Miscellaneous

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: 1995 (05.2024)
    • best ELO this century so far: 2070 (05.2011)
  • Schachbund DWZ: 1903 (05.2024)
    • best DWZ this century so far: 1980 (Aachen 05.2001)
• 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”

https://www.schachlich.de

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”

https://www.schachlich.de

• technical design of photo blog about Maastricht (Limburg, Netherlands)

https://www.miemestreech.nl

• 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)