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 Third Reich took control of all social activities and until 1943 all chess championships were organized by the Groβdeutscher 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.

Championships 1861-1932

German Congresses 1879-1932

#	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

German Championships 1933-1949

West and East Germany championships

German championships since 1991

#	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

Women

Year	City	Winner
1993	Bad Mergentheim	Marina Olbrich
1994	Rinteln	Isabel Delemarre
1995	Krefeld	Ekaterina Borulya
1999	Chemnitz	Elisabeth Pähtz
2001	Krefeld	Jessica Schmidt
2003	Altenkirchen	Annemarie Sylvia Meier
2007	Osterburg	Luba Kopylov
2008	Kehl	Antje Fuchs
2009	Hockenheim	Polina Zilberman
2011	Bonn	Sarah Hoolt
2013	Bad Wiessee	Hanna Marie Klek
2014
2015	Bad Wiessee	Zoya Schleining