-track Chess Bundesliga, both founding clubs played at times in parallel in the North Season, which consisted of eight teams. Here neither of the two teams reached the championship finals, in which only the four group winners moved into:

  • 1974/75 : 4th - SVg Lasker Steglitz
  • 1975/76 : 3rd - SVg Lasker Steglitz; 4th - SV Wilmersdorf (promoted)
  • 1976/77 : 4. - SV Wilmersdorf; 8. - SVg Lasker Steglitz, relegated with it
  • 1977/78 : 7th - SV Wilmersdorf, relegated with it
  • 1978/79 : 7th - SVg Lasker Steglitz, relegated again as a climber
  • 1979/80 : 4th - SV Wilmersdorf (promoted), qualified for the single-track Bundesliga with fourth place.
Pia Cramling , the first woman in the men's Bundesliga. Here at the 1988 Chess Olympiad , where she won the gold medal on the first board.

As one of the four teams in Group North, SV Wilmersdorf qualified for the single-track Bundesliga Chess League formed in 1980, but was relegated in the first season and has not reached the first division since. The SVg Lasker Steglitz, however, was represented between 1982 and 1990 in the chess upper house, which consists of 16 teams:

In the twelve-man team squad of the 1988/89 season , in which the club finished fourth, there were only four international champions (IM) and three FIDE champions (FM), while the German champions of this season, FC Bayern Munich , were in his eleven-man team The squad drew up three grandmasters (GM), six IM and two FM. On the first board sat for the Berliners Lucas Brunner (IM) from Switzerland with an Elo rating of 2425. Mladen Muše (IM) and Martin Breutigam also played .

In the 1986/87 season Pia Cramling (IM) played at Lasker-Steglitz as the first woman in the first men's division. Also in 1986/87 and 1987/88 the later grandmaster Robert Rabiega was part of the team. In the 1990s, Sergei Kalinitschew occupied the first board of the now no longer first-class club for ten years . Chess trainer Alexander Lagunow   (IM), three-time Berlin champion , strengthened SVg Lasker-Steglitz from 1991 to 1996 in the 2nd Bundesliga and since 2009 has been back on the board for the now merged club, now in the Berlin regional league.

Women's team - German champions 1991/92

The first women's team of SVg Lasker Steglitz qualified in 1991 as a representative of the Lower Saxony, Bremen and Berlin regional associations for the single-track women's Bundesliga that was newly created after reunification . Among the 12 teams in the league, she took first place in the 1991/92 season and was thus German champion. Despite winning the championship, the team voluntarily withdrew from the Bundesliga after this season. The withdrawal was not unusual - with two exceptions, all Bundesliga championship teams withdrew their team at some point (as of 2012). The reasons for withdrawal are usually the high financial burden caused by the Bundesliga or the lack of sponsors.

In the 14-man team for the championship season , a women's grandmaster (WGM) and two international champions (WIM) sat on the first three boards . In order from boards one to three, they were: Lyudmila Saizewa (WGM), Elo  2300; Otilia Gant (WIM), Elo 2235 and Marion Heintze (WIM), Elo 2220. With Saizewa and Kalinitschewa on board 4, the Berlin club only offered two top foreign players. The championship team of the 2011/12 season , OSG Baden-Baden , however, relied on eight foreign players to win the title and only used players with FIDE titles.

Other teams and club members

In 2012 the SG Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf is represented with five teams in the official chess leagues, since 2016 there are only four. The 1st team plays in the Berlin City League. In addition, the club provides a team for season B of the after-work league of the Berlin Chess Association . The last remaining title holder is FM Dr. Wolfram Bornemann. The club's playroom is located in the BRUNNENHOF senior citizens' residence, Albrechtstr. 28, 12167 Berlin.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Schachgesellschaft Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf. Story .
  2. ^ Frank Hoppe: Schachverein Schallopp . ( Memento from December 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Berlin Chess Association, December 8, 2006.
  3. ^ Frank Hoppe: Chess Society Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf . ( Memento from December 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Berlin Chess Association, as of August 7, 2007.
  4. ^ Frank Hoppe: Lasker chess club . ( Memento from December 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Berlin Chess Association, as of December 8, 2006.
  5. ^ Frank Hoppe: Schöneberger Chess Club 1913 . ( Memento from December 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Berlin Chess Association, as of December 8, 2006.
  6. ^ Frank Hoppe: Friedenauer Schachgesellschaft . ( Memento from December 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Berlin Chess Association, as of December 8, 2006.
  7. ^ Frank Hoppe: Chess Club Wilmersdorf . ( Memento from December 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Berlin Chess Association, as of December 8, 2006.
  8. ↑ Giesela Zanzinger: Dentistry - practiced across generations . ( Memento of July 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: Mitteilungsblatt Berliner Zahnärzte (MBZ), Issue 4, 2009, p. 34.
  9. ↑ a b Caissa Schach Chronicle. Women's Bundesliga. Eternal table . ( Memento from May 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Hartmut Metz: Matt even before the first move. Another withdrawal from the bankrupt league. In: the daily newspaper , October 31, 2003.
  11. ↑ Berlin Chess Association.
  12. ^ Chess Society Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf. Contact .