"Wonderful tournament": SC Hohenpeissenberg gets a big compliment from the winner

Created: 01/11/2023, 09:45 am

By: Paul Hopp

A full "House of Clubs" was offered at the four-day district individual championship in Hohenpeissenberg.

© EMANUEL GRONAU

Over 100 chess players came to Hohenpeissenberg for the district championship.

SK Weilheim won four titles, and the hosts received great praise.

Hohenpeißenberg – Thomas Lochte got enthusiastic.

"A wonderful tournament" was what the chess club Hohenpeissenberg had put together with the support of SC Peiting in the "House of Clubs".

Lochte was impressed by the dedication with which the organizers looked after the well-being of the participants in the individual championship in the "Zugspitze" district.

He could well imagine holding the championship "there more often".

Lochte's verdict on the subject of "tournament chess" is definitely meaningful.

The Feldafinger (65), a fixture at Oberliga club SK Weilheim, has competed in competitions on every continent with the exception of Antarctica, playing well over 3,000 games.

The Hohenpeissenbergers will have been happy to hear such praise from qualified sources.

The SC itself was satisfied that the event "went very well", as the second chairman, Werner Grund, said on request.

“There were no incidents either.” The chronicle of the chess district shows that a district championship had already taken place in Hohenpeissenberg in 1962.

For the chess club, Werner Grund has been with the club since 1976, but the organization was a first.

With just over 100 starters, the field of participants was smaller than in the years before Corona, so the category "main tournament" was dropped.

Nevertheless, the competition was "really busy," said Grund.

After two online formats (2021, 2022), the championship took place in person for the first time.

From a sporting point of view, SK Weilheim was the most successful club: all four adult titles went to the district town.

Rainer Heidebreck managed a real surprise in master class 2, taking first place with 6.0 points from seven rounds.

The veteran had started with the highest number of points, but according to Lochte he hadn't shown top form beforehand.

In the tournament, Heidebreck was unstoppable.

Award ceremony in master class 1: Thomas Lochte (centre) with district game director Klaus Grießbach (left) and Marcus Steiner, chairman of the chess district.

© Chess Circle Zugspitze

After a draw against Alexander Weckerle (SC Peiting), he achieved five wins in a row.

At the end there was another draw against second, young club colleague Linnart Horne (5.5).

Heidebreck was very satisfied with his performance.

At the award ceremony, the over 70-year-old said jokingly with a view to winning the title: "You have to be able to wait."

Rainer Heidebreck wins in master class 2

Meanwhile, Thomas Lochte clinched his fifth district individual title in master class 1.

The SK player had been at the top in 1978, 1979, 1990 and 2011.

With 5.5 points, he prevailed over Frank Lippert (SK Gräfelfing) due to the better Buchholz rating.

According to Lochte, the results in rounds three and four were decisive.

First he won against Hermann Schmid (SC Peiting).

Lochte and Schmid (the over 80-year-old played a strong tournament) have known each other for decades.

"He defended solidly, I narrowly won," said the SK player.

In round four, Lochte defeated Korbinian Böhm (SF Windach), who had the same number of points at the time, with the black pieces.

"That was a big point." With 4.0 points, he drew against Lippert in round five.

In the last round there was a sharp variation between Lochte and twelve-year-old Marco Limmer (TV Tegernsee).

A draw brought the Weilheimer victory in the tournament and the youngster a respectable third place.

Lochte was also ahead in the senior ranking.

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Martina Pils won the fourth title for SK Weilheim as the winner of the women's classification.

In the master class 2 she took 17th place with 3.5 points.

But Pils was only partially satisfied with her game.

Six players were at the start for the host SC Hohenpeissenberg.

Reason had to compete in master class 1 because of his rating.

There he finished 19th with 3.0 points, which was fine for him.

"It was all a tough fight," he said.

In rounds three to six he managed two wins and two draws - mostly from a worse position.

The games “were fought to the bitter end” – with time trouble and all that goes with it.

Grund sat between nine and ten hours a day at the board.

The other Hohenpeissenbergers occupied 2 midfield positions in the master class.

"We can't do more than that," says Grund.

Jakob Shub-Oseledchik (11th) and Peter Zerle (12th) did best with 4.0 points each.

Hohenpeissenberg's veteran Hermann Krinninger decided not to start.

From SC Peiting, Robert Kees (8th/4.5) and William Böhme (9th/4.0) made it into the top ten in master class 2.

In the master class 1 Hermann Schmid convinced as seventh (4.0), Robert Siller (15th / 3.0) and Thomas Bleichner (20th / 2.5) were also at the start.

With youngsters (U18 to U10), TV Tegernsee proved to be the most successful with three titles.

Six-year-old Simon Roscher (Germering) won the U10s.