Paul Tröger Explained

Paul Tröger
Country:	Germany
Birth Date:	28 June 1913
Birth Place:	Augsburg, Germany
Death Place:	Cologne, Germany

Paul Tröger (28 June 1913 – 20 January 1992) was a German chess player and sport journalist, West Germany Chess Championship winner (1957).

Biography

Paul Tröger won three medals in West Germany Chess Championship: gold (1957),^[1] silver (1949)^[2] and bronze (1961).^[3] He won international chess tournaments in Kirchheim unter Teck (1947) and Kapfenberg (1955, shared 1st place with Karl Robatsch).

Paul Tröger played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiads:^[4]

• In 1958, at second board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+4, =3, -5),
• In 1962, at fourth board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+4, =5, -3).

Paul Tröger played for West Germany in the European Team Chess Championships:^[5]

• In 1961, at fifth board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship in Oberhausen (+0, =5, -3),
• In 1965, at sixth board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship in Hamburg (+1, =2, -2).

Also Paul Tröger played for West Germany in Clare Benedict Chess Cup (1958, 1962-1963, 1969) and in team competition won 2 gold (1962, 1963) and 2 bronze (1958, 1969) medals.^[6] With chess club SG Porz he three times won Chess Bundesliga (1967, 1979, 1982) and two times participated in European Chess Club Cup.^[7]

In the period from 1951 to 1955 Paul Tröger was the editor-in-chief of sports magazine Kicker. Later he was the editor of the publications in football magazine Fußball-Woche and chess magazine Deutschen Schachblätter. In 1985, Paul Tröger received the media prize of the German Chess Union.

Literature

• Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt: eine Zeitungsgeschichte. München: Inst. f. Zeitungswissenschaft an d. Univ. München; Zeitungswiss. Vereinigung in Komm. 1937.
• Mein Schach-Lesebuch: Kommentare, Glossen, Portraits, Partien. Bamberg: Bamberger Schachverlag 1983.
• Aus meinen Tagebüchern. Hollfeld: Beyer [1987]. .
• Angriff und Gegenspiel: Pläne, Pointen, Pleiten. Stuttgart: Franckh 1987. .
• Danke Partner, für Deinen Fehler!: Schach, Matt, Patt – auch Meister können straucheln. Stuttgart: Franckh 1989. .

External links

• • Paul Tröger chess games at 365chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: TeleSchach / Historische Turniere in Deutschland / Bad Neuenahr 1957. www.teleschach.de.
2. Web site: TeleSchach / Historische Turniere in Deutschland / Bad Pyrmont 1949. www.teleschach.de.
3. Web site: TeleSchach / Historische Turniere in Deutschland / Bad Pyrmont 1961. www.teleschach.de.
4. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Paul Tröger. www.olimpbase.org.
5. Web site: OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Paul Tröger. www.olimpbase.org.
6. Web site: OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Paul Tröger. www.olimpbase.org.
7. Web site: OlimpBase :: European Men's Chess Club Cup :: Paul Tröger. www.olimpbase.org.