Thomas Pähtz, sometimes spelled Paehtz (born 4 September 1956) is a German

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Grandmaster (GM, 1990) who two times won East Germany Chess Championship (1988, 1990) and won

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(1993).

Biography

Pähtz was three co-winners at

s, twice in the East Germany (1988 with Lutz Espig and 1990 with Raj Tischbierek), most recently in 1993 together with

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. In 1988 Thomas Pähtz belonged to the

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to the East Germany team and played at first reserve board (+0 =2 −1). Pähtz works as a chess trainer and directs the ''Schachschule'' (Kerspleben). Among other students, he has been training his daughter

Elisabeth Pähtz Elisabeth Pähtz (born January 8, 1985, sometimes spelt Elisabeth Paehtz) is a German chess Grandmaster.Chess Bundesliga The term Chess Bundesliga () normally refers to the premier league of team chess in Germany established in 1980. It is arguably the strongest league of its kind and attracts many high-rated grandmasters. Austria also has a Bundesliga for chess, u ...

Pähtz played in the 1990/91 season for the ''SF Dortmund-Brackel'', from 1991 to 1993 for the ''SV Erfurt West'', for which he 2001 to 2003 (under the club name ''Erfurter SK'') played again. In 1994 he took part in the

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with ''PSV Duisburg''. In the 2014/15 season he played for ''Ilmenauer SV'', since 2017 he has been a member of ''TSV Bindlach-Aktär''. In the Austrian Chess Bundesliga he played from 2002 to 2004 for ''ESV Austria Graz'', with whom he became 2003 team champion, in the Belgian interclub from 2003 to 2005 for the second team of ''KSK 47 Eynatten'', with whose first team he took part in the 2003 European Chess Club Cup.OlimpBase :: European Men's Chess Club Cup :: Thomas Pähtz
/ref> In the Luxembourg National Chess Division he played until 2003 for the team of ''Gambit Bonnevoie'', with which he won Team Championships in 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2003, and competed in the European Chess Club Cup three times (1993, 1998, 2001). From 2003 to 2006 he played for ''De Sprénger Echternach'', with which he won Luxembourg Chess Team Championship in 2005 and 2006. In May 2002, the

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thanked him and acknowledged him in the form of an honorary certificate.Ehrenurkunden des Deutschen Schachbundes
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