Swiss Chess Federation

The Swiss Chess Federation (SSB) is the umbrella organization for chess players in Switzerland . He is a member of the world chess federation FIDE .

The Swiss Chess Federation calculates a guide number for its members , which is published every two months in the so-called guide list.

The SSB was created on June 17, 1995 from the merger of the two Swiss chess federations SASB and SSV . The championships introduced by the two associations will continue to be organized by the SSB, so that two championships are played annually for team and individual competitions: the Swiss group championship (SGM) and the Swiss team championship (SMM) for teams, the Swiss individual championship (SEM) and the national tournament (BT) for individual players.

In 2000 the SSB joined the Swiss Olympic Association (SOV).

SASB

The Swiss Workers ' Chess Federation ( SASB) was founded in September 1922 by the workers ' chess sections of Basel, Bern, Olten, Winterthur and Zurich at a conference in Olten. Heinrich Diggelmann, who organized the conference, became the first president of the association, which was initially still subordinate to the German Workers' Chess Federation as a foreign section . At the conference in May 1926, the step towards independence was finally taken with the adoption of its own statutes.

In 1930 the SASB carried out team championships for the first time under the name group championship SGM, and ASV Zurich won. At first this championship was only organized irregularly. When the Swiss team championships were introduced in 1951 under the care of the civil SSV, the group championship lost some of its importance. From 1972 to 1984 this championship was played every 2 years, but annually from 1984 onwards.

Organizers of the SASB

Otto Burkhalter, Central President 1956–1962 (* July 28, 1926; † March 5, 2001)
Hans Schneider, headed the correspondence chess division for 23 years (born November 17, 1927)

SSV

The SSV was founded on June 2, 1889 in Zurich under the name of the Swiss Chess Association. In 1964 he changed his name to the Swiss Chess Association SSV. From October 1900 he published the Swiss chess newspaper SSZ.

The SSV always determined the official national champions. From 1951 the SMM team championships were held, at that time with 24 teams in 3 leagues.

For this first SMM 24 teams registered. These were divided into a division depending on the size of the club. The highest class was the National League A with the four teams Basel, Bern, Lausanne and Lucerne. In the National League B Nimzowitsch, St. Gallen and went to court, Winterthur also four teams. The remaining 16 teams were assigned to the third category, which was divided into five groups. The first SMM leader was Rudolf Hedinger. The first winner of the National League A was the Basler Schachgesellschaft.

In the same year the SSV became a member of FIDE.

Organizers of the SSV

Alois Nagler , Central President 1965–1969
Martin Christoffel , Central President 1987–1991
Rolf Liniger, Central President 1991–1995
Jean-Louis Ormond , President 1937–1941
Hans Jakob Schudel (1915–2004), Central President 1957–1961

Organizers of the SSB

Ruedi Staechelin, Central President 1995–2001
Philipp Hänggi, Central President 2001–2007
Kurt Gretener, Central President 2007–2011
Adrian Siegel, Central President 2011–2015
Peter A. Wyss, Central President since 2015

Swiss Champion in Individual (SEM)

See list of Swiss champions in chess

Swiss group champion (SGM)

See German Chess League (Switzerland)

Swiss team champions (SMM)

1951 Basler SG
1952 Basler SG
1953 SG Zurich
1954 SG Zurich
1955 Nimzowitsch Zurich
1956 SG Zurich
1957 Nimzowitsch Zurich
1958 SG Zurich
1959 SG Zurich
1960 SG Zurich
1961 SG Zurich
1962 SG Zurich
1963 SK Birseck
1964 Nimzowitsch Zurich
1965 Nimzowitsch Zurich
1966 Nimzowitsch Zurich
1967 Nimzowitsch Zurich
1968 SG Zurich
1969 SG Zurich
1970 SK Birseck
1971 SG Zurich
1972 SG Winterthur
1973 SG Zurich
1974 SG Zurich
1975 SG Zurich
1976 SG Zurich
1977 SG Biel
1978 SG Zurich
1979 Zytglogge Bern
1980 SK Birseck
1981 SG Winterthur
1982 SG Allschwil
1983 Zytglogge Bern
1984 SG Allschwil
1985 SG Allschwil
1986 SG Biel
1987 SG Zurich
1988 SG Allschwil
1989 SG Biel
1990 CE Geneva
1991 SK Lucerne
1992 SG Allschwil
1993 SG Allschwil
1994 SG Allschwil
1995 SG Allschwil
1996 CE Geneva
1997 SG Biel
1998 SK Zytglogge / Bern
1999 SG Zurich
2000 SG Biel
2001 SG Biel
2002 SG Zurich
2003 SG Zurich
2004 SG Biel
2005 SG Zurich
2006 SF Reichenstein
2007 Mendrisio
2008 SG Zurich
2009 SG Zurich
2010 SG Zurich
2011 SK Réti Zurich
2012 Club d'Echecs de Genève
2013 SK Réti Zurich
2014 SK Réti Zurich
2015 Club d'Echecs de Genève
2016 SG Zurich
2017 SG Winterthur
2018 SK Lucerne
2019 Club d'Echecs de Genève
2020 competition not held

Honorary members of the SSB

1959 Alois Nagler (1907–1996)
1976 Arturo Zahner (1923-2015)
1986 Paul Müller-Breil (1921-2004)
1991 Martin Christoffel , SSV. (1922-2001)
1995 Rolf Liniger
1997 Otto Burkhalter
2001 Viktor Kortschnoi (1931-2016)
2002 Ruedi Staechelin
2003 Hans-Jörg Illi

literature

Alex Crisovan (Ed.): 1889-1989. 100 years of the Swiss Chess Federation . Zürcher AG, Zug 1989.

Web links

Website Swiss Chess Federation

Individual evidence

↑ SSB guide list ( http://www.swisschess.ch/fuehrungsliste-suche.html )

^ Dominique Marcel Fankhauser: The Workers' Sport Movement in Switzerland 1874-1947 . Contributions and controversies on the social question in sport. LIT Verlag, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-80061-9 , p. 89-90 .

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