9/21/2023 – The French Defence is very popular and is considered a solid opening for Black. How do you manage to gain an advantage with White against it? What are typical plans and how do you remember which idea to use and when? What should you know about the complex positions? German WGM Jana Schneider answers these questions on this video course. An expert practitioner of the Advance Variation with both colours, she shows typical plans and ideas to turn the space advantage in the centre into a victory.

6/7/2022 – German WGM Jana Schneider is conducting an experiment on cognitive perception for her bachelor’s thesis at the University of Würzburg. The question is whether one can process chess positions faster in 2D or 3D. If you would like to take part, you can find out more here! | Photo: Frank Hoppe

4/11/2021 – The Kader-Challenge came to an end on Sunday. Draws were seen on all boards in the men’s section. At the top of the table finished Alexander Donchenko, Dmitrij Kollars, Matthias Bluebaum and Daniel Fridman, each with 5½ points, with Donchenko getting tournament victory on tiebreak criteria. Meanwhile, in the women’s tournament, Jana Schneider drew Elisabeth Paehtz with the black pieces and thus remained half a point ahead of her last-round opponent in the final standings. | Photos: Sandra Schmidt, Frank Hoppe

8/25/2020 – On his DVD “King’s Indian: A modern approach”, Victor Bologan presents a complete repertoire for those wanting to try their hand at the exciting King’s Indian Defence. Jana Schneider watched the DVD to prepare this opening. Here is her opinion about the DVD.