Nightsurfer: <mack> and <nummerzwei> ... and to <the rest of us ...>FM Vladimir Budde WAS an outstanding German player and chess teacher - his excentric (... sometimes ... ) personality notwithstanding.
Unfortunately I have to put that "WAS" in capital letters ... since today I have the sad duty to communicate the sudden and unexpected passing away of FM Vladimir Budde at age 58 on August 8th, 2011 at Aachen, Germany.
Vladimir Budde has won the Open Championship of The Netherlands at Dieren in 1983. He has played in the German Federal League, 1st and 2nd Division. He has published several books on chess. By turning to Vladimir Budde's biography at Wikipedia, you will find a list of his publications: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim...
Not enough with that: Vladimir Budde was one of the pioneers of introducing Chinese Chess "XiangQi" to Germany. He has published a German language manual on Chinese Chess: "Chinesisches Schach. Spiel-Mythos-Kultur ", Beyer Edition, Hollfeld 1985.
Herewith some further information on that book: http://www.math.uni-magdeburg.de/~r...
Used copies of the book can still be purchased at Amazon.de and so on, just check out the web.
Vladimir Budde has even created a new design for Chinese Chess "XiangQi" in order to make that ancient strategic game more accessible for Non-Chinese people.
Vladimir Budde was not only a chess player and author, but a popular chess teacher as well. And he had other interests beyond the narrow boundaries of the Little Universe of 64 Squares: He has published a book on chemistry ("Chemie-Gerüst", 1st edition 1986, 14th edition 1996), and he was an active member of the circles of artists in Aachen.
Herewith a German-language epitaph that has been published on the website of the "Schachverein Wuerselen 1926 e. V.", the last club of the late Vladimir Budde: http://schachverein-wuerselen.de/in...
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