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German Chess Championship

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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

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=WDSB-Congresses, 1861–1880=

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class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!Year !! City !! Winner

1

|1861

|Düsseldorf

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2

|1862

|Düsseldorf

|Max Lange

3

|1863

|Düsseldorf

|Max Lange

4

|1864

|Düsseldorf

|Max Lange

5

|1865

|Elberfeld

|Gustav Neumann

6

|1867

|Cologne

|Wilfried Paulsen

7

|1868

|Aachen

|Max Lange

8

|1869

|Barmen

|Adolf Anderssen

9

|1871

|Krefeld

|Louis Paulsen

10

|1876

|Düsseldorf

|Wilfried Paulsen

11

| 1877

|Cologne

|Johannes Zukertort

12

| 1878

|Frankfurt

|Louis Paulsen

13

|1880

|Braunschweig

|Louis Paulsen

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=MDSB-Congresses, 1871–1877=

class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!Year !! City !! Winner

1

|1871

|Leipzig

|Adolf Anderssen

2

|1876

|Leipzig

|Adolf Anderssen

3

|1877

|Leipzig

|Louis Paulsen

=NDSB-Congresses, 1868–1872=

class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!Year !! City !! Winner

1

|1868

|Hamburg

|Max Lange

2

|1869

|Hamburg

|Adolf Anderssen

3

|1872

|Altona

|Adolf Anderssen

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= German Congresses, 1879–1932 =

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class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!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 Bardeleben

9

|1894

| Leipzig

|Siegbert Tarrasch

10

|1896

| Eisenach

|Robert Henry Barnes

11

|1898

| Cologne

|Amos Burn

12

|1900

| Munich

|Géza Maróczy
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Carl Schlechter

13

|1902

| Hannover

|Dawid Janowski

14

|1904

| Coburg

|Curt von Bardeleben
Carl Schlechter
Rudolf Swiderski

15

|1906

| Nuremberg

|Frank James Marshall

16

|1908

| Düsseldorf

|Frank James Marshall

17

|1910

| Hamburg

|Carl Schlechter

18

|1912

| Breslau

|Oldřich Duras
Akiba Rubinstein

19

|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 Rödl

28

|1932

| Bad Ems

|Georg Kieninger

German Championships, 1933–1949

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=Championships in Nazi Germany, 1933–1943=

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class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!Year !! City !! Winner

1

|1933

| Bad Pyrmont

| Efim Bogoljubow

2

|1934

| Bad Aachen

| Carl Carls

3

|1935

| Bad Aachen

| Kurt Richter

4

|1937

| Bad Oeynhausen

| Georg Kieninger

5

|1938

| Bad Oeynhausen

| Erich Eliskases

6

|1939

| Bad Oeynhausen 

| Erich Eliskases

7

|1940

| Bad Oeynhausen

| Georg Kieninger

8

|1941

| Bad Oeynhausen

| Paul Felix Schmidt 
 Klaus Junge

9

|1942

| Bad Oeynhausen

| Ludwig Rellstab

10

|1943

| Vienna

| Josef Lokvenc

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=Western and Soviet zones championships, 1946–1953=

==Western zone championships, 1947–1953==

class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!Year !! City !! Winner

1

|1947

| Weidenau

| Georg Kieninger

2

|1948

| Essen

| Wolfgang Unzicker 

3

|1949

| Bad Pyrmont          

| Efim Bogoljubow

4

|1950

| Bad Pyrmont

| Wolfgang Unzicker

5

|1951

| Düsseldorf

| Rudolf Teschner

6

|1953

| Leipzig

| Wolfgang Unzicker

==Soviet zone championships, 1946–1949==

class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!Year !! City !! Winner

1

|1946

| Leipzig

| Berthold Koch

2

|1947

| Weissenfels

| Lothar Schmid

3

|1948

| Bad Doberan

| Rudolf Teschner

4

|1949

| Bad Klosterlausnitz 

| Wolfgang Pietzsch 

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West and East Germany championships

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=West Germany championships, 1953–1989=

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class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!Year !! City !! Winner

1

|1953

|Berlin

| Wolfgang Unzicker

2

|1955

|Frankfurt am Main

| Klaus Darga

3

|1957

|Bad Neuenahr

| Paul Tröger

4

|1959

|Nürnberg

| Wolfgang Unzicker

5

|1961

|Bad Pyrmont

| Klaus Darga

6

|1963

|Bad Pyrmont

| Wolfgang Unzicker

7

|1965

|Bad Aibling

| Wolfgang Unzicker, Helmut Pfleger 

8

|1967

|Kiel

| Robert Hübner, Hans Besser

9

|1969

|Königsfeld

| Manfred Christoph

10

|1970

|Völklingen

| Hans-Joachim Hecht

11

|1971

|Berlin

| Svetozar Gligorić (international)

12

|1972

|Oberursel

| Hans Günther Kestler

13

|1973

|Dortmund

| Hans-Joachim Hecht, Ulf Andersson 
 Boris Spassky (international) 

14

|1974

|Menden

| Peter Ostermeyer

15

|1975

|Mannheim

| Walter Browne (international)

16

|1976

|Bad Pyrmont

| Klaus Wockenfuss

17

|1977

|Bad Lauterberg

| Anatoly Karpov (international)

18

|1978

|Bad Neuenahr

| Ludek Pachman

19

|1979

|Munich

| Boris Spassky, Yuri Balashov
 Ulf Andersson (international)

20

|1980

|Bad Neuenahr

| Eric Lobron

21

|1981

|Bochum

| Lubomir Kavalek (international)

22

|1982

|Bad Neuenahr

| Manfred Glienke

23

|1983

|Hannover

| Anatoly Karpov (international)

24

|1984

|Bad Neuenahr

| Eric Lobron

25

|1987

|Bad Neuenahr

| Vlastimil Hort, Ralf Lau

26

|1988

|Bad Lauterberg

| Bernd Schneider

27

|1989

|Bad Neuenahr

| Vlastimil Hort, Eckhard Schmittdiel

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=East Germany championships, 1950–1990 =

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class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!Year !! City !! Winner

1

|1950

|Sömmerda

| Rudolf Elstner

2

|1951

|Schwerin

| Georg Stein

3

|1952

|Binz

| Berthold Koch

4

|1953

|Jena

| Reinhart Fuchs

5

|1954

|Meerane

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

6

|1955

|Zwickau

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

7

|1956

|Leipzig

| Reinhart Fuchs

8

|1957

|Sömmerda

| Burkhard Malich

9

|1958

|Schkopau

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

10

|1959

|Leipzig

| Wolfgang Pietzsch

11

|1961

|Premnitz

| Lothar Zinn

12

|1962

|Gera

| Wolfgang Pietzsch

13

|1963

|Aschersleben

| Günther Möhring

14

|1964

|Magdeburg

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

15

|1965

|Annaberg-Buchholz 

| Lothar Zinn

16

|1967

|Colditz

| Wolfgang Pietzsch

17

|1968

|Weimar

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

18

|1969

|Schwerin

| Lutz Espig

19

|1970

|Freiberg

| Friedrich Baumbach

20

|1971

|Strausberg

| Lutz Espig

21

|1972

|Görlitz

| Manfred Schöneberg

22

|1973

|Erfurt

| Burkhard Malich

23

|1974

|Potsdam

| Rainer Knaak

24

|1975

|Stralsund

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

25

|1976

|Gröditz

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

26

|1977

|Frankfurt/Oder

| Lothar Vogt

27

|1978

|Eggesin

| Rainer Knaak

28

|1979

|Suhl

| Lothar Vogt

29

|1980

|Plauen

| Hans-Ulrich Grünberg

30

|1981

|Fürstenwalde

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

31

|1982

|Salzwedel

| Rainer Knaak

32

|1983

|Cottbus

| Rainer Knaak, Wolfgang Uhlmann 

33

|1984

|Eilenburg

| Rainer Knaak

34

|1985

|Jüterbog

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

35

|1986

|Nordhausen

| Wolfgang Uhlmann

36

|1987

|Glauchau

| Raj Tischbierek

37

|1988

|Stralsund

| Lutz Espig, Thomas Pähtz

38

|1989

|Zittau

| Hans-Ulrich Grünberg

39

|1990

|Bad Blankenburg

| Raj Tischbierek, Thomas Pähtz

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German championships since 1991

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class="sortable wikitable"

! # !!Year !! City !! Winner

1

|1991

| Bad Neuenahr

| Vlastimil Hort

2

|1993

| Bad Wildbad

| Thomas Luther, Thomas Pähtz

3

|1994

| Binz

| Peter Enders

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

| Robert Rabiega

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

| Sergey Kalinitschew

26

|2017

| Apolda

| Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu

27

|2018

| Dresden

| Rainer Buhmann

28

|2019

| Magdeburg

| Niclas Huschenbeth

29

|2020

| Magdeburg

|Matthias Blübaum

30

|2021

| Magdeburg

|Jonas Rosner

31

|2022

| Magdeburg

|Leonardo Costa

32

| 2023

| Ostfildern

|Vitaly Kunin

33

| 2024

| Ostfildern

|Dmitrij Kollars

34

| 2025

| Munich

|Vincent Keymer

Women

= Congress of the German Chess Federation, 1927 =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! City

! Winner

1927MagdeburgMittelmann

= Championships of the Greater German Chess Federation, 1939–1943 =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! City

! Winner

1939StuttgartFriedl Rinder
1942Bad OeynhausenEdith Keller
1943ViennaGertrud Jürgens

= All-German championships, 1947–1953 =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! City

! Winner

1947SeesenEdith Keller
1949MunichFriedl Rinder
1951Bad KlosterlausnitzEdith Keller
1952SchwerinEdith Keller-Herrmann
1953WaldkirchEdith Keller-Herrmann

= Championships of West Germany, 1953–1989 =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! City

! Winner

1955KrefeldFriedl Rinder
1956WolfratshausenFriedl Rinder
1957LindauHelga Axt
1958GießenHelga Axt
1959DahnFriedl Rinder
1960BüdingenMaria Scheffold
1961WennigsenHelga Axt
1962EckernfördeAnneliese Brandler
1963KrefeldHannelore Lucht
1964BremenIrmgard Kärner
1965Wangen im AllgäuOttilie Stibaner
1968FürstenfeldbruckUrsula Wasnetsky
1970LauterbachAnni Laakmann
1972BurgAnni Laakmann
1974KasselAnni Laakmann
1976BrilonAnni Laakmann
1978DeleckeBarbara Hund
1980Schwäbisch GmündIsabel Hund
1982PorzBarbara Hund
1984Bad AiblingBarbara Hund
1987Bad LauterbergUte Späte
1989Bad AiblingIsabel Hund

= Open German Women's Championships since 1971 =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! City

! Winner

1971Zell am HarmersbachGertrud Renz
1973Bad AiblingDoina Pfleger
1975Zell am HarmersbachUrsula Wasnetsky
1977Weißenhäuser StrandMaria Kuch
1979WittlichChristel Neumark
1981BrilonAnnette Borik
1983PorzRaissa Wapnitschnaja
1986Zell am HarmersbachAnnette Borik
1988BraunfelsRita Kas-Fromm
1990Bad NeustadtJordanka Mičić
1992Bad NeustadtMarina Olbrich
1994WuppertalEkaterina Borulya
1996DresdenAnita Just
1998WeimarGundula David
2000RodewischTatjana Vasilevich
2002Bad BrückenauHeike Vogel
2004Osterburg (Altmark)Sandra Krege
2006Bad KönigshofenPetra Blažková
2008KerkwitzAntje Fuchs
2010GladenbachHeike Vogel
2012GladenbachAntje Fuchs

= International Open German Women's Championships since 1977 =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! City

! Winner

1977Bad KissingenMarta Litinskaya
1979Bad KissingenMaia Chiburdanidze
1981Bad KissingenNino Gurieli
2014ErfurtChristina Winterholler
2015Bayerisch EisensteinJutta Ries
2016BodenmaisMelanie Grund

= Championships of the Soviet occupation zone, 1948–1949 =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! City

! Winner

1948Bad DoberanGertrud Nüsken
1949Bad KlosterlausnitzMira Kremer

= Championships of the GDR, 1950–1990 =

class="wikitable"

! Year

! City

! Winner

1950SömmerdaEdith Keller, Gertrud Nüsken
1951SchwerinMira Kremer
1952SchwerinEdith Keller-Herrmann
1953WeißenfelsGertrud Nüsken
1954Bad SaarowUrsula Höroldt
1955ZwickauGertrud Nüsken
1956LeipzigEdith Keller-Herrmann
1957SömmerdaEdith Keller-Herrmann
1958SchkopauWaltraud Schameitat
1959LeipzigEdith Keller-Herrmann
1961PremnitzWaltraud Schameitat
1962GeraWaltraud Schameitat
1963AscherslebenWaltraud Nowarra
1964MagdeburgGabriele Ortlepp
1965Annaberg-BuchholzGabriele Just
1967ColditzWaltraud Nowarra, Ursula Liebert
1968WeimarWaltraud Nowarra
1969SchwerinWaltraud Nowarra
1970FreibergChristina Hölzlein
1971StrausbergChristina Hölzlein
1972GörlitzGabriele Just
1973ErfurtEveline Nünchert
1974PotsdamPetra Feustel
1975StralsundBrigitte Hofmann
1976GröditzPetra Feustel
1977Frankfurt (Oder)Petra Feustel
1978TorgelowBrigitte Hofmann
1979SuhlBrigitte Hofmann
1980PlauenUlricke Seidemann
1981FürstenwaldeAnnett Wagner-Michel
1982SalzwedelIris Bröder
1983CottbusAnnett Wagner-Michel
1984EilenburgIris Bröder
1985JüterbogMarion Heintze
1986NordhausenCarola Manger
1987GlauchauIris Bröder
1988StralsundAntje Riedel
1989ZittauKerstin Kunze
1990Bad BlankenburgGundula Nehse

= German championships since 1991 =

The German Women's Championship is held every odd-numbered year as a 9-round Swiss tournament (DFEM). In even-numbered years an international open tournament is held (IODFEM).{{Cite web|url=http://www.schachbund.de/dfem.html|title=DFEM - Deutscher Schachbund|website=www.schachbund.de|access-date=2016-04-09}}

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!Year !! City !! Winner{{cite web|last=Hund|first=Gerhard|title=Deutsche Schachmeisterschaften der Frauen|url=http://teleschach.de/damen/home.htm|website=TeleSchach|access-date=22 March 2016|language=de}}

1991

| Beverungen

| Anke Koglin

1993

| Bad Mergentheim

| Marina Olbrich

1995

| Krefeld

| Tatiana Grabuzova

1997

| Ottweiler

| Marina Olbrich

1999

| Chemnitz

| Elisabeth Pähtz

2001

| Krefeld

| Jessica Nill

2003

| Altenkirchen

| Annemarie Sylvia Meier

2005

| Bad Königshofen

| Sandra Krege

2007

| Osterburg

| Ljubov Kopylov

2009

| Hockenheim

| Polina Zilberman

2011

| Bonn

| Sarah Hoolt

2013

| Bad Wiessee

| Hanna Marie Klek

2015

| Bad Wiessee

| Zoya Schleining

2017

| Bad Wiessee

| Jana Schneider

2019

| Magdeburg

| Marta Michna

2020

| Magdeburg

|Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky

2021

| Magdeburg

|Elena Köpke

2022

| Magdeburg

|Lara Schulze

2023

| Ostfildern

|Kateryna Dolzhykova

2024

| Ostfildern

|Fiona Sieber

2025

| Munich

|Dinara Wagner

References

{{Reflist}}

  • 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

  • {{citation

| last=Crowther | first=Mark

| date=16 November 1998

| title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 210

| url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic210.html

| publisher=London Chess Center

}}

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