Otto Wegemund Otto Wegemund (1870 – 5 October 1928) was a German chess master. He participated many times in Berlin City Chess Championship; took 6th in 1906 (Erich Cohn won), took 10th in 1908 (Wilhelm Cohn won), took 10th in 1910 (Carl Ahues won), tied for 7-8th in 1920 (Ernst Schweinburg won), tied for 5-6th in 1924 (Ahues and Richard Teichmann won), shared 4th in 1925 (Friedrich Sämisch won), and tied for 9-10th in 1927 (Berthold Koch won).[1] He also played several times in the DSB Congress. Among others, he shared 6th at Coburg 1904 (Hauptturnier B, Hans Fahrni won), took 9th at Breslau 1912 (Hauptturnier B, Paul Krüger won), shared 1st with Wilhelm Hilse at Hamburg 1921 (Hauptturnier B), tied for 8-10th at Bad Oeynhausen 1922 (Ehrhardt Post won),[2] and took 8th at Frankfurt 1923 (Ernst Grünfeld won).[3] In other tournaments, he took 5th at Berlin 1917 (Walter John and Paul Johner won),[4] took 2nd, behind John, at Breslau 1918,[5] and took 11th at Berlin 1920 (Alexey Selezniev won). References 1. Jump up^ http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/events/bsv/bem/190 0.html 2. Jump up^ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables 3. Jump up^ http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900- 49/1923frankfurt.htm 4. Jump up^ http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/profili/fino194 5.htm 5. Jump up^ http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet.htm Otto Wegemund Number of games in database: 29 Years covered: 1904 to 1923 Overall record: +7 -17 =5 (32.8%)* * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games Based on games in the database; may be incomplete. Most played openings C78 Ruy Lopez (4 games) C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed (2 games) D00 Queen's Pawn Game (2 games) Search Sacrifice Explorer for Otto Wegemund Search Google for Otto Wegemund Ratings Biographical data Name: Wegemund, Otto Year Ran Edo Dev Game Born: 1870 k . s Died: 5 Oct. 1928 1904 293 2168 (53) 10 1905 269 2192 (42) 26 Notes: 1906 263 2200 (44) 13 Gaige has birth between 06-10-1869 and 05- 1907 256 2211 (45) 8 01-1870. 1908 271 2194 (43) 24 1909 285 2192 (50) 0 References 1910 275 2190 (48) 9 Books 1911 257 2198 (46) 18 Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 1912 222 2200 (51) 16 320 Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 458 Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 293 Rating table notes Tournament data 14th German Chess Federation Congress - Coburg 1904 (3) 4 / 10 Hauptturnier B Barmen Tournament - Hauptturnier B, Barmen 1905 (5) 4 / 8 Section 2 Barmen Tournament - Hauptturnier B, Barmen 1905 (8) 5 / 7 Secondary Siegergruppe General Chess Federation of Berlin Summer Berlin 1905 5.5 / 11 Tournament Berlin 1906 Berlin Tournament 7 / 13 General Chess Federation of Berlin Berlin 1907 (3) 6 / 8 Tournament 16th German Chess Federation Congress - Dusseldorf 1908 (3) 9 / 13 Hauptturnier B Berlin 1908 Berlin Club Tournament 3 / 11 17th German Chess Federation Congress - Hamburg 1910 (5) 5 / 9 Hauptturnier B, Section 3 Cologne 1911 (4) Cologne Congress - Hauptturnier B3 3.5 / 7 Berlin 1911 Berlin Chess Federation Championship 4 / 11 18th German Chess Federation Congress - Breslau 1912 (6) 5 / 7 Hauptturnier B4 18th German Chess Federation Congress - Breslau 1912 (7) 3.5 / 9 Hauptturnier B Final Chessmetrics Player Profile: Otto Wegemund Born: - Best World Rank: #58 (on the February 1924 rating list) 2447 on the June 1924 rating list, #63 Highest Rating: in world Best Individual Performance: 2437 in DSB- 23.Kongress Frankfurt, 1923, scoring 2/5 (40%) vs 2472-rated opposition .