German Chess Championship
The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion.
Prior to 1880 three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the Westdeutscher Schachbund (WDSB), the Norddeutscher Schachbund (NDSB) and the Mitteldeutscher Schachbund (MDSB). Each one organized its own championship. In 1880, the nationwide Deutscher Schachbund was founded, so afterwards only one German championship was played.
Starting from 1933, the Nazi Party took control of all social activities and until 1943 all chess championships were organized by the Großdeutscher Schachbund. After the end of World War II, separate championships were played in the occupied zones. Afterwards, from 1950 to 1989, two national championships were held in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.
After the reunification of Germany in 1989, a single tournament has been played.
Championships 1861-1932[]
 Max Lange |
 Adolf Anderssen |
 Louis Paulsen
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WDSB-Congresses 1861-1880[]
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MDSB-Congresses 1871-1877[]
NDSB-Congresses 1868-1872[]
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German Congresses 1879-1932[]
Siegbert Tarrasch
Carl Schlechter
Efim Bogoljubow
# Year City Winner 1 1879 Leipzig Berthold Englisch 2 1881 Berlin Joseph Henry Blackburne 3 1883 Nuremberg Simon Winawer 4 1885 Hamburg Isidor Gunsberg 5 1887 Frankfurt George Henry Mackenzie 6 1889 Breslau Siegbert Tarrasch 7 1892 Dresden Siegbert Tarrasch 8 1893 Kiel Carl Walbrodt
Curt von Bardeleben9 1894 Leipzig Siegbert Tarrasch 10 1896 Eisenach Robert Henry Barnes 11 1898 Cologne Amos Burn 12 1900 Munich Géza Maróczy
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Carl Schlechter13 1902 Hannover Dawid Janowski 14 1904 Coburg Curt von Bardeleben
Carl Schlechter
Rudolf Swiderski15 1906 Nuremberg Frank James Marshall 16 1908 Düsseldorf Frank James Marshall 17 1910 Hamburg Carl Schlechter 18 1912 Breslau Oldřich Duras
Akiba Rubinstein19 1914 Mannheim Alexander Alekhine 20 1920 Berlin Friedrich Sämisch 21 1921 Hamburg Ehrhardt Post 22 1922 Bad Oeynhausen Ehrhardt Post 23 1923 Frankfurt Ernst Grünfeld 24 1925 Breslau Efim Bogoljubow 25 1927 Magdeburg Rudolf Spielmann 26 1929 Duisburg Carl Ahues 27 1931 Swinemünde Efim Bogoljubow
Ludwig Rödl28 1932 Bad Ems Georg Kieninger
German Championships 1933-1949[]
Championships in Nazi Germany (1933-1943)[]
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Western and Soviet zones championships[]1. Western zone championships (1947–1953)[]
2. Soviet zone championships[]
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West and East Germany championships[]
 Wolfgang Unzicker |
 Robert Hübner |
 Wolfgang Uhlmann
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West Germany championships 1953-1989[]
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East Germany championships 1950-1990[]
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German championships since 1991[]
Thomas Luther
Artur Yusupov
# Year City Winner 1 1991 Bad Neuenahr Vlastimil Hort 2 1993 Bad Wildbad Thomas Luther, 3 1994 Binz 4 1995 Binz Christopher Lutz 5 1996 Dudweiler Matthias Wahls 6 1996 Nussloch Rustem Dautov, Artur Yusupov 7 1997 Gladenbach Matthias Wahls 8 1998 Bremen Jörg Hickl 9 1999 Altenkirchen Robert Hübner 10 2000 Heringsdorf 11 2001 Altenkirchen Christopher Lutz 12 2002 Saarbrücken Thomas Luther 13 2004 Höckendorf Alexander Graf 14 2005 Altenkirchen Artur Yusupov 15 2006 Osterburg Thomas Luther 16 2007 Bad Königshofen Arkadij Naiditsch 17 2008 Bad Wörishofen Daniel Fridman 18 2009 Saarbrücken Arik Braun 19 2010 Bad Liebenzell Niclas Huschenbeth 20 2011 Bonn Igor Khenkin 21 2012 Osterburg Daniel Fridman 22 2013 Saarbrücken Klaus Bischoff 23 2014 Verden an der Aller Daniel Fridman 24 2015 Saarbrücken Klaus Bischoff 25 2016 Lübeck 26 2017 Apolda Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 27 2018 Dresden 28 2019 Magdeburg Niclas Huschenbeth 29 2020 Magdeburg Matthias Blübaum
Women[]
Congress of the German Chess Federation 1927[]
| Year | City | Winner |
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| 1927 | Magdeburg |
Championships of the Greater German Chess Federation 1939–1943[]
| Year | City | Winner |
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| 1939 | Stuttgart | Friedl Rinder |
| 1942 | Bad Oeynhausen | Edith Keller |
| 1943 | Vienna |
All-German championships 1947–1953[]
| Year | City | Winner |
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| 1947 | Seesen | Edith Keller |
| 1949 | Munich | Friedl Rinder |
| 1951 | Bad Klosterlausnitz | Edith Keller |
| 1952 | Schwerin | Edith Keller-Herrmann |
| 1953 | Waldkirch | Edith Keller-Herrmann |
Championships of the Federal Republic of Germany 1953–1989[]
| Year | City | Winner |
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| 1955 | Krefeld | Friedl Rinder |
| 1956 | Wolfratshausen | Friedl Rinder |
| 1957 | Lindau | |
| 1958 | Gießen | |
| 1959 | Dahn | Friedl Rinder |
| 1960 | Büdingen | |
| 1961 | Wennigsen | |
| 1962 | Eckernförde | Anneliese Brandler |
| 1963 | Krefeld | |
| 1964 | Bremen | Irmgard Kärner |
| 1965 | Wangen im Allgäu | Ottilie Stibaner |
| 1968 | Fürstenfeldbruck | Ursula Wasnetsky |
| 1970 | Lauterbach | Anni Laakmann |
| 1972 | Burg | Anni Laakmann |
| 1974 | Kassel | Anni Laakmann |
| 1976 | Brilon | Anni Laakmann |
| 1978 | Delecke | Barbara Hund |
| 1980 | Schwäbisch Gmünd | |
| 1982 | Porz | Barbara Hund |
| 1984 | Bad Aibling | Barbara Hund |
| 1987 | Bad Lauterberg | |
| 1989 | Bad Aibling | Isabel Hund |
Open German Women's Championships since 1971[]
| Year | City | Winner |
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| 1971 | Zell am Harmersbach | |
| 1973 | Bad Aibling | |
| 1975 | Zell am Harmersbach | Ursula Wasnetsky |
| 1977 | ||
| 1979 | Wittlich | |
| 1981 | Brilon | |
| 1983 | Porz | |
| 1986 | Zell am Harmersbach | |
| 1988 | Braunfels | Rita Kas-Fromm |
| 1990 | Bad Neustadt | |
| 1992 | Bad Neustadt | |
| 1994 | Wuppertal | |
| 1996 | Dresden | |
| 1998 | Weimar | Gundula David |
| 2000 | Rodewisch | |
| 2002 | Bad Brückenau | Heike Vogel |
| 2004 | Osterburg (Altmark) | |
| 2006 | Bad Königshofen | Petra Blažková |
| 2008 | ||
| 2010 | Gladenbach | Heike Vogel |
| 2012 | Gladenbach |
International Open German Women's Championships since 1977[]
| Year | City | Winner |
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| 1977 | Bad Kissingen | Marta Litinskaya |
| 1979 | Bad Kissingen | Maia Chiburdanidze |
| 1981 | Bad Kissingen | Nino Gurieli |
| 2014 | Erfurt | |
| 2015 | Bayerisch Eisenstein | |
| 2016 | Bodenmais |
Championships of the Soviet occupation zone 1948/49[]
| Year | City | Winner |
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| 1948 | Bad Doberan | |
| 1949 | Bad Klosterlausnitz |
Championships of the GDR 1950–1990[]
| Year | City | Winner |
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| 1950 | Sömmerda | Edith Keller, |
| 1951 | Schwerin | |
| 1952 | Schwerin | Edith Keller-Herrmann |
| 1953 | Weißenfels | |
| 1954 | Bad Saarow | Ursula Höroldt |
| 1955 | Zwickau | |
| 1956 | Leipzig | Edith Keller-Herrmann |
| 1957 | Sömmerda | Edith Keller-Herrmann |
| 1958 | Schkopau | Waltraud Schameitat |
| 1959 | Leipzig | Edith Keller-Herrmann |
| 1961 | Premnitz | Waltraud Schameitat |
| 1962 | Gera | Waltraud Schameitat |
| 1963 | Aschersleben | Waltraud Nowarra |
| 1964 | Magdeburg | Gabriele Ortlepp |
| 1965 | Annaberg-Buchholz | Gabriele Just |
| 1967 | Colditz | Waltraud Nowarra, Ursula Liebert |
| 1968 | Weimar | Waltraud Nowarra |
| 1969 | Schwerin | Waltraud Nowarra |
| 1970 | Freiberg | Christina Hölzlein |
| 1971 | Strausberg | Christina Hölzlein |
| 1972 | Görlitz | Gabriele Just |
| 1973 | Erfurt | Eveline Nünchert |
| 1974 | Potsdam | Petra Feustel |
| 1975 | Stralsund | Brigitte Hofmann |
| 1976 | Gröditz | Petra Feustel |
| 1977 | Frankfurt (Oder) | Petra Feustel |
| 1978 | Torgelow | Brigitte Hofmann |
| 1979 | Suhl | Brigitte Hofmann |
| 1980 | Plauen | |
| 1981 | Fürstenwalde | Annett Wagner-Michel |
| 1982 | Salzwedel | |
| 1983 | Cottbus | Annett Wagner-Michel |
| 1984 | Eilenburg | |
| 1985 | Jüterbog | |
| 1986 | Nordhausen | |
| 1987 | Glauchau | |
| 1988 | Stralsund | |
| 1989 | Zittau | |
| 1990 | Bad Blankenburg |
Since 1991 German championships[]
The German Women's Championship is held every other odd-numbered year as a 9-round Swiss tournament (DFEM). In even-numbered years an international open tournament is held (IODFEM).[1]
Elisabeth Pähtz
Year City Winner[2] 1991 Beverungen Anke Koglin 1993 Bad Mergentheim 1995 Krefeld Tatiana Grabuzova 1997 Ottweiler 1999 Chemnitz Elisabeth Pähtz 2001 Krefeld 2003 Altenkirchen 2005 Bad Königshofen 2007 Osterburg 2009 Hockenheim 2011 Bonn Sarah Hoolt 2013 Bad Wiessee 2015 Bad Wiessee Zoya Schleining 2017 Bad Wiessee Jana Schneider 2019 Magdeburg Marta Michna 2020 Magdeburg Fiona Sieber
References[]
- ^ "DFEM - Deutscher Schachbund". www.schachbund.de. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ^ Hund, Gerhard. "Deutsche Schachmeisterschaften der Frauen". TeleSchach (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080608070445/http://schachbund.de/chronik/meister/dem/index.html
- http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/germania.htm
External links[]
- Crowther, Mark (16 November 1998), THE WEEK IN CHESS 210, London Chess Center
Categories:
- Chess national championships
- Women's chess national championships
- Chess in Germany