Chess whispers

The Chess Tigers team has had some exciting weeks. First of all, a big thank you to everyone who has followed our project with goodwill. But who do we actually do what we do for? For you, of cours...

Reinhard Ahrens is an institution in Hamburg chess. Treasurer of the Hamburg Chess Club since 1991, and team captain of the first Bundesliga team since 2008, he and Christian Zickelbein are the de...

There are two highlights for the German national players in October and November. The first will take place at the end of October on the Isle of Man. The strongest Swiss system tournament in the w...

Nach der Schacholympiade in Dresden 2008 wurde die Prinzengruppe gegründet. Hanna Marie Klek, Filiz Osmanodja, Matthias Blübaum, Dennis Wagner, Rasmus Svane und Alexander Donchenko waren die erste...

If you look at the youth world championships internationally, they are divided into three categories: Cadet World Championship (U8 to U12), Youth World Championship (U14 to U18) and the supreme dis...

The national coaches Jan Gustafsson (men) and Yuri Yakovich (women) have nominated the squads for the upcoming European Team Championship, which will take place from 10 to 21 November 2023 in Budv...

Chess shop in a new guise Last Saturday, the official reopening of the “Schachladen Lasker’s – Chess Tigers Store” took place in Berlin. Previous owner Arno Nickel had the pleasure of giving the...

Im US-Schachverband gibt es gewaltige Unruhen. Während beim Deutschen Schachbund vor allem die finanzielle Situation zu Verstimmungen führt, geht es bei US Chess um noch mehr. Verbandspräsident Ra...

Dr. Gerhard Köhler ist ein überzeugter Schachförderer. Im August 2023 interviewte ich den Vorsitzenden des Vereins Kinderschach in Deutschland e.V. für den Schachgeflüster Podcast. Nun erscheinen ...