Chess whispers

The U25 Open in Berlin ended yesterday. The young FM Bennet Hagner came first, well deserved but also surprisingly ahead of several grandmasters. The interim leader Ruben Köllner came in fifth!

National youth coach IM Bernd Vökler knew right from the start of the tournament that the Cadet World Championships would be a tough one for the German participants. In the Cadet World Championship...

The Senior World Championship started today in Terassini, Italy. Many heroes and legends of the royal sport are taking part, including some strong German players. Attentive readers of this blog wi...

The U25 Open is taking place at Lankwitz High School, with an incredible prize money of 32,000 euros. A great opportunity for up-and-coming young talents to win good prize money. Alongside many str...

The German chess scene watched two games during the second round of the German Chess League. The score between Baden Baden and Hamburger SK was 3.5:3.5 after Gabor Papp and Luis Engel had equalized...

Today, October 21, 2023, the German Chess League started the 2023/24 season. With Viernheim, a team has laid claim to the championship that is not called Baden-Baden. With further reinforcements, i...

In the end, the women's tournament was as exciting as a tournament can be. While Fabiano Caruana became US champion without any problems, thanks in part to a fantastic win against Hans Niemann, thi...

The writer of these lines has not yet fully understood why Roven Vogel is not yet a grandmaster. The student was a youth world champion and has a painful score of 4-0 against me. He has an understa...

The Cadet World Championship was supposed to start yesterday. But apparently the conditions were so bad that the start of the tournament was postponed by one round. At the Cadet World Championships...