- Karl Helling
Karl Helling (10 August 1904, Luckenwalde - 15 August 1937, Berlin) was a German chess master.
In 1928, he shared 1st with
Kurt Richter in theBerlin City Chess Championship , and won a play-off match for the title against him (2 : 0). [ [http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/events/bsv/bem/1928/index.html Berliner Schachverband :: Berliner Meisterschaft 1928 ] ] He also won the Berlin-ch in 1932. [ [http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/events/bsv/bem/1932/index.html Berliner Schachverband :: Berliner Meisterschaft 1932 ] ] Helling represented Germany in the4th Chess Olympiad at Prague 1931. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1931/1931id01.html OlimpBase :: 4th Chess Olympiad, Prague 1931, individual results ] ]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 won); tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Richter, at Wiesbaden 1928; tied for 5-6th at Leipzig 1928 (Max Blümich won), took 9th at Berlin ("Kaffee König") 1928 (Efim Bogoljubow won), tied for 4-7th at Duisburg 1929 (DSB Congress ,Carl Ahues won). Helling won, ahead ofSalo Flohr , at Zwickau 1930; won ahead ofEhrhardt Post and Richter, at Berlin 1930; and took 2nd, behindIsaac Kashdan , at Berlin 1930 ("Quadrangular"). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]In 1931, he lost a short match to
Gösta Stoltz (0.5 : 1.5) in Berlin, tied for 2nd-4th, behindHerman Steiner , in Berlin, tied for 4-6th at Swinemünde ("27th DSB Congress", Bogoljubow andLudwig Roedl won), [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables2.htm Nice 1931 ] ] and took 4th in Berlin ("BSG", Ludwig Rellstab 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 (1stGerman Chess Championship , Bogoljubow won). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables4.htm NED-ch08 The Hague/Leiden 1933 ] ] He tied for 8-9th at Dresden 1936 (Alexander Alekhine won), [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables7.htm All-Union YM 1936 ] ] took 4th in the Berlin-ch 1937 (Rellstab won), and tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1937 ("BSG",Fritz Sämisch won). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables8.htm ] at www.rogerpaige.me.uk]References
External links
[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=13505 The chess games of Karl Helling ] at www.chessgames.com
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