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]
Year | Winner |
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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 |
Year | Winner |
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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 | Sergey Kalinitschew |
2003 | Jakov Meister |
2004 | Jakov Meister |
2005 | Jakov Meister |
2006 | Ulf von Herman |
2007 | Jakob Meister |
2008 | Ulf von Herman |
2009 | Ulf von Herman |
2010 | René Stern |
2011 | René Stern |
2012 | René Stern |
2013 | Sergey Kalinitschew |
2014 | René Stern |
2015 | Sergey Kalinitschew, Hendrik Möller |
2016 | Jakov Meister |
2017 | Jakov Meister |
2018 | Atila Gajo Figura |
2019 | Johannes Florstedt |
2020-2021 | no championship |
2022 | Johannes Florstedt |
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01