Alfred Brinckmann (3 January 1891 – 30 May 1967) was a German chess International Master, author and functionary from Kiel.
He participated eight times in the German Chess Championship in the period 1921-1949.
He wrote numerous books, among them several biographies (i.e. about Efim Bogoljubov) and tournament reports.
[4] In the post-war period, he also worked considerably at the reestablishment of the German chess federation - Deutscher Schachbund (DSB).
He was awarded the Golden honour needle of the German Chess Federation in 1966.