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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
{{cite web}}: 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