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Saturday, March 3, 2012

March 4th

Hans Wilhelm Klüver (04-03-1901 - 26-02-1989) German composer and Honorary Master of Chess Composition

Hans Klüver & John Niemann
[© Hannu Harkola]

Hans Klüver
[© Hannu Harkola]


Hans Klüver learnt chess at 13 and composed his first problem one year later. He has been interested in retroanalytical problems and in fairy chess: for instance he promoted Dynamo chess and Marseillais chess.
He also invented the concept of metacritical move.

Klüver held chess problem columns in 16 newspapers (in Die Welt during 40 years, from 1946 until 1989!) and wrote more than 150 articles, as well as several books, among which the famous "Erich Brunner - ein Künstler und Deuter des Schachproblems" (1958). More details in German on Wikipedia, thanks to Rainer Staudte.

Klüver, Hans Wilhelm
Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1981
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