André Schulz

André Schulz, started working for ChessBase in 1991, and has been the lead editor of the German ChessBase chess news site since 1997. André Schulz is also involved with ChessBase Magazine and assists with FritzTrainer DVDs. Together with IM Oliver Reeh, he regularly presents the program "TV ChessBase" since 2003, every Friday from 17:00. 

Recent news

Spanish Team Championship: first top match ends with a draw

9/24/2020 – The Spanish team championship started yesterday in Linares. In the Division de Honor, eight teams play a round robin tournament for the title. Favourites are the teams Duochess Beniajan, Silla Bosch Serinsys and Andreu Paterna. In round 1 Silla and Paterna drew against each other while Beniajan scored a clear 4½-1½ win against Collada Villalba though top board David Navara suffered a surprising defeat. | Photo: Feda

Bundesliga Championship, Round 3: Baden-Baden dominates

9/18/2020 – The OSG Baden-Baden is the clear favourite to win the Bundesliga Championship 2020, and they score better and better: in round 1 they won 6½-1½ against Deizisau, in round 2 they scored a 7-1 win against Bavaria Munich, which they followed up with a 7½-½ victory against SF Berlin in round 3. The only other team that could win all three matches is the SC Viernheim. | Photos: Christian Bossert

The Bundesliga Championship, Round 1: Favourite OSG Baden-Baden has a good start

9/17/2020 – The Bundesliga Championship in Karlsruhe is an over-the-board team tournament, in which eight teams with eight players each play for the title of German Team Champion 2020. Clear favourite is the team of OSG Baden-Baden which has no less than seven +2700 players in its line-up. In round 1 the OSG showed how determined they are to win this event. | Photos: Christian Bossert

Champions Showdown Chess 9LX: Carlsen and Nakamura share first place

9/14/2020 – Before the third and final day of the Champions Showdown Chess 9LX Online Tournament Levon Aronian was sole first but he scored only 1.0/3 from his last three games, and that allowed Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura to pass the Armenian and to share first place. On Tuesday, September 15, Nakamura and Carlsen will continue they rivalry in the Rapid & Blitz tournament.

Chess & Jazz in Berlin: An interview with Clemens Lotz

9/11/2020 – Chess and jazz are both cool and go well together. Once a month the musician and chess fan Clemens Lotz brings chess players and live jazz music together in Berlin Kreuzberg, thus reviving the tradition of Berlin chess cafés. The next Chess & Jazz event will take place on September 17, 2020. | Photo: Lukas Diller

GM Dmitry Svetushkin (1980-2020)

9/11/2020 – Last Friday, September 4, 2020, Dmitry Svetushkin died. The Moldovan Grandmaster played ten times for his country at chess Olympiads and was also an active and renowned trainer. He was 40 years old. | Photo: Andreas Kontokanis, Wikipedia

David Anton and Sabrina Vega win Spanish Championships

9/9/2020 – Before the 9th and last round of the Spanish Championship Alexei Shirov was sole first with 8.0/9, but in the last round he lost with Black against Jaime Santos. This allowed David Anton, who won against Manuel Perez, to pass Shirov to become Spanish National Champion 2020. Sabrina Vega won the Women's Championship, it was her seventh title.

Spanish Championship, Round 8: Shirov wins top encounter

9/8/2020 – In round eight of the Spanish Championship the two leaders, Ivan Salgado and Alexei Shirov, played against each other. Shirov won and is now sole first with 7.0/8 and with one round to go he has good chances to become Spanish Champion 2020. | Photos: Patricia Claros/ Feda

Spanish Championship: Shirov catches up

9/7/2020 – In the top match of the Spanish championship, tournament leader Ivan Salgado drew with David Anton. In the match of the pursuers Alexei Shirov defeated Salvador del Rio de Angelis and caught up to Salgado. They now share the lead with 6.0/7 each.

Gudmundur Kjartansson wins Icelandic Championship

9/5/2020 – The 107th Icelandic Chess Championship took place in the last week of August. It was an over-the-board single round robin tournament with ten participants. Gudmundur Kjartansson won his third national title. Bragi Thorfinnsson and Helgi Ass Greatarsson finished a half point behind. | Photos: Icelandic Chess Federation

Wroclaw wins the 2020 Polish Team Championship

9/4/2020 – The Polish Ekstraliga took place in Krakow from August 26 to September 3. The team from Wroclaw won the event despite losing in the eighth round against Katowice, their closest pursuers. Katowice finished a match point behind the new champions, while the team from Gorzow finished third. | Photo: Official site

Donchenko and Saric share first place in Skalica

9/3/2020 – At the grandmaster tournament in Skalica, Slovakia, Alexander Donchenko and Ivan Saric shared first place on 7½ out of 9 points. While Saric finished undefeated with six wins and three draws, Donchenko, who incidentally was defeated by Saric in round 4, obtained seven wins, drew once and lost once. | Photos: Amruta Mokal / Sophie Nikoladze

September FIDE ratings

9/1/2020 – FIDE’s world ranking has mostly stagnated since the beginning of the corona crisis and the cessation of over-the-board tournaments, especially at the top level. The best in the world have been playing, but only unrated online rapid tournaments. Nevertheless, a few “real” tournaments have taken place lately. | Pictured: Luis Engel, winner of the German Individual Championship | Photo: Frank Hoppe

David Navara wins Czech National Championship

9/1/2020 – The Czech Republic is in the process of returning to normality after the corona crisis. Last week the Czech National Championships were held as over-the-board tournaments in Pilsen, without face masks nor Plexiglas walls. Rating favourite David Navara won the 9-round event after collecting 7½ points. | Photos: Official site

A new chess film: Critical Thinking

8/27/2020 – A new chess film will be released soon: Critical Thinking. The film tells the story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team, which was the first inner city team to win the US National Chess Championship despite incredible adversity, motivated by a dedicated teacher. It was directed by John Leguizamo.

The successful Hamburg School of Chess

8/26/2020 – The young German grandmasters are making headlines with their successes. Some players come from the successful “Hamburg Grandmaster’s Forge”, but it is not only young players who have obtained the grandmaster title there. | Photo: Frank Hoppe

An interview with Anna Muzychuk

8/11/2020 – Anna Muzychuk is not only one of the best chess players in the world, she is also very charming. A short time before the outbreak of the Corona pandemic she visited the ChessBase office in Hamburg with Elisabeth Pähtz to record a video about the Taimanov Variation but also found time for a short interview about her career and her life as a chess professional.

Ian Gillan (Deep Purple): "Chess is great for your mind!"

8/10/2020 – Ian Gillan is the singer of the legendary rock band "Deep Purple" which recently released their 21st album, called "Whoosh!". In an interview with the German newspaper "Lübecker Nachrichten", Gillan, who will turn 75 on August 19, 2020, revealed his passion for chess.
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