Berthold Koch

Berthold Koch (22 February 1899 - 2 May 1988) was a German chess master and journalist.

Born in Berlin, he won four times the Berlin Championship in 1927, 1933 (joint), 1946, and 1951. [ [http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/events/bsv/bem/1900.html Berliner Schachverband :: Sieger Berliner Einzelmeisterschaft ] ] He also won the Soviet zone-ch at Leipzig 1946, [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2017.htm 1946 ] ] and twice (joint) GDR Championship in 1952 and 1953.

Before World War II, he played in German championships at Bad Pyrmont 1933 (Efim Bogoljubow won), at Bad Aachen 1935 (Kurt Richter won), and at Bad Oeynhausen 1938 (Erich Eliskases won). After the war, he shared 11th at Düsseldorf 1951 (GER-ch, Rudolf Teschner won), and took 3rd at Leipzig 1953 (GER-ch, Wolfgang Unzicker won). [ [http://www.schachbund.de/chronik/meister/dem/index.html Deutscher Schachbund / Schacholympiade Dresden 2008 ] ] [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ]

Koch played twice for GDR in Chess Olympiads at Helsinki 1952 and Moscow 1956. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]

He was awarded the International Master title in 1950, [http://www.chessmile.com/spip.php?article66] and the ICCF title in 1959.

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