Paul Tröger


Paul Tröger was a German chess player and sport journalist, West Germany Chess Championship winner.

Biography

Paul Tröger won three medals in West Germany Chess Championship: gold, silver and bronze. He won international chess tournaments in Kirchheim unter Teck and Kapfenberg.
Paul Tröger played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiads:
Paul Tröger played for West Germany in the European Team Chess Championships:
Also Paul Tröger played for West Germany in Clare Benedict Chess Cup and in team competition won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals. With chess club SG Porz he three times won Chess Bundesliga and two times participated in European Chess Club Cup.
In the period from 1951 to 1955 Paul Tröger was the editor-in-chief of sports magazine Kicker. Later he was the editor of the publications in football magazine Fußball-Woche and chess magazine Deutschen Schachblätter. In 1985, Paul Tröger received the media prize of the German Chess Union.

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