Part 1: The Biography
The first steps
Chess
Me and footballer? Chess is my vocation! (1973)
A relatively steep ascent (1973-1977)
First tournament success, cash prize! (1974)
Chess for money
Study or chess pro? (1978-1982)
Dortmund (1980)
Biel – Badalona – London (1980)
Graz — Junior Team World Championship (1981)
Krosno – an upcoming and an ex-World Champion (1981)
A first bet (1982)
Klausen – first odds (1982)
San Bernardino – more bets (1982)
Zurich at the turn of the year – what kind of game? (1982)
Backgammon
Move to Fribourg (1983)
Playing or studying? (1983)
Yamboss and the weekly Chouette (1983)
Backgammon books, Koblenz (1983)
Black Jack
Edward E. Thorpe (1983)
Two blocks of diamonds and a calculator (1983-1984)
Blackjack, Backgammon, Roulette or Chess?
The first visit to a casino (1984)
And many more… (1984)
Born to be lucky? (1984)
Berlin for the first time – the first time I really lost (1984)
Earning money is only possible with work,
so continue learning, studying (1984)
Move to Hamburg, the chess café (1984)
Munich (1984)
Bad Aibling, chess, girls but nothing to eat (1984)
Back to Berlin (1984)
4000 DM in one night (1984)
Ibiza and Jackpot Guido (1984)
The First Backgammon Tournament, Hamburg (1984)
My Black Jack Programme (1985)
The Chess Café in Berlin (1985)
A first serious attempt with Black Jack (1985)
Horst — Hamburg – Roulette – Berlin (1985)
BEM and Monika, Rommée (1985)
A summer fairy tale (1985)
Tournament preparation
Monte Carlo
A real professional…
The “Last Chance
After the tournament
Running away from luck
St.Tropez, Nice, Paris
Hanover, Berlin, exactly par
Only Backgammon – unless Black Jack (1985-1986)
Moneygame in Zurich, Ekstremovitsch
A real adventure : Zurich – Cologne – Frankfurt (1985)
Backgammon tournaments
Hamburg
St.Tropez
Monte Carlo
Pörtschach
Gstaad
Berlin
The Harley Man (1986)
The first football programme
Victory for reason? (1986)
A retraining programme
Still: As much backgammon as possible
Chess – always Bundesliga, Hamburg and Britta
Career start
The 3 years of SEL (1987-1990)
All major tournaments played
Monte Carlo – The Germans clean up (1988)
Two attacks at Black Jack
Liberski and my brother (1988-1989)
Nevertheless: Backgammon is not my profession (1989)
Football bets on the 1988 European Championship
Thank you, Marco van Basten
Professional and married life? Nothing for me
All just a game?
My breakthrough with the football programme (1990)
The Football World Cup (1990)
Resignation and final career choice (1990)
Divorce (1991)
How do I use my programme?
Off to Austria (1991)
Theoretical Betting (1991)
He who will not hear must feel? (1991-1992)
Sport-Bild – I as a Prophet (1992)
Dirk Paulsen vs. Max Merkel (1992)
The games in the late years
Scheveningen – Black Jack (1996)
Comeback attempt Backgammon (1995-1996)
Football betting
Big Wins – Big Losses (1991-2008)
In a Trance (1993)
The whole thing from a woman’s perspective
Katja (1976-77)
Angie (1978-81)
Männix (1982-83)
Is that what you call sowing your wild oats? (1983-85)
Britta (1984-??)
Ilona (1985-1988)
Yüksel (1989-1991)
Elena (1991-1993)
Annette (1993-1999)
Vinka (1999-2008)
Children, children (1994-1998-2002)
