General Government chess tournament

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. 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.


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


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 * 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
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 * 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
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 * 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
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 * 12||Paul Mross||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||½ ||1 ||0 || x||3½
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Warsaw / Lublin / Kraków 1942
The third General Government Championship was held in Warsaw, Lublin and Kraków in 11–24 October 1942.


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 * 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
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 * 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
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 * 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
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 * 11||Hans Zollner||0 ||0 ||½ ||½ ||0 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||0 ||0 ||x||2½
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Krynica 1943
The fourth General Government Championship was held in Krynica in 25 November–5 December 1943.


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 * 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
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 * 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
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 * 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
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Radom 1944
The fifth General Government Championship was held in Radom in February 1944.


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 * 2||Fedir Bohatyrchuk||½ ||x||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||8
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 * 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
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 * 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
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 * 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
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