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

Senior Members

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

Institutional Members

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

Members

Last name First name City Country
Alió Josep Tarragona es
Alpern Daniel Marcelo Buenos Aires ar
Anderson Joshua Milton Exton us
Angerstein Wolfgang Erkrath de
Artigas Miquel Sabadell es
Balló Harald Offenbach de
Barnier Alain Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse fr
Bastian Herbert Riegelsberg de
Benjamin Richard Venice us
Bleeker Ron Morschen-Binsförth de
Boltaina-Bosch Xavier moià es
Christenson Bernard Guaynabo pr
Ciancarini Paolo Pisa it
Clapham Michael Ipswich gb
Corneth Bert Leidschendam nl
Crumiller Jonathan Princeton us
D´Ambrosio Luca Bozen it
de Gijsel Tom Amsterdam nl
de Jong Peter De Meern nl
Dondelinger Jean-Pierre Vichte be
Fayard Alain Brussels be
Fernández Siles Luis Cúllar Vega, Granada es
Fiala Vlastimil Olomouc cz
Fields Paul Tampa us
Forster Richard Winterthur ch
Fresen Hans-Jürgen Bochum de
Frischherz Urs Lauerz ch
Garzón José Antonio Valencia es
Geissler Norbert München de
Glynn Catherine Norwich gb
Guerra Ricardo Ponte Vedra Beach us
Hansen Carsten Bayonne us
Hartmann John Omaha us
Hebeker Friedrich-Karl Düsseldorf de
Hoffmeister Frank Kraainem be
Holmgren Peter Stockholm se
Iclicki Willy Jerusalem il
Jacobs Jon Brooklyn, NY us
Johansson Mattias Woluwé-Saint-Lambert be
Jung Gero Genève ch
Jurgens Philip Ottawa ca
Klittich Karl Braunschweig de
Leconte Jean Olivier Saint-Mande fr
Limberg Matthias Oberhausen de
Lissowski Tomasz Warszawa pl
List Larry New York us
Lorenz Roger Bornheim de
Løfgren Claes Fur dk
Malm Lindberg Henrik Uppsala se
Manley Jonathan Oxford gb
McGowan Alan Waterloo (ON) ca
Melchor Alejando Bagà ( Barcelona ) es
Michiels Luc Wetteren be
Mokry Karel Prostejov cz
Moujan Pablo El Paso us
Nolte Marco Braunschweig de
Pähtz Wolfgang Jena de
Peterson Tony Littlehampton gb
Plećaš Darko V. Belgrade rs
Pos Nico Nieuw Vennep nl
Post Hans-Dieter Oberursel (Taunus) de
Preziuso Toni (Antonio) Dübendorf ch
Sanz Menéndez Juan Carlos Madrid es
Saremba Andreas Brieselang de
Schneider Bernd Solingen de
Schubert Frank Dresden de
Secelle Johannes Schelderode be
Seoane Sepúlveda Jesús Miguel MóstolesMadrid es
Skjoldager Per Frederica dk
Spaans Rob Heerhugowaard nl
Sprishen Len Princeton Junction us
Stere Marian Bukarest ro
Štross František Praha cz
ten Geuzendam Dirk Jan The Hague nl
Teyssou Denis Saint-Germain-en-Laye fr
Thimognier Dominique Fondettes fr
Thulin Anders Malmö se
Tischbierek Raj Berlin de
Van der Heijden Harold Deventer nl
van Kempen Susanne Leverkusen de
Voss Pierre Gennep nl
Ward James Spiddal Co. Galway ie
Zavatarelli Fabrizio Milano it
Zulian Stefano Borso del Grappa it
Zutter François Founex ch
Zwisler Lars Virum dk

Deceased Members

Last name First name Date of birth Date of death Country
(†) Arabito Giuseppe 1956-11-29 2020-03-30 it
(†) Averbakh Yuri 1922-02-08 2022-05-07 ru
(†) Bellucci Romano 1940-07-09 2017-09-15 it
(†) Biénabe Alain 1958-10-03 2021-02-22 fr
(†) Brandreth Dale 1931-12-17 2019-09-09 us
(†) Crisovan Alex 1919-10-02 2012-11-28 ch
(†) Durst Uwe 1934-11-25 2011-08-30 de
(†) Ellinghoven Bernd 1953-08-24 2023-11-13 de
(†) Engberts Hans 1958-01-28 2011-11-29 nl
(†) Erdélyi Tamás 1953-03-07 2017-04-25 hu
(†) Frank Albert 1943-09-28 2013-05-02 be
(†) Glenk Rudolf 1937-12-12 2017-01-03 de
(†) Ivkov Borislav 1933-11-12 2022-02-14 rs
(†) Klittich Roger 1936-06-03 2015-05-01 de
(†) Komer Wayne 1941-09-01 2021-09-13 ca
(†) Landsberger Kurt 1920-12-28 2014-12-19 us
(†) Levene Benjamin (Billy) 1918-02-16 2015-11-04 us
(†) Linder Isaak M. 1920-11-20 2015-10-31 ru
(†) Littorin Rolf 1923-01-03 2015-09-03 se
(†) Lysdal Knud 1950-04-06 2013-04-12 dk
(†) Łuczak Maria 1949-12-25 2011-02-03 pl
(†) Mennerat Jean 1917-08-11 2007-09-21 fr
(†) Monté Peter J. 1939-09-13 2018-06-07 nl
(†) Nielsen Jørn Erik 1948-05-12 2018-08-03 dk
(†) Ólafsson Fridrik 1935-01-26 2025-04-04 is
(†) Pagni Carlo Alberto 1931-02-13 2009-03-02 it
(†) Pálsson Jón Adólf 1930-08-20 2023-10-30 is
(†) Petermann Hubert 1959-04-07 2005-07-07 de
(†) Reinhardt Rudolf 1937-02-02 2006-09-02 de
(†) Reitstein Leonard 1928-06-06 2019-08-02 za
(†) Sanvito Alessandro 1938-12-14 2020-10-21 it
(†) Savage Allan 1951-04-25 2022-05-15 us
(†) Schippan Bernd 1946-01-09 2019-02-07 de
(†) Schmid Lothar 1928-05-10 2013-05-18 de
(†) Skinner Leonard M. 1928-10-29 2022-03-07 gb
(†) Van Craenenbroeck-Moris Pierre 1936-02-14 2015-11-24 be
(†) van der Heijden René 1951-08-29 2007-04-06 nl
(†) van Reek Jan 1945-07-10 2015-08-08 nl
(†) Winants Luc 1963-01-01 2023-02-07 be
(†) Wukits René 1972-05-20 2024-07-20 at