Berlin City Chess Championship
The Berlin Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament in Germany. The first unofficial Berlin Chess Championship was held in 1853, and Jean Dufresne won a match against Max Lange.[1] Since 1904, official Berlin championships have taken place. The first event was won by Horatio Caro, followed by Ossip Bernstein, Rudolf Spielmann, Wilhelm Cohn, Benjamin Blumenfeld, etc.[2][3]
As a result of the post-war division of the city into East Berlin and West Berlin, from 1953 until 1990 two separate championships were held.[4] Since the 1991 reunification of Germany, the Berlin championships are again held as single events.[5]
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Berlin Champions
Year Winner 1904 Horatio Caro 1905 Horatio Caro, Moritz Lewitt 1906 Erich Cohn 1908 Wilhelm Cohn 1909 Moritz Lewitt 1910 Richard Teichmann 1911 Carl Ahues 1919 Karl Stephan 1920 Ernst Schweinburg 1921 Willi Schlage 1922 Kurt Richter 1923 Kurt Richter 1924 Carl Ahues, Richard Teichmann 1925 Friedrich Sämisch 1926 Willi Schlage 1927 Berthold Koch 1928 Karl Helling 1929 Carl Ahues, Kurt Richter 1930 Kurt Richter, Ludwig Rellstab, Simon Rotenstein 1932 Karl Helling 1933 Kurt Richter, Berthold Koch 1934 Carl Ahues, Friedrich Sämisch 1935 Efim Bogoljubow, Kurt Richter 1936 Kurt Richter 1937 Ludwig Rellstab 1938 Kurt Richter 1939 Franz Mölbitz 1940 Rudolf Palme 1941 Ludwig Rellstab 1942 Josef Grammatikoff 1943 Rudolf Teschner 1944 Rudolf Teschner 1946 Berthold Koch 1947 Rudolf Teschner 1948 Kurt Richter 1949 Gerhard Pfeiffer 1950 Rudolf Teschner 1951 Berthold Koch 1952 Rudolf Teschner
West Berlin and East Berlin Champions
Year West Berlin Winner East Berlin Winner 1953 Rudolf Teschner 1954 Klaus Darga 1955 Klaus Uwe Müller 1956 Heinz Lehmann 1957 Rudolf Teschner 1958 Wolfram Bialas Werner Golz 1959 Klaus Darga 1960 Alfred Seppelt Bodo Starck 1961 Hans-Joachim Hecht Hermann Brameyer 1962 Wolfram Bialas Klaus Tiemer 1963 Harald Lieb Alfred Barwich 1964 Adolf Delander 1965 Hans-Joachim Hecht Hermann Brameyer 1966 Adolf Delander Lothar Kollberg 1967 Jürgen Dueball Hermann Brameyer 1968 Harald Lieb Franz Stahl 1969 Hans-Joachim Hecht Bodo Starck 1970 Harald Lieb Bodo Starck 1971 Werner Reichenbach Bodo Starck 1972 Harald Lieb Wolfgang Rohde 1973 Harald Lieb Hans-Jürgen Meißner 1974 Werner Reichenbach Bodo Starck 1975 Horst Bach Friedrich Baumbach 1976 Werner Reichenbach Lothar Kollberg 1977 Harald Lieb Joachim Fechner 1978 Wolfgang Riedel Wolfgang Thormann 1979 Norbert Sprotte Lothar Kollberg 1980 Michael Bilek Jörg Seils 1981 Harald Lieb Wolfgang Thormann 1982 no contest Ralf Rennoch 1983 Frank Grzesik Bodo Starck 1984 no contest Bodo Starck 1985 Mladen Muse Alexander Okrajek 1986 no contest Jörg Seils 1987 Mladen Muse Alexander Okrajek 1988 no contest Wolfgang Rohde 1989 Mladen Muse Jörg Seils 1990 no contest Matthias Schöwel
Berlin Champions
Year Winner 1991 Jörg Seils 1993 Jörg Seils 1994 Alexander Lagunow 1995 Alexander Lagunow 1996 Alexander Lagunow 1997 Robert Rabiega 1998 Manfred Glienke 1999 Ulf von Herman 2000 Robert Rabiega 2001 Ulf von Herman 2002 Sergej Kalinitschew 2003 Jakov Meister 2004 Jakov Meister 2005 Jakov Meister 2006 Ulf von Herman 2007 Jakob Meister 2008 Ulf von Herman
References
- ↑ Berliner Schachverband :: Berliner Meisterschaft 1853
- ↑ Berliner Schachverband :: Berliner Meisterschaft 1904
- ↑ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
- ↑ Berliner Schachverband :: Sieger Berliner Einzelmeisterschaft
- ↑ Berliner Schachverband :: Sieger Berliner Einzelmeisterschaft