Claus Dieter Meyer Memorial

Claus Dieter Meyer, who was born on August 1, 1946, in Bremen, was a chess enthusiast in the best sense. After working as an insurance broker, he decided to pursue a career in chess, and worked as a freelance chess journalist for various magazines and soon gained a reputation as an excellent analyst, author and chess trainer. He also was a strong player who played for Werder Bremen in the 1. and 2. Bundesliga. Here is a quick win that shows his tactical abilities.

Meyer wrote a number of books about various chess topics and published three ChessBase DVDs in cooperation with Karsten Müller: Magic of Chess Tactics, Magic of Chess Tactics 2, and Magical Chess Endgames, which appeared posthumously.

On top of that he worked as a translator and made works such as Alexander Kotov's Think Like a Grandmaster and Kotov's Play Like a Grandmaster, or John Nunn's Tactical Chess Endings and Nunn's The Najdorf for the Tournament Player more accessible to German chess fans.

For many years Meyer also worked as a trainer in Hamburg and Bremen and helped many young German players to develop. He was extremely popular, and most people amicably called him "CD" though everyone knew who was meant. His passion for chess was infectious and inspired his students and many others.

Photo: Werder Bremen

To honour "CD" his club SV Werder Bremen now organizes "The C.D. Meyer Memorial", a 9-round Swiss with 22 players that will take place from October 10 to October 18. With five Grandmasters and a number of titleholders the field is strong. Top seeds are Alexander Donchenko and Romain Edouard.

Players

No.		Name	FideID	Country	Elo	Club/City
1	GM	Donchenko,Alexander	24603295	GER	2654	SF Deizisau
2	GM	Edouard,Romain	633429	FRA	2645	SAbt SV Werder Bremen
3	GM	Papp,Gabor	718602	HUN	2602	BCA Augsburg
4	GM	Kollars,Dmitrij	12909572	GER	2585	SF Deizisau
5	GM	Fier,Alexandr	2107139	BRA	2560
6	IM	Johansson,Linus	1711113	SWE	2493	FC Bayern München e.V.
7	IM	Zwirs,Nico	1036432	NED	2453	Hamburger SK
8	IM	Lubbe,Nikolas	4694031	GER	2443	SF Neuberg
9		Grigorian,Spartak	24661490	GER	2405	SAbt SV Werder Bremen
10		Reuker,Jari	12909300	GER	2401	SAbt SV Werder Bremen
11	FM	Rafiee,Makan	24609340	GER	2334	FC Bayern München e.V.
12	IM	Pajeken,Jakob Leon	12942839	GER	2332	SG Turm Kiel von 1910
13	FM	Köllner,Ruben Gideon	12993093	GER	2330	SF Deizisau
14	WGM	Papp,Sarah	24606812	GER	2327	Hamburger SK von 1830 eV
15	FM	Schulze,Lara	12956830	GER	2314	SAbt SV Werder Bremen
16		Wachinger,Nikolas	12962791	GER	2304	SAbt SV Werder Bremen
17	FM	Coll Ortega,Jordi	2281015	ESP	2268	SV Werder Bremen
18	WGM	Lubbe,Melanie	4690745	GER	2254	SF Neuberg
19		Colbow,Collin	16201132	GER	2210	SAbt SV Werder Bremen
20		Kardoeus,David	12912050	GER	2197	SAbt SV Werder Bremen
21	FM	Steffens,Olaf	4630564	GER	2171	SV Werder Bremen
22		Payyappat,Sreyas	46674969	IND	2163	Hannover 96