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

German Congresses, 1879–1932

# 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

West and East Germany championships

German championships since 1991

# 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

Championships of the Greater German Chess Federation, 1939–1943

All-German championships, 1947–1953

Championships of West Germany, 1953–1989

Open German Women's Championships since 1971

International Open German Women's Championships since 1977

Championships of the Soviet occupation zone, 1948–1949

Championships of the GDR, 1950–1990

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).

Elisabeth Pähtz

Year City Winner 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

• 2008-01-21 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Crowther, Mark (16 November 1998), , London Chess Center