About me: <br /><br />Background and interests: <br />Yoga: Krug identifies himself as a yoga practitioner who focuses mainly on asanas and pranayama. He was led to yoga due to stress and sleep disorders, trained as a yoga teacher in Germany, and thus found his inner balance again. <br />Chess: He is internationally recognized as a FIDE master in chess composition. He learned to play chess at a young age in Salzburg-Liefering as a means of communication and later composed chess problems and studies. <br />Photography: His landscape photos, including those of the Salzburg region, have been published in the photo blogs of the Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper. <br />Public comments and statements: <br />Attitude toward war: In March 2022, he spoke out against the sanctions imposed on Russia by NATO countries and the US, saying that in his opinion they do nothing to contribute to peace. <br />Compulsory vaccination: In November 2021, he equated compulsory vaccination with rape, emphasizing the importance of voluntary vaccination. He argued that forcing someone to be vaccinated against their will would cause great emotional distress. <br />Biographical details: <br />He was born on November 23, 1966, in Salzburg. <br />After finishing school, he worked as a cinema projectionist and night porter in Salzburg hotels, among other jobs. <br />His youth was marked by difficult circumstances, including periods of hunger. Chess offered him a refuge at that time.
