Enrich your lessons and generate discussions with these lovely educational chess videos

Did you know that Walter Rädler is the mastermind behind these video series?

Chairman I German School Chess Foundation
Councilor I ECU Education Commission

Walter is always coming up with creative ideas and produced many videos to promote chess and introduce the game’s various aspects.

Whether these stories introduce the history of chess or make you think about women’s chess, there is always food for thought, which adds many educational values to these videos.

Did you know that Walter produced our ECU EDU promo video “We Make Europe Smarter!” back in 2019, our flagship initiative to promote Chess in Education?


What have you learned?

What are your thoughts on that topic?

Which part was the most interesting for you?


History of Chess
Legend of the wheat grains
The “Mechanical Turk”

André Philidor – The first chess genius
Adolf Anderssen – The chess composer
Paul Morphy – A phenomenal chess player
Wilhelm Steinitz: First World Chess Champion
Emanuel Lasker
Chess nation Germany

Fabulous girls chess
Women’s chess guide Episode 1: Leisure
Women’s chess guide Episode 2: Training and Career
Women’s chess guide Episode 3: Women’s club
Women’s chess guide Episode 4: Ambience
Women’s chess guide Episode 5: Society
Women’s chess guide Episode 6: Romance
Women’s chess guide Episode 7: Rolemodels

You can find the videos in German language on the German School Chess Fundation’s YouTube channel

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