Karl (chess magazine)
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| description | German chess magazine |
| publishing company | Karl publishing house |
| First edition | September 1984 |
| Frequency of publication | four times a year |
| Editor-in-chief | Harry Schaack |
| editor | Harry Schaack |
| Web link | karlonline.org |
| ISSN (print) | 1438-9673 |
KARL is a German chess magazine published by Karl-Verlag in Frankfurt am Main. In the subtitle, KARL describes itself as "The cultural chess magazine". In each issue, a key topic is examined in detailed articles under various aspects.
Scope and frequency of publication, authors
The KARL magazine appears four times a year with approx. 64 pages. The publisher and editor-in-chief is FIDE master Harry Schaack . The permanent team of authors includes respected chess masters and experts such as B. the chess programmer Christian Donninger and the chess historian Michael Ehn .
As of August 2006, KARL had a print run of 5000 copies. The 3/2008 edition also appeared in an English version with the same content. Since 2013 one issue has cost 6.00 euros, from issue 3/2018 the price is 7.50 euros.
History and name
KARL appeared from November 1984 as the club magazine of Schachfreunde Schöneck . Starting with issue 02/2001, the magazine was offered nationwide and changed its content profile and appearance accordingly.
According to the publisher, the name of the magazine is on the one hand the name of a club member and on the other hand stands as an acronym for “communication, views or autonomy, realities and laurel wreaths” - aspects with which the club identified itself. The name was chosen after a survey among the readers in the first edition.
Awards
- In 2014 the magazine KARL received the German Chess Prize of the German Chess Federation .
- In 2018, KARL received the Lasker Trophy from the Emanuel Lasker Society .
content
Each issue is devoted to very different aspects of a key topic in comprehensive articles. Issues on the following topics have been published or announced so far.
| output | main emphasis |
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| 2/2001 | Speed in chess |
| 3/2001 | Chess on the internet |
| 4/2001 | Child prodigies |
| 1/2002 | 125 years of the German Chess Federation |
| 2/2002 | The fisherman myth |
| 3/2002 | Chess League |
| 4/2002 | Computer chess |
| 1/2003 | Beauty in chess |
| 2/2003 | Dortmund Chess Days |
| 3/2003 | The first chess club |
| 4/2003 | On the defensive |
| 1/2004 | Collector |
| 2/2004 | Paul Keres |
| 3/2004 | Women chess |
| 4/2004 | Rivals |
| 1/2005 | 125 years of Hamburger SK |
| 2/2005 | Blind chess |
| 3/2005 | Mikhail Botvinnik |
| 4/2005 | Traditional Hastings tournament |
| 1/2006 | Chess and politics |
| 2/2006 | coincidence |
| 3/2006 | Aaron Nimzowitsch |
| 4/2006 | Chess in Paris |
| 1/2007 | tactics |
| 2/2007 | Wolfgang Unzicker |
| 3/2007 | Saale Chess Federation and Chess in Saxony-Anhalt |
| 4/2007 | Chess and music |
| 1/2008 | Emanuel Lasker |
| 2/2008 | Endgame |
| 3/2008 | Chess Olympiads in Germany |
| 4/2008 | World Championship Anand - Kramnik 2008 |
| 1/2009 | Chess and film |
| 2/2009 | Chess metropolis Vienna |
| 3/2009 | training |
| 4/2009 | Tigran Petrosian |
| 1/2010 | Chess and literature |
| 2/2010 | World Championship Anand - Topalow 2010 |
| 3/2010 | opening |
| 4/2010 | Chess in the Netherlands |
| 1/2011 | Chess in North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2/2011 | Chess Classic |
| 3/2011 | Anatoly Karpov |
| 4/2011 | Correspondence chess |
| 1/2012 | Chess in the Czech Republic |
| 2/2012 | World Championship Anand - Gelfand 2012 |
| 3/2012 | Chess and age |
| 4/2012 | style |
| 1/2013 | Amounted to |
| 2/2013 | School chess |
| 3/2013 | Akiba Rubinstein |
| 4/2013 | World Championship 2013 |
| 1/2014 | Chess composition |
| 2/2014 | motivation |
| 3/2014 | draw |
| 4/2014 | Chess and art |
| 1/2015 | Wolfgang Uhlmann |
| 2/2015 | History of chess theory |
| 3/2015 | Chess in New York |
| 4/2015 | Genius and madness |
| 1/2016 | The second row |
| 2/2016 | Chess and math |
| 3/2016 | Chess highlights in 1966 |
| 4/2016 | World Chess Championship 2016 |
| 1/2017 | Chess and captivity |
| 2/2017 | Chess in Berlin |
| 3/2017 | preparation |
| 4/2017 | Memorable games |
| 1/2018 | Adolf Anderssen and Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa for their 200th birthday |
| 2/2018 | Chess history in Frankfurt am Main |
| 3/2018 | Farmer |
| 4/2018 | World Chess Championship 2018 and chess history in London |
| 1/2019 | "Attacke" (attack game in chess) |
| 2/2019 | The FIDE |
| 3/2019 | Chess Olympiad Buenos Aires 1939 |
| 4/2019 | runner |
| 1/2020 | Vishy Anand |
| 2/2020 | Chess in London ("Good old London") |
Other more or less regular articles in the KARL magazine are:
- a brief overview of important events in the last few months and upcoming highlights ("What was" - "What will be"),
- Presentations of current chess masters (mostly beyond the sporting results),
- an extensively commented game of chess and
- detailed reviews.
Web links
- Homepage: KARL. The cultural chess magazine.
- Interview with KARL publisher Harry Schaack: "From the club's journal to the international Schachfeuilleton" (Glarean Magazin 2011)
- Laudation for the awarding of the German Chess Prize: (PDF document)