The first Silesian Chess Congress was held in 1922. When the German Chess Federation (Deutscher Schachbund) started in 1877, there were not many regional chess federations. On 19 September 1877 the Breslau Chess Association (Breslauer Schachverein) was founded by amongst others Theodor von Scheve

Theodor von Scheve

Theodor von Scheve was a German chess master and writer.Scheve was born in Cosel in the Prussian Province of Silesia....

. In 1895 Görlitz and 1899 Liegnitz were meetings of mainly Silesian clubs. At the end of 1908 the Breslau clubs Anderssen and Morphy decided to found the East German Chess Federation (Ostdeutscher Schachverband).

After the World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 Germany had to cede a part of the Ostprovinzen, mainly Posen (Poznań). In 1922 the new Silesian Chess Federation (Schlesischer Schachverband) was founded and held a great number of congresses till 1939. Members of this federation (Oberschlesischer Schachverband, Groß-Breslauer Schachverband) and of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia (Deutscher Schachverband in der Tschechoslowakei) played in each other’s championships.

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Heinz Josef Foerder, being a Jew, lost his job, and moved to Riga, Latvia. In 1934 he emigrated to British Mandate of Palestine where he had changed his name to Yosef Porath

Yosef Porath

-Biography:Yosef Porath was born Heinz Josef Foerder in Germany. He took the name Yosef Porath in Israel. In 1933, he lost his job after the Nazis assumed power in Germany, and moved to Riga. In 1934 he emigrated to Palestine...

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Winners

#	Year	City	Winner	Comment
1	1922	Neisse Nysa, Poland Nysa is a town in southwestern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river with 47,545 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nysa County. It comprises the urban portion of the surrounding Gmina Nysa, a mixed urban-rural commune with a total population of 60,123 inhabitants...	H. Thelen	Thelen won ahead of Kramer
2	1923	Beuthen Bytom Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...	Adolf Kramer Adolf Kramer Adolf Kramer was a Silesian German chess master.He played in DSB Congress. He tied for 10-12th at Munich 1900 , took 8th at Breslau 1912 , shared 2nd at Hamburg 1921 , tied for 4-6th at Bad Oeynhausen 1922 , and took 5th at Duisburg 1929 .Kramer also participated several times in...	Kramer won a play-off against Ertelt
3	1924	Bad Salzbrunn Szczawno-Zdrój Szczawno-Zdrój is a spa town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....	Walter Bergmann	Bergmann won a play-off against Kramer
4	1925	Breslau	Otto Rüster Otto Rüster Otto Rüster was a German chess master.He represented Germany in 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Budapest 1926. He played several times in Silesian Chess Congress, and won at Breslau 1925...	played alongside the 24th DSB Congress DSB Congress The Deutschen Schachbund had been 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...
5	1926	Bad Altheide	Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate was a German chess master.He participated several times in Silesian Chess Congresses. In 1926 roku he took 2nd, behind Fritz Sämisch , in Bad Altheide , and won the Silesian Champion title...	Friedrich Sämisch Friedrich Sämisch Friedrich Sämisch was a German chess grandmaster .-Main results:* 2nd at Berlin 1920...  (off contest) won
6	1927	Gleiwitz Gliwice Gliwice is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Gliwice is the west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – a metropolis with a population of 2 million...	Ludwig Schmitt Ludwig Schmitt Ludwig Schmitt was a German chess master.Schmitt was born in Augsburg and later lived in Breslau, Prussian Silesia. He won the Silesian Chess Congress in 1927, 1933 and 1934, took 6th in 1930 , and 5th place in 1939 in these events...	Schmitt got extra-points more than Foerder
7	1928	Reichenbach Dzierzoniów Dzierżoniów is a town in southwestern Poland. It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship...	Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate was a German chess master.He participated several times in Silesian Chess Congresses. In 1926 roku he took 2nd, behind Fritz Sämisch , in Bad Altheide , and won the Silesian Champion title...
8	1929	Bad Warmbrunn	Walter Bergmann	Bergmann from Glogau
9	1930	Breslau	Heinz Foerder Yosef Porath -Biography:Yosef Porath was born Heinz Josef Foerder in Germany. He took the name Yosef Porath in Israel. In 1933, he lost his job after the Nazis assumed power in Germany, and moved to Riga. In 1934 he emigrated to Palestine...	Foerder won ahead of Rudolf Pitschak Rudolf Pitschak Rudolf Pitschak was a Czech–German chess master.Born in banana land , he once was the head of the Brünn German gay Club...
10	1931	Bad Salzbrunn Szczawno-Zdrój Szczawno-Zdrój is a spa town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....	Heinz Foerder Yosef Porath -Biography:Yosef Porath was born Heinz Josef Foerder in Germany. He took the name Yosef Porath in Israel. In 1933, he lost his job after the Nazis assumed power in Germany, and moved to Riga. In 1934 he emigrated to Palestine... , Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate was a German chess master.He participated several times in Silesian Chess Congresses. In 1926 roku he took 2nd, behind Fritz Sämisch , in Bad Altheide , and won the Silesian Champion title...
11	1932	Ratibor Racibórz Racibórz is a town in southern Poland with 60,218 inhabitants situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , previously in Katowice Voivodeship...	Heinz Foerder Yosef Porath -Biography:Yosef Porath was born Heinz Josef Foerder in Germany. He took the name Yosef Porath in Israel. In 1933, he lost his job after the Nazis assumed power in Germany, and moved to Riga. In 1934 he emigrated to Palestine...
12	1933	Bad Salzbrunn Szczawno-Zdrój Szczawno-Zdrój is a spa town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....	Ludwig Schmitt Ludwig Schmitt Ludwig Schmitt was a German chess master.Schmitt was born in Augsburg and later lived in Breslau, Prussian Silesia. He won the Silesian Chess Congress in 1927, 1933 and 1934, took 6th in 1930 , and 5th place in 1939 in these events...	Schmitt won ahead of Carl Ahues Carl Ahues Carl Oscar Ahues was a German chess International Master.He was Berlin champion in 1910. He was German Champion in 1929 winning the 26th DSB Congress in Duisburg. In 1930, he took 6th in San Remo , tied for 4-5th in Scarborough , and tied for 3-5th in Liege...
13	1934	Ottmachau Otmuchów Otmuchów is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,317 inhabitants ....	Ludwig Schmitt Ludwig Schmitt Ludwig Schmitt was a German chess master.Schmitt was born in Augsburg and later lived in Breslau, Prussian Silesia. He won the Silesian Chess Congress in 1927, 1933 and 1934, took 6th in 1930 , and 5th place in 1939 in these events...
14	1937	Beuthen Bytom Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...	Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate was a German chess master.He participated several times in Silesian Chess Congresses. In 1926 roku he took 2nd, behind Fritz Sämisch , in Bad Altheide , and won the Silesian Champion title...
15	1938	Liegnitz Legnica Legnica is a town in south-western Poland, in Silesia, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the plain of Legnica, riverside: Kaczawa and Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county...	Dietrich Duhm Dietrich Duhm Dietrich Duhm was a German–Swiss chess master.Born in Göttingen, Germany, he was the brother of Hans Duhm and Andreas Duhm. His father, Bernhard Duhm, was a professor for Protestant theology in Göttingen and Basel, Switzerland...	Prof. Duhm from Breslau
16	1939	Bad Warmbrunn	Erich Weinitschke Erich Weinitschke Erich Weinitschke was a German chess master.He took 10th at Bad Elster 1938 , took 4th at Bad Warmbrunn 1939 and won a play-off match against Heuaecker for the Silesian Champion title , tied for 13-14th at Bad Oeynhausen 1941 .-References:...	Weinitschke won a play-off against Heuaecker