General Government chess championships (Schachmeisterschaft des Generalgouvernements) were Nazi tournaments held during World War II in occupied central Poland. Hans Frank, the Governor-General of General Government, was the patron of those tournaments because he was an avid chess player. [1] [2] The competition began when he organized a chess congress in Krakow on 3 November 1940. Six months later Frank announced the establishment of a chess school under Chess grandmasters, Yefim Bogolyubov and Alexander Alekhine. [2]
A number of Polish chess players was arrested in January 1940. Jewish players were killed by Germans, e.g. Dawid Przepiórka. Ethnic Poles didn't participate in the tournaments. [3] [4]
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Regedziński played as Theodore Reger, and Tuhan-Baranowski as Lisse.
The first General Government Championship was held in Krakow/Krynica/Warsaw in 3–17 November 1940. [5]
# | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total |
1 | Anton Kohler | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7½ |
2 | Efim Bogoljubow | ½ | x | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
3 | Kurt Richter | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7 |
4 | Josef Lokvenc | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 |
5 | Paul Mross | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5½ |
6 | Hans Müller | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
7 | Max Blümich | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | x | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
8 | Carl Ahues | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
9 | Karl Gilg | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ |
10 | Georg Kieninger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | 4 |
11 | Ludwig Rellstab | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | x | 1 | 4 |
12 | Max Eisinger | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | x | 3½ |
The second General Government Championship was held in Krakow/Warsaw in 5–19 October 1941. [6]
# | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total |
1 | Alexander Alekhine | x | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8½ |
2 | Paul Felix Schmidt | 0 | x | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
3 | Efim Bogoljubow | 0 | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
4 | Klaus Junge | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 7 |
5 | Josef Lokvenc | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ |
6 | Teodor Regedziński | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
7 | Georg Kieninger | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | x | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 4½ |
8 | Eduard Hahn | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | x | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 4½ |
9 | Max Blümich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ |
10 | Carl Carls | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | x | 1 | 0 | 3½ |
11 | Heinz Nowarra | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 3½ |
12 | Paul Mross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | x | 3½ |
The third General Government Championship was held in Warsaw/Lublin/Krakow in 11–24 October 1942. [7]
# | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total |
1 | Alexander Alekhine | x | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
2 | Klaus Junge | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
3 | Efim Bogoljubow | 1 | ½ | x | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 6 |
4 | Fritz Sämisch | ½ | ½ | 0 | x | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
5 | Rudolf Keller | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | x | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ |
6 | Georg Kieninger | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 |
7 | Alfred Brinckmann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ |
8 | Werner Kunerth | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | x | ½ | 0 | 0 | 4 |
9 | Wolfgang Weil | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Hans Roepstorff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 4 |
11 | Hans Zollner | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 2½ |
The fourth General Government Championship was held in Krynica in 25 November–5 December 1943. [8]
# | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total |
1 | Josef Lokvenc | x | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
2 | Wilhelm Kuppe | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6½ |
3 | Efim Bogoljubow | ½ | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
4 | Georg Klaus | 0 | ½ | 1 | x | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
5 | Leon Tuhan-Baranowski | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Hans Roepstorff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Edith Keller | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3½ |
8 | Heinz Nowarra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | 0 | ½ | 3½ |
9 | Egon Gilles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 0 | 3 |
10 | Franz Herzog | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | x | 2 |
The fifth General Government Championship was held in Radom in February 1944. [9]
# | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total |
1 | Efim Bogoljubow | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
2 | Fedir Bohatyrchuk | ½ | x | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Hans Roepstorff | 0 | ½ | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
4 | Leon Tuhan-Baranowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Franz Herzog | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
6 | Planck | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
7 | Heinz Nowarra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Probst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Sänger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 |
10 | Meckel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 |
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