Werner Stern

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Werner Stern (born November 2, 1932 in Löcknitz ; † December 17, 2018 ) was a German correspondence chess player . He was twice European champion.

Chess successes

Master tournaments

In the early 1960s, he won several master class tournaments at GDR and world level. In 1963 he qualified for the finals at the 8th GDR distance chess championship.

European championships

In 1965 he became European champion; at the 1st European Championship he reached first place with 13.5 out of 14 points. He repeated this success in 1973 at the 7th European Championship (12 of 14). To date (2018) he is the only player who has twice been European champion in correspondence chess. He later qualified several times for the final of the EU championship, but could no longer win the title. At the 28th championship in 1987/90 he finished second with half a point less than Jānis Vitomskis .

World championships

Stern fought several times in the final for the world championship, for example the 5th World Cup in 1965/69, the 9th World Cup 1977/81, the 14th World Cup 1994/98 and the current 19th World Cup, which began in 1999.

Others

Because of his skill level, he was invited to anniversary and commemorative tournaments several times. In 2004 he won the 20th German senior correspondence chess championship. In his honor, the European zone of the International Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF is organizing a memorial in 2019.

title

For his various successes, Stern received the titles of International Correspondence Chess Master and Honored International Correspondence Chess Master . At the ICCF Congress in Leeds in 2009, Stern was awarded the title of International Grandmaster .

Private

Werner Stern studied physics in Greifswald. After obtaining his doctorate, he worked in Greifswald for more than 30 years. There he worked at an institute of the German Academy of Sciences on subjects related to applied basic research in the field of gas discharge physics. His work results were u. a. used by the GDR lamp maker Narva. After reunification, he moved to Bremen in 1989 at the age of 57, was unemployed there for some time and then retired.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MT / Stern, Werner Stern Memorial (accessed on May 21, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Stern, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German correspondence chess master
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Löcknitz
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 2018