interests and work besides physics and IT
mathematics
- my favourite popular scientific book on mathematics: “Welt-Formeln: 17 Mathematische Gleichungen, die Geschichte machten“, Rowohlt Verlag 2014 (English: “Seventeen Equations that Changed the World”, Basic Books 2012) by Ian Stewart
- term paper: “Transzendenz der Zahl e”, S. Hermann
- term paper: “Auswahlaxiom, Zornsches Lemma und Wohlordnungssatz”, U. Liebe and S. Hermann
education
- bachelor thesis: “Analyse von Computerspielen im Hinblick auf schulische Anwendung”, S. Hermann
- developmental psychology by Jean Piaget
private interests
chess
- my ratings
- FIDE ELO: 1962 (04.2022)
- best ELO so far: 2070 (05.2011)
- Schachbund DWZ: 1879 (04.2022)
- best DWZ so far: 1980 (Aachen 05.2001)
- FIDE ELO: 1962 (04.2022)
- my participation in tournaments
- best DWZ performance so far was 2256 (Landesliga Nord BSV 2018/19)
- recent success: club champion 2018/19 in chess club SF Neureut
- greatest success: finished 16th rank in Nordrhein-Westfalen EM U20 1991
- chess training links and hints
- active member of club SC uBu
- passive member of club SF Neureut
- my own chess blog “s(ch)achlich”
exchange
- Finished 1st rank in 7th Business Game Exchange by Sparkasse in 1988 in Heinsberg
creative work
- painting
- photography
- drawing etc. (like this self portrait 2015)
blogging and webpages
- operating the chess blog “s(ch)achlich”
- technical design of photo blog about Maastricht (Limburg, Netherlands)
- contributing to blog of chess club SC uBu
- technics and design of other webpages
nederlands
- opstel De Nieuwe Generatie, S. Hermann (Aachen, 1998)
- opstel Vrouwen en werk, S. Hermann (Aachen, 1998)
parlour games
- advanced player of connect four
- advanced player of “Die Siedler von Catan” (finished 15th rank in First German Championship 1998)