Silesian Chess Congress
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The Silesian Chess Congress was a German chess tournament held from 1922 until 1939. On 19 September 1877 the Breslau Chess Association (Breslauer Schachverein) was founded by Theodor von Scheve. In 1895 Görlitz and 1899 Liegnitz were meetings of mainly Silesian clubs.
History
After the World War I Germany had to cede a part of the Ostprovinzen, mainly Posen (Poznań). In 1922 the new Silesian Chess Federation (Schlesischer Schachverband) was founded and held congresses until 1939. Members of this federation (Oberschlesischer Schachverband, Groß-Breslauer Schachverband) and of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia (Deutscher Schachverband in der Tschechoslowakei) played in each other's championships.[1][2]
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Heinz Josef Foerder, being a Jew, lost his job, and moved to Riga, Latvia. In 1934 he emigrated to British Mandate of Palestine where he had changed his name to Yosef Porat.[3] In April 1935, he tied for 3rd-5th in Tel Aviv (the 2nd Maccabiah Games, Abram Blass won).[4]
Winners
# Year City Winner Comment 1 1922 Neisse Hermann Thelen Thelen won ahead of Kramer 2 1923 Beuthen Adolf Kramer Kramer won a play-off against Ertelt 3 1924 Bad Salzbrunn Walter Bergmann Bergmann won a play-off against Kramer 4 1925 Breslau Otto Rüster played alongside the 24th DSB Congress 5 1926 Altheide Bad Gottlieb Machate Friedrich Sämisch (off contest) won 6 1927 Gleiwitz Ludwig Schmitt Schmitt got extra-points more than Foerder 7 1928 Reichenbach Gottlieb Machate 8 1929 Bad Warmbrunn Walter Bergmann Bergmann from Glogau 9 1930 Breslau Heinz Foerder Foerder won ahead of Rudolf Pitschak 10 1931 Bad Salzbrunn Heinz Foerder,
Gottlieb Machate11 1932 Ratibor Heinz Foerder 12 1933 Bad Salzbrunn Ludwig Schmitt Schmitt won ahead of Carl Ahues 13 1934 Ottmachau Ludwig Schmitt 14 1937 Beuthen Gottlieb Machate 15 1938 Liegnitz Dietrich Duhm Prof. Duhm from Breslau 16 1939 Bad Warmbrunn Erich Weinitschke Weinitschke won a play-off against Heuaecker
References
- ^ Inhoud Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chess In Former German, Now Polish Territories - Fred Van Der Vliet Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-X (2. N-Z)
- ^ Wolsza Tadeusz. Arcymistrzowie, mistrzowie, amatorzy. Słownik biograficzny szachistów polskich. Tom 5. Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2007. ISBN 83-7181-495-X
