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Welcome to the Ludwigshafen 1912 Chess Club, a club with great tradition in the so-called chemical city of Ludwigshafen.

Our club is located in the basement of the Kopernikus-Realschule, Leuschnerstrasse 131, 67063 Ludwigshafen. The rooms we occupy used to house a public bath. We have cleared and renovated them, and have furnished them in a comfortable style. We have at our disposal a games room, a separate room with kitchen, an office and of course toilets. As only we have access, it is completely up to us when we use them. That means on our games evenings we can play with great gusto. Open tournaments and special events can also be arranged at convenient times. This all amounts to an extremely lively club scene.

Guests are always welcome. We meet on Tuesdays from 19.00 o’clock, or even better on the main games evening Friday at 19.30 o’clock and stay/play until the last moment.

Club Evenings

Fridays in our club are very lively. It is the main games evening on which tournaments are held, and when the members meet to swap stories from the chess scene and to analyse and prepare for upcoming games.

At around 19.30 o’clock, about 30 - 40 players meet in the club, during the holiday period of course fewer. The members take it in turns to have kitchen duty, and provide the others with food and drink at extremely reasonable prices. Tuesday evenings are not so popular with our members.

The Members

We have a membership of per 110 men, women, boys and girls, including an FIDE master, an international master in chess problems, as well as two authors of chess books and two chess columnists from the Rheinpfalz and the Mannheimer Morgen. The great majority of our members are active.

The Ludwigshafen 1912 Chess Club has eight teams. Five play in the different classes of the team championships, one team is involved in the German distance championship. The senior team is extremely successful, and the youth team is also regularly fighting for trophies.

Incidentally, about 20 hopefuls, boys and girls, are in the youth department and are coached by experienced players.

Please do not hesitate to contact us !!!

Special thanks to Family McCarthy, Frankenthal for translation