Uhlmann/Schmidt: Offene Linien Geschenkidee and enduring initiative

and enduring initiative

After losing the World Championship to Bobby Fischer

the first volume of The Magic of Chess Tactics by FIDE Master Claus Dieter Meyer and German Grandmaster Karsten Müller was extremely popular

traffic jams and waiting rooms

The middlegame is dissected and the critical decisions subjected to keen scrutiny – we are invited inside Stohl's laboratory to join him in the quest for the truth

Uhlmann/Schmidt: Offene Linien Geschenkidee and enduring initiativeExactly 25 years ago, this book was an absolute bestseller, which unfortunately only saw a single edition by the Sportverlag Berlin (East). The reason: co author and chess trainer Gerhard Schmidt had left the GDR for the West. So the title, which was considered an absolute insider tip in chess circles, especially because of its well founded and understandable presentation, was put on the index from then on. But the strategic theme of the open line and