Berlin City Chess Championship
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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