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  • Karl Heinz Grund


    1912-1991

     

    [Event "corr ICCF EU/H/GT/12"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1955.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Wikstroem, Bertil"]
    [Result "*"]
    [PlyCount "51"]
    [EventDate "1955.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. c4 Be7 8. O-O
    O-O 9. a4 c5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ra2 d5 12. d4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15.
    Bxe6 $14 Qc7 16. Bh3 Bf8 17. Ra1 Rcd8 18. Rc1 $16 Nc5 19. Qc2 Bc8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8
    21. Nc6 Bd6 22. h3 a6 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Re4 $4 26. Rxc5 $1 *
    
    [Event "corr ICCF EU-H-GT-12"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1965.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Horniak, Jan"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "61"]
    [EventDate "1965.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. Ne2 Na6 6. Ng3 g6 7. O-O b6 8. c3
    Bd6 9. d4 c6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nc7 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. Rae1 Ne6 14. Nf3 Nf7 15.
    Qc2 O-O 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Rd1 Kg7 18. Rd2 exd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Nc3 d5 $17 21.
    Ba2 Nd6 22. Re1 dxe4 23. Nxe4 $15 Qd7 $4 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 25. Rxe6 Bxd2 26. Qxd2
    $16 Rxe6 27. Bxe6 $18 Qe7 28. d5+ Kf8 29. Qd4 Ke8 30. Qh8+ Qf8 31. Qxh7 (31.
    Qxh7 Rc7 32. Qxc7 $18) (31. Bxc8 Qxh8 32. Bxh8 Nxc8 $17) 1-0
    
    [Event "corr ICCF EU-H-GT-12"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1965.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Zimmermann, Hans Dieter"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "101"]
    [EventDate "1965.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Be6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Ng5 Bf5 $15 7. Qf3 h6 8.
    Nxf7 $16 Kxf7 9. e4 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Qxf5+ Nf6
    14. Nc3 Rf8 15. O-O Kg8 16. Qe6+ Kh8 17. Rae1 Nh7 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Qg6 c6 20.
    Ne3 Qd7 21. Nf5 Re6 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. f4 Rae8 25. fxe5 dxe5 26.
    Rf5 Kg6 27. Rfxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 Kf5 30. Bg7 h5 31. Kf2 Ng5 32.
    Ke3 Ne6 33. Bh6 a6 34. d4 Nd8 35. Kd3 Nf7 36. Bf8 Ke6 37. Ke4 Ng5+ 38. Kf4 Nf7
    39. g4 hxg4 40. Kxg4 Kf6 41. h4 Nd8 42. Bd6 Nf7 43. Be5+ Kg6 44. h5+ Kh6 45.
    Bf4+ Kg7 46. Kf5 Nd8 47. h6+ Kh7 48. d5 cxd5 49. cxd5 b5 50. Kf6 Kg8 51. Kg6 (
    51. Kg6 Kf8 52. h7 $18) 1-0
    
    [Event "corr"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1966.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Justesen, Aage"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [PlyCount "66"]
    [EventDate "1966.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b5 Bd6 5. Nf3 c5 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2
    Qc7 9. cxd5 $11 exd5 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Be5
    Qe7 15. d3 Nd6 16. Bf3 Be6 17. a4 Nf5 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Qd7 21.
    Qf2 a6 22. g4 Nd6 $15 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. f5 Bf7 25. Bd1 c4 26. dxc4 Ne4 27. Qe2
    dxc4 28. Bd4 Bd5 29. Qb2 Qc7 30. Qb5 $17 Qc6 31. Qb4 c3 32. Be2 $2 Ng5 33. Bc4
    $4 Nh3# 0-1
    
    [Event "corr ICCF EU-H-GT-12"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1966.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Olej, Emil"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "41"]
    [EventDate "1966.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 a5 2. b5 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 a4 5. a3 d5 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 c4 8. Nc3 Nbd7
    9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe1 Qxf4 $17 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Qh4 Ne5 14. Rxf6 gxf6
    $17 15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. b6 Qxb6 17. Qxe5 Qxb2 18. Rf1 Bxd4 19. exd4 Ra5 $2 20. Bh5
    Rf8 21. Qc7 1-0
    
    [Event "corr"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1966.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Pfeuffer, Willi"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "75"]
    [EventDate "1966.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b5 c5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
    e5 9. cxd5 e4 10. Ne1 Ne5 11. f4 $14 exf3 12. Nxf3 Qc7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
    Qxe5 15. Nc3 h5 16. Bf3 Ng4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qe2 f5 19. Rf2 g5 20. g3 Kg7 21.
    Raf1 Rf6 22. Qc4 b6 23. e4 f4 24. Ne2 f3 25. Nc1 a6 26. Re1 axb5 27. Qxb5 Ra5
    28. Qb1 c4 29. Re3 Ba6 30. Qb4 c3 31. Qxc3 $18 Rc5 32. Qa3 Bc4 33. d3 Bxd5 $14
    34. Re1 Rfc6 35. d4 Rxc1 36. dxe5 Rxe1+ $14 37. Rf1 Rxe4 38. Rd1 1-0
    
    [Event "corr ICCF EU-H-269"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1968.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Mjunter, OA."]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "75"]
    [EventDate "1968.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. Nf3 Ngf6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. b5
    Qc7 9. c4 Rd8 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. d3 Nd6 12. Nbd2 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfc1 Bf6 15. d4
    Nxc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bd5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nf8 21. Be4
    Qb8 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qe2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Rh5 25. f4 $11 Nd7 26. Bc6 Nf6 27. Qe2
    g5 28. Rc4 Rh4 29. Qb2 Ng4 30. Rd4 Rxd4 $15 31. Qxd4 gxf4 32. exf4 Nh6 33. a5
    bxa5 34. Rxa5 $11 Nf5 35. Qe5 Qd8 36. Ra1 Rg4+ 37. Kh1 Qd2 $4 38. b6 $1 $18 (
    38. b6 Qc2 39. Bd5 exd5 40. b7 $18) 1-0
    
    [Event "corr ICCF EU-H-269"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1968.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Blass, Robert"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "141"]
    [EventDate "1968.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. b5 Bd6 5. e3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c4 axb5 8. cxb5
    Nbd7 9. Be2 $15 c5 10. O-O Re8 11. d3 $15 e5 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. e4 d4
    15. Nbd2 $15 Ne6 16. Rfc1 $11 Bd7 17. Nc4 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bf8 19. b6 $14 Qb8 20. a5
    Bb5 21. Nfd2 g6 22. g3 N4h5 23. Nb3 Nd7 24. Qd1 Ng7 25. Rc2 Ne6 26. Bc1 $16 Bg7
    27. Bd2 Rf8 28. Qb1 Bc6 29. Bg2 h5 30. Rca2 Kh7 31. Nc1 Ra6 32. Ne2 Re8 33. Qb3
    Rf8 34. f4 Nd8 35. Rf1 f6 36. Na3 Nf7 37. fxe5 Ndxe5 38. Nf4 $16 Nd8 39. Nb5
    Bxb5 40. Qxb5 Qd6 41. Rc2 Nd7 42. Nd5 Ne6 43. Be1 Raa8 44. Ra2 Ne5 45. Raf2 Nd7
    46. e5 Nxe5 47. Nxf6+ Bxf6 48. Rxf6 Rxf6 49. Rxf6 Kg7 50. Bxb7 Rb8 $11 51. Rxe6
    Qxe6 52. Be4 Nf3+ 53. Bxf3 Qxe1+ 54. Kh2 Rf8 55. Bg2 Rf2 56. Qc6 Qxa5 57. b7
    Rb2 58. Qd7+ Kh6 59. Qe8 Qd2 $4 60. Qh8+ $18 Kg5 61. h4+ Kf5 62. Qf8+ Ke6 63.
    Qe8+ Kf5 64. Qe4+ Kf6 65. Qc6+ Kf7 66. b8=Q Rxb8 67. Qc7+ Kf6 68. Qxb8 Qxd3 69.
    Qd6+ Kg7 70. Qxc5 Qd1 $4 71. Qe7+ (71. Qe7+ Kh8 72. Qf8+ Kh7 73. Qf7+ Kh8 74.
    Qxg6 $18) 1-0
    
    [Event "corr ICCF EU-H-269"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1968.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Porzig, Hermann"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [PlyCount "61"]
    [EventDate "1968.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 $15 4. Bc4 Ne7 5. Qh5+ Ng6 6. f4 exf4 $17 7. a3
    Qe7 8. Qe2 $4 Ba5 $19 9. Nc3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 d6 11. d4 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nf3
    Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Qf7 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Ned7 18. Ne6 Rc8 19. Rhe1 Nf8
    20. Nxf4 c5 21. a4 Qd7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Kf7 24. Bxf6 $3 gxf6 25. d6+ $11 c4
    26. Qf3 Re8 27. Qh5+ Ng6 28. Re7+ Rxe7 29. dxe7 Qxe7 30. Nxg6 Qa3+ 31. Kb1
    1/2-1/2
    
    [Event "corr ICCF EU-H-291"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1969.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Fragiacomo"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [PlyCount "80"]
    [EventDate "1969.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. b5 Be7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 $11 O-O 8.
    O-O Nbd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 Bd3 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nfd7 14. d4
    Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qd5 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. e4 Qd8 18. a4 a5 19. Nd2 c5 20. bxc6 bxc6
    21. Nb3 Nd7 22. Rc3 Rab8 23. Qc2 Qb6 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Kh1 c5 26. Qc3 $2 c4 27.
    Qxc4 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxb3 30. Qxb3 Rxb3 31. Bd4 Rd3 32. Bb6 Bb4 33.
    h3 Rd2 34. Rc1 Ra2 $19 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc4 Rxa4 37. Kh2 Ra2 38. Bc7 Bd2 39.
    Kg3 Be1+ 40. Kh2 Ra3 (40... Ra3 41. Kg1 Ra1 $19) (40... h5 41. Kg1 $19) 0-1
    
    [Event "corr ICCF EU-ch H291"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1969.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Vorwerk, Horst"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "55"]
    [EventDate "1969.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Ne7 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Qh4 Nec6 7. f4 Bf8 8.
    Nf3 d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qg3 Nd7 11. f5 g5 12. a3 Nb6 $15 13. Ba2 Na4 14. Bc1 Nd4
    15. Nxd4 $14 exd4 16. c3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Qd7 18. d4 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qc6 20. Qb3 Qd7
    21. e5 b6 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. Bxg5 $1 Qxf5 $4 24. exf6 Qxg5 25. fxg7 Qxg7 26. Rae1+
    Kd8 27. Qe4 Bb7 $4 28. Qh4+ (28. Qh4+ Kd7 29. Be6+ Ke8 30. Bg4+ Qe5 31. dxe5 d5
    32. Qh5+ Kd8 33. Qf7 Bc8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Qxh8+ Ke7 36. Qf8#) 1-0
    
    [Event "corr ICCF Eu/H/GT_18_1968-69"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1969.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Grund, Karl"]
    [Black "Konikowski, Jerzy"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [PlyCount "71"]
    [EventDate "1969.??.??"]
    
    1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 $11 Bg7 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 O-O
    8. Nc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. h3 $14 h5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14.
    Ndxe4 Ndf6 15. Bd3 Nxe4 $11 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. f3 Nxe3
    20. Qd3 Ng4 21. O-O Ne5 22. Qe3 $2 Nc4 $19 23. Qb3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Bxd4+ 25. Bxd4
    Qxd4+ 26. Kh2 Qd2+ 27. Kg3 Qg5+ 28. Kh2 Ne3 29. Qxf7+ $17 Kh8 30. Qf3 Nxf1+ 31.
    Rxf1 Qe5+ 32. Kg2 Re8 $17 33. Re1 Kg7 34. Re2 Rf8 35. Qe3 Qh5 36. Qc3+ $17
    1/2-1/2
    
    

    (2010-12-19)

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