May 5
10:30 AM Willi Ellenberger Memorial
Erich Heilig (1930 – 2010)
- Walter Gräbner
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Erich Heilig was born on June 6th 1930. He was married and father of one daughter. On January 1st 1962, he joined SC 1961 König Nied and thus was – as none of our founding members is still among us – the most senior club member, whose long stint as public relations attendant contributed to the growth of the newly founded club in no small way.
Erich Heilig was very adept in combining his professional career as a journalist with his organizational work for chess. Beyond his work for the club König Nied, he also took over duties at the Main-Taunus and Hessian Chess Associations - again as public relations attendant, and thus rendered excellent service to both club and association for promoting the game of chess.
In recognition of his services, he was awarded the golden badge of honour of the Hessian Chess Association in 1986. In the year 1993, he received the Media Award of the German Chess Federation. His work as the single point of contact for the reporting and publishing of match results, in which he was always supported actively by his wife Hannelore, has by now been taken over by the Internet. Nowadays, however, we all miss his regular articles published in Höchster Kreisblatt, Frankfurt Neue Presse or Rochade.
Over the recent years, he had retired from active chess life for reasons of health. On August 6th 2010, just shortly after completing his 80th year, Erich Heilig passed away. We will honour his memory.
