The Chess Classics were chess tournaments initiated by Hans-Walter Schmitt, they were organized in the years 1994 to 2010. Among other things, the world champions in rapid chess and - also under rapid chess time control - the world champion in Chess960 and the computer Chess960 world champion were determined.
20-1027: The Chess Classic took place a total of seventeen times, seven times in Frankfurt am Main (1994 to 2000) and ten times in Mainz, . In Mainz the Chess Classic (abbreviated to CCM) was played in the Rheingoldhalle. Hans-Walter Schmitt managed to find sponsorship from Jens Beutel , Lord Mayor of Mainz, and he became patron of the event. There were different events such as the Chess Classic Championship, Quick Chess Open, Chess960 Rapid Chess World Championships, FiNet Open in Chess960 and Chess960 Computer World Championship. In addition, 13 duels against machine (rapid chess and Chess960) and 26 simultaneous sessions (including Chess960) were conducted. Pocket Fritz (A chess computer)
40-466: A borough of Mainz, in 1974. Beutel was elected to the city council of Mainz ( Stadtrat ) in 1989, where he focused on topics such as building, traffic, finance, commerce and sports. He became chairman of the Mainz SPD in 1995. Beutel was elected as Oberbürgermeister in 1996, the first who was elected to the position directly by the citizens. He took up the office on 3 May. During his time as mayor,
60-619: A new shopping passage, a new stadium and the new synagogue were built, the Sanctuary of Isis and Magna Mater was discovered. Projects which improved the appearance of the city included a new design of the parks along the Rhine river, especially a garage close to the Kurfürstliches Schloss which made more park area available, the Kunsthalle as part of the former Zollhafen , the expansion of
80-554: Is a Jewish congregation, community center , and synagogue , located on Synagogenplatz, Mainz in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate , in Germany . The Modernist -styled building was erected in 2010, on the site of the former main synagogue, destroyed in 1938, on the Hindenburgstraße of Mainz Neustadt [ de ] . Mainz, known to the Jews as Magenza [ de ] ,
100-526: Is also open to non-Jewish visitors. The architect Manuel Herz received the German front prize for rainscreen fronts (VHF) in 2011. The building received the nomination for the Mies van der Rohe Prize for European Architecture, German Facade Prize 2011. The foundation stone for the synagogue was laid on November 23, 2008. Andreas Berg and Dr Peter Waldmann wrote the text for the foundation stone. The topping out ceremony
120-489: The Chess Classic tournament to Mainz. Beutel's successor Michael Ebling (SPD) credited Beutel as a man of balance and dialogue ( Mann des Ausgleichs und des Dialogs ) and a committed team player, who always emphasized the community in the city ( als engagierten Teamplayer, der stets das Gemeinschaftliche in unserer Stadt betonte ). New synagogue Mainz The New Synagogue ( German : Neuen Synagoge )
140-775: The Rheingoldhalle [ de ] and building along the Winterhafen. The expansion of the Staatstheater Mainz by a modern rooftop was discussed controversially. Other projects were the expansion of the Main Station , and a redesign of the area around Mainz Römisches Theater station at the Roman Theatre . Beutel was for many years president of the Städtetag Rheinland-Pfalz [ de ] , and of
160-688: The deconstructivist architecture and symbolic organisation of the Jewish Museum, Berlin . A Magenza foundation under the patronage of Prime Minister Kurt Beck and Lord Mayor Jens Beutel was committed to the building and sustaining this new synagogue, and a further 29 citizens and notables from Mainz and the region belong to the establishment founders. The building reflects the Jewish-liturgical term Kedushah ( Hebrew : קדושה , romanized : sanctification and exaltation ). Cologne architect, Manuel Herz, intended to symbolize this with
180-660: The International Gutenberg-Gesellschaft [ de ] (Gutenberg Society). He was active in the Council of European Municipalities and Regions and in several foundations in Mainz. Beutel was re-elected for a second term as mayor in 2004. He resigned in 2011, after a 2010 court case because he had accepted an invitation to a trip to Italy by an entrepreneur without a political reason. Beutel died on 8 May 2019 aged 72. Beutel started playing chess at age 13 and became an expert player. He managed to attract
200-568: The age groups were: Anna Endress (U14), Constantin Göbel (U12), Stephan Hansch (U10) and Björn-Benny Bauer (U8). 1. Mini FiNet Open U14 (2007) Final score after 6 rounds with 35 participants: Anna Endress, Alexander Jussupow and Constantin Göbel. Best in the age groups were: Anna Endress (U14), Constantin Göbel (U12), Stephan Hansch (U10) and Björn-Benny Bauer (U8). 2. Mini ORDIX Open U14 (2008 ) Final stage after 6 rounds with 104 participants: Dennis Wagner, Joshua Aarash Hager and Johannes Carow. Best in
220-524: The age groups were: Joshua Aarash Hager (U14), Dennis Wagner (U12), Alexander Donchenko (U10) and Elias Müller (U8). 2. Mini FiNet Open U14 (2008) Final score after 6 rounds with 26 participants: Sebastian Kaphle, Carlo Pauly and Frederik Eigemann. Best in the age groups were: Sebastian Kaphle (U14), Frederik Eigemann (U12), Alexej Paulsen (U10) and Pascal Karsay (U8). 3. Mini ORDIX Open U16 (2009) Final score after 7 rounds with 72 participants: Alexander Donchenko, Dominik Will and Frederik Eigemann. Best in
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#1732872792492240-409: The age groups were: Matthias Eimer (U16), Dominik Will (U14), Alexander Donchenko (U12), Robert Baskin (U10) and Samuel Weber (U8). 3. Mini FiNet Open U16 (2009) Final score after 6 rounds with 32 participants: Johannes Carow, Carlo Pauly and Frederik Eigemann. Best in the age groups were: Achim Bluhm (U16), Johannes Carow (U14), Sonja Maria Bluhm (U12), Robert Baskin (U10) and Elias Müller (U8). As
260-565: The assembly place represents a shofar . Mythologically the shofar stands for communication with God. This form is used to express the call of the community after YHWH , for listening to and receiving of eternal divine light and its wisdom. Traditionally the community was summoned together by blowing the shofar. The synagogue contains a festival room, Mikveh , kosher kitchen, club room, kindergarten, classroom, social service, community office, library, meeting room and apartments. The Jewish community in Mainz offers an active cultural program, which
280-766: The city improved especially by building projects, including the new synagogue , and new parks. Born in Lünen , Westphalia , Beutel studied law at the University of Mainz from 1968 to 1976 and then served as a judge in Frankenthal , Koblenz and Mainz. He presided over the Mainzer Landgericht in the Worms abuse cases, which received nationwide attention. He began his political career as Ortsbeirat [ de ] in Mombach ,
300-554: The city, Rhineland-Palatinate , and the Federal Republic of Germany each contribute one-third of the construction costs. A building permit was issued in 2000. The demolition of the general customs office building (erected in 1955) at the site was not started until October 2008. The prayer sanctuary of the New Synagogue offers approximately 450 places which corresponds to five times the previous prayer capacity. The draft reminded
320-417: The community and new space was required. By December 2006, the community had grown to number 1,050 members. In 1999, there was a competition to design a new synagogue building and a Jewish community centre. The winner was architect Manuel Herz . The estimated cost was approximately € 11 million and the city of Mainz gave assurances it would contribute €3.5 million. The financing model outlined that
340-488: The five Hebrew letters the five ranges of the Jewish center for community events, adult education and as Hebrew school for school children. The letterforms were originally developed from picture symbols, from which the initial at the beginning of the respective symbol was associated later. Hebrew letters attain an object character, a quality of the representational one. The eastward-directed, (towards Jerusalem), horn-shaped roof of
360-620: The highlight of the different show battles between humans and computers and humans versus computers, the Chess960 Computer World Championships in Mainz were held from 2005 to 2009. Place Jens Beutel Jens Beutel (12 July 1946 – 8 May 2019) was a German judge and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he served as Oberbürgermeister (mayor) of Mainz , the state capital of Rheinland-Pfalz , from 1997 to 2011. During his tenure,
380-555: Was an important Jewish centre on the Rhine and has had impressive synagogues for many centuries. The Kristallnacht of 1938 ended this tradition. After the Second World War , the remains and premises of Mainz synagogues accommodated only a small group of returned community members. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall the community had a mere 140 citizens in total . In the 1990s, a large number of immigrants from Eastern Europe grew
400-740: Was created in 2001 in the Rheingoldhalle Mainz. in 2002 Jens Beutel played against Viswanathan Anand on the stage in the Rheingoldhalle, they were both using Pocket Fritz as computer assistance. Place In the years 2007 to 2009 special talent tournaments took place for the children. These were three Mini Ordix Open and three Mini FiNet Open: 2009 seven rounds with separate scoring in 5 age groups (U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8), and in 2008 and 2007 six rounds each with separate scoring for 4 age groups ( U14, U12, U10 and U8). 1. Mini ORDIX Open U14 (2007) Final score after 6 rounds with 107 participants: Constantin Göbel, Ramil Babayev and Anna Endress. Best in
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