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| Thomas Rayner Dawson [Wikipedia] |
Thomas Rayner Dawson was an incredibly active problemist: inventor of many fairy pieces (Grasshopper, Nightrider, etc) and conditions, composer of thousands of problems (fairy, directmates, selfmates, endings), founder-editor of "The Problemist" and of "The Problemist Fairy Chess Supplement" which became "The Fairy Chess Review", writer of numerous books and problem collections.
His biography by George Jelliss can be found on "The Problemist" website, as well as a presentation of "The Early Work of T.R. Dawson".
Some of his books can be read online:
- "Ultimate Themes" (1938)
- "Caissa's Fairy Tales" (1947)
- "Caissa's Wild Roses" (1935)
- "Caissa's in Clusters" (1937)
- "Retrograde Analysis" (1915, with W.Hundsdorfer)
- Finally, Fabel & Kemp's "Schach ohne Grenzen" (Chess unlimited,1969) is a selection of problems by T.R.Dawson, with parallel text in English and German.
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One of his Grasshoppers problems:
Dawson, Thomas Rayner
The Problemist Fairy Chess Supplement, Feb 1936 (2212)
In memory of C. M. Fox
1k/(q2)1(q2)4P/2Pp2(Q2)R/7p/1n1K3P/n1Bb1q2)
The Problemist Fairy Chess Supplement, Feb 1936 (2212)
In memory of C. M. Fox
| h#2 | f6, a5, c5, g4: Grasshopper | 10 + 13 |
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