The European Championship in Sweden 1992

1) “Preliminary skirmish” There is only one little story to tell about this European Championship. And it goes like this: Micha was my partner. We struggled the whole 91/92 season. There was no luck — or was I just incapable of perceiving it? We just managed to hold on. Michael Friedrich tormented us throughout with…

The 1988 European Championship in Germany

The European Championships were gradually upgraded, or, if you want to put it spitefully, the commercialisation was more and more in the foreground and the paying spectators were far from being lured to the limits of their financial capacity. Final tournaments were organised, with 8 participants, two groups of four teams each, i.e. 6 games…

The 1980 European Championship

My passion for chess – and with it both abilities and illusions – had reached its peak that year. Although I had missed the Berlin Championship for the second time under unusual — one could also say tragic — circumstances, there were only slight doubts about my special abilities, and if there were any, then…