Friedrich Martin Palitzsch (25-10-1889 - 02-04-1932) German composer
Friedrich Palitzsch was a founding theoretician of the German Logical school. He created, explored and promoted the
Dresden theme: A good defence to a threat is eliminated (usually by means of a foreplan) and a bad defence by a different piece (not previously available) is introduced.
In 1917 he wrote "
Die Ablenkung, das Element der indirekten Kombination" which exposed the concepts of the neo-German school.
Palitzsch, Friedrich Martin
Svenska Dagbladet, 1929
Prize
Show Solution1.Bh3-f5 ! (2.Qe5-d6+ Kd8-e8 3.Bf5-g6#)
1...Bd1-h5 2.Qe5-e6 (3.Qe6-d7#) 2...Bh5-e8 3.Qe6-f6#
A simple and ingenious Roman theme. The bB is decoyed from its good guarding square (a4) and attracted to the worse square e8.
Palitzsch, Friedrich Martin
Dresdner Anzeiger, 1925
4
th Prize
Show Solution1.g3-g4 ! (2.Qd6-c6 [3.Sb5-d6#] 2...Re1-b1/Bh8-e5 3.Qc6xe6# or 2.c5-c6 [3.Qd6-c5#] 2...Re1-e5 3.Qd6xd4#)
1...Bh3-~/Bh8-f6/Bh8-g7 2.c5-c6 [3.Qd6-c5#] 2...Re1-e5 3.Qd6xd4#
1...Rh4xg4/h5xg4/ 2.Qd6-c6 [3.Sb5-d6#] 2...Re1-b1/Bh8-e5 3.Qc6xe6#