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December 2016

Kachelofenprobleme

Our German member from Forchheim, Rudolf Glenk has again released a small book in a beautiful bibliophilic get-up:  
Kachelofenprobleme [Tiled Stove Problems]
- 2nd revised and corrected edition.

Read more in our column New Chess Literature.

PS (23-12-2016): A new biographical article by Michael Negele has just been published on the DSB website, it deals with Richard Teichmann who was born 148 years ago right on this day:
Genug des Stumpfsinns, Remis ... Richard der Fünfte kam aus Altenburg.

Paul Schmidt biography

Bob van de Velde, Jim and Regina Magacs, Michael Negele in Binghamton, NY
Bob van de Velde, Jim and Regina Magacs, Michael Negele in Binghamton, NY

The Paul Schmidt biography by Anthony Gillam and Michael Negele - we have mentioned it several times - is still in preparation. On their trip to the USA Bob van de Velde and Michael Negele paid a visit to Jim and Regina Magacs in Binghamton, NY - the latter is a daughter of Paul Schmidt and she will also provide an English translation of the German part of the book.

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