Otto Wegemund (1870 – 5 October 1928) was 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 ...

master. He participated many times in

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 ...

; took 6th in 1906 (

Erich Cohn Erich Cohn ( he, אריק קוהן, March 1, 1884, Berlin – August 28, 1918, France) was a German chess master. He won or tied for 1st in several tournaments in Berlin (1902, 1905, 1906, 1909/10, 1914). In strong tournaments, he tied for 11 ...

won), took 10th in 1908 (

Wilhelm Cohn Wilhelm Cohn ( he, וילהלם קוהן, February 6, 1859, Berlin – August 17, 1913, Charlottenburg) was a German chess master. He participated in some strong tournaments. In 1897, he tied for 13-14th in Berlin (Rudolf Charousek won). In 1898 ...

won), took 10th in 1910 (

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 ...

won), tied for 7-8th in 1920 (Ernst Schweinburg won), tied for 5-6th in 1924 (Ahues and

Richard Teichmann Richard Teichmann (24 December 1868 – 15 June 1925) was a German chess master. He was known as "Richard the Fifth" because he often finished in fifth place in tournaments. But in Karlsbad 1911, he scored a convincing win, crushing Akiba Rub ...

won), shared 4th in 1925 (

Friedrich Sämisch Friedrich Sämisch (20 September 1896 – 16 August 1975) was a German chess player and chess theorist. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Background Sämisch was a bookbinder b ...

won), and tied for 9-10th in 1927 (

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

won). He also played several times in the DSB Congress. Among others, he shared 6th at Coburg 1904 (''Hauptturnier B'',

Hans Fahrni Hans Fahrni (1 October 1874 in Prague – 28 May 1939 in Ostermundigen) was a Swiss chess master. In 1902, he took 12th in Hanover (DSB Congress, B tournament, Walter John won). In 1904, he won in Coburg (DSB-Congress, B tournament). In 1905, ...

won), took 9th at Breslau 1912 (''Hauptturnier B'', Paul Krüger won), shared 1st with Wilhelm Hilse at Hamburg 1921 (''Hauptturnier B''), tied for 8-10th at Bad Oeynhausen 1922 (

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). ...

won), and took 8th at Frankfurt 1923 (

Ernst Grünfeld ---- Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was an Austrian chess player and writer, mainly on opening theory. He was among the inaugural recipients of the grandmaster title in 1950. Life and career Grünfeld was bor ...

won). In other tournaments, he took 5th at Berlin 1917 (

Walter John Walter John (January 1879 – December 1940) was a German chess master. John was born at Thorn (Toruń), German Empire. He took 2nd, behind Curt von Bardeleben in ''Café Kerkau'', and took 4th (Ossip Bernstein won) at Berlin 1902. He won at ...

and

Paul Johner Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

won), took 2nd, behind John, at Breslau 1918, and took 11th at Berlin 1920 ( Alexey Selezniev won).

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