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

→ ❤

        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 → ❤

    ff. [ Austria³ [ Switzerland [ Liechtenstein...

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! ¯

1962 ff. family research... Paternal and maternal line back to 1600(!).

       Oldest grave (historically protected cemetery):

                   →   † 1715 „No 257“ = Margareta Ebertz nèe. ? * ~1660 - †16.9.1715 Alken / River Mosel, Germany.

                                                                                                   Graves next to chapel on the hill, listed, 2009 still preserved!

1964 Chess club!

1965 College level: Mathematics / Physics branch, pocket money by teaching Mathematics → 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 English¹: reading.

1969 Higher statistics, Variance + Factor analysis. ü Feldberg/Black Forest. First publication! [ E.

        Sister in spirit Edna! → 1983!

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

1971 (!) 1^st Marriage... G.

1972 Master level exams. Painter Otto Lackenmacher, Saarbrücken/Berlin.

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

1972 ❤ 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. ü Texel/Netherlands.

 

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 champion → Botvinnik(!)

        + Estrin, World Correspondence Chess champion.

        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.

        → 6.-13.9. Permanent Commission of the F.I.D.E for Chess Compositions ü Wiener Neustadt, Austria

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

       Simultaneous chess exhibitions.

               →   Regional blitz chess champion.

1982 Ästhetik des Denkens.

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

        ff. Career change to:

        Applied Psychology: >30,000 clients = all kinds of challenged fellow human beings:

        physical + mental disabilities, accidents, diseases, brain damages, traumata...

        ability tests + deep talks, rehabilitation + new educations(!) paid by the German government.

1983 ff. Higher Federal Official.

        Poetry publications and book editing in ü Berlin, with author + lifelong sisterly friend → Edna!

        100 Classics of the Chessboard.  

        & 100 merkwürdige Wenigsteiner. & Das Vielväterproblem. & 100 Klassische Wenigsteiner.

1984 [ H.in ü Berlin. & Poetry readings.

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

1985 [ M. → ü Paris....  太极拳 with Chinese master.

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

                

1985 ü New York: city + state.

 

→ → inside! & outside!

1986 - 1990 North Sea! ü Sylt ü Amrum ü Baltrum ü Norderney ü Wangerooge ü Juist ü De Haan... ü Mallorca.

1986 1125 Zuglängenrekorde.

       ü Greetsiel with Norderney + Juist.

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

1988 & Kronjuwelen. & Kleinode.

       ü Sylt.

1989 Das Vielväterproblem.  →    

1990 ü Juist.

         Author: Books, articles, short stories, poems...

1991 ...forever friends!

1992 ff. Two Book Series:

        4 in "Four men only"

         5 in "He-Chess")  Magnum opus in chess:

              → 262+420+400+460+576 = 2,118 p.

1992  & Articles + Collections. ~1000 Chess Compositions / Prizes. & Rekorde-Datenbank im Wenigsteiner.

1992 ff. Chinese studies with 孙炜 Sūn Wěi

1992 09/24: Legendary genius → Sir Peter Ustinov (!) in Aachen → With talk + exchange of booklets.

1993 - 94 Scientist ❤ S. / Asia.

1994 Ma², Mo.

1995 [ D., G., Salzburg/Austria.

        Top Helpmates. Kombiniere Matt.

       & Neue Rekorde-Datenbank im Wenigsteiner.

 

1996 ü Hamburg, [ Sabine, Dr. med. Polyglot - ü Lake of Constance.

       Moderne Kleinkunst.

1997 Kegelschach.   → → Mate in 9 moves!

             Hotel manager ❤ Annette, Düsseldorf + Aachen.

1998 ü North Sea.

1999 2^nd Marriage in ü Las Vegas(!).

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

        First contact with (Ex-) World champion Garri Kasparov in his extremely strong simul (against 40) in ü 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. ü

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 "European-African-Asian Year"... :-)

        → Love of my life: Lilian Asuncion Alquiros 💕 →  

                                                                                                                 Our look into the common future! :-)

 

2003 ü Brügge [Bruges]/Belgium. ü De Haan/Belgium.

        ü New Jersey, USA: Family Christmas + New Year's Eve

2004 Engagement + 3^rd Marriage 💕!

      'Start to' ~ 20 ü Vacations in all best European places - ❤ favorites:

       ü Malta! ü Venice ü Barcelona ü Rome/Vatican ü Sylt ü Berlin ü Munich + Castles.

       ü Prague ü Paris ü London ü Amsterdam ü Salzburg ü Athens... and more.

2004 ü Altenkessel/Saarbrücken ü Saarschleife = Saar Loop ü Sylt Island/North Sea.

2005 Online publication projects.

        Long-standing interest in cosmology, relativity and quantum physics.

        Ontology, Eastern + Western Philosophy of Nothingness 無.

2005 ü Malta!  ü Monschau/Eifel  ü Cologne.

 

2006 Minimalkunst im Schach.

       ü Malta!  ü Altenkessel/Saarbrücken ü Altenberge ü Münster ü Berlin ü Bonn.

2007 ü Venice ü Eyneburg ü Athens ü Malta!

2008 Self-taught English²: writing...

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

             

      ü Amsterdam ü Banneux ü Brussels ü Cologne ü Maastricht ü Paris ü Romantic Rhine River.

      ü Vaals, Dreiländereck ü Sylt ü Baasweiler ü Bonn

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

             

       ü Kornelimünster ü Roetgen ü Eschweiler ü Blausteinsee ü Rome + Vatican ü Vaals ü Jülich ü Cologne.

2010 Planning the Philippines: 4 x to, 3 x fro...(!) = 2 vacations + 1 birthday surprise (Lilian's Ma)

        Publications: 3 pen names! → Ebert → Klaus → Alquiros!

        ü Venice ü Hoensbroek ü Nideggen.

2011 Fabel-Schach / 'Fabel 2.0' online.  

        Great Vacation tour:

       ü Philippines² ü Manila ü Tagaytay ü Eupen ü Düsseldorf.

2012 ü Philippines² ü Mauban ü Venlo ü Berlin ü Dresden ü Potsdam ü Prague ü London ü Cologne ü Barcelona ü Madrid.

2013 ü Valkenburg ü Monschau ü Keukenhof ü Witten ü Hamburg ü Munich ü Salzburg.

        Retirement - Still heart-warming contacts to several assistants!

2013 ü The Big Move! → Philippines! ❤ → (click)

        “Cool” Lucban ❤ / Quezon Province. Self-taught(!) English³ (speaking fluently).

        ü Manila ü Liliw ü Tagaytay ü Cagbalete ü Pagbilao...

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

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

                                                 →

                           + Garden ❤   →

      ... in → Lukban Highlands! →

                              House blessing →

 

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! Magnum opus in Philosophy of wisdom:

       >2000 pp. >250,000 readers: Wikipedia, China, top rankings. ☯

.             →

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

2020 'Biblical age'! Pandemic Period...

         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...

        Donations in addition to my dear wife's Plant sales project = 100%(!) for → poor, old, sick fellow human beings!

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

       → 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 Repairs, repainting: House, roof,  walls + fences "My home is my Castle!"

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

        Writing Memoirs! Full of → Magic Moments ❤

                              →  Günther 10 ❤ 80 →

 

         Quantum Future:  The Foundation of Our Universe and its Fields of Application in Present and Future.*

         Nothingness and Being. Potentialities of Ontological Evolution*

 

2024

 

2025 75!

 

 

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