DSB Congress

The Deutscher Schachbund (DSB) was founded in Leipzig on 18 July, 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairman and Hermann Zwanziger the General Secretary. Twelve players participated in the master tournament of Leipzig 1879.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Deutschen Schachkongresse Archived December 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "DSB 1. Teil". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  3. ^ "DSB 2. Teil". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2008-02-03.