# Berlin City Chess Championship

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. 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.
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. Since the 1991 reunification of Germany, the Berlin championships are again held as single events.

## Berlin Champions

    YearWinner 1904Horatio Caro 1905Horatio Caro, Moritz Lewitt 1906Erich Cohn 1908Wilhelm Cohn 1909Moritz Lewitt 1910Richard Teichmann 1911Carl Ahues 1919Karl Stephan 1920Ernst Schweinburg 1921Willi Schlage 1922Kurt Richter 1923Kurt Richter 1924Carl Ahues, Richard Teichmann 1925Friedrich Sämisch 1926Willi Schlage 1927Berthold Koch 1928Karl Helling 1929Carl Ahues, Kurt Richter 1930Kurt Richter, Ludwig Rellstab, Simon Rotenstein 1932Karl Helling 1933Kurt Richter, Berthold Koch 1934Carl Ahues, Friedrich Sämisch 1935Efim Bogoljubow, Kurt Richter 1936Kurt Richter 1937Ludwig Rellstab 1938Kurt Richter 1939Franz Mölbitz 1940Rudolf Palme 1941Ludwig Rellstab 1942Josef Grammatikoff 1943Rudolf Teschner 1944Rudolf Teschner 1946Berthold Koch 1947Rudolf Teschner 1948Kurt Richter 1949Gerhard Pfeiffer 1950Rudolf Teschner 1951Berthold Koch 1952Rudolf Teschner

## West Berlin and East Berlin Champions

    YearWest Berlin WinnerEast Berlin Winner 1953Rudolf Teschner 1954Klaus Darga 1955Klaus Uwe Müller 1956Heinz Lehmann 1957Rudolf Teschner 1958Wolfram BialasWerner Golz 1959Klaus Darga 1960Alfred SeppeltBodo Starck 1961Hans-Joachim HechtHermann Brameyer 1962Wolfram BialasKlaus Tiemer 1963Harald LiebAlfred Barwich 1964Adolf Delander 1965Hans-Joachim HechtHermann Brameyer 1966Adolf DelanderLothar Kollberg 1967Jürgen DueballHermann Brameyer 1968Harald LiebFranz Stahl 1969Hans-Joachim HechtBodo Starck 1970Harald LiebBodo Starck 1971Werner ReichenbachBodo Starck 1972Harald LiebWolfgang Rohde 1973Harald LiebHans-Jürgen Meißner 1974Werner ReichenbachBodo Starck 1975Horst BachFriedrich Baumbach 1976Werner ReichenbachLothar Kollberg 1977Harald LiebJoachim Fechner 1978Wolfgang RiedelWolfgang Thormann 1979Norbert SprotteLothar Kollberg 1980Michael BilekJörg Seils 1981Harald LiebWolfgang Thormann 1982no contestRalf Rennoch 1983Frank GrzesikBodo Starck 1984no contestBodo Starck 1985Mladen MušeAlexander Okrajek 1986no contestJörg Seils 1987Mladen MušeAlexander Okrajek 1988Steve BrookeWolfgang Rohde 1989Mladen MušeJörg Seils 1990no contestMatthias Schöwel

## Berlin Champions

    YearWinner 1991Jörg Seils 1993Jörg Seils 1994Alexander Lagunow 1995Alexander Lagunow 1996Alexander Lagunow 1997Robert Rabiega 1998Manfred Glienke 1999Ulf von Herman 2000Robert Rabiega 2001Ulf von Herman 2002Sergey Kalinitschew 2003Jakov Meister 2004Jakov Meister 2005Jakov Meister 2006Ulf von Herman 2007Jakob Meister 2008Ulf von Herman 2009Ulf von Herman 2010René Stern 2011René Stern 2012René Stern 2013Sergey Kalinitschew 2014René Stern 2015Sergey Kalinitschew, Hendrik Möller 2016Jakov Meister [Wikidata] 2017Jakov Meister [Wikidata] 2018Atila Gajo Figura 2019Johannes Florstedt 2020-2021no championship 2022Johannes Florstedt