Kaissiber
| Kaissiber
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| description | German chess magazine |
| language | German Italian |
| First edition | 1996 |
| Editor-in-chief | Stefan Bücker |
| editor | Stefan Bücker |
| executive Director | Stefan Bücker |
| Web link | kaissiber.de |
| ISSN (print) | 0948-3217 |
Kaissiber is a German chess magazine that was published from 1996 to 2010 by Stefan Bückers . The title is a play on words between Caissa and Kassiber .
Publisher, editor and editor-in-chief is the magazine's founder, FIDE master Stefan Bücker. He had previously worked as an editor for the chess report for several years (the magazine was included in the competition paper Schach at the end of 1996 ).
In contrast to other chess magazines, the focus is not on reporting on current tournaments, but on opening theory . Mostly less common opening systems, rare gambits , etc. are dealt with. The journal also contains articles on chess history and reviews .
Maurits Wind (Netherlands) was editor and collaborator from Kaissiber issue 22 (January 2006) to issue 37 (April 2010). He made various theoretical contributions (e.g. about the Halloween Gambit ) and supported Stefan Bücker in the analysis of unusual chess openings. Chess journalist Alfred Diel reported on the careers of historical chess masters in the column “From Past Times”. The Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen was one of the regular employees . In the first few years, the programmer Christian Donninger made regular contributions on aspects of computer chess . Other Kaissiber employees were Peter Anderberg, Klaus Kögler , Lev Gutman , Michiel Wind (Singapore), Gerard Welling (Netherlands), Adrian Harvey (Great Britain), Volker Hergert (Switzerland) and Michael Ehn (Austria).
Four booklets in DIN-C5 format were published each year, sometimes with interruptions . The magazine has not been published since April – June 2010 (No. 37). The last edition was 5400 copies. Since the beginning of 2007 there has also been an edition in Italian.