1950 April 11th, 12:00 (in Certificate!): Premature birth in Germany, 6 weeks fight for survival:

       Alternating night watches by both parents to monitor my breathing...

 Links: → ❤ Click the pics! :-)

1951 "Very early walking + talking" (Mother). A "portable walkie-talkie"! :-)

1952 The very oldest memory: at the kitchen table, with mother nearby, tiny toys in a black and gold Chinese(!) tea tin... 無

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        Oldest memories: many in the first parents' house in Luisenthal/Völklingen

        before moving to grandfather's house, clear(!) memory of the eve of his death †29.11.1952(!).

1953 New house + beautiful, elongated garden with various fruit trees, sandbox, fish tank, at the beginning also chickens.

1955 Test to early enrollment - but physically too fragile - after surgery with sepsis.

1956 ff. Elementary school, Saar Dialect → High German. Our teacher sometimes played the violin! ¯

        Brother Günther, 9 years older: Boogie! Rock 'n Roll! Belafonte's Calypso! ¯

1959 'First Love': Rösli

1960 - 68: Einstein-School Völklingen/Saarland (9 grades, 8 y.). French, Latin. Chess with father + brother + friends.

1960 Meningitis, headaches for 4 years: reading painful. But the blessings of Classic music!¯ Mozart, Beethoven, Bach! ¯

1964 Chess club!

1965 College level: Math / Physics branch, pocket money by teaching Calculus + complex numbers…

1965 - 68: 1^st Girl friend! [Beate

       Track & Fields! 'Anti-gravity experiment'. :-)

        Local chess champion.

        Reading Einstein & Freud, Philosophers, modern textbooks on General Psychology. Final decision for…

1968 University: ...Psychology + Philosophy! Self-taught English 1: reading.

1969 Higher statistics, Variance + Factor analysis. First publication! [Elke

1970 Bachelor level exams.  & Methodenkritisches Experiment zum Semantischen Differential.

        Relationship [Gertraud

1971 1^st Marriage(!)

1972 Master level exams.

       Encountering the deep wisdom of Dàodéjīng 道 德 經 by Lǎozĭ  老子.

        ❤ Father †,       &      Niece Kerstin * ❤

1973 & Untersuchungen zur Zahlenfolgeninduktion.

        Psychologist at 22(!) → beautiful Münster!

1974 Mother † → Doctorate postponed: specialized education Vocational Psychology for all kinds of challenged fellow human beings... → 1982!

        & Einige Lerneffekte bei Aufgaben zur Zahlenfolgeninduktion.

1975 Scientific and other publications.

1977 ff. Children ❤❤, family life.

        Problem solving championship in German + Austrian (IQ-) MENSA (win). More chess publications.

1977 ff. Experimental research for doctorate: early using Trimodal factor analysis. Prof. Peter R. Orlik + Prof. Werner H. Tack.

1978 ff. Founder of Internat. Chess prize → "Wenigsteiner-Jahrespreis".

        03/10 Scientific encounter (Prof. Claus, Informatik, univ. Dortmund) with legendary former World Chess champions → Botvinnik

        (and Estrin, Correspondence Chess).

        Das Patt im Wenigsteiner.

1979 Consulting: companies + authorities... Research in → Gorgeous Mittenwald, highest(!) German village!

1980 Scientist, opinion research in famous Institute Allensbach at Lake Constance (Prof. Noelle-Neumann!). Internat. Symposia.

1981 Internat. Chess problem solving in Andernach: Win ahead world champion, Prof. H. Axt. Prizes for chess compositions.

       Regional blitz chess champion. Simultaneous chess exhibitions.

      

1982 Ästhetik des Denkens.

        & 395 Zuglängenrekorde.  & Orthodoxe Zuglängenrekorde im Wenigsteiner - Anhang.

        ff. Career change: from science to Dr. of Psychology for ~30,000 clients: all kinds of challenged fellow human beings:

        physical + mental disabilities, accidents, diseases: ability tests + deep talks, rehabilitation + new educations(!) paid by the German government.

1983 Official in higher service. Poetry publications in Berlin with my 'sister' ❤ → Edna!

        100 Classics of the Chessboard. & 100 merkwürdige Wenigsteiner. & Das Vielväterproblem. & 100 Klassische Wenigsteiner.

1984 [X.  Tai Chi! 太極拳; 太极拳; Tàijíquán...

       [Hanna in Berlin.

1985 ...[Marianne → Paris....  太极拳 with Chinese master.

1985 - 91 [Maria ‘Common law’ marriage + family life → Aachen = 'Aix-la-Chapelle': main residence of Charlemagne(!): still best friend ❤

→ inside! & outside!

1986 1125 Zuglängenrekorde.

1987 200 Ausgewählte Schachaufgaben. & Hauchzart. & Achilles-Verse. & Wir-Gefühle. & Mensch-einwärts. & Weibliche Logik.

1988 & Kronjuwelen. & Kleinode.

1989 Das Vielväterproblem.

1990 ff. Author: Books, articles, short stories, poems - by 3 pen names: → Ebert → Klaus → Alquiros.

1992 ff. Two Book Series (4 in "Four men only" + 5 in "He-Chess") & Rekorde-Datenbank im Wenigsteiner.

        Chess articles + collections. ~1000 chess compositions / prizes.

        09/24: → Peter Ustinov in Aachen! With talk + exchange of booklets.

1993 - 94 Scientist [S., Asia. ❤

1994 [Marianne². [Monika.

1995 [Dorothea.

       [Gisela, Salzburg/Austria.

        Top Helpmates. Kombiniere Matt. & Neue Rekorde-Datenbank im Wenigsteiner.

1996 Polyglot Dr. med. [Sabine, Lake of Constance.

       Moderne Kleinkunst. [M.

1997 Kegelschach.                       → Mate in 9 moves!

             Hotel manager [Annette ❤, Düsseldorf + Aachen.

1999 2^nd Marriage in Las Vegas(!).

2000 → *50. = Last(!) Simultaneous chess exhibition: →

        First contact with (Ex-) World champion Garri Kasparov in his extremely strong simul (40) in Frankfurt!

        無 ‘Tao of Wisdom Project’: New, deeper Dàodéjīng 道 德 經 studies, literature, 2 books + comprehensive website:

        on the most translated book ever(!) (except of the bible).

2001 Early Helpmates.

       New house in Düsseldorf, Hotel ownership participation.

2002 Simul Draw(!) with → world champion challenger Shirov! Celebrating his 30^th birthday, 3 hours' talk.

       1000 Väter.

       In 2 cities... hotel life ('more hotel than life')... → Separation! → Divorce...

       Back to Beautiful Aachen! ... [D. + [Georgette + [K. "European-African-Asian Year"...

       Finally... The Miracle...

        → Love of my life: [Lilian Asuncion Alquiros 💕 Look into the common future!

2003 Family Christmas + New Year's Eve in New Jersey, USA.

2004 3^rd Marriage 💕! Start to ~ 20 Vacations in all best European places!

        Favorites: Malta ❤, Venice ❤, Barcelona ❤! Rome/Vatican, Sylt, Berlin, Munich, Prague, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Salzburg, Athens...

2005 Online publication projects. Long-standing interest in cosmology, relativity and quantum physics.

        Ontology, Eastern + Western Philosophy of Nothingness 無.

2006 Minimalkunst im Schach.

2008 Self-taught English 2: writing...

        Das Tao der Weisheit. 道 德 經 Chinese-German. Bilingual: literal, analogous, poetical. 548 pp.

2009 The Tao of Wisdom. 道 德 經 Chinese-English-German, trilingual(!): 600 pp.

2010 Planning the Philippines: 4 x to, 3 x fro...(!): 2 vacations + 1 birthday surprise + the big move!

2011 Fabel-Schach / 'Fabel 2.0' online.

2013 Retirement - Still heart-warming contacts to several assistants!

2013 Philippines! ❤ “Cool” Lucban ❤ / Quezon Province. Self-taught(!) English 3 (speaking fluently).

2014 Lucban History Book by Prof. Sanz (one of a kind!) rediscovered, extremely rare copies/USA, donations → Mayor + Town!

2014 Dream house ❤ + Garden ❤ at the foot of the Banahaw Volcano...

        ... in the beautiful → Lukban Highlands!

2016 道 Poetic(!) Dàodéjīng 道 德 經 translations ❤, German and English, new:

        a) with bold-typed corresponding Chinese characters(!),

        b) comparison of the 6 ancient source texts by colors(!).

2018 'Patchwork body, Porsche engine' :-) 4 more survivals 7^th-10^{th =} Cancer² surgery & Iatrogenic diseases(!):

        Multi-resistant bacteria + septic shock from ICU!), bradycardia <35 heartbeats/min. for 1 year (from 2 medications!). Prepared...

        Grave No 17 (my favorite number!), Serenia Park ❤, Lucban! But... Pearly Gates: "back to your Destiny!" :-)

2019 Dàodéjīng 道 德 經 online completed! >2000 pp. >250,000 readers: Wikipedia, China, top rankings. ☯

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             The Tao of Dào! 道 Most comprehensive content analysis (Thanks, Karl Jaspers!).

2020 'Biblical age'! :-) Passing the baton: Three large online projects: → W, → T, → F :-) into younger world class hands!

        ff. Nights and Days. Memoirs, anecdotes, reflections.

2021 Last Last will. Practical & computer projects.

        ff.  In addition to my dear wife's Plant sales project = 100% only for Donations: → poor, old, sick fellow human beings!

2022 Anniversaries! & "2^nd Retirement!" :-)

       → 20 years Hil & Lil 💕  → 50 academic years → 20 books → 500 publications!

        Dàodéjīng 道 Übersetzung. + Kommentar + Dàodéjīng 道 Translation. + Commentary.

       Rare 'Local' activity(!): Excel program for Lilian's work as Lukban Highlands' Auditor... A 'unique' experience...! :-)

2023 Advice + Donations, Healthcare + Humor, Love + Memoirs...!

        Writing Memoirs! Full of → Magic Moments ❤

                                Günther 10 ❤ 80

 

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