Manfred Christoph (born 28 May 1931) is a German
chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...
player who won
West Germany Chess Championship (1969).
Biography
In 1969 in
Königsfeld im Schwarzwald
Königsfeld im Schwarzwald ( Low Alemannic: ''Kinnigsfeld'') is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is the northernmost town of the district Schwarzwald Baar. Königsfeld has six boroughs (Königsfeld, ...
Manfred Christoph won
West Germany Chess Championship. It is curious that initially Christoph was not supposed to play in this championship. He was a reserve participant and received a place in the tournament two days before it began after the refusal of one of the main participants. At the start of the tournament, Christoph scored 7 points out of 8, and after a draw in the 9th round, he had 2 more wins. He secured the title of champion 3 rounds before the end of the competition.
With West German Chess Team Manfred Christoph participated in
European Team Chess Championship
The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...
in 1973, in
Clare Benedict Cup The Clare Benedict Cup was a chess tournament for national teams from Western and Northern Europe, which took place 23 times from 1953 to 1979.
Overview and History Foundation
Clare Benedict (1871–1961), author and patron, was originally fro ...
s in 1970 where West Germany team won bronze, in Nordic Cup Chess Team Tournaments (1970, 1973, 1975), where West Germany team won tournament in 1970 and 1975,
OlimpBase :: Nordic Chess Cup :: Manfred Christoph
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1931 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Düsseldorf
German chess players
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