International Women's Chess Festival in Erfurt
6/6/2014 – "They are prettier, they dress better and have a much
stronger fighting spirit," said GM Thomas Pähtz, when asked why he was
organizing this big chess festival for women in eastern Germany in late
August. For some reason he missed "photogenic". Thomas, a well-known
chess trainer, is the father of the top German female, Elisabeth, who
sent us this pre-tournament report.