{{Short description|none}} 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'' (NDSB) and the ''Mitteldeutscher Schachbund'' (MDSB). Each one organized its own championship. In 1880, the nationwide ''Deutscher Schachbund'' was founded, so afterwards only one German championship was played.
Starting from 1933, the [[Nazi Party]] took control of all social activities and until 1943 all chess championships were organized by the ''Großdeutscher Schachbund''. After the end of [[World War II]], separate championships were played in the occupied zones. Afterwards, from 1950 to 1989, two national championships were held in the [[West Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]] and the [[German Democratic Republic]]. After the [[reunification of Germany]] in 1989, a single tournament has been played.
== Championships, 1861–1932 == {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break}} [[Image:Maxlange.jpg|left|thumb|140px|Max Lange]] {{Col-break}} [[Image:Anderssen, Adolf "-5" - DPLA - 9ca464339f18b3d8be87fccc68c3ee73 (cropped).jpg|center|thumb|150px|Adolf Anderssen]] {{Col-break}} [[Image:LouisPaulsen.jpg|right|thumb|140px|Louis Paulsen]] {{col-end}}
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===WDSB-Congresses, 1861–1880=== :{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1861 |Düsseldorf |no masters participated |- |2 |1862 |[[Düsseldorf]] |[[Max Lange]] |- |3 |1863 |[[Düsseldorf]] |[[Max Lange]] |- |4 |1864 |[[Düsseldorf]] |[[Max Lange]] |- |5 |1865 |[[Elberfeld]] |[[Gustav Neumann]] |- |6 |1867 |[[Cologne]] |[[Wilfried Paulsen]] |- |7 |1868 |[[Aachen]] |[[Max Lange]] |- |8 |1869 |[[Barmen]] |[[Adolf Anderssen]] |- |9 |1871 |[[Krefeld]] |[[Louis Paulsen]] |- |10 |1876 |[[Düsseldorf]] |[[Wilfried Paulsen]] |- |11 | 1877 |[[Cologne]] |[[Johannes Zukertort]] |- |12 | 1878 |[[Frankfurt]] |[[Louis Paulsen]] |- |13 |1880 |[[Braunschweig]] |[[Louis Paulsen]] |} {{Col-break}}
===MDSB-Congresses, 1871–1877=== {| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1871 |[[Leipzig]] |[[Adolf Anderssen]] |- |2 |1876 |[[Leipzig]] |[[Adolf Anderssen]] |- |3 |1877 |[[Leipzig]] |[[Louis Paulsen]] |}
===NDSB-Congresses, 1868–1872=== {| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1868 |[[Hamburg]] |[[Max Lange]] |- |2 |1869 |[[Hamburg]] |[[Adolf Anderssen]] |- |3 |1872 |[[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]] |[[Adolf Anderssen]] |} {{col-end}}
=== German Congresses, 1879–1932 === [[File:Tarrasch, Siegbert-2 - DPLA - 224f35dc323734bf355cc7c94d0ded68 (cropped).jpg|thumb|160px|Siegbert Tarrasch]] [[Image:Schlechter, Carl 1896 - DPLA - 832da5245429c37f5e2ffcdf1fa3b902 (cropped).jpg|thumb|160px|Carl Schlechter]] [[Image:Bogoljubow 1925.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Efim Bogoljubow]] <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Janowski1.JPG|right|thumb|160px|David Janowski]] --> <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Gezamaroczy.jpg|right|thumb|160px|Geza Maroczy]] --> <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:RudolfSpielmann.jpg|right|thumb|160px|Rudolf Spielmann]] -->
:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1879 | [[Leipzig]] |[[Berthold Englisch]] |- |2 |1881 | [[Berlin]] |[[Joseph Henry Blackburne]] |- |3 |1883 | [[Nuremberg]] |[[Simon Winawer]] |- |4 |1885 | [[Hamburg]] |[[Isidor Gunsberg]] |- |5 |1887 | [[Frankfurt]] |[[George Henry Mackenzie]] |- |6 |1889 | [[Breslau]] |[[Siegbert Tarrasch]] |- |7 |1892 | [[Dresden]] |[[Siegbert Tarrasch]] |- |8 |1893 | [[Kiel]] |[[Carl Walbrodt]] <br> [[Curt von Bardeleben]] |- |9 |1894 | [[Leipzig]] |[[Siegbert Tarrasch]] |- |10 |1896 | [[Eisenach]] |[[Robert Henry Barnes]] |- |11 |1898 | [[Cologne]] |[[Amos Burn]] |- |12 |1900 | [[Munich]] |[[Géza Maróczy]] <br> [[Harry Nelson Pillsbury]] <br> [[Carl Schlechter]] |- |13 |1902 | [[Hannover]] |[[Dawid Janowski]] |- |14 |1904 | [[Coburg]] |[[Curt von Bardeleben]] <br> [[Carl Schlechter]] <br> [[Rudolf Swiderski]] |- |15 |1906 | [[Nuremberg]] |[[Frank James Marshall]] |- |16 |1908 | [[Düsseldorf]] |[[Frank James Marshall]] |- |17 |1910 | [[Hamburg]] |[[Carl Schlechter]] |- |18 |1912 | [[Breslau]] |[[Oldřich Duras]] <br> [[Akiba Rubinstein]] |- |19 |1914 | [[Mannheim]] |[[Alexander Alekhine]] |- |20 |1920 | [[Berlin]] |[[Friedrich Sämisch]] |- |21 |1921 | [[Hamburg]] |[[Ehrhardt Post]] |- |22 |1922 | [[Bad Oeynhausen]] |[[Ehrhardt Post]] |- |23 |1923 | [[Frankfurt]] |[[Ernst Grünfeld]] |- |24 |1925 | [[Breslau]] |[[Efim Bogoljubow]] |- |25 |1927 | [[Magdeburg]] |[[Rudolf Spielmann]] |- |26 |1929 | [[Duisburg]] |[[Carl Ahues]] |- |27 |1931 | [[Swinemünde]] |[[Efim Bogoljubow]] <br> [[Ludwig Rödl]] |- |28 |1932 | [[Bad Ems]] |[[Georg Kieninger]] |}
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===Championships in Nazi Germany, 1933–1943=== :{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1933 | [[Bad Pyrmont]] | [[Efim Bogoljubow]] |- |2 |1934 | [[Bad Aachen]] | [[Carl Carls]] |- |3 |1935 | [[Bad Aachen]] | [[Kurt Richter]] |- |4 |1937 | [[Bad Oeynhausen]] | [[Georg Kieninger]] |- |5 |1938 | [[Bad Oeynhausen]] | [[Erich Eliskases]] |- |6 |1939 | [[Bad Oeynhausen]] | [[Erich Eliskases]] |- |7 |1940 | [[Bad Oeynhausen]] | [[Georg Kieninger]] |- |8 |1941 | [[Bad Oeynhausen]] | [[Paul Felix Schmidt]] <br> [[Klaus Junge]] |- |9 |1942 | [[Bad Oeynhausen]] | [[Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)|Ludwig Rellstab]] |- |10 |1943 | [[Vienna]] | [[Josef Lokvenc]] |} {{Col-break}}
===Western and Soviet zones championships, 1946–1953===
====Western zone championships, 1947–1953==== {| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1947 | [[Siegen|Weidenau]] | [[Georg Kieninger]] |- |2 |1948 | [[Essen]] | [[Wolfgang Unzicker]] |- |3 |1949 | [[Bad Pyrmont]] | [[Efim Bogoljubow]] |- |4 |1950 | [[Bad Pyrmont]] | [[Wolfgang Unzicker]] |- |5 |1951 | [[Düsseldorf]] | [[Rudolf Teschner]] |- |6 |1953 | [[Leipzig]] | [[Wolfgang Unzicker]] |}
====Soviet zone championships, 1946–1949==== {| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1946 | [[Leipzig]] | [[Berthold Koch]] |- |2 |1947 | [[Weissenfels]] | [[Lothar Schmid]] |- |3 |1948 | [[Bad Doberan]] | [[Rudolf Teschner]] |- |4 |1949 | [[Bad Klosterlausnitz]] | [[Wolfgang Pietzsch]] |} {{col-end}}
==West and East Germany championships== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break}} [[File:Fotothek df roe-neg 0006543 018 Wolfgang Unzicker konzentriert auf das Spielbret.jpg|left|145px|thumb|Wolfgang Unzicker]] {{Col-break}} [[image:Robert Hübner.jpg|center|150px|thumb|Robert Hübner]] {{Col-break}} [[Image:WolfgangUhlmannPolanicaZdroj19670809 31.jpg|right|135px|thumb|Wolfgang Uhlmann]] {{col-end}}
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===West Germany championships, 1953–1989=== :{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1953 |[[Berlin]] | [[Wolfgang Unzicker]] |- |2 |1955 |[[Frankfurt am Main]] | [[Klaus Darga]] |- |3 |1957 |[[Bad Neuenahr]] | [[Paul Tröger]] |- |4 |1959 |[[Nürnberg]] | [[Wolfgang Unzicker]] |- |5 |1961 |[[Bad Pyrmont]] | [[Klaus Darga]] |- |6 |1963 |[[Bad Pyrmont]] | [[Wolfgang Unzicker]] |- |7 |1965 |[[Bad Aibling]] | [[Wolfgang Unzicker]], [[Helmut Pfleger]] |- |8 |1967 |[[Kiel]] | [[Robert Hübner]], [[Hans Besser (chess player)|Hans Besser]] |- |9 |1969 |[[Königsfeld im Schwarzwald|Königsfeld]] | [[Manfred Christoph]] |- |10 |1970 |[[Völklingen]] | [[Hans-Joachim Hecht]] |- |11 |1971 |[[Berlin]] | [[Svetozar Gligorić]] ''(international)'' |- |12 |1972 |[[Oberursel]] | [[Hans Günther Kestler]] |- |13 |1973 |[[Dortmund]] | [[Hans-Joachim Hecht]], [[Ulf Andersson]] <br> [[Boris Spassky]] ''(international)'' |- |14 |1974 |[[Menden]] | [[Peter Ostermeyer]] |- |15 |1975 |[[Mannheim]] | [[Walter Browne]] ''(international)'' |- |16 |1976 |[[Bad Pyrmont]] | [[Klaus Wockenfuss]] |- |17 |1977 |[[Bad Lauterberg]] | [[Anatoly Karpov]] ''(international)'' |- |18 |1978 |[[Bad Neuenahr]] | [[Ludek Pachman]] |- |19 |1979 |[[Munich]] | [[Boris Spassky]], [[Yuri Balashov]] <br> [[Ulf Andersson]] ''(international)'' |- |20 |1980 |[[Bad Neuenahr]] | [[Eric Lobron]] |- |21 |1981 |[[Bochum]] | [[Lubomir Kavalek]] ''(international)'' |- |22 |1982 |[[Bad Neuenahr]] | [[Manfred Glienke]] |- |23 |1983 |[[Hannover]] | [[Anatoly Karpov]] ''(international)'' |- |24 |1984 |[[Bad Neuenahr]] | [[Eric Lobron]] |- |25 |1987 |[[Bad Neuenahr]] | [[Vlastimil Hort]], [[Ralf Lau]] |- |26 |1988 |[[Bad Lauterberg]] | [[Bernd Schneider (chess player)|Bernd Schneider]] |- |27 |1989 |[[Bad Neuenahr]] | [[Vlastimil Hort]], [[Eckhard Schmittdiel]] |}
::[[Image:Hajo Hecht.jpg|left|160px|thumb|Hans-Joachim Hecht]] {{Col-break}}
===East Germany championships, 1950–1990 === :{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1950 |[[Sömmerda]] | [[Rudolf Elstner]] |- |2 |1951 |[[Schwerin]] | [[Georg Stein]] |- |3 |1952 |[[Binz]] | [[Berthold Koch]] |- |4 |1953 |[[Jena]] | [[Reinhart Fuchs]] |- |5 |1954 |[[Meerane]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |6 |1955 |[[Zwickau]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |7 |1956 |[[Leipzig]] | [[Reinhart Fuchs]] |- |8 |1957 |[[Sömmerda]] | [[Burkhard Malich]] |- |9 |1958 |[[Schkopau]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |10 |1959 |[[Leipzig]] | [[Wolfgang Pietzsch]] |- |11 |1961 |[[Premnitz]] | [[Lothar Zinn]] |- |12 |1962 |[[Gera]] | [[Wolfgang Pietzsch]] |- |13 |1963 |[[Aschersleben]] | [[Günther Möhring]] |- |14 |1964 |[[Magdeburg]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |15 |1965 |[[Annaberg-Buchholz]] | [[Lothar Zinn]] |- |16 |1967 |[[Colditz]] | [[Wolfgang Pietzsch]] |- |17 |1968 |[[Weimar]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |18 |1969 |[[Schwerin]] | [[Lutz Espig]] |- |19 |1970 |[[Freiberg, Saxony|Freiberg]] | [[Friedrich Baumbach]] |- |20 |1971 |[[Strausberg]] | [[Lutz Espig]] |- |21 |1972 |[[Görlitz]] | [[Manfred Schöneberg]] |- |22 |1973 |[[Erfurt]] | [[Burkhard Malich]] |- |23 |1974 |[[Potsdam]] | [[Rainer Knaak]] |- |24 |1975 |[[Stralsund]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |25 |1976 |[[Gröditz]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |26 |1977 |[[Frankfurt/Oder]] | [[Lothar Vogt]] |- |27 |1978 |[[Eggesin]] | [[Rainer Knaak]] |- |28 |1979 |[[Suhl]] | [[Lothar Vogt]] |- |29 |1980 |[[Plauen]] | [[Hans-Ulrich Grünberg]] |- |30 |1981 |[[Fürstenwalde]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |31 |1982 |[[Salzwedel]] | [[Rainer Knaak]] |- |32 |1983 |[[Cottbus]] | [[Rainer Knaak]], [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |33 |1984 |[[Eilenburg]] | [[Rainer Knaak]] |- |34 |1985 |[[Jüterbog]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |35 |1986 |[[Nordhausen, Thuringia|Nordhausen]] | [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]] |- |36 |1987 |[[Glauchau]] | [[Raj Tischbierek]] |- |37 |1988 |[[Stralsund]] | [[Lutz Espig]], [[Thomas Pähtz]] |- |38 |1989 |[[Zittau]] | [[Hans-Ulrich Grünberg]] |- |39 |1990 |[[Bad Blankenburg]] | [[Raj Tischbierek]], [[Thomas Pähtz]] |} {{col-end}}
==German championships since 1991== [[Image:Luther thomas 20061119 berlin bundesliga.jpg|180px|thumb|Thomas Luther]] [[Image:Arthur Jussupow.jpg|180px|thumb|Artur Yusupov]] ::{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !!Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 |1991 | [[Bad Neuenahr]] | [[Vlastimil Hort]] |- |2 |1993 | [[Bad Wildbad]] | [[Thomas Luther]], [[Thomas Pähtz]] |- |3 |1994 | [[Binz]] | [[Peter Enders (chess player)|Peter Enders]] |- |4 |1995 | [[Binz]] |[[Christopher Lutz]] |- |5 |1996 | [[Dudweiler]] | [[Matthias Wahls]] |- |6 |1996 | [[Nussloch]] | [[Rustem Dautov]], [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]] |- |7 |1997 | [[Gladenbach]] | [[Matthias Wahls]] |- |8 |1998 | [[Bremen]] | [[Jörg Hickl]] |- |9 |1999 | [[Altenkirchen]] | [[Robert Hübner]] |- |10 |2000 | [[Heringsdorf]] | [[Robert Rabiega]] |- |11 |2001 | [[Altenkirchen]] | [[Christopher Lutz]] |- |12 |2002 | [[Saarbrücken]] | [[Thomas Luther]] |- |13 |2004 | [[Höckendorf]] | [[Alexander Graf]] |- |14 |2005 | [[Altenkirchen]] | [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]] |- |15 |2006 | [[Osterburg (Altmark)|Osterburg]] | [[Thomas Luther]] |- |16 |2007 | [[Bad Königshofen]] | [[Arkadij Naiditsch]] |- |17 |2008 | [[Bad Wörishofen]] | [[Daniel Fridman]] |- |18 |2009 | [[Saarbrücken]] | [[Arik Braun]] |- |19 |2010 | [[Bad Liebenzell]] | [[Niclas Huschenbeth]] |- |20 |2011 | [[Bonn]] | [[Igor Khenkin]] |- |21 |2012 | [[Osterburg (Altmark)|Osterburg]] | [[Daniel Fridman]] |- |22 |2013 | [[Saarbrücken]] | [[Klaus Bischoff]] |- |23 |2014 | [[Verden an der Aller]] | [[Daniel Fridman]] |- |24 |2015 | [[Saarbrücken]] | [[Klaus Bischoff]] |- |25 |2016 | [[Lübeck]] | [[Sergey Kalinitschew]] |- |26 |2017 | [[Apolda]] | [[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]] |- |27 |2018 | [[Dresden]] | [[Rainer Buhmann]] |- |28 |2019 | [[Magdeburg]] | [[Niclas Huschenbeth]] |- |29 |2020 | [[Magdeburg]] |[[Matthias Blübaum]] |- |30 |2021 | [[Magdeburg]] |[[Jonas Rosner]] |- |31 |2022 | [[Magdeburg]] |[[Leonardo Costa (chess player)|Leonardo Costa]] |- | 32 | 2023 | [[Ostfildern]] |[[Vitaly Kunin]] |- | 33 | 2024 | [[Ostfildern]] |[[Dmitrij Kollars]] |- | 34 | 2025 | [[Munich]] |[[Vincent Keymer]] |}
==Women== === Congress of the German Chess Federation, 1927 === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! City ! Winner |- | 1927 || [[Magdeburg]] ||[[Mittelmann]] |}
=== Championships of the Greater German Chess Federation, 1939–1943 === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! City ! Winner |- | 1939 || [[Stuttgart]] || [[Friedl Rinder]] |- | 1942 || [[Bad Oeynhausen]] || [[Edith Keller-Herrmann|Edith Keller]] |- | 1943 || [[Vienna]] || [[Gertrud Jürgens]] |}
=== All-German championships, 1947–1953 === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! City ! Winner |- | 1947 || [[Seesen]] || [[Edith Keller-Herrmann|Edith Keller]] |- | 1949 || [[Munich]] || [[Friedl Rinder]] |- | 1951 || [[Bad Klosterlausnitz]] ||[[Edith Keller-Herrmann|Edith Keller]] |- | 1952 || [[Schwerin]] || [[Edith Keller-Herrmann]] |- | 1953 || [[Waldkirch]] ||[[Edith Keller-Herrmann]] |}
=== Championships of West Germany, 1953–1989 ===
{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! City ! Winner |- | 1955 || [[Krefeld]] || [[Friedl Rinder]] |- | 1956 || [[Wolfratshausen]] ||[[Friedl Rinder]] |- | 1957 || [[Lindau]] || [[Helga Axt]] |- | 1958 || [[Gießen]] ||[[Helga Axt]] |- | 1959 || [[Dahn]] ||[[Friedl Rinder]] |- | 1960 || [[Büdingen]] || [[Maria Scheffold]] |- | 1961 || [[Wennigsen]] ||[[Helga Axt]] |- | 1962 || [[Eckernförde]] || [[Anneliese Brandler]] |- | 1963 || Krefeld || [[Hannelore Lucht]] |- | 1964 || [[Bremen]] || [[Irmgard Kärner]] |- | 1965 || [[Wangen im Allgäu]] || [[Ottilie Stibaner]] |- | 1968 || [[Fürstenfeldbruck]] || [[Ursula Wasnetsky]] |- | 1970 || [[Lauterbach, Hesse|Lauterbach]] || [[Anni Laakmann]] |- | 1972 || [[Burg, Dithmarschen|Burg]] ||[[Anni Laakmann]] |- | 1974 || [[Kassel]] ||[[Anni Laakmann]] |- | 1976 || [[Brilon]] ||[[Anni Laakmann]] |- | 1978 || [[Möhnesee|Delecke]] || [[Barbara Hund]] |- | 1980 || [[Schwäbisch Gmünd]] || [[Isabel Hund]] |- | 1982 || [[Porz]] ||[[Barbara Hund]] |- | 1984 || [[Bad Aibling]] ||[[Barbara Hund]] |- | 1987 || [[Bad Lauterberg]] || [[Ute Späte]] |- | 1989 ||[[Bad Aibling]]|| [[Isabel Hund]] |}
=== Open German Women's Championships since 1971 === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! City ! Winner |- | 1971 || [[Zell am Harmersbach]] ||[[Gertrud Renz]] |- | 1973 || [[Bad Aibling]] ||[[Doina Pfleger]] |- | 1975 ||[[Zell am Harmersbach]]||[[Ursula Wasnetsky]] |- | 1977 || [[Weißenhäuser Strand]] ||[[Maria Kuch]] |- | 1979 || [[Wittlich]] ||[[Christel Neumark]] |- | 1981 || [[Brilon]] ||[[Annette Borik]] |- | 1983 || [[Porz]] ||[[Raissa Wapnitschnaja]] |- | 1986 || Zell am Harmersbach ||[[Annette Borik]] |- | 1988 || [[Braunfels]] || [[Rita Kas-Fromm]] |- | 1990 || [[Bad Neustadt]] || [[Jordanka Belić|Jordanka Mičić]] |- | 1992 || Bad Neustadt || [[Marina Manakov|Marina Olbrich]] |- | 1994 || [[Wuppertal]] || [[Ekaterina Borulya]] |- | 1996 || [[Dresden]] ||[[Anita Just]] |- | 1998 || [[Weimar]] || [[Gundula David]] |- | 2000 || [[Rodewisch]] || [[Tatjana Vasilevich]] |- | 2002 || [[Bad Brückenau]] || [[Heike Vogel]] |- | 2004 || [[Osterburg (Altmark)]] || [[Sandra Krege]] |- | 2006 || [[Bad Königshofen]] || [[Petra Sochorová|Petra Blažková]] |- | 2008 || [[Kerkwitz]] ||[[Antje Fuchs]] |- | 2010 || [[Gladenbach]] || [[Heike Vogel]] |- | 2012 ||[[Gladenbach]]||[[Antje Fuchs]] |}
=== International Open German Women's Championships since 1977 === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! City ! Winner |- | 1977 || [[Bad Kissingen]] || [[Marta Litinskaya-Shul|Marta Litinskaya]] |- | 1979 ||[[Bad Kissingen]]||[[Maia Chiburdanidze]] |- | 1981 ||[[Bad Kissingen]]||[[Nino Gurieli]] |- | 2014 || [[Erfurt]] ||[[Christina Winterholler]] |- | 2015 || [[Bayerisch Eisenstein]] ||[[Jutta Ries]] |- | 2016 || [[Bodenmais]] ||[[Melanie Grund]] |}
=== Championships of the Soviet occupation zone, 1948–1949 === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! City ! Winner |- | 1948 || [[Bad Doberan]] || [[Gertrud Nüsken]] |- | 1949 || [[Bad Klosterlausnitz]] || [[Mira Kremer]] |- |}
=== Championships of the GDR, 1950–1990 === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! City ! Winner |- | 1950 || [[Sömmerda]] || [[Edith Keller-Herrmann|Edith Keller]], [[Gertrud Nüsken]] |- | 1951 || [[Schwerin]] || [[Mira Kremer]] |- | 1952 || Schwerin ||[[Edith Keller-Herrmann]] |- | 1953 || [[Weißenfels]] ||[[Gertrud Nüsken]] |- | 1954 || [[Bad Saarow]] || [[Ursula Liebert|Ursula Höroldt]] |- | 1955 || [[Zwickau]] ||[[Gertrud Nüsken]] |- | 1956 || [[Leipzig]] ||[[Edith Keller-Herrmann]] |- | 1957 || Sömmerda ||[[Edith Keller-Herrmann]] |- | 1958 || [[Schkopau]] ||[[Waltraud Schameitat]] |- | 1959 || Leipzig ||[[Edith Keller-Herrmann]] |- | 1961 || [[Premnitz]] ||[[Waltraud Schameitat]] |- | 1962 || [[Gera]] ||[[Waltraud Schameitat]] |- | 1963 || [[Aschersleben]] || [[Waltraud Nowarra]] |- | 1964 || [[Magdeburg]] || [[Gabriele Just|Gabriele Ortlepp]] |- | 1965 || [[Annaberg-Buchholz]] || [[Gabriele Just]] |- | 1967 || [[Colditz]] ||[[Waltraud Nowarra]], [[Ursula Liebert]] |- | 1968 || [[Weimar]] ||[[Waltraud Nowarra]] |- | 1969 || Schwerin ||[[Waltraud Nowarra]] |- | 1970 || [[Freiberg]] || [[Christina Lehmann|Christina Hölzlein]] |- | 1971 || [[Strausberg]] ||[[Christina Lehmann|Christina Hölzlein]] |- | 1972 || [[Görlitz]] ||[[Gabriele Just]] |- | 1973 || [[Erfurt]] || [[Eveline Nünchert]] |- | 1974 || [[Potsdam]] || [[Petra Feibert|Petra Feustel]] |- | 1975 || [[Stralsund]] || [[Brigitte Burchardt|Brigitte Hofmann]] |- | 1976 || [[Gröditz]] ||[[Petra Feibert|Petra Feustel]] |- | 1977 || [[Frankfurt (Oder)]] ||[[Petra Feibert|Petra Feustel]] |- | 1978 || [[Torgelow]] ||[[Brigitte Burchardt|Brigitte Hofmann]] |- | 1979 || [[Suhl]] ||[[Brigitte Burchardt|Brigitte Hofmann]] |- | 1980 || [[Plauen]] || [[Ulricke Seidemann]] |- | 1981 || [[Fürstenwalde]] || [[Annett Wagner-Michel]] |- | 1982 || [[Salzwedel]] || [[Iris Mai|Iris Bröder]] |- | 1983 || [[Cottbus]] ||[[Annett Wagner-Michel]] |- | 1984 || [[Eilenburg]] ||[[Iris Mai|Iris Bröder]] |- | 1985 || [[Jüterbog]] || [[Marion Heintze]] |- | 1986 || [[Nordhausen, Thuringia|Nordhausen]] || [[Carola von der Weth|Carola Manger]] |- | 1987 || [[Glauchau]] ||[[Iris Mai|Iris Bröder]] |- | 1988 || [[Stralsund]] || [[Antje Göhler|Antje Riedel]] |- | 1989 || [[Zittau]] || [[Kerstin Kunze]] |- | 1990 || [[Bad Blankenburg]] || [[Gundula Heinatz|Gundula Nehse]] |}
=== German championships since 1991 ===
The German Women's Championship is held every odd-numbered year as a 9-round Swiss tournament (DFEM). In even-numbered years an international open tournament is held (IODFEM).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.schachbund.de/dfem.html|title=DFEM - Deutscher Schachbund|website=www.schachbund.de|access-date=2016-04-09}}</ref> :[[File:Paehtz elisabeth 20070616 juedischesmuseum.jpg|thumb|Elisabeth Pähtz|213x213px]] ::{| class="sortable wikitable" !Year !! City !! Winner<ref>{{cite web|last=Hund|first=Gerhard|title=Deutsche Schachmeisterschaften der Frauen|url=http://teleschach.de/damen/home.htm|website=TeleSchach|access-date=22 March 2016|language=de}}</ref> |- |1991 | [[Beverungen]] | [[Anke Lutz|Anke Koglin]] |- |1993 | [[Bad Mergentheim]] | [[Marina Manakov|Marina Olbrich]] |- |1995 | [[Krefeld]] | [[Tatiana Grabuzova]] |- |1997 | [[Ottweiler]] | [[Marina Manakov|Marina Olbrich]] |- |1999 | [[Chemnitz]] | [[Elisabeth Pähtz]] |- |2001 | [[Krefeld]] | [[Jessica Schmidt|Jessica Nill]] |- |2003 | [[Altenkirchen]] | [[Annemarie Sylvia Meier]] |- |2005 | [[Bad Königshofen]] |[[Sandra Krege| Sandra Krege]] |- |2007 | [[Osterburg (Altmark)|Osterburg]] | [[Ljubov Kopylov]] |- |2009 | [[Hockenheim]] | [[Polina Zilberman]] |- |2011 | [[Bonn]] | [[Sarah Hoolt]] |- |2013 | [[Bad Wiessee]] | [[Hanna Marie Klek]] |- |2015 | [[Bad Wiessee]] | [[Zoya Schleining]] |- |2017 | [[Bad Wiessee]] | [[Jana Schneider (chess player)|Jana Schneider]] |- |2019 | [[Magdeburg]] | [[Marta Michna]] |- |2020 | [[Magdeburg]] |[[Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky]] |- |2021 | [[Magdeburg]] |[[Elena Köpke]] |- |2022 | [[Magdeburg]] |[[Lara Schulze]] |- | 2023 | [[Ostfildern]] |[[Kateryna Dolzhykova]] |- | 2024 | [[Ostfildern]] |[[Fiona Sieber]] |- | 2025 | [[Munich]] |[[Dinara Wagner]] |}
==References== {{Reflist}} *https://web.archive.org/web/20080608070445/http://schachbund.de/chronik/meister/dem/index.html *http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/germania.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121235934/http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/germania.htm |date=2008-01-21 }}
==External links== *{{citation | last=Crowther | first=Mark | date=16 November 1998 | title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 210 | url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic210.html | publisher=London Chess Center }}
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