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| Julius Zdeněk Mach [Ceskoslovensky Sach 1937 page 45] |
Julius Zdeněk Mach was a great specialist of the Bohemian school. He was the editor of many columns that were famous for the level of the published works: "Zlata Praha", "Svetozor" or "Prager Presse". He wrote "Šachové úlohy 1908-1916" (1917) which is the sequel of the Christmas series book "Ceske Melodie: Eine Sammlung Von 202 Schachaufgaben" (1908) dedicated to problems by Pospisil.
"Chess Chimes from Prague" is a collection of 5 of his problems on a cylindric board (download here).
V.Kotěšovec, J.Brada, J.Beasley and M.Dragoun have compiled 357 unorthodox problems by Z.Mach in "Exoproblemy dr. Zdenka Macha" (1996), because beside the cylindric board, the chinese pieces also interested Z.Mach and he published many problems in the "Fairy Chess Review". Another collection of Mach's problems can be downloaded here.
Julius Mach also invented the fairy piece Vao (the Bishop equivalent of the Chinese Pao).
Let's start with a miniature:
Mach, Julius Zdeněk
BCPS, 19th Dec 1932
2nd Prize
BCPS, 19th Dec 1932
2nd Prize
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The following threemover remains within the domain of the Bohemian style:
Mach, Julius Zdeněk
Wiener Schachzeitung, 15th May 1901
4th Prize
Wiener Schachzeitung, 15th May 1901
4th Prize
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Finally, a selfmate which is not too easy to solve, although there are only two variations:
Mach, Julius Zdeněk
Zlatá Praha, 1924
Zlatá Praha, 1924
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