Berthold Koch (22 February 1899 – 2 May 1988) was a German

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master and journalist.

Early life

Koch was born in Berlin on 22 February 1899.

Chess career

Koch won four times the Berlin Championship in 1927, 1933 (joint), 1946, and 1951. He also won the Soviet zone-ch at Leipzig 1946 and twice (joint) GDR Championship in 1952 and 1953. Before

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, he played in German championships at Bad Pyrmont 1933 (

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won), at Bad Aachen 1935 (

Kurt Richter Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer. Chess achievements In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...

won), and at Bad Oeynhausen 1938 (

Erich Eliskases Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (15 February 1913 – 2 February 1997) was a chess player who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition. In the late 1930s he was considered a potential contender for the World Championship. ...

won). After the war, he shared 11th at Düsseldorf 1951 ( GER-ch,

Rudolf Teschner Rudolf Teschner (16 February 1922, Potsdam – 23 July 2006, Berlin-Steglitz) was a German chess master and writer. Teschner was seven times Champion of Berlin. In 1948, he won an East-Zones Championship in Bad Doberan, and later in 1951 took the ...

won), and took 3rd at Leipzig 1953 (GER-ch,

Wolfgang Unzicker Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amat ...

won). Koch played twice for GDR in Chess Olympiads at Helsinki 1952 and Moscow 1956. He was awarded the

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

title in 1950,. Chess Mile. Retrieved 5 June 2013 and the ICCF title in 1959.

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* 1899 births 1988 deaths German chess players Chess International Masters 20th-century chess players {{Germany-chess-bio-stub