General Government chess championships (Schachmeisterschaft des Generalgouvernements) were Nazi tournaments held during World War II in occupied central Poland. Hans Frank, the Governor-General of General Government, was the patron of those tournaments because he was an avid chess player.Chess In Former German, Now Polish Territories - Fred Van Der Vliet Hans Frank and Chess – Edward Winter The competition began when he organized a chess congress in Kraków on 3 November 1940. Six months later Frank announced the establishment of a chess school under Chess grandmasters, Yefim Bogolyubov and Alexander Alekhine.

Historical context A number of Polish chess players were arrested in January 1940. Jewish players were killed by Germans, e.g. Dawid Przepiórka. Ethnic Poles didn't participate in the tournaments.

Participants Alexander Alekhine Russia/France Efim Bogoljubow Ukraine/Germany Paul Felix Schmidt Estonia/Germany Klaus Junge Chile/Germany Karl Gilg Czechoslovakia/Germany Josef Lokvenc Austria/Germany Hans Müller Austria/Germany Wolfgang Weil Austria/Germany Paul Mross Poland/Germany Teodor Regedziński Poland/Germany Leon Tuhan-Baranowski Poland/Germany Fedir Bohatyrchuk Ukraine/Soviet Union

and other German players /Germany.

Regedziński played as Theodore Reger, and Tuhan-Baranowski as Lisse.

Kraków / Krynica / Warsaw 1940 The first General Government Championship was held in Kraków, Krynica and Warsaw in 3–17 November 1940.1940

{|class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; " | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|# | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Player | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|1 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|2 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|3 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|4 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|5 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|6 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|7 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|8 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|9 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|10 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|11 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|12 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Total |- | 1||Anton Kohler||x||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||0 ||7½ |- | 2||Efim Bogoljubow||½ ||x||½ ||½ ||0 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||7½ |- | 3||Kurt Richter||½ ||½ ||x||½ ||1 ||½ ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||½ ||½ ||7 |- | 4||Josef Lokvenc||½ ||½ ||½ ||x||1 ||0 ||½ ||0 ||½ ||1 ||½ ||1 ||6 |- | 5||Paul Mross||½ ||1 ||0 ||0 ||x||1 ||1 ||0 ||½ ||0 ||½ ||1 ||5½ |- | 6||Hans Müller||0 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||0 ||x||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||1 ||½ ||5½ |- | 7||Max Blümich||0 ||0 ||1 ||½ ||0 ||½ ||x||1 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||½ ||5½ |- | 8||Carl Ahues||½ ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||½ ||0 ||x||½ ||½ ||1 ||½ ||5½ |- | 9||Karl Gilg||0 ||½ ||0 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||x||½ ||½ ||½ ||4½ |- | 10||Georg Kieninger||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||x||0 ||1 ||4 |- | 11||Ludwig Rellstab||0 ||0 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||0 ||0 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||x||1 ||4 |- | 12||Max Eisinger||1 ||0 ||½ ||0 ||0 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||0 ||0 || x||3½

Kraków / Warsaw 1941 The second General Government Championship was held in Kraków and Warsaw in 5–19 October 1941.1941

{|class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; " | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|# | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Player | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|1 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|2 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|3 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|4 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|5 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|6 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|7 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|8 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|9 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|10 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|11 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|12 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Total |- | 1||Alexander Alekhine||x||1 ||1 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 ||½ ||1 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||8½ |- | 2||Paul Felix Schmidt||0 ||x||1 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||8½ |- | 3||Efim Bogoljubow||0 ||0 ||x||½ ||½ ||1 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||7½ |- | 4||Klaus Junge||½ ||½ ||½ ||x||½ ||1 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||7 |- | 5||Josef Lokvenc||½ ||0 ||½ ||½ ||x||0 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 ||5½ |- | 6||Teodor Regedziński||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||x||0 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||5 |- | 7||Georg Kieninger||0 ||1 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||1 ||x||½ ||0 ||½ ||0 ||0 ||4½ |- | 8||Eduard Hahn||½ ||0 ||0 ||½ ||½ ||0 ||½ ||x||1 ||1 ||½ ||0 ||4½ |- | 9||Max Blümich||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||0 ||x||½ ||1 ||½ ||4½ |- | 10||Carl Carls||½ ||0 ||0 ||½ ||½ ||0 ||½ ||0 ||½ ||x||1 ||0 ||3½ |- | 11||Heinz Nowarra||½ ||0 ||0 ||½ ||0 ||0 ||1 ||½ ||0 ||0 ||x||1 ||3½ |- | 12||Paul Mross||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||½ ||1 ||0 || x||3½

Warsaw / Lublin / Kraków 1942 The third General Government Championship was held in Warsaw, Lublin and Kraków in 11–24 October 1942.1942

{|class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; " | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|# | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Player | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|1 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|2 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|3 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|4 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|5 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|6 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|7 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|8 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|9 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|10 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|11 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Total |- | 1||Alexander Alekhine||x||1 ||0 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||7½ |- | 2||Klaus Junge||0 ||x||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||6½ |- | 3||Efim Bogoljubow||1 ||½ ||x||1 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||0 ||½ ||0 ||½ ||6 |- | 4||Fritz Sämisch||½ ||½ ||0 ||x||1 ||0 ||1 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||½ ||5½ |- | 5||Rudolf Keller||½ ||0 ||½ ||0 ||x||1 ||0 ||1 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||5½ |- | 6||Georg Kieninger||½ ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||x||1 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||5 |- | 7||Alfred Brinckmann||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||x||½ ||½ ||1 ||½ ||4½ |- | 8||Werner Kunerth||0 ||½ ||1 ||½ ||0 ||1 ||½ ||x||½ ||0 ||0 ||4 |- | 9||Wolfgang Weil||0 ||0 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||x||0 ||1 ||4 |- | 10||Hans Roepstorff||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||x||1 ||4 |- | 11||Hans Zollner||0 ||0 ||½ ||½ ||0 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||0 ||0 ||x||2½

Krynica 1943 The fourth General Government Championship was held in Krynica in 25 November–5 December 1943.1943

{|class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; " | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|# | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Player | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|1 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|2 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|3 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|4 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|5 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|6 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|7 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|8 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|9 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|10 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Total |- | 1||Josef Lokvenc||x||0 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||7½ |- | 2||Wilhelm Kuppe||1 ||x||0 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||½ ||6½ |- | 3||Efim Bogoljubow||½ ||1 ||x||0 ||½ ||1 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||6½ |- | 4||Georg Klaus||0 ||½ ||1 ||x||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||4½ |- | 5||Leon Tuhan-Baranowski||0 ||½ ||½ ||0 ||x||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||4 |- | 6||Hans Roepstorff||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||x||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||4 |- | 7||Edith Keller||0 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||0 ||x||0 ||0 ||1 ||3½ |- | 8||Heinz Nowarra||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||x||0 ||½ ||3½ |- | 9||Egon Gilles||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||x||0 ||3 |- | 10||Franz Herzog||0 ||½ ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||x||2

Radom 1944 The fifth General Government Championship was held in Radom in February 1944.1944

{|class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; " | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|# | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Player | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|1 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|2 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|3 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|4 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|5 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|6 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|7 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|8 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|9 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|10 | style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Total |- | 1||Efim Bogoljubow||x||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||8½ |- | 2||Fedir Bohatyrchuk||½ ||x||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||8 |- | 3||Hans Roepstorff||0 ||½ ||x||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||7½ |- | 4||Leon Tuhan-Baranowski||0 ||0 ||0 ||x||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||5 |- | 5||Franz Herzog||0 ||0 ||0 ||½ ||x||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||4½ |- | 6||Planck||0 ||0 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||x||0 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||4½ |- | 7||Heinz Nowarra||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||x||1 ||1 ||1 ||4 |- | 8||Probst||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||x||1 ||1 ||2 |- | 9||Sänger||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||x||1 ||1 |- | 10||Meckel||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||x||0

References

See also Football in occupied Poland (1939–45)