Karstedt was also the discoverer of the K+B+S vs K+Q fortress (wKh1, Bg2, Se4) which is mentioned, for instance, in the June 2006 issue of BESN and is explained in details on Roberto Stelling's website.
Tom Morrell claimed to have discovered another K+B+S vs K+Q fortress (wKf2, Bf3, Sg2) but this claim is not sustained by the Nalimov database.
A charming endgame study by Karstedt was recently posted on ChicagoChess blog.
Karstedt, Max Arn. K. S. A.Anderssen MT, 1919 2nd HM 
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Was Max Karstedt also the editor of the Brandeburgische Schulzeitung who is mentioned in "The Politics of Education: Teachers and School Reform in Weimar Germany" by Marjorie Lamberti, Berghahn Books 2002?
Walter Gleave (15-01-1867 - 15-09-1902) British composer
Gleave, Walter Montreal Gazette, 1897 1st Prize 
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Gleave, Walter Brighton Society, 1901 1st Prize 
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Степан Павлович Цырулик (15-01-1927 - 24-05-1997) Belarus composer (Stepan Pavlovich Cyrulik)
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Цырулик, Степан Павлович Матч Белоруссия - Украина - Молдова - Казахстан 1970 1st Place 
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Suchebaatarin Sambuu (15-01-1923 - ?) Mongolian composer
Sambuu, Suchebaatarin Черкаська правда 1986 2nd HM 
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Carl Johann Mathias Ahs (15-01-1889 - 20-10-1935) Swedish composer
Ahs, Carl Johan Mathias 1.pr Vart. Mem. IV, 1935 1st Prize 
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Vilhelm Nielsen (15-01-1842 - 07-02-1918) Danish composer
Games by V.Nielsen on ChessGames.com
Nielsen, Vilhelm (probably Nielsen, Villy Charles Esbjørn - thank you Bjørn ! Arbejder-Skak, 1942 2nd HM 
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Nice, but according to our friend Bjørn Enemark it was not composed by our Vilhelm Nielsen, but by Villy Nielsen. Here is a twomover which cannot have been composed by Villy Nielsen:
Nielsen, Vilhelm La Stratégie, 1878 
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Евгений Иванович Двизов (15-01-1937 - 30-11-2012) Belarusian composer (Evgeny Ivanovich Dvizov)
Evgeny Dvizov composed many studies in collaboration with Afanasyev.
Двизов, Евгений Иванович Szachy, 1966 2nd Prize 
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Двизов, Евгений Иванович Шахматы, шашки в БССР 1985 
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The key given as "flight-giving" by Gleave is actually give-and-take: it gives e4, but takes away d6. Still quite good!
ReplyDeleteThank you Steven, I have corrected the text of Gleave's threemover.
ReplyDeleteSomeone named Karstedt beat Emmanuel Lasker in a simul in 1924; this may have been Max:
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Games of Vilhelm Nielsen:
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With a publication date of 1942, the source for Nielsen's problem seems unlikely. But Meson also has many problems for Nielsen published after his death. Can the mystery be cleared up?
ReplyDeleteIn the WinChloe Database, I have found two other problems by Nielsen published in Arbeijder Skak in 1938 and 1939. It does seem strange at first sight, but the problems may have been published posthumously. I have asked someone from Denmark if he knows more about this topic.
ReplyDeleteWith pictures from 1899 and 1915 I can confirm 1842-1918 as probable years for birth and death of Vilhelm Nielsen. I think that the explanation for the "posthume" compositions (19 in PDB) is quite simple: there is another Vilhelm Nielsen!
ReplyDeleteNot quite true though, there is a composer Villy Charles Esbjorn Nielsen (Villy Nielsen). At least P0567799 is composed by him. P0546642 has a comment to suggest the same. Is it possible that PDB gives "suggestions as you type" to the name of the composer during entry?
Villy Charles Esbjorn Nielsen: 1906-11-20 - 1967-12-15
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