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.

#	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

#	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

Year	City	Winner
1939	Stuttgart	Friedl Rinder
1942	Bad Oeynhausen	Edith Keller
1943	Vienna	Gertrud Jürgens

Year	City	Winner
1947	Seesen	Edith Keller
1949	Munich	Friedl Rinder
1951	Bad Klosterlausnitz	Edith Keller
1952	Schwerin	Edith Keller-Herrmann
1953	Waldkirch	Edith Keller-Herrmann

Year	City	Winner
1955	Krefeld	Friedl Rinder
1956	Wolfratshausen	Friedl Rinder
1957	Lindau	Helga Axt
1958	Gießen	Helga Axt
1959	Dahn	Friedl Rinder
1960	Büdingen	Maria Scheffold
1961	Wennigsen	Helga Axt
1962	Eckernförde	Anneliese Brandler
1963	Krefeld	Hannelore Lucht
1964	Bremen	Irmgard Kärner
1965	Wangen im Allgäu	Ottilie Stibaner
1968	Fürstenfeldbruck	Ursula Wasnetsky
1970	Lauterbach	Anni Laakmann
1972	Burg	Anni Laakmann
1974	Kassel	Anni Laakmann
1976	Brilon	Anni Laakmann
1978	Delecke	Barbara Hund
1980	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Isabel Hund
1982	Porz	Barbara Hund
1984	Bad Aibling	Barbara Hund
1987	Bad Lauterberg	Ute Späte
1989	Bad Aibling	Isabel Hund

German Chess Championship

Championships, 1861–1932

WDSB-Congresses, 1861–1880

MDSB-Congresses, 1871–1877

NDSB-Congresses, 1868–1872

German Congresses, 1879–1932

German Championships, 1933–1949

Championships in Nazi Germany, 1933–1943

Western and Soviet zones championships, 1946–1953

Western zone championships, 1947–1953

Soviet zone championships, 1946–1949

West and East Germany championships

West Germany championships, 1953–1989

East Germany championships, 1950–1990

German championships since 1991

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

References

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Year	City	Winner
1971	Zell am Harmersbach	Gertrud Renz
1973	Bad Aibling	Doina Pfleger
1975	Zell am Harmersbach	Ursula Wasnetsky
1977	Weißenhäuser Strand	Maria Kuch
1979	Wittlich	Christel Neumark
1981	Brilon	Annette Borik
1983	Porz	Raissa Wapnitschnaja
1986	Zell am Harmersbach	Annette Borik
1988	Braunfels	Rita Kas-Fromm
1990	Bad Neustadt	Jordanka Mičić
1992	Bad Neustadt	Marina Olbrich
1994	Wuppertal	Ekaterina Borulya
1996	Dresden	Anita Just
1998	Weimar	Gundula David
2000	Rodewisch	Tatjana Vasilevich
2002	Bad Brückenau	Heike Vogel
2004	Osterburg (Altmark)	Sandra Krege
2006	Bad Königshofen	Petra Blažková
2008	Kerkwitz	Antje Fuchs
2010	Gladenbach	Heike Vogel
2012	Gladenbach	Antje Fuchs

Year	City	Winner
1977	Bad Kissingen	Marta Litinskaya
1979	Bad Kissingen	Maia Chiburdanidze
1981	Bad Kissingen	Nino Gurieli
2014	Erfurt	Christina Winterholler
2015	Bayerisch Eisenstein	Jutta Ries
2016	Bodenmais	Melanie Grund