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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Tale of German politicians and chess!


Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


Hi everyone,


A new book is creating quite a discussion in Germany, according to a nice article from www.chessbase.com. It is about two politicians, one a former chancellor of the country (1974 to 1982), the other quite plausibly a future chancellor (2013–), one 93 years old and razor sharp in his mind, the other, 64, a preeminent critic of global predatory capitalism. Both are chess players and the book uses a game motif on its cover.

"They are among the most important politicians of their generation, and they have a long-standing friendship. They stand for reliability, landmark decisions and clear, often uncomfortable positions. They meet – this time not to play chess, but to talk about the big policy issues that concern people currently. Go on read the full article! You can read the press release in German here.






Above is a historical picture of GM Lothar Schmid (arbiter in Fischer-Spassky 1972) playing a simul against members of the German parliament – right Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. The picture was taken on April 23, 1969.
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5 comments:

  1. Much talked about lately!

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  2. Alexis Cochran, New ZealandOctober 29, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    This is amazing all sorts of news about politicians and chess players wow amazing - we have kasparov, reeves, now these people - great maybe the world will finally be ruled by the sensible lot

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  3. are chess players sensible?

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  4. Kate Bentley, LondonOctober 29, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Interesting bit. My husband already got the book. I like to read stories about people in other walks of life playing chess.

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