André Schulz (journalist)
André Schulz (* 1959 ) is a German journalist and author specializing in chess and computer chess . Since 2001 he has been editor-in-chief of the German-language news site at ChessBase .
Life
After graduating from Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium in Bonn in 1979 , he studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn from 1980 to 1986 .
Since 1991 he has been working for ChessBase, a German company based in Hamburg that develops and sells chess software and operates a chess database . In 1997 he became editor and in 2001 editor-in-chief of ChessBase's online news portal.
André Schulz is a member of the editorial team of ChessBase Magazine . In more than 15 years he wrote over 16,000 reports, contributions and articles. Since 2003, he hosted together with Oliver Reeh the TV ChessBase . He was part of the development team for the Deep Fritz chess software .
The chess expert published his book on 46 chess world championships from Steinitz to Carlsen in 2015 , which was also published in English in 2016.
He has been a member of the Godesberg Chess Club since 1976 and in 2004 had his highest level of play to date with a DWZ ( German rating ) of 2130 points.
Publications
- The Big Book of World Chess Championships. New in Chess, Alkmaar 2016, ISBN 978-90-5691-635-0 .
- The big book of the World Chess Championships: 46 title fights - from Steinitz to Carlsen. New In Chess, Alkmaar 2015, ISBN 978-90-5691-637-4 .
- World of chess. ChessBase CD , 1998, out of print
- King's Indian with f5 – f4. ChessBase-CD, 1997, out of print
Web links
- André Schulz at ChessBase
- Photo with Garry Kasparov
- Group photo of ChessBase employees with André Schulz, accessed on October 30, 2017
- André Schulz: Alan Turing Article about Turing , the Enigma and its break in the context of the Ultra project , ChessBase, June 7, 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Trainer: André Schulz , Chess Tigers Training Center, accessed on October 20, 2017
- ^ Homepage of André Schulz, accessed on October 25, 2017
- ^ André Schulz in the Chess Base Schach Nachrichten, accessed on October 18, 2017
- ↑ Articles, reports, reports and news items by André Schulz, accessed on October 23, 2017
- ^ André Schulz: History of the Chess Candidates' tournaments: Small intrigues among grandmasters , Spiegel Online , March 10, 2016
- ↑ Frank Patalong : Interview on the 7th game of chess: "At some point the computers will be unbeatable" , Interview with André Schulz, Spiegel Online , October 17, 2002
- ↑ Janet König: James Bond plays chess the Lippische way , Lippische Landes-Zeitung , November 5, 2015
- ↑ Swantje Unterberg: Chess geniuses: Are they totally crazy? , Spiegel Online , March 24, 2016
- ^ DWZ index card - Andre Schulz in the DWZ database of the German Chess Federation , accessed on October 23, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulz, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |