Karl Helling (10 August 1904,
Luckenwalde
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,
Brandenburg
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– 15 August 1937, Berlin) was a German chess master.
In 1928, he shared 1st with
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 ...
in the
Berlin City Chess Championship, and won a play-off match for the title against him (2 : 0).
He also won the Berlin-ch in 1932.
Helling represented Germany in the
4th Chess Olympiad
The 4th Chess Olympiad ( cz, 4. Šachová olympiáda), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female playe ...
at Prague 1931.
In other tournaments, he tied for 7-10th at Chemnitz 1925, tied for 5-6th in the Berlin-ch 1927 (
Berthold Koch won), took 5th at Berlin (''BSG'') 1928 (
Aron Nimzowitsch
Aron Nimzowitsch ( lv, Ārons Nimcovičs, russian: Аро́н Иса́евич Нимцо́вич, ''Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich''; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Latvian-born Danish chess player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimz ...
won); tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Richter, at Wiesbaden 1928; tied for 5-6th at Leipzig 1928 (
Max Blümich Reinhold Max Blümich (Bluemich) (3 November 1886 – 23 February 1942, Falkenberg/Elster) was a German chess master and editor.
At the beginning of his chess career, he played in Leipzig where tied for 4-6th in 1909, took 8th in 1910, took 3rd in ...
won), took 9th at Berlin (''Kaffee König'') 1928 (
Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow ( or ), also known as Ewfim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, ( (); also Romanized ''Bogoljubov'', ''Bogolyubov''; uk, Юхим Дмитрович Боголюбов, Yukhym Dmytrovych Boholiubov; April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952) ...
won), tied for 4-7th at Duisburg 1929 (
DSB Congress The ''Deutscher Schachbund'' (DSB) was founded in Leipzig on 18 July, 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairm ...
,
Carl Ahues
Carl Oscar Ahues (26 December 1883, Bremen – 31 December 1968, Hamburg) was a German chess International Master.
Chess career
He was Berlin champion in 1910 and shared 3rd place at the strong Berlin tournament of 1926 ( Efim Bogoljubow ...
won). Helling won, ahead of
Salo Flohr
Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. He was among the first recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Flohr dominated many tournam ...
, at Zwickau 1930; won ahead of
Ehrhardt Post
Alfred M. Ehrhardt Post (23 September 1881 in Cottbus – 1 August 1947 in Berlin) was a German chess master and functionary.
Biography
At the beginning of his career, he won and tied for 3-6th at Hanover 1902 (13th DSB–Congress, B tourn). ...
and Richter, at Berlin 1930; and took 2nd, behind
Isaac Kashdan
Isaac Kashdan (November 19, 1905 in New York City – February 20, 1985 in Los Angeles) was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947). He played five times for the United States in chess Olymp ...
, at Berlin 1930 (''Quadrangular'').
In 1931, he lost a short match to
Gösta Stoltz
Gösta Stoltz (May 9, 1904 – July 25, 1963) was a Swedish chess grandmaster.
Biography
Stoltz played a few matches with strong chess masters. In 1926, he lost to Mikhail Botvinnik (+0 –1 =1) at a team match Stockholm – Leningrad in S ...
(0.5 : 1.5) in Berlin, tied for 2nd-4th, behind
Herman Steiner
Herman Steiner (April 15, 1905 – November 25, 1955) was an American chess player, organizer, and columnist.
He won the U.S. Chess Championship in 1948 and became International Master in 1950.
Even more important than his playing career were his ...
, in Berlin, tied for 4-6th at Swinemünde (''27th DSB Congress'', Bogoljubow and
Ludwig Roedl won), and took 4th in Berlin (''BSG'',
Ludwig Rellstab
Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Rellstab (13 April 179927 November 1860) was a German poet and music critic. He was born and died in Berlin. He was the son of the music publisher and composer Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab. An able pianist, he publ ...
won). Then he took 5th at Berlin 1932 (''Mokadoro''), took 3rd in the Berlin-ch 1933, took 10th at Bad Aachen 1933 (Bogoljubov won), and tied for 5-9th at Bad Pyrmont 1933 (1st
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 ...
, Bogoljubow won). He tied for 8-9th at Dresden 1936 (
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.
By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...
won), took 4th in the Berlin-ch 1937 (Rellstab won), and tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1937 (''BSG'',
Fritz Sämisch won).
at www.rogerpaige.me.uk
References
External links
The chess games of Karl Helling
at www.chessgames.com
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1904 births
1937 deaths
Sportspeople from Luckenwalde
German chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century chess players