Silesian Chess Congress
The first Silesian Chess Congress was held in 1922. When the German Chess Federation (Deutscher Schachbund) started in 1877, there were not many regional chess federations. On 19 September 1877 the Breslau Chess Association (Breslauer Schachverein) was founded by amongst others Theodor von Scheve. In 1895 Görlitz and 1899 Liegnitz were meetings of mainly Silesian clubs. At the end of 1908 the Breslau clubs Anderssen and Morphy decided to found the East German Chess Federation (Ostdeutscher Schachverband).
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 a great number of congresses till 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 Porath.[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
Bad Altheide
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 Machate
11
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
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