Thursday, January 26, 2012
January 27th
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, alias Lewis Carroll (27-01-1832 - 14-01-1898)
British mathematician, writer, chessplayer and composer
Many things could be said about Lewis Carroll, but here we focus on chess problems. Lewis Carroll's chess problem published in "Through the Looking Glass" is the following:
1.Sg3+! Kd3(d4) 2.Qc3# (short mate)
1....Ke5 2.Qc5+ Ke6 3.Qd6#
In fact, the stipulation is wrong. As the source says it should be "White Pawn to play and win in eleven moves." And as the printed solution indicates, the rules of chess are not very strictly adhered to...
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Erich Ernest Zepler (27-01-1898 - 13-05-1980) German - British composer and International Master
Erich Zepler fled Germany in 1935 and settled in England. Biographical details and one of his logical problems can be found on the Wikipedia page or on the website of The University of Southampton.
Zepler collaborated with Ado Kraemer and published with him "Im Banne des Schachproblems" (1951), a collection of their best work, as well as "Problemkunst im 20.Jahrhundert" (1957), an anthology of 20th century problems.
Zepler also gave his name to a doubling manoeuvre: the Zepler doubling.
If you are looking for a hard-to-solve problem, enjoy the following:
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Gustav Herbert Hultberg (27-01-1910 - 16-05-1995) Swedish composer and FIDE master
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Gerhard Wolfgang Jensch (27-01-1920 - 26-10-1990) German composer
Gerhard W. Jensch was instrumental in the founding of the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition of the FIDE in 1956 (nowadays WFCC), and for many years he was the German PCCC delegate. He organized its congress in Wiesbaden in 1974. He published chess problem columns in newspapers (Wiesbadener Kurier, Süddeutsche Schachzeitung).
More details about him in Hemmo Axt's article in die Schwalbe or Wikipedia.de.
He was also interested in fairy chess and invented a 3D version, Stereoschach.
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Валерий Михайлович Шавырин (27-01-1953) Russian composer and Grandmaster (Valery Mikhailovich Shavyrin)
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Michael Schreckenbach (27-01-1960) German composer
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Геннадий Иванович Лобастов (27-01-1918) Russian composer (Gennady Ivanovich Lobastov)
According to Aleksandr Nikitin, Lobastov composed his first problem at the age of 9. After 1929 followed a huge break in his composer's career, since he resumed composing only in 1973.
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British mathematician, writer, chessplayer and composer
Lewis Carroll [Wikipedia]
Many things could be said about Lewis Carroll, but here we focus on chess problems. Lewis Carroll's chess problem published in "Through the Looking Glass" is the following:
1.Sg3+! Kd3(d4) 2.Qc3# (short mate)
1....Ke5 2.Qc5+ Ke6 3.Qd6#
In fact, the stipulation is wrong. As the source says it should be "White Pawn to play and win in eleven moves." And as the printed solution indicates, the rules of chess are not very strictly adhered to...
Show the Solution intended by Lewis Caroll
1. Alice meets R.Q. R.Q. to K.R's 4th
2. Alice through Q's 3d (by railway) to Q's 4th
Tweedledum and Tweedledee W.Q. to Q.B's 4th (after shawl)
3 Alice meets W.Q. (with shawl) W.Q. to Q. B's 5th (becomes sheep)
4 Alice to Q's 5th (shop, river, shop) W.Q. to K. B's 8th (leaves egg on shelf)
5 Alice to Q's 6th (Humpty Dumpty) W.Q. to Q.B's 8th (flying from R. Kt.)
6 Alice to Q's 7th (forest) W. Kt. takes R. Kt. R. Kt. to K's 2nd (ch.)
7 W. Kt. takes R. Kt. W. Kt. to K. B's 5th
8 Alice to Q's 8th (coronation) R. Q. to K's sq. (examination)
9 Alice becomes Queen Queens castle
10 Alice castles (feast) W.Q. to Q. R's 6th (soup)
11 Alice takes R. Q. & wins
The solution in animated gif can be seen on this website:
Some explanations about this strange series of moves can be found here and Christophe Leroy proposes a decryption of the game in English and in French.
2. Alice through Q's 3d (by railway) to Q's 4th
Tweedledum and Tweedledee W.Q. to Q.B's 4th (after shawl)
3 Alice meets W.Q. (with shawl) W.Q. to Q. B's 5th (becomes sheep)
4 Alice to Q's 5th (shop, river, shop) W.Q. to K. B's 8th (leaves egg on shelf)
5 Alice to Q's 6th (Humpty Dumpty) W.Q. to Q.B's 8th (flying from R. Kt.)
6 Alice to Q's 7th (forest) W. Kt. takes R. Kt. R. Kt. to K's 2nd (ch.)
7 W. Kt. takes R. Kt. W. Kt. to K. B's 5th
8 Alice to Q's 8th (coronation) R. Q. to K's sq. (examination)
9 Alice becomes Queen Queens castle
10 Alice castles (feast) W.Q. to Q. R's 6th (soup)
11 Alice takes R. Q. & wins
The solution in animated gif can be seen on this website:
Some explanations about this strange series of moves can be found here and Christophe Leroy proposes a decryption of the game in English and in French.
Erich Ernest Zepler (27-01-1898 - 13-05-1980) German - British composer and International Master
Eric Zepler,
picture in oil by D. Houston, 1960
[from Life and work of Eric Zepler - the early years - The University of Southampton]
picture in oil by D. Houston, 1960
[from Life and work of Eric Zepler - the early years - The University of Southampton]
Eric Zepler
[Source: M. McDowell]
[Source: M. McDowell]
Erich Zepler fled Germany in 1935 and settled in England. Biographical details and one of his logical problems can be found on the Wikipedia page or on the website of The University of Southampton.
Zepler collaborated with Ado Kraemer and published with him "Im Banne des Schachproblems" (1951), a collection of their best work, as well as "Problemkunst im 20.Jahrhundert" (1957), an anthology of 20th century problems.
Zepler also gave his name to a doubling manoeuvre: the Zepler doubling.
If you are looking for a hard-to-solve problem, enjoy the following:
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1.Sg5 ! (2.Qb5/Qc4#)
1...Rxg5 2.Bc6+!
After 4.Qh1# it finally becomes clear why the black Rook had to be attracted to g5, where it does not control h1.
1...Rxg5 2.Bc6+!
2...Kxc6 3.Qc4+ Kb6, Kd7 4.Bc7, Qb5#(1...e5 2.Qb5+/Qc4+)
2...bxc6 3.Qe1 (4.Qe5#) 3...Kc5, c5 4.Qa5, Qh1#
After 4.Qh1# it finally becomes clear why the black Rook had to be attracted to g5, where it does not control h1.
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1.Bg2 ! (2.Bg5+ Kg4 3.Sf6#)
Self-interferences by the same bP.
1...b5 2.Sc1 (3.Se2/Sd3#) 2...Bc4/b4 3.Qd4#1...Bh4 2.Bxh4 (3.Bg3#)
1...b6 2.Sd4 (3.Sxe6#) 2...Rxd4, b5 3.Qxd4, Se2#
Self-interferences by the same bP.
Gustav Herbert Hultberg (27-01-1910 - 16-05-1995) Swedish composer and FIDE master
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1.Rh8 ! ZZ
1...Rxg2 2.Qc6+ Kxb8 3.Se7+ Rg8 4.Sxg8 c2#Grab theme.
1...Rf2 2.Sb6+ axb6 3.Sd7+ Rf8 4.Sf8 c2#
1...Re2 2.Qc6+ Kxb8 3.Sd6+ Re8 4.Sxe8 c2#
1...Rd2 2.Sb6+ axb6 3.Sc6+ Rd8 4.Sxd8 c2#
Gerhard Wolfgang Jensch (27-01-1920 - 26-10-1990) German composer
Gerhard Jensch in the 1970s
[Wikipedia picture by Manfred Zucker, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2575990]
[Wikipedia picture by Manfred Zucker, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2575990]
Gerhard W. Jensch was instrumental in the founding of the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition of the FIDE in 1956 (nowadays WFCC), and for many years he was the German PCCC delegate. He organized its congress in Wiesbaden in 1974. He published chess problem columns in newspapers (Wiesbadener Kurier, Süddeutsche Schachzeitung).
More details about him in Hemmo Axt's article in die Schwalbe or Wikipedia.de.
He was also interested in fairy chess and invented a 3D version, Stereoschach.
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Set play:
1...Ke4[a] 2.Rf4#[A]1.Se3! (2.Qc4#)
1...Kc5[b] 2.Be3#[B]
1...Ke4[a] 2.Rb4#[C]Beautiful aristocrat Meredith with changed mates between set play and real play.
1...Kc5[b] 2.Qd6#[D]
1...Sd5 2.Qxd5#
1...Sxb6 2.Qxe5#
Валерий Михайлович Шавырин (27-01-1953) Russian composer and Grandmaster (Valery Mikhailovich Shavyrin)
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1. Bd7! (2. exf7 [3. Sg4#] 2... Sd5 3. Rxd5#)
1... Bxg6 2. exf3 (3. f4#) 2... Sd5 3. Rxd5#Task Albino answering a black Bishop star.
1... Bxe6 2. e3 (3. Rxe6#) 2... Bxd7 3. Bf4#
1... Be8 2. e4 (3. Sg4#) 2... Sd5 3. Rxd5#
1... Bg8 2. exd3 (3. d4#) 2... Sxd3 3. Rd5#
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1.Bg6 ! (2.Bf5+ Kf7 3.Rg7#)
1...Se4 2.Bc5 Bxc5, Rxc5 3.Re5, Sf8#Two Novotnys in orthogonal-diagonal correspondence.
1...Sd7 2.Rc5 Bxc5, Rxc5 3.Sg5, Re8#
1...Sa6 2.Rxb5 (3.Sg5#) 2...Re5 3.Rxe5#
Michael Schreckenbach (27-01-1960) German composer
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1.Bc8 ! (2.Rg5 [3.Sd5#] 2...e6 3.Sd7#)
1...Sf3 2.Bxg4 (3.Sd7#) 2...Se5 3.Sd5#Pseudo le Grand and anticritical move.
1...Bh4 2.Sd5+ Ke5 3.Bxf4#
1...Sf7 2.Sd7+ Ke6 3.Rxg6#
Геннадий Иванович Лобастов (27-01-1918) Russian composer (Gennady Ivanovich Lobastov)
According to Aleksandr Nikitin, Lobastov composed his first problem at the age of 9. After 1929 followed a huge break in his composer's career, since he resumed composing only in 1973.
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1. b3! (2. Ba3 ~ 3. Bc1#)
1... Se7 2. Se5! (3. Sg4#) 2... Be6 3. Rd5 (4. Sc4#) 3... Bxd5 4. Sg4#Focal theme.
1... Sd6 2. Sb4! (3. Sc2#) 2... Bxb3 3. Rc4 (4. Sd5#) 3... Bxc4 4. Sc2#
1... Ba5 2. Bc5 (3. R~#) 2... Bxc3+ 3. Rd2+ Bd4 4. Bxd4#
(1... Rxh6 2. Bxh6)
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