Theo Schuster (chess player)

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Theo Schuster at a simultaneous performance in Merzhausen in 1968.

Theodor "Theo" Schuster (born April 3, 1911 in Gießen ; † September 1, 1998 ) was a German chess player and chess journalist .

Chess player

Schuster won the Württemberg championship eight times, for the first time in 1933 at the age of 22. Between 1948 and 1959 he took part in German championships six times, his best result in 1951 in Düsseldorf with a shared fourth place. His greatest success came in 1952 when he won the Salsomaggiore Terme chess tournament in Italy before the later International Master Alberto Giustolisi . In 1960 he took part in the zone tournament in Berg en Dal (municipality Berg en Dal , Netherlands), where he only finished in the last place in the table.

Schuster was called up three times for international matches in the German national team. Except in a competition in 1952 in Lucerne against Switzerland, he played at the European team championships both in the qualification in 1960 in Stockholm and in the final a year later in Oberhausen on the seventh board of the German team.

Schuster was a member of the Stuttgart chess club SK Cannstatt 1880 and played with it in the 1974/75 season in the top German division, the then four-track Bundesliga . At the age of 83 he joined his club in the Württemberg league and scored 5 points in 6 games.

His best historical rating was 2524, which he achieved in May 1952.

Chess journalist

From his professional training as a book printer and publishing clerk , Schuster was a very productive writer of chess books . From 1949 until the end of his life he reported every week for almost fifty years in the Schachecke of the Stuttgarter Zeitung . Some chess problems are known from him. He also published articles in many chess magazines, including in Schach-Echo .

For this work he was awarded the Media Prize of the German Chess Federation in Dortmund in 1984 .

Game example

Th. Schuster - Hans Karl
  a b c d e f G H  
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End position after 24.Ra4 +

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In the following game, Theo Schuster defeated Hans Karl with the white pieces in the 1957 Heilbronn tournament .

Th. Schuster - Hans Karl 1-0
Heilbronn, 1957
King's Gambit , C35
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Ne5 d5 7. Bxd5 Nxc3 8. Bxf7 + Kf8 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. 0–0 Bxe5 11. Ba3 + Kxf7 12. Qh5 + Kf6 13.Ra1 Bf5 14.Rxe5 Kxe5 15.Qf7 Qxd2 16.Bc1 Qxc1 17.Rxc1 Nc6 18.Re1 + Be4 19.Qxg7 + Kd5 20.Qf7 + Kc5 21.Rxe4 Rac8 22.Qc4 + Kb6 23.Qb3 + Ka6 24.Ra4 + 1: 0

Works (selection)

  • Chess openings. The most important beginnings of the game in chess , Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-440-03717-7 .
  • Learning to play chess , Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen / Taunus 1975, ISBN 3-8068-2002-3 .
  • The great chess masters of the twenties. The neuromantics from Reti to Nimzowitsch , Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1976.
  • Chess. The manual for beginners and experts , licensed edition for the New Swiss Library, Falken-Verlag, Niederhausen / Ts. 1977/1986.
  • (together with Anni Laakmann ) Chess for young people . Chess at Franckh, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-05007-6 .
  • Chess history , Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 1982.
  • Schachkuriosa , Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 1982.
  • Chess genius Fischer. His way to the world championship , Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 1982.
  • Unforgettable chess games. Fate of famous chess masters: From Morphy to Alekhine , Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 1983.
  • (together with H. Franke) Tips and tricks from chess tournaments. Opening notices from association leagues to World Cup matches , Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 1984.
  • When it was their turn ...? Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 1985.
  • Play chess successfully. Opening tactics of the tournament players today , Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 1985.
  • The endgame in chess , Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 1988.
  • Classic chess openings , Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen / Taunus 1990.
  • Chess dictionary , Ullstein-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1992.
  • New chess openings , Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen / Taunus 1996.
  • Chess, the royal game , Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen / Taunus 1998.

Web links

Commons : Theo Schuster  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Theo Schuster's results for qualifications for European team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Theo Schuster's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Theo Schuster's historical Elo numbers on chessmetrics.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Schuster, Theo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schuster, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess master and chess journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1998