Karl Helling

Karl Helling ( born August 10, 1904 in Luckenwalde, † August 15, 1937 in Berlin) was in the 1920s and 1930s, a strong German chess player and Olympian.

While studying for his degree Helling was a member of the Chemnitz chess clubs. In 1926 he received the Master dignity of the German Chess Federation at the tournament in Pearl Mountain. In 1928 and 1932 he won the championship of Berlin, the first time tied with Kurt Richter, whom he beat in the playoff in 1932 before Louis Rellstab, Kurt Richter and Fritz Sämisch. Also in 1928 he finished the high-caliber international tournament of the Berlin Chess Club 5th place A year later he came in the German Championship in Duisburg on a shared fourth place.

In 1930, he became the 18th Congress of the Saxon Chess Federation in Zwickau Master of Middle Germany before Salo Flohr, Karl Gilg, Max Blümich, Jacques Lousy and Friedrich Palitzsch. A year later in Meisterurnier the 19th Congress in Leipzig, he shared first place with Karl Gilg. At the Chess Olympiad 1931 in Prague, he represented Germany at the fifth board and gained seven points from 13 games.

Its highest historical Elo rating, he reached in October 1933 with 2589th

In his playing style ramp, which was compared with Kurt Richter, was a representative of the romantic style attack, experimented with unusual and risky openings.

In his last years he worked only sporadically with at chess events. Helling had originally studied engineering science in Berlin. Later he worked as an editor in the Scherl -Verlag and headed in thinking and rates chess, bridge and Skatrubriken.

He already died at the age of 33 years on a short severe illness.