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

Senior Members

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

Institutional Members

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

Members

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

Deceased Members

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