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Membership and Members

There are different kinds of membership:

  • Normal members: admission fee of 45 € (45 US$), annual fee of 35 € (40 US$) starting from the 2nd year of membership and if paid in the first quarter of the year; in general 45 € (45 US$) become due if payments are made later (2nd to 4th quarter).
  • Senior members (starting from the 75th birthday): new senior members (joining the CH&LS) pay a non-recurring fee of 45 € (or US$) and are then freed of membership fees. Voluntary payments will be booked as donations.
  • Honorary members (appointed by the board and the regional representatives): no membership fee; voluntary payments will be booked as donations as well.
  • Sponsored membership (the membership fee of a member is completely paid by another member): The membership fee is 35 €/year, no admission fee. The status of this membership is limited to 5 years.
  • Institutional members: no membership fee and no admission fee.

Payments can be made by bank transfer to our account, for the latter see our page Imprint.

If you prefer paying by PayPal, please use the following email address of our treasurer Marco Nolte:
- in this case please add 5% to cover the PayPal fees.

Membership application

For information about and application for a membership you can contact the Membership Secretary Claes Løfgren or you go directly to the page Membership application.

Honorary Members

Last name First name City Country
Van Habberney Guy Boechout be
Negele Michael Wuppertal de
(†) Klittich Roger   de
Stigter Jurgen Olivier Amsterdam nl
van de Velde Robert (Bob) Amsterdam nl

Senior Members

Last name First name City Country
Morgado Juan Sebastian Buenos Aires ar
Kadletz Karl Leobendorf at
Serruys Henri Antwerpen be
Stoffelen Edward Brasschaat be
Büsing Günter München de
Dombrowsky Michael Hamburg de
Mädler Manfred Dresden de
Murkisch Godehard Göttingen de
Schönle Siegfried Kassel de
Segebarth Bernd Pingelshagen de
Suwe Hanspeter Winsen i. H. de
Lange Bernd-Peter Berlin de
Persson Stellan Vaerlose dk
Westerveld Govert Blanca Murcia es
Cadden Gordon Newport Gwent gb
Cafferty Bernard Hastings gb
Cannon Raymond Charles Northold MIDX gb
Fisher Eric Hull gb
Gillam Tony Nottingham gb
Hindle, née Patterson Kathleen Josephine Cromer gb
Hindle Owen Cromer gb
Sheehan Mike BerrylandsSurbiton gb
Skinner Leonard M. Cowbridge gb
Jones Robert Exmouth gb
Harding Timothy Knocklyon ie
Ólafsson Fridrik Reykjavik is
Pálsson Jón Adólf Kópavogur is
Rosino Antonio Venezia it
Felkers Joost Rijswijk nl
Gijssen Geurt Nijmegen nl
Grondijs Harrie Maastricht nl
Heite Remco (Henrik Reint) Wolvega nl
de Vreede Ton (A.P.J.) Capelle a/d IJssel nl
Filipowicz Andrzej Zygmunt Warszawa-Stegny pl
Drajić Dušan Belgrade rs
Ivkov Borislav Serbia rs
Erlandsson Calle Lund se
Russell Hanon Portsmouth us
Tamburro Pete Morristown us
Carter Maurice H. Fairborn us
Nudelman David Hamden us
Saidy Anthony Los Angeles us
Tripp Glenn Fenton us
Utt Michael Fort Worth us

Institutional Members

Company City Country Last name First name
Musée Suisse du Jeu La Tour-de-Peilz ch Schädler Ulrich
Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbibliothek Kiel de Möhle Christine
Edinburgh Chess Club Edinburgh gb Whittaker Ian
Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag nl van Beest Peter
Tresoar Leeuwarden nl Kist Martha
University of Amsterdam Amsterdam nl - -
Mechanic' Institute San Franscico us Donaldson John W.
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Saint Louis us Rich Tony
Cleveland Public Library Cleveland us Rozman Ray

Members

Last name First name City Country
Alpern Daniel Marcelo Buenos Aires ar
Wukits René Lanzenkirchen at
Johansson Mattias Woluwé-Saint-Lambert be
Dondelinger Jean-Pierre Vichte be
Fayard Alain Brussels be
Michiels Luc Wetteren be
Secelle Johannes Schelderode be
Hoffmeister Frank Kraainem be
Jurgens Philip Ottawa ca
McGowan Alan Waterloo (ON) ca
Bertola Georges Bussigny ch
Forster Richard Winterthur ch
Frischherz Urs Lauerz ch
Preziuso Toni (Antonio) Dübendorf ch
Zutter François Founex ch
Jung Gero Genève ch
Fiala Vlastimil Olomouc cz
Mokry Karel Prostejov cz
Štross František Praha cz
Angerstein Wolfgang Erkrath de
Bastian Herbert Riegelsberg de
Lorenz Roger Bornheim de
Balló Harald Offenbach de
Bleeker Ron Morschen-Binsförth de
Dietmann Franz Josef Veringenstadt de
Ellinghoven Bernd Aachen de
Fresen Hans-Jürgen Bochum de
Geissler Norbert München de
Hebeker Friedrich-Karl Düsseldorf de
Jolowicz Matias Salzgitter de
van Kempen Susanne Leverkusen de
Klittich Karl Braunschweig de
Limberg Matthias Oberhausen de
Pähtz Wolfgang Jena de
Post Hans-Dieter Oberursel (Taunus) de
Saremba Andreas Brieselang de
Schneider Bernd Solingen de
Schubert Frank Dresden de
Schweiger Georg Baldham de
Tischbierek Raj Berlin de
Ziegler Mario Nohen de
Nolte Marco Braunschweig de
Damsager John H. M. Greve dk
Løfgren Claes Fur dk
Skjoldager Per Frederica dk
Zwisler Lars Virum dk
Alió Josep Tarragona es
Artigas Miquel Sabadell es
Fernández Siles Luis Cúllar Vega es
Garzón José Antonio Valencia es
Sanz Menéndez Juan Carlos Madrid es
Seoane Sepúlveda Jesús Miguel MóstolesMadrid es
Boltaina-Bosch Xavier moià es
Välkesalmi Kimmo Helsinki fi
Dumont Noémie Lyon fr
Thimognier Dominique Fondettes fr
Barnier Alain Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse fr
Teyssou Denis Saint-Germain-en-Laye fr
O'Connell Kevin Mouret fr
Leconte Jean Olivier Saint-Mande fr
Bennett Gerald Ringwood gb
Clapham Michael Ipswich gb
Manley Jonathan Oxford gb
Peterson Tony Littlehampton gb
Ward James Spiddal Co. Galway ie
Iclicki Willy Jerusalem il
D´Ambrosio Luca Bozen it
Spina Santo Daniele Valverde (CT) it
Zavatarelli Fabrizio Milano it
Zulian Stefano Borso del Grappa it
ten Geuzendam Dirk Jan The Hague nl
de Gijsel Tom Amsterdam nl
de Jong Peter De Meern nl
Pos Nico Nieuw Vennep nl
Spaans Rob Heerhugowaard nl
Voss Pierre Gennep nl
Van der Heijden Harold Deventer nl
Corneth Bert Leidschendam nl
Drønen Ole Ålesund no
Lilleøren Morten Oslo no
Lissowski Tomasz Warszawa pl
Christenson Bernard Guaynabo pr
Stere Marian Bukarest ro
Plećaš Darko V. Belgrade rs
Holmgren Peter Stockholm se
Malm Lindberg Henrik Uppsala se
Thulin Anders Malmö se
Anderson Joshua Milton Exton us
Crumiller Jonathan Princeton us
List Larry New York us
Sprishen Len Princeton Junction us
Fields Paul Tampa us
Broich William Des Moines us
Hansen Carsten Bayonne us
Hartmann John Omaha us
Mittelbach Manfred Cape Town za

Deceased Members

Last name First name Date of birth Date of death Country
(†) Winants Luc 1963-01-01 2023-02-07 be
(†) Van Craenenbroeck-Moris Pierre 1936-02-14 2015-11-24 be
(†) Frank Albert 1943-09-28 2013-05-02 be
(†) Komer Wayne 1941-09-01 2021-09-13 ca
(†) Crisovan Alex 1919-10-02 2012-11-28 ch
(†) Schippan Bernd 1946-01-09 2019-02-07 de
(†) Klittich Roger 1936-06-03 2015-05-01 de
(†) Durst Uwe 1934-11-25 2011-08-30 de
(†) Glenk Rudolf 1937-12-12 2017-01-03 de
(†) Petermann Hubert 1959-04-07 2005-07-07 de
(†) Reinhardt Rudolf 1937-02-02 2006-09-02 de
(†) Schmid Lothar 1928-05-10 2013-05-18 de
(†) Nielsen Jørn Erik 1948-05-12 2018-08-03 dk
(†) Lysdal Knud 1950-04-06 2013-04-12 dk
(†) Biénabe Alain 1958-10-03 2021-02-22 fr
(†) Mennerat Jean 1917-08-11 2007-09-21 fr
(†) Erdélyi Tamás 1953-03-07 2017-04-25 hu
(†) Arabito Giuseppe 1956-11-29 2020-03-30 it
(†) Sanvito Alessandro 1938-12-14 2020-10-21 it
(†) Pagni Carlo Alberto 1931-02-13 2009-03-02 it
(†) Bellucci Romano 1940-07-09 2017-09-15 it
(†) Monté Peter J. 1939-09-13 2018-06-07 nl
(†) Engberts Hans 1958-01-28 2011-11-29 nl
(†) van der Heijden René 1951-08-29 2007-04-06 nl
(†) van Reek Jan 1945-07-10 2015-08-08 nl
(†) Łuczak Maria 1949-12-25 2011-02-03 pl
(†) Averbakh Yuri 1922-02-08 2022-05-07 ru
(†) Linder Isaak M. 1920-11-20 2015-10-31 ru
(†) Littorin Rolf 1923-01-03 2015-09-03 se
(†) Brandreth Dale 1931-12-17 2019-09-09 us
(†) Savage Allan 1951-04-25 2022-05-15 us
(†) Landsberger Kurt 1920-12-28 2014-12-19 us
(†) Levene Benjamin (Billy) 1918-02-16 2015-11-04 us
(†) Reitstein Leonard 1928-06-06 2019-08-02 za