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Stephan Busemann |
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CC Grandmaster |
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ICCF Elo 2580 |
Stephan Busemann started correspondence chess in 1975 in the lowest class of BdF double round robin tmts. He has finished about 300 tournament games since, and scored over 70% of the possible points.
In 1996, he earned the ICCF Grandmaster title and has achieved eight more GM norms since. In team tournaments, he won a German, a European, and four World Championships ("Olympiads" 12, 14, 17, and 20 as a member of the German team). In single tournaments, he has achieved outstanding results in strong invitational tournaments, most prominently the bronze medal in the 21st World Championship Final and shared victory in the Witold Bielecky Memorial, one of the strongest single-round invitational tournaments ever. According to his ICCF Elo rating, Stephan Busemann counts among the top 40 players worldwide.
Due to business duties and other interests, he usually plays no more than 15 games at a time.
Below is a summary of his major correspondence chess achievements and activities.
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Year |
Tournament |
Team Result (if applicable) |
Individual Result |
Title Norm |
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1981 |
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Third, 7 / 10 points |
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1982 |
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Second, 7 / 10 points |
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1986 |
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German Junior Champion 1982-86, 11½ / 12 points |
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1987 |
3rd European Team Championship (preliminaries) Board 10 |
First (FR Germany I) |
First, 6½ / 8 points |
IM half |
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1989 |
1st Danube Team tmt Board 4 |
Third (FR Germany) |
First, 5 / 7 points |
IM half |
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1989 |
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Correspondence Chess International Master |
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1990 |
5th Baltic Sea Team tmt Board 3 |
First (FR Germany I) |
Fifth, 10 / 15 points |
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1992 |
3rd European Team Championship (final) Board 7 |
European
Team Champion |
Second, 6 / 8 points |
IM |
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1993 |
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Sixth, 6 / 11 points |
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1995 |
1st German Team Cup (final) Board 1 |
German Team Cup Winner |
Second, 7½ / 10 points |
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1996 |
SSKK Bulletinen 40 years, Invitational, cat. XII |
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Second, 10 / 14 points |
GM (8½ pts) |
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1996 |
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Correspondence Chess Grandmaster |
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1999 |
German Bundesliga, Board 1 |
German Team Champion 1997/99 |
Second, 5½ / 8 points |
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2001 |
12th Olympiad (final) Board 5, postal, cat VIII |
World Team Champion |
First, 8½ / 11 points |
GM (8 pts) |
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2002 |
14th Olympiad (= 1st E-mail Olympiad) Section 4, Board 2, cat VII |
First (Germany) |
First, 8½ / 11 points |
GM (8½ pts) |
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2003 |
20th World Championship, ¾ final, Section 1, email, cat. XI |
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Third, 9 / 13 points; qualified for a World Championship final |
GM (8½ pts) |
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2005 |
14th Olympiad (final) Board 3, email, cat. XI |
World Team Champion |
Fifth, 6½ / 11 points |
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2006 |
Dansk Skak Union 100 years - A, email Invitational, cat. XIII |
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Second, 7½ / 12 points |
GM (7 pts) |
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2007 |
World
Championship 21 Final, email, cat. XIV |
Bronze medal, 8 / 14 points |
GM (7½ pts) |
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| 2010 |
Hermann-Heemsoth-Memorial, email Invitational, cat. XVI |
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Twelfth, 7½ / 16 points |
GM (7½ pts) |
| 2011 | 17th Olympiad (final) Board 4, Server, cat. X | World Team Champion (Germany) - for the third time! |
Third, 7 / 12 points | |
| 2012 | 30th World Championship, Candidates, Section 7, Server, cat. XI | First, 5½ / 10 points; qualified for a World Championship final | ||
| 2013 | Witold-Bielecki-Memorial, Server Invitational, cat. XVI | (Shared) First, 7½ / 12 points. Tournament page | GM (6 pts) | |
| 2014 | Champions League 2012 A Board 1, Server, cat XII | 6th (The Underdogs I) | Nineth, 5½ / 12 points | |
| 2016 | 9th European Team Championship (final) Board 2, Server, cat XII | 4th (Germany) | Nineth, 5½ / 12 points | |
| 2018 | World Championship 29 Final, Server, cat XIII | Twelfth, 7½ / 16 points | ||
| 2018 | 20th Olympiad (final) Board 3, Server, cat XI | World Team Champion (Germany) - for the fourth time! |
Third, 6½ / 12 points | |
| 2019 | 10th Baltic Sea Team Tournament Board 1, Server, cat X | 12th, Germany-2 (BdF Officials) | Third, 7 / 12 points | |
| 2021 | Germany Grandmasters 08-A, Server, cat XIII | (Shared) First, 7 / 13 points | GM (7 points) | |
| 2021 | 21st Olympiad (final) Board 2, Server, cat XII | Germany | (Shared) Third, 6 / 12 points | |
| Jubilee 35 Years Swiss CC Section A, Server, cat XIV | 4½ / 9 points, 3 games ongoing | |||
| Kresim 10/ Troyan 150, Server, cat XIV | 2½ / 5 points, 3 games ongoing | |||
| 75th Anniversary BdF Section A, Server, cat XIV | 14 games ongoing |
Some brief explanations: Tournament
describes the activity, Year its completion. Tournaments may have a
category, which is a measure for the nominal strength of the
tournament. Category XI is a really strong tournament, XIV is world
championship level, and anything beyond that is very rare. Categories
are based on the average Elo numbers of the participants. Elo numbers
represent a player's nominal strength. For instance, Elo 2400 is master
level, and 2500 is
grandmaster level. As every game is evaluated, Elo numbers include to
some extent all recent successes and failures, which is why there are
masters at 2500 and grandmasters at 2400, too. The influence of chess
engines has led to an increasing draw rate and thus to a
convergence of ratings.
In a team
event, each team player is assigned a board. Usually board numbers reflect the
strength of the players within the team (the strongest player is on board 1).
Each player plays against the same board of all opponent teams. Thus separate
tournaments for each board are played, but they are counted together to form
the Team Result. Individual
Result describes the result achieved in either a single or a team event.
Title Norm shows norms
achieved. Norms depend on the category and number of players in a
tournament, among other things. Earning many Grandmaster (GM) norms
demonstrates high class results over a longer period.
Last changed on January 12, 2022