Background
Pähtz was trained in chess from early childhood by her father Thomas Pähtz, a chess Grandmaster himself.
Pähtz was trained in chess from early childhood by her father Thomas Pähtz, a chess Grandmaster himself.
She served as one of four advisors on the World team in the 1999 Kasparov versus The World chess match. Pähtz attended the Sport High School Dresden until 2004 and is among the strongest native German chess players. She plays for the Dresdner Sport Club 1898 and other associations.
As one of the greatest German new-generation talents Pähtz was the subject of a large media interest when growing up.
Among other things it was reported that she was likely to fail high school mathematics. Her own explanation for this however, is that she is an intuitive player and so does not have to be a universal genius.