Saturday, January 21, 2012

January 22nd

Jacob Bettmann (22-01-1865 - 22-04-1935) American composer

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Jacob was the cousin of composer Henry Ward Bettmann.

Bettmann, Jacob
Southern Trade Gazette, 1887
1st Prize


#2 11 + 5

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Henning Gunnar Natanael Källström (22-01-1909 - 23-06-1993) Swedish composer


Henning Källström
‎"Problem" № 127-132 September 1969 pg. 104-105.
[Thanks to Александр Никитин]







Källström, Henning Gunnar Natanael
Tidskrift för Schack, 1978
2nd Honorable Mention


+ 4 + 9

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João Baptista Santiago (22-01-1894 - 21-08-1963) Brazilian composer

Santiago, João Baptista
Parallèle 50, 1949


#3 6 + 1

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Santiago, João Baptista
Problem, 1954
2nd Place

#2 7 + 10

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Josef Emil Krejcik (22-01-1885 - 04-01-1957) Austrian composer and player

Chess Notes

Krejcik has a dedicated page on Wikipedia or here. He was a chess master and published several books. His aggressive style made for spectacular and short games, such as this one (Please press Refresh if the game is not immediately displayed) or this one which was already mentioned by Edward Winter on Chess Notes.

Krejcik, Josef Emil
Deutsches Wochenschach, 1904 (456)


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Adalbert Schmitt (22-01-1897 - ?) German composer

Schmitt, Adalbert
Lippische Landeszeitung, 1951
1st Prize


#2 7 + 5

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József Tafferner (22-01-1913 - 11-05-1997) Hungarian composer

Tafferner, József
Magyar Sakkvilág, 1942
1st Prize


s#2 7 + 13

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Feldmann corrections in selfmate - perhaps shown then for the first time in a selfmate?


Tafferner, József
Bajai Tsb, 1954
2nd Prize


#2 10 + 10

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Fritz Matzinger (22-01-1904 - 03-08-1994) Swiss composer

Matzinger, Fritz
Berner Problemturnier
1st Prize


#2 10 + 9

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Bernhard Hegermann (21-01-1878 - 10-08-1965) German composer

Bernhard Hegermann is mostly known for the h#28 below, which is the longest existing correct helpmate. There is not much information available about him. In December 2008 Mirko Degenkolbe seemed to have material enough for an article to be published in October 2009, but until now, to my knowledge, the article has not been published yet in Die Schwalbe. If anyone knows more about this, please send me that information.
Readers interested in the length record for helpmates may read online Mirko Degenkolbe's article in harmonie 86.

Hegermann, Bernhard
The Problemist, 1934


h#28 11 + 7

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Another example of Hegermann's style:

Hegermann, Bernhard
Tijdschrift vd NSB, 1927


h#5 3 + 13

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1 comment:

  1. As a study composer Krejcik mostly reached only a low level. In Austria, there was also another excellent, but rather unknown study composer named Helmuth Steniczka. Steniczka built very fine studies. One of them is even available on Youtube:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxqfnNEGEic

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