# General Government chess tournament

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. The competition began when he organized a chess congress in Kraków on 3 November 1940. Six months later Frank announced the establishment of a chess school under Chess grandmasters, Yefim Bogolyubov and Alexander Alekhine.

## Historical context

A number of Polish chess players were arrested in January 1940. Jewish players were killed by Germans, e.g. Dawid Przepiórka. Ethnic Poles didn't participate in the tournaments.

## Participants

* Alexander Alekhine Russia/France
* Efim Bogoljubow Ukraine/Germany
* Paul Felix Schmidt Estonia/Germany
* Klaus Junge Chile/Germany
* Karl Gilg Czechoslovakia/Germany
* Josef Lokvenc Austria/Germany
* Hans Müller Austria/Germany
* Wolfgang Weil Austria/Germany
* Paul Mross Poland/Germany
* Teodor Regedziński Poland/Germany
* Leon Tuhan-Baranowski Poland/Germany
* Fedir Bohatyrchuk Ukraine/Soviet Union
and other German players /Germany.
Regedziński played as Theodore Reger, and Tuhan-Baranowski as Lisse.

## Kraków / Krynica / Warsaw 1940

The first General Government Championship was held in Kraków, Krynica and Warsaw in 3–17 November 1940.
    # Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total 1Anton Kohlerx½½½½11½11107½ 2Efim Bogoljubow½x½½0½11½1117½ 3Kurt Richter½½x½1½0111½½7 4Josef Lokvenc½½½x10½0½1½16 5Paul Mross½100x110½0½15½ 6Hans Müller0½½10x½½½½1½5½ 7Max Blümich001½0½x1½½1½5½ 8Carl Ahues½0011½0x½½1½5½ 9Karl Gilg0½0½½½½½x½½½4½ 10Georg Kieninger00001½½½½x014 11Ludwig Rellstab00½½½000½1x14 12Max Eisinger10½00½½½½00x3½

## Kraków / Warsaw 1941

The second General Government Championship was held in Kraków and Warsaw in 5–19 October 1941.
    # Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total 1Alexander Alekhinex11½½11½1½½18½ 2Paul Felix Schmidt0x1½110111118½ 3Efim Bogoljubow00x½½1½111117½ 4Klaus Junge½½½x½1½½1½½17 5Josef Lokvenc½0½½x0½½½½115½ 6Teodor Regedziński00001x0101115 7Georg Kieninger01½½½1x½0½004½ 8Eduard Hahn½00½½0½x11½04½ 9Max Blümich0000½110x½1½4½ 10Carl Carls½00½½0½0½x103½ 11Heinz Nowarra½00½001½00x13½ 12Paul Mross00000011½10x3½

## Warsaw / Lublin / Kraków 1942

The third General Government Championship was held in Warsaw, Lublin and Kraków in 11–24 October 1942.
    # Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total 1Alexander Alekhinex10½½½111117½ 2Klaus Junge0x½½110½1116½ 3Efim Bogoljubow1½x1½110½0½6 4Fritz Sämisch½½0x101½½1½5½ 5Rudolf Keller½0½0x101½115½ 6Georg Kieninger½0010x10½115 7Alfred Brinckmann010010x½½1½4½ 8Werner Kunerth0½1½01½x½004 9Wolfgang Weil00½½½½½½x014 10Hans Roepstorff001000011x14 11Hans Zollner00½½00½100x2½

## Krynica 1943

The fourth General Government Championship was held in Krynica in 25 November–5 December 1943.
    # Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total 1Josef Lokvencx0½11111117½ 2Wilhelm Kuppe1x0½½1111½6½ 3Efim Bogoljubow½1x0½1½1116½ 4Georg Klaus0½1x1000114½ 5Leon Tuhan-Baranowski0½½0x001114 6Hans Roepstorff00011x10114 7Edith Keller00½110x0013½ 8Heinz Nowarra0001011x0½3½ 9Egon Gilles00000111x03 10Franz Herzog0½00000½1x2

## Radom 1944

The fifth General Government Championship was held in Radom in February 1944.
    # Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total 1Efim Bogoljubowx½111111118½ 2Fedir Bohatyrchuk½x½11111118 3Hans Roepstorff0½x11111117½ 4Leon Tuhan-Baranowski000x½½11115 5Franz Herzog000½x011114½ 6Planck000½1x01114½ 7Heinz Nowarra000001x1114 8Probst0000000x112 9Sänger00000000x11 10Meckel000000000x0