[Event "DEN-DDR corr"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorensen"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. d4 Nxd4 13. Bg5 Bxd5 14. Bxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bxd5 Nxc2+ 16. Ke2 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 Bg7 18. Nc7 Rc8 19. Na6 Rc2+ 20. Kf1 Rxb2 21. Re1 e4 22. Ng1 Nb5 23. Ne2 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Re2 Rb1+ 26. Re1 Rb2 27. Re2 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eberhardt Wilhelm Cup final-B corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Galonska, W."]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Be2 e5 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. cxd5 exd4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nxd6 dxc3 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Bh4 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Bg3 Nb6 20. c4 Na4 21. Rac1 Rcd8 22. h4 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Ne4 24. Bf3 Nxg3 25. Bxc6 Nc3 26. fxg3 Rxe3 27. Qf2 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxg3+ 29. Kg1 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Qd2 31. Rb1 Qd3 32. Re1 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Qxe1+ 38. Kxe1 f5 39. Kd2 Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. c5 Ke5 42. Bd7 Ne4 43. c6 Nf6 44. Kf3 Nd5 45. g3 h6 46. Be8 Kd6 47. Bd7 f4 48. gxf4 Nxf4 49. Ke4 Nd5 50. Bh3 Kxc6 51. Be6 Nc3+ 52. Kd4 Nxa2 53. Bxa2 a5 54. Bf7 Kb5 55. Kc3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "DDR-FIN corr"]
[Site "DDR"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Sinkko, Teuvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[EventType "team-schev (corr)"]
[EventRounds "33"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5 Be7 15. e4 Qb7 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Re1 f6 18. Bf4 0-0 19. Rh5 Rae8 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rh3 Nc4 22. b3 Na3 23. Qb2 b4 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bh6 Rf5 26. Rxe5 Rd8 27. Rd5 Rf7 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Rf3 Re8 31. g3 1-0

[Event "FIN corr"]
[Site "Finland"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sinkko, Teuvo"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 f4 16. f3 Ng3 17. Rf2 Qh4 18. Qd3 Rf5 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. hxg3 Qxg3 22. Qc6 Kf7 23. Rd1 Rh4 24. Bb3 Rd8 25. Qxc7+ Rd7 26. Qc6 Rh2 27. Qxa6 Qh4 28. Kf1 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Qxd4 31. Qxb5 Qxe5+ 32. Kf1 Qh2 33. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Mannsfeld, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Be2 Na6 10. 0-0 Nc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Nd2 a6 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Re1 Nb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nxd5 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Ra4 Qc7 21. Bd2 Qc6 22. Rxb4 cxb4 23. Qxb4 Qc5+ 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. e5 f6 26. Bc3 fxe5 27. Nxe5 Rad8 28. Kf2 Rd5 29. Kf3 Red8 30. Ke4 Rd1 31. Re2 Rf1 32. g3 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Kf7 34. Rc2 Ke6 35. Re2 Rd7 36. Rc2 Rfd1 37. Re2 R1d5 38. Rc2 Rf7 39. Re2 Rdd7 40. Rc2 Rf5 41. Re2 g5 42. Ke3 Rd1 43. Ke4 h5 44. Rg2 g4 45. Re2 Rf3 46. Rg2 Ra1 47. Rc2 Ra4+ 48. b4 Ra3 49. Rd2 Raxc3 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rb6 Rc4+ 52. Kd5 Rxb4 53. Rh6 Rb5 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Fuchs, Reinhart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. g3 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. Bg5 Nce4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bg2 d5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nxd5 15. 0-0 Ba4 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Bc6 20. Ne5 h6 21. b4 f6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. e3 Qb5 25. Qc3 Kf7 26. Qd4 a6 27. Qg4 Qb7 28. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Handel, Horst"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Nbd7 5. Bb2 Be7 6. d4 dxc4 7. bxc4 0-0 8. Bd3 c5 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bb1 Nf8 15. Ne5 N6d7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Nb3 g6 20. Rd3 Bg7 21. Rdd1 a5 22. Rc2 f5 23. Qh4 Be4 24. Rcd2 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 a4 26. Nc1 Qxc4 27. Ne2 e5 28. Ba3 Ne6 29. Rxb6 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. h3 Qc3 32. Bb4 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Malich, Burkhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A72"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bxb5 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxb5 15. Nxd6 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3+ 18. Kd1 Bg4 19. Kc2 Bg7 20. Rb7 Na6 21. a3 Bh5 22. Be5 Rfd8 23. Nc4 Bg6+ 24. Kc3 Be4 25. Bxg7 Bxd5 26. Re7 Kxg7 27. Rhe1 Kf6 28. Nfd2 Bxg2 29. f3 Bh3 30. Rb7 Rd7 31. Ne4+ Kg7 32. Reb1 Be6 33. Ne5 Rd5 34. f4 c4 35. h4 Ra5 36. hxg5 Rxa3+ 37. Kb2 Rb3+ 38. Rxb3 cxb3 39. gxh6+ Kxh6 40. Rg1 Rc8 41. f5 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Nc5 43. Ng4+ Kh5 44. Ngf6+ Kh6 45. Rh1+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Bertholdt, Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 0-0 7. Be2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ng6 11. 0-0 b6 12. Ne1 a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Ng2 Bc8 18. Ne3 Qg5 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Bf3 Rf8 21. Nf5 Kh8 22. Bg2 Rae8 23. Kg1 Rg8 24. Ra2 Qf6 25. Raa1 Nf8 26. Ne3 Ng6 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. exf5 Nf8 29. Be4 Nd7 30. Rfe1 Nc5 31. Re3 g6 32. Rf3 g5 33. g4 h5 34. Rh3 h4 35. Re3 Qe7 36. h3 f6 37. f3 Nxe4 38. fxe4 Rc8 39. Kf2 Rgd8 40. Rb1 Kg7 41. Ke2 Qd7 42. Kd2 Kf8 43. Rb5 Rb8 44. Qb3 Rdc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pakulla, Rudolf"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Rfe1 0-0 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Rfd8 14. Qh4 Rxd1 15. Nxd1 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Braun, Gottfried"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8. Bg2 b6 9. 0-0 Ba6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. a3 a5 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Nb5 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Nd3 Rd8 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Qc2 Ba6 22. a4 h6 23. Be3 d4 24. Bf4 Nb4 25. Qc4 d3 26. exd3 Nxd3 27. Be3 Bb7 28. Rd1 Ne5 29. Qc2 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Nxh2+ 31. Ke1 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qe4 34. b3 Nh2+ 35. Ke2 c4 36. Nd6 Qg4+ 37. Kd2 Bf3 38. Qb1 c3+ 39. Kc1 Qe6 40. Nc4 Be4 41. Qa1 c2 42. Qe5 Qg4 43. Kb2 Bg6 44. Qxa5 Qd1 45. Bc1 Nf3 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qb8 f6 48. Qf4 Ne1 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Raetsch, Heinz"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. c3 e5 12. Nb3 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. 0-0-0 Be6 15. h4 Nc6 16. h5 Rad8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. g4 Ne7 19. Re1 Nd5 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Rxh6 Kg7 22. g5 f6 23. Rh2 Nf4 24. gxf6+ Kxf6 25. Ne4+ Kf5 26. c4 b5 27. b3 bxc4 28. bxc4 Nd3+ 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Re4 Rd4 32. Rhe2 Bxc4 33. Rxe5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Starck, Bodo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Qb6 12. Rb1 Rfb8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. b3 Qa3 18. Rfe1 Nc7 19. Bc1 Qb4 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zirngibl, Albert"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. a3 Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rd1 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 b6 15. 0-0 Bb7 16. Rd2 Red8 17. Rfd1 c5 18. Be2 Nf6 19. dxc5 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxc5 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. Nd4 Rd8 23. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Eising, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 0-0 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bd3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. 0-0 fxe4 13. Bb5 exf3 14. Bxe8 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 fxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Qxe8 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Be3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bg7 21. h3 Nf6 22. Rbd1 b6 23. Rd2 Bb7 24. Red1 Re8 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schmidt, Hermann"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. Na3 a6 7. Bd3 g6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Nh5 10. Bd2 Ne5 11. Nxd4 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Bg7 13. f3 Nf6 14. c4 Nd7 15. Bc3 Ne5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. f4 Ng4 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. e5 0-0 21. Nb3 Qxd2+ 22. Bxd2 b5 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nd5 e6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc5 Re8 27. Nxc8 Rbxc8 28. h3 Nh6 29. Nxa6 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 f6 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. 0-0 Ra8 33. Nb4 Be7 34. Bd2 Bxb4 35. Bxb4 Rxa2 36. Re1 Kg8 37. Bc3 Kf7 38. Re4 Ra7 39. g4 Ng8 40. Bd4 Rd7 41. Kg2 Ne7 42. Kg3 Nc6 43. Bc3 Rd3+ 44. Kh4 Rd5 45. Re1 h6 46. Rc1 Nd4 47. Ra1 Ne2 48. Ra7+ Ke8 49. Bg7 g5+ 50. fxg5 hxg5+ 51. Kh5 Nf4+ 52. Kh6 Nxh3 53. Bf6 Rd7 54. Ra3 Nf2 55. Kg6 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Franz, Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Qc2 d6 8. Nf3 Qe8 9. 0-0 Qh5 10. Rae1 a5 11. a3 Nc6 12. d5 Nd8 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rae8 20. e4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Qg6 23. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golz, Werner"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Bc4 Nd7 8. Ne2 0-0 9. 0-0 c5 10. f4 Nf6 11. Ng3 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc8 14. f5 Ba6 15. Bg5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. f6 Ng6 20. cxd4 Rd8 21. Qe3 Qd7 22. Rad1 Qa4 23. Nh5 Rd5 24. fxg7 Nxe5 25. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Soemmerda"]
[Date "1957.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Breustedt, Werner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Rfe8 12. Rfd1 e5 13. d5 c5 14. a3 a6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rdc1 Rab8 17. Be2 Rf8 18. Bg5 Kh8 19. b4 Ng8 20. Rab1 f6 21. Be3 f5 22. f3 Ngf6 23. g4 f4 24. Bf2 g5 25. Qc2 h5 26. Na4 b6 27. Qd1 hxg4 28. hxg4 Kh7 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FRG corr5761"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bjeljakov, VM."]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. 0-0 Rb8 8. Nc3 Be7 9. e4 0-0 10. Bf4 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Ra7 Bd6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Ne4 Nbxd5 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Rfa1 b4 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Fuchs, Reinhart"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nb1 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bxc4 Qg6 11. Nbd2 Qxg2 12. Rg1 Qh3 13. a5 a6 14. Qa4 Qh5 15. Be2 Be7 16. Rxg7 Ra7 17. Rg3 Bd7 18. Qc2 Kf8 19. h3 Be8 20. e5 Rd7 21. Ng5 Qh4 22. Nh7+ Rxh7 23. Qxh7 Bg5 24. Nf3 Qf4 25. Rg4 Qf5 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Rd1 c5 29. Bd3 Qf3 30. Be4 Qb3 31. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Bauer, Erich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxc7 Ba6 12. e3 Re8 13. Qc3 Qg6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. Qd2 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 b5 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. b3 a5 19. Kf2 a4 20. Nf4 Qd6 21. Rc5 axb3 22. Qb4 Nc4 23. Rxc4 Qxf4 24. exf4 bxc4 25. Re1 Reb8 26. Qc5 b2 27. Qxd5 c3 28. Qe4 h6 29. Qc6 Rc8 30. Qb7 Rab8 31. Qe4 c2 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rittner, Horst Robert"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. f4 f6 11. 0-0-0 fxe5 12. fxe5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Be2 e6 15. Ng5 Nxe5 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Nxg7 Qxe3 19. Nxe8 Raxe8 20. Nxd5 Qc5 21. Qd4 Rc8 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd2 Rf2 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Rxf2+ Nxf2 26. Rf1 Kxe7 27. Rxf2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Dittmann, Sieghart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. h3 Rac8 13. b3 d5 14. Bb2 dxc4 15. bxc4 Na4 16. Qb3 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rfd8 18. a4 a5 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. Rdb1 Be4 21. Rc1 Nc5 22. Nd4 Qb7 23. Bf1 Rd7 24. Rc3 Rcd8 25. Nb3 Nd3 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Nd4 e5 29. Qc2 Qe4 30. Ra3 R3xd4 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Liebert, Heinz"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 e6 6. d3 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. Kh1 b6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Na3 Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Rfd8 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qa4 Ndb8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Nd2 Qd7 22. a4 Na5 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Bf1 Kf8 25. Nc4 Nc6 26. Kg2 Ke8 27. Kf3 h5 28. Bd3 g6 29. Be4 Ndb8 30. h3 Kd7 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Nd8 33. Bd3 Nbc6 34. Na3 Nb8 35. Bb5+ Ndc6 36. Nc4 Kc7 37. Nd2 a6 38. Bd3 Na5 39. Ke4 Kc6 40. f5 gxf5+ 41. gxf5 exf5+ 42. Kxf5 Nb7 43. Be4+ Kc7 44. Bd5 Nd8 45. Bf4 Kc8 46. Bc4 Kb7 47. Ne4 Nd7 48. Bd5+ Kc8 49. Bg5 Bxg5 50. Nxg5 Nf8 51. Nxf7 Nxf7 52. Bxf7 Kd7 53. Bc4 a5 54. Bb5+ Ke7 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. Bc4+ Kd7 57. Kd5 Ng6 58. Bb5+ Kc7 59. Ke6 Nf4+ 60. Kf7 Kd8 61. Bc4 Nh3 62. e6 Ng5+ 63. Kf6 Ne4+ 64. Ke5 Nd2 65. b3 Kc7 66. Bb5 Kd8 67. Kd6 Ne4+ 68. Kc6 Ke7 69. Bc4 Nxc3 70. Kxb6 Kd6 71. Kxa5 Kc6 72. e7 Kd7 73. Kb6 Kxe7 74. Kc7 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Bertholdt, Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 0-0 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Be2 a5 13. 0-0 a4 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Qc5 17. Be1 e4 18. f4 exf3 19. Nxf3 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Bf2 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Nb5 c6 27. Nc7 Nd2 28. c5 Nc4 29. Bd4 f6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ne6 32. Kd3 Nxb2+ 33. Bxb2 Nxc7 34. Kc4 Nd5 35. Bc1 Ke6 36. Kd4 Kf5 37. h3 h5 38. g3 g5 39. Bd2 g4 40. h4 Ke6 41. Bc1 f5 42. Bd2 f4 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Zirngibl, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A98"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. Qc2 Qh5 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. a3 Ne4 12. Nc3 g5 13. Bc1 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Rae8 15. Ne1 c6 16. Qf3 Qg6 17. Qd3 Nb8 18. f4 h6 19. e3 Bf6 20. Bd2 Bc8 21. Rf2 e5 22. Bc3 gxf4 23. gxf4 Bh4 24. Rc2 e4 25. Qd1 Kh7 26. b3 Rg8 27. Raa2 Nd7 28. Re2 Qh5 29. Rad2 Qf7 30. Kh1 Nf6 31. Bh3 Ng4 32. Bxg4 Rxg4 33. Rg2 Reg8 34. Rxg4 Rxg4 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Nxg2 Bf6 37. Bb4 Be7 38. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Handel, Horst"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Qe1 0-0 8. Qh4 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 d4 11. Nd1 Nb4 12. Ne1 dxe3 13. Nxe3 Nbd5 14. c4 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 a5 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. b3 b6 18. g4 Rfd8 19. Nc2 Ne8 20. Rf3 Bf6 21. Qg3 Ng7 22. h4 h5 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Qh2 Bg4 25. Rff1 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Ng3 27. Qg4 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Kg7 29. h5 Rh8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rf2 Rh4 32. Qg3 Kf7 33. Rg2 Rg8 34. Ne1 Qd7 35. Nf3 Rh3 36. Qf2 Qxd3 37. Ne5+ Bxe5 38. fxe5+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Franz, Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 0-0 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Bb5 e5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Rac1 Rb4 17. b3 Re8 18. Nb1 Qf6 19. Rc4 a5 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. Nf3 c5 22. Qc2 Reb8 23. e4 a4 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxc5 axb3 27. axb3 Qe6 28. Rc6 Qxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Breustedt, Werner"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 cxb4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d4 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. h3 a5 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 a4 19. Nc5 Nxd4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bxd4 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Bd3 Qd4 24. g5 g6 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Rab1 Bg4 27. Qg3 Rae8 28. Re3 Bd7 29. Rf3 Qe5 30. Rf4 Qc3 31. Rh4 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Rh8 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Qf4 Qc3 36. Qxf7 Qe5+ 37. f4 Qe6 38. Qf8+ Qg8 39. Qxb4 Qh7+ 40. Kg3 Qf7 41. Qxb7 Qe6 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qe5 Qg4+ 44. Kf2 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Kahn, Manfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. e3 0-0 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nb6 11. Be2 a5 12. 0-0 a4 13. Qb5 Qd5 14. Rac1 Bg4 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd7 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Nc5 Ra7 19. Rfd1 f5 20. Be1 Rf6 21. Nd3 g5 22. Ne5 Rh6 23. g3 Ra8 24. Rc5 Qd8 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Nd5 27. Rdc1 Qd7 28. Bc3 Qxc6 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golz, Werner"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. Be2 Bb4 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. Bf3 a6 15. a4 Qe7 16. Re1 0-0 17. Qc1 Kg7 18. Re4 f5 19. Re2 Rc8 20. Qc2 Rc7 21. Rae1 Ra7 22. Ng6 Qf7 23. Nf4 Bc8 24. Bh5 Qf6 25. Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Re7 27. R6e5 Qg5 28. Qe2 Kf8 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. R1e3 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Re7 33. Rxf5 Qd6 34. Qd1 Nd7 35. Qg4+ Kh7 36. Rf7+ Rxf7 37. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Malich, Burkhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. Bg5 Nef6 13. h3 Rb8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Bf1 Nb6 18. Rbd1 Nfd7 19. Kh1 Nc8 20. Bc4 Ncb6 21. Bf1 Nc8 22. Bc4 Ncb6 23. Bf1 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Juettler, Helmut"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd5 Bf6 17. Qf5+ g6 18. Qh3+ Kg7 19. Rc2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Qf6 21. Rd2 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 Qc3 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. e4 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Re8 28. e5 Re7 29. Rd6 g5 30. fxg5 Rxe5 31. h4 Re4 32. Rh6 Ra4 33. h3 Rxa2 34. h5 c4 35. Rf6 c3 36. h6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1956.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Muehlberg, Siegfried"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1956.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. f4 Rd4 13. Rad1 Be6 14. b3 Rxd1 15. Bxd1 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng4 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bc2 a5 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Rd1 Bxh3 22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd8 Bg4 24. Kf2 a4 25. Be7 axb3 26. axb3 Nd7 27. Bd6 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Nc3 Be6 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Kd4 c5+ 32. Ke3 f6 33. Bd1 Ne5 34. Bf3 Kd6 35. Be2 Nc6 36. Nb5+ Ke5 37. Bd1 Nd4 38. Nxd4 cxd4+ 39. Kd3 f5 40. Bf3 g5 41. exf5 Bxf5+ 42. Kd2 Be4 43. Bxe4 Kxe4 44. g4 d3 45. c5 Kd4 46. b4 Kc4 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch M01 corr"]
[Site "DDR"]
[Date "1956.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dannberg, Wolf"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1956.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8. Bh4 Qc7 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd5 Bb7 11. 0-0 e5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ndxb5 Qb6 14. Na3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qxb2 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Rfb1 Qc8 19. Qa4+ Ke7 20. Rb6 Qc5 21. Nc4 Kf6 22. Rab1 Be7 23. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch M01 corr"]
[Site "DDR"]
[Date "1956.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Vordank, Kurt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1956.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. a3 b6 8. b4 Be7 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bb2 d6 14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 a5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Ng5 Ne5 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 exf5 20. Qxf5 Bxg2 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. Kxg2 axb4 24. axb4 d5 25. Rxd5 Kg7 26. Kh1 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch M01 corr"]
[Site "DDR"]
[Date "1956.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schindler, Leo"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1956.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.06.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nb1 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bxc4 Qg6 11. Nbd2 Qxg2 12. Rg1 Qh3 13. Qb3 a5 14. Rg3 Qh5 15. Ne5 Qh4 16. d5 Bd6 17. Rh3 Qf6 18. Nxc6 exd5 19. Rf3 Bf4 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. e5 Bxd2+ 22. Ke2 Qg6 23. Nd4 Ra6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bb7 Ra7 26. Qc4 Nd7 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Bc6 Qh5 29. Rxd2 Qxe5+ 30. Re3 Nb6 31. Qd3 Qf4 32. Qg6 Qf6 33. Qc2 Qg5 34. f4 Qh5+ 35. Bf3 Qxh2+ 36. Kd1 Qg1+ 37. Re1 Qg3 38. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "olm3 qual GP2 B3 corr"]
[Site "ICCF corr"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Honfi, Karoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "team (corr)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Nf3 Qb7 11. Rc1 Qxb2 12. Qc2 Qb5 13. Rb1 Qh5 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Qd1 Qb5 16. Rc5 Qb4+ 17. Qd2 Qb1+ 18. Rc1 Qf5 19. 0-0 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Qd1 Qh3 22. Qe2 Rac8 23. Rfd1 Rfe8 24. Qf1 Qd7 25. Qc4 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 e6 27. Qe2 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Bf8 29. Be5 Ba3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb1 Qf5 32. Rf1 Rc6 33. Kg2 Bd6 34. Bxd6 Rxd6 35. Rc1 Qb5 36. Rc2 Rd5 37. Qxb5 axb5 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Rd7 40. Rb8 a6 41. Rb6 Ra7 42. Kf3 Kf8 43. e4 Ke7 44. d5 exd5 45. exd5 Rd7 46. Ke4 Rd6 47. Rb7+ Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ENG corr"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Butler, David Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Corr Nr. 1"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. 0-0 Rc8 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Na3 Ng6 10. c4 fxe5 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. Nc4 Qf6 13. Ncxe5 Bd6 14. Bg5 Qf5 15. Bd3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qf8 17. dxe6 Bc6 18. Bxg6+ hxg6 19. Qd3 Rh6 20. e7 1-0

[Event "Dyckhoff mem-B corr5456"]
[Site "GER corr"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Kracke, H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nge2 a5 9. 0-0 Nc5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Bd2 Ne8 12. b3 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. a3 Na6 15. Nc1 Bd7 16. Nd3 Nc5 17. b4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 axb4 19. axb4 Qe7 20. Qc2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 fxe4 22. fxe4 Ng4 23. Nd1 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Nxh6 25. Ra7 Bg4 26. Nf2 Qg5 27. Qc3 Rf7 28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 dxc5 30. h4 Qe7 31. Nd3 c4 32. Ra8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Nxe5 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 Bc8 36. Bf3 Bh3+ 37. Bg2 Ng4 38. Nxg4 Bxg4 39. e5 Bf5 40. Bf3 Bd3+ 41. Kg2 Qe3 42. Qb2 Bf1+ 43. Kxf1 Qxf3+ 44. Ke1 Qxg3+ 45. Kd1 Qd3+ 46. Qd2 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Qe4+ 48. Qe3 Qxd5 49. e6 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 0-0 7. Be2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Bf5 10. Qc1 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. 0-0 Bg6 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 f4 16. e4 b6 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Qd7 19. c5 axb4 20. axb4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Rfb8 22. Nc4 Be8 23. Bd3 Qd8 24. c6 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ra8 26. Na5 Qb8 27. Nb7 Rxa1+ 28. Qxa1 Nc8 29. Kf1 Qa7 30. Qxa7 Nxa7 31. Nd8 Bf7 32. Ba6 Kf8 33. Nb7 Nc8 34. Ke1 Ne7 35. Kd2 Ng8 36. Kc3 Ke7 37. Kb4 Nf6 38. Bc4 g5 39. Ka5 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Platz, Hans"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Ndb5 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Qa5 11. f4 Nb4 12. Qc4 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Rfd8 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bf3 a6 17. Nc3 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Rhd1 Nc6 21. Na4 b5 22. Nc3 Na5 23. Be2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rd4 Rdc8 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Rd3 Kf8 28. b3 Rc5 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Rd4 Nc7 31. a4 e5 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Rd3 b4 34. Na2 a5 35. c3 bxc3+ 36. Nxc3 Rc6 37. Ke3 Rd6 38. Nb1 Ne6 39. Nd2 Ra6 40. Nc4 Nf4 41. Rd2 f6 42. g3 Ne6 43. Rd5 Nd4 44. Rxa5 Rc6 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Na5 Rb6 47. Rxg7 Nxb3 48. Rb7 Rxb7 49. Nxb7 Kd7 50. Kd3 Kc6 51. Kc3 Nd4 52. Na5+ Kc7 53. Nb3 Nf3 54. h4 Kb6 55. Kc4 Kc6 56. Kd3 Nh2 57. Nd2 Kc5 58. Kc3 Ng4 59. Nb3+ Kb6 60. Kb4 Ne3 61. Nc5 Kc6 62. a5 Nc2+ 63. Kc4 Na3+ 64. Kb4 Nc2+ 65. Kb3 Nd4+ 66. Kc4 Nb5 67. Nb7 Na3+ 68. Kb4 Nc2+ 69. Kc3 Nd4 70. Nd8+ Kc7 71. Nf7 Ne2+ 72. Kd3 Nxg3 73. Nh6 Kb7 74. Ke3 Ka6 75. Kf3 Nh5 76. Ng8 Nf4 77. Nxf6 h5 78. Nxh5 Nxh5 79. Kg4 Nf6+ 80. Kf5 Nh5 81. Kxe5 Kxa5 82. Kd6 Kb4 83. e5 Ng3 84. e6 Nf5+ 85. Kd7 Kc5 86. e7 Ng7 87. e8Q Nxe8 88. Kxe8 Kd6 89. Kf7 Ke5 90. h5 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Mueller, Klaus3333"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Rad1 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Be2 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Stelzner, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 Re8 8. 0-0 h6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bd2 a6 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 e5 15. Bc3 exd4 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rac1 b6 21. b3 f6 22. g3 Kf7 23. Rc6 Ke7 24. b4 Be5 25. Rxe6+ Kxe6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. e4 c6 28. Rc1 Kd6 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 Rf8 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. f5 g6 33. Rf1 gxf5 34. exf5 Rf6 35. Kg2 Kd6 36. Rd1+ Ke5 37. Rd8 Kxf5 38. Rb8 b5 39. Rb6 Ke5 40. Rxa6 Kd5 41. Ra8 Kc4 42. Ra6 Rd6 43. Kg3 Kd5 44. Ra7 c5 45. bxc5 Kxc5 46. Kh4 Kb6 47. Rg7 Rd3 48. Rg3 Rxg3 49. hxg3 Ka5 50. g4 Ka4 51. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fuchs, Reinhart"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 0-0 8. 0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Be3 b6 12. Bd4 Bf5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. b3 Bd7 15. h3 Re8 16. Rac1 Nh5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. Kh2 Qd8 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. a4 a5 22. Qe3 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Rc5 26. Qd3 Bb2 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Qb5 Bc3 29. Rd3 Bb4 30. Bc1 e5 31. Bg5 Qb8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Bf6 Rc8 34. e4 c4 35. bxc4 Rxc4 36. f4 exf4 37. e5 f3 38. Rxf3 dxe5 39. Bxe5 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Koch, Berthold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Qc3 12. Rc1 Qxd4 13. e3 Qxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 b6 16. c5 bxc5 17. Rxc5 Ke7 18. Be2 Bb7 19. f3 Bc6 20. Rhc1 a6 21. Ra5 Rc8 22. Rc3 d6 23. e4 Bb7 24. Rb3 Rc7 25. Bf2 Nd7 26. Be3 Bc8 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. Kxc3 Bb7 29. Kd2 f6 30. Ra4 Kd8 31. Rb4 Bc6 32. Rb1 Bb5 33. Bd1 Ne5 34. Bb3 Bc4 35. Bd4 Rb8 36. Bc2 Rxb1 37. Bxb1 Bf1 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. g3 Bc4 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Kf6 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Bc2 Kf6 45. Bd1 d5 46. Kg3 Bd3 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kunze, Klaus"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Qd2 d6 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. f4 Ne7 10. Nd1 Nxc2+ 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stein, Georg"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Nb8 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. Nd6 N7f6 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Qf2 Rc7 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Bb1 Ne7 24. g4 Ng6 25. f5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Ba2 Nf8 31. Rf1 Qc5 32. Kg2 Qxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rc5 34. Re2 Kf7 35. h4 Ng6 36. Kg3 Rxe5 37. Rf2+ Ke7 38. h5 Re3+ 39. Kh2 Ne5 40. Rc2 Nxg4+ 41. Kg2 Ne5 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. h6 gxh6 44. Rxh7 Nf7 45. Bb1 Re2+ 46. Kg3 Rxb2 47. Be4 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Re3 49. Bc2 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Schlieder, Rolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 a5 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rf7 16. Kh2 Qf8 17. Qxf8+ Raxf8 18. Kg1 g5 19. Rad1 f4 20. g4 h5 21. Nc1 hxg4 22. hxg4 Ng6 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rh7 25. Rdd1 Kf7 26. Kf2 Rfh8 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 Rxh1 29. Bxh1 Ke7 30. Bg2 Kd8 31. Bf1 Nf8 32. Ke1 Be8 33. Kd2 Kc8 34. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuebart, Erich"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Be2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Qe1 c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. d3 a6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qh3 Bf6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. d4 cxd4 15. Bxh5 dxe3 16. c3 f5 17. g3 b5 18. Na3 b4 19. Nc2 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rac1 Bb7 22. Qh4 Rac8 23. Qe7 Qd2 24. Qxb7 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Qxc2 26. Qxa6 Qc8 27. Qb6 g6 28. Be2 e5 29. Qd6 Rd8 30. Qxe5 Qc3 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Rd1 Qc8 33. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch04 Final (DSV+DSB)"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1953.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Pallwitz, Otto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1953.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Be2 e5 10. 0-0 exd4 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qa5 14. Bf4 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Nb6 17. Be2 Nbd5 18. c4 Nxf4 19. exf4 c5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rab8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Rd1 a6 26. Rd7 Nf6 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Bxb7 a5 29. Bc6 Kf8 30. g4 Ng8 31. Kg2 Ne7 32. Bd7 Ng6 33. Kg3 Ke7 34. Bf5 Nf8 35. g5 g6 36. Bc8 f5 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. h4 Ne6 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Kd5 Nxf4+ 42. Kxc5 Ke7 43. Kb6 Kd8 44. Bb7 a4 45. a3 Nd3 46. f3 h6 47. c5 Nf4 48. Be4 Kc8 49. c6 Ng2 50. c7 Nxh4 51. Bb7+ 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch03 Final"]
[Site "Binz"]
[Date "1952.10.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mueller, Klaus3333"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1952.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 0-0 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 exd5 17. Rxd5 Qxa4 18. Ng5 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rh5 h6 21. Qxe6+ Kh7 22. Qf5+ Kh8 23. Bd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qa3 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Rd5 Rf8 27. Rd7 Qb2 28. Qg3 Rg8 29. h3 a5 30. Kh2 Nb8 31. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch03 Final"]
[Site "Binz"]
[Date "1952.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Schlieder, Rolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1952.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e3 Bxc5 8. Be2 b6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Qb1 Bb7 11. a3 Nc6 12. b4 Be7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Ra2 Rfd8 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Ng5 e5 18. Nc3 h6 19. Nf3 d6 20. Nh4 Bf8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Ne7 23. e4 Rc7 24. Bc1 Bc8 25. Be3 Qb7 26. a4 Bd7 27. g3 Rdc8 28. b5 g5 29. Ng2 f5 30. f3 f4 31. Bf2 Ng6 32. a5 bxa5 33. Ne1 Be7 34. Rxa5 Qb8 35. Qa1 Bd8 36. Kg2 Rb7 37. Bxa7 Qc7 38. b6 Qc3 39. Ba6 Rxb6 40. Bxb6 Bxb6 41. Bxc8 Qe3 42. Bxd7 fxg3 43. Ra2 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 gxh2 45. Rg2 h1Q+ 46. Kg4 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch03 Final"]
[Site "Binz"]
[Date "1952.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Koch, Berthold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1952.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb6 9. Qb5 a6 10. Qc5 Nb8 11. 0-0 N8d7 12. Qa5 0-0 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Nd4 Ne8 15. e4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nc6 bxc6 18. dxc6 Nd6 19. cxd7 Nxd7 20. f4 c5 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. e5 Nf5 23. Na4 Nd4 24. Bf1 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Nf3+ 26. Kf2 Rxd1 27. Be2 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxe5 29. Nxc5 a5 30. Kf1 h5 31. Rc2 Rd8 32. Nb7 Rd5 33. b3 Rb5 34. Nxa5 Rxa5 35. bxc4 Nc6 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Ruppe, Otto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. 0-0 Re8 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rd2 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rad8 21. Rcd1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Qc3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 c5 25. h3 Qc6 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Qd8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Elstner, Rudolf"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. 0-0 e6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. exd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bc5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Ba8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Bxb6 23. Rad1 f6 24. h4 Rfe8 25. R1d2 Rc6 26. a4 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Ra1 28. b3 Ra3 29. R2d3 Rc2 30. Bd2 Raa2 31. a5 Bc7 32. b4 h6 33. Be3 Rcb2 34. Rd7 Be5 35. Bc5 a6 36. Ra7 Rc2 37. h5 Bc3 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Raa8 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Rathai, Volker"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be4 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Ra4 Bc6 16. Ra1 a4 17. Ne5 a3 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bc1 Qb8 20. f3 Rc8 21. Rf2 Na5 22. c5 Nd5 23. Bd2 e5 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Qb1 Nc4 26. Qb3 Na5 27. Qb1 Nc4 28. Qb3 Na5 29. Qb1 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Pietzsch, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. f4 0-0 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 exf5 14. Qxf5 Qc8 15. Qg5 Qg4 16. Qe3 Qg6 17. Rae1 Ng4 18. Qf4 Bg5 19. Qxg4 Be3+ 20. Rxe3 Qxg4 21. Rg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rae8 23. Rf4 Bc8 24. Nd5 Be6 25. Nc7 Re7 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke3 Re8 30. Kd3 Rc8 31. a4 Rc7 32. Bc3 g6 33. Bb4 Rd7 34. Kd4 Kf6 35. Bc4 Rd8 36. Bd3 Rd7 37. Kc4 a6 38. Bc3+ Ke7 39. Kb4 d5 40. exd5 Rxd5 41. Bxa6 Rg5 42. Be1 Kd6 43. Bf2 Kc6 44. Be2 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kirchhammer, Rudolf"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. h3 c5 18. Rc2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Rxc5 22. Rd2 h6 23. Qd4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Qc7 25. Qd8+ Qxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Kf1 Kg6 28. Ke2 Kf5 29. Kd2 Rc7 30. b4 Ke5 31. a4 Rd7+ 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Bc6 Nb8 34. Be8 f6 35. g3 Na6 36. Kc3 Kd6 37. Bh5 e5 38. Bg6 Nb8 39. Be4 Nc6 40. a5 bxa5 41. c5+ Kc7 42. b5 Nd4 43. Bd3 Ne6 44. Kc4 a4 45. Kb4 a3 46. Bc4 Ng5 47. Kxa3 Nxh3 48. f3 Ng1 49. Bd5 Ne2 50. g4 Nd4 51. Kb4 f5 52. Kc4 fxg4 53. fxg4 Nc2 54. Be6 e4 55. Bf5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krause, Kurt"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Qe7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Qxe4+ dxe4 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. 0-0-0 Bg6 17. Nc4 0-0-0 18. Kb1 Bc7 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. b4 f5 21. g3 Bf7 22. Rc2 g5 23. Rhc1 Bd5 24. a4 f4 25. gxf4 gxf4 26. Nd2 Rhg8 27. Bc4 Bd6 28. b5 Rg2 29. bxc6 Bxc6 30. Bb5 Bxb5 31. axb5 Rxf2 32. Nxe4 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 fxe3 34. Nc3 Rf8 35. Nd5 Rf5 36. Nxe3 Rxb5+ 37. Ka2 Ra5+ 38. Kb2 Rb5+ 39. Kc3 Rh5 40. Kd3 Rxh3 41. Ke4 a5 42. Nf5 Bb4 43. d5 Rh1 44. d6 Re1+ 45. Kd5 Rd1+ 46. Ke6 Re1+ 47. Kd5 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Schlieder, Rolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bg5 Nxc5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nce4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e3 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. 0-0 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Qb4 Qc5 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. Rd6 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. b3 Kf8 20. Nc2 Ke7 21. Rdd1 d5 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. f3 R5c7 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5+ Bxd5 26. b4 Rc3 27. Ba6 R8c7 28. e4 Bc4 29. Bxc4 R7xc4 30. Rd2 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc3 33. Ra2 Kd6 34. a4 Rb3 35. Rd2+ Kc7 36. b5 Rb4 37. Rc2+ Kd6 38. Rd2+ Kc5 39. Ra2 Rc4 40. Ke3 Kb4 41. Rd2 Rc7 42. Rd4+ Kb3 43. f4 Rc3+ 44. Kf2 Rc4 45. Rd7 Rxe4 46. Rxa7 Rxf4+ 47. Ke3 Rg4 48. Kf3 h5 49. a5 bxa5 50. Rxa5 Rg5 51. Ra7 Rf5+ 52. Ke4 g5 53. b6 f6 54. Re7 Re5+ 55. Kf3 f5 56. b7 Rb5 57. Rxe6 Rxb7 58. Rg6 g4+ 59. Kf4 Kc4 60. Rg5 Rb2 61. Rxh5 Rxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stein, Georg"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 c5 11. a5 Be7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. b3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nd5 17. Nc4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qe3 Bd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qd5 23. f3 Rac8 24. Bc4 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 Rd8 27. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 g6 29. Bxe6 Bc6 30. Bc4 Rxa5 31. Rd6 Rc5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 a5 34. Rc7 a4 35. Bxf7 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 a3 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Ra7 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Rxg2 40. Rxh7 a2 41. Ra7 Rc2 42. Kd4 Rxh2 43. Kc5 Rc2 44. Kxb4 Rf2 45. Kc5 Bd7 46. e6 Be8 47. b4 Rxf4 48. Rxa2 g5 49. Bd5 Ke7 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51. b5 Rf2 52. b6 Rb2 53. b7 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Zirngibl, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. 0-0 0-0-0 11. b4 Nf5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 h5 14. Qc2 h4 15. Nxh4 Nxh4 16. gxh4 Rxh4 17. f3 Be6 18. Rae1 Ne7 19. Rf2 Rdh8 20. Rfe2 Rh1+ 21. Kf2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qd6 23. Nf1 Bd7 24. Ng3 Kd8 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qc2 g5 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Qf4 29. Bh3 Qh4+ 30. Kf1 Qf4 31. Qe2 f5 32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Rf8 34. g4 Ke8 35. gxf5 Kf7 36. Bg4 Rh8 37. Kg2 Rh6 38. f4 gxf4 39. Kf3 Rd6 40. Kxf4 Kf6 41. Re3 Ra6 42. a4 Nxf5 43. Bxf5 Rxa4 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. Ke5 Ra3 46. Bg6+ Kg7 47. Re7+ Kxg6 48. Rxc7 b6 49. Kxd5 Kf6 50. c4 Rb3 51. Rxa7 Rxb4 52. c5 bxc5 53. dxc5 Rb1 54. Kd6 Rd1+ 55. Kc7 Rc1 56. c6 Ke6 57. Ra2 Rc3 58. Rd2 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hunte, Hugo"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. b3 b6 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bb7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rad1 Qe4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 g6 21. Qd8+ Kg7 22. h3 Qe8 23. Qc7 Qd7 24. Qb8 Ne8 25. g3 Nd6 26. Bd5 b5 27. e4 Ne8 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Qe5 Qe8 30. Qc3 Qe7 31. Bc6 b4 32. Qb2 Qd6 33. Bb5 Qd4 34. Qxd4 cxd4 35. f3 Kf8 36. Kg2 Nh5 37. f4 h6 38. Kf3 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Kg4 Ng7 41. Kxg5 Ne6+ 42. Kg4 Nc5 43. Kf4 Ne6+ 44. Ke5 Ng5 45. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Platz, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qd4 Rg8 12. 0-0-0 Be6 13. Qe4 Bg7 14. Ne5 f5 15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Rxd5 cxd5 17. Nxb5 f4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kxe6 22. Bxc4+ Kf6 23. Bxg8 Nd7 24. Bh7 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Nf8 26. Be4 Re8 27. f3 fxg3 28. hxg3 Rd8 29. Kc2 Ne6 30. Re1 Bf8 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. a3 Bd6 33. g4 Bf4 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Be5 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuebart, Erich"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. f4 Bd6 7. Qf3 Qc7 8. Nh3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Nf2 Ne8 13. Qh5 f5 14. Nf3 Nef6 15. Qh3 Rae8 16. g4 Ne4 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Ne5 Ndf6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Bd2 Bc8 21. Qh4 Be7 22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Qh5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qd7 25. Rg1 Qc6 26. Ng4 Kh8 27. Rg3 Rf5 28. Qh3 Be6 29. Rag1 Rf7 30. Qh5 Rf5 31. Qh3 Rf7 32. b3 Qc8 33. Qh5 Rf5 34. Qh3 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Seiffert, Ronny Steffen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Bg2 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bg5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. 0-0 c6 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Nd3 Bf5 19. b4 Rad8 20. c5 Qc7 21. Rfe1 g6 22. Qc1 Bg7 23. Nb2 Be6 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 a6 26. a4 Re5 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxe2 29. Qd1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Otto, Arnold"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 Nd4 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. f4 d6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nd1 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. c4 a5 14. Nf2 Bd7 15. 0-0 0-0 16. b3 Rfb8 17. a4 b6 18. g4 Ra7 19. Rae1 Nd8 20. Bc1 Nb7 21. Bf3 Nc5 22. Bd1 Bc6 23. Bc2 f5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Ba3 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rxe4 Rf7 29. Bd1 Rbf8 30. Bg4 Rb7 31. Bd1 Bh6 32. Kg2 Rbf7 33. Kg3 g5 34. f5 Rxf5 35. Rxf5 Rxf5 36. Bf3 Bg7 37. h3 Be5+ 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Bg4 Rf7 40. Bh5 Rb7 41. Bd1 h5 42. Kf3 Kg6 43. Kg2 Kf5 44. Kh1 Rb8 45. Kg2 Rh8 46. Bf3 Rb8 47. Bd1 Rb7 48. Kf3 Rg7 49. Kg2 g4 50. hxg4+ hxg4 51. Be2 Rg8 52. Bd1 Bf4 53. Re7 Be5 54. Rf7+ Kg5 55. Rf2 Rh8 56. Kg1 Bf4 57. Rf1 Re8 58. Bc2 Re2 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Knothe, Karl"]
[Black "Nuesken, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Re8 8. 0-0 Bf8 9. a3 g6 10. b4 Bg7 11. Bb2 Ne7 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. cxd5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 exd5 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. f4 a6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 f5 19. a4 Re6 20. Rac1 c6 21. Qb3 Bd7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Qb6 24. Ra1 Ree8 25. Ra2 Be6 26. Rfa1 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 c5 28. Qa7 Qxa7 29. Rxa7 c4 30. Bc2 Rb8 31. Bc3 Bf8 32. Ba5 b6 33. Bc3 Bf7 34. Kf2 Be8 35. Ba4 Rd8 36. g3 Rb8 37. h4 h5 38. Ke1 Bf7 39. Bd1 Be8 40. Bf3 Rd8 41. Rb7 Bxb5 42. Rxb6 Be8 43. Ba5 Be7 44. Rb7 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch02 Final"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1951.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mueller, Klaus3333"]
[Black "Knothe, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1951.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Ng5 f5 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Bf4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rfe1 Qg6 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5+ Rf6 23. Nf3 Bb7 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qe8 27. Ne5 f4 28. Qc3 Kg8 29. Rxf4 Qd8 30. Rg4+ Rg6 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qd3 1-0

