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| Eeltje Visserman [maxeuwe.nl] |
E. Visserman was a wonderful composer who deservedly won numerous composing tourneys. He composed problems of all types, but mostly two- and threemovers. He was also the editor of a column in magazines "Tijdschrift van de KNSB" and "Probleemblad".
An anthology of his problems was published after his death: "Schaakproblemen van E. Visserman" by Albertus Marinus Koldijk, 1986.
Visserman, Eeltje
Weenink MT, 1943
4th Prize
Weenink MT, 1943
4th Prize
| #3 | 11 + 13 |
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Hugh Francis Blandford (24-01-1917 – 20-09-1981) British composer
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| Published Works and Notebooks by Hugh Blandford |
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| Hugh Blandford [in "Published Works and Notebooks by Hugh Blandford"] |
Hugh Blandford was an endgame composer. He invented, together with Richard Guy and John Roycroft the Guy-Blandford-Roycroft (GBR) code for classifying studies.
More about this composer in the British Chess News.
His best known endgame is the following:
Blandford, Hugh Francis
Springaren, 1949
Prize
Springaren, 1949
Prize
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But he also composed spectacular direct mates:
Blandford, Hugh Francis
FIDE-Turnier, 1957
3rd Prize
FIDE-Turnier, 1957
3rd Prize
| #4 | 7 + 13 |
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Visvaldis M. Veders (24-01-1921 - 11.05.1997) Latvian composer
Visvaldis M. Veders composed his first problem at the age of 12 (source). During the 70s he was the editor of the chess composition column in the chess magazine Šahs.
Veders, Visvaldis M.
Wstretscha Solidarnosti, 1973
1st Prize
Wstretscha Solidarnosti, 1973
1st Prize
| #2* | 7 + 14 |
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Ernst Schulz (24-01-1904 - 17-05-1986) German composer
Schulz, Ernst
Dortmunder Zeitung, 1937
1st Prize
Dortmunder Zeitung, 1937
1st Prize
| #3 | 4 + 3 |
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Владимир Петрович Сычёв (24-01-1936 - 20-09-2021) Belarusian composer and FIDE Master(Vladimir Petrovich Sychov)
Сычёв, Владимир Петрович
Московский конкурс 2006
2nd Prize
Московский конкурс 2006
2nd Prize
| #3 | 8 + 5 |
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Darso James Densmore (24-01-1867 - 24-06-1917) American composer
Darso Densmore was a very good chess player from a young age at the Brooklyn Chess Club. After solving a problem by Sam Loyd in a tournament, Densmore met Loyd's daughter, whom he later married. Although Densmore composed problems from a young age, he only truly became a dedicated problemist after Loyd's death (1911), thanks to A.C. White. He composed over 300 problems, mostly direct mates three or more moves, with difficult keys and solutions. He also composed selfmates.
In 1920 his most important problems were collected by M. Sim, G. Hume and A.C. White in the 26th volume of the "Christmas Series", published on the occasion of the D. J. Densmore Memorial Tourney, 1918.
The book can be read here.
Densmore, Darso James
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 31 Dec 1916
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 31 Dec 1916
| #4 | 8 + 9 |
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