Chess Composers: January 24th

Monday, January 23, 2012

January 24th

Eeltje Visserman (24-01-1922 – 23-03-1978) Dutch composer, Grandmaster and International Judge

Eeltje Visserman
[maxeuwe.nl]

E. Visserman was a wonderful composer who deservedly won numerous composing tourneys. He composed problems of all types, but mostly two- and threemovers. He was also the editor of a column in magazines "Tijdschrift van de KNSB" and "Probleemblad".
An anthology of his problems was published after his death: "Schaakproblemen van E. Visserman" by Albertus Marinus Koldijk, 1986.

Visserman, Eeltje
Weenink MT, 1943
4^th Prize

11 + 13

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Visserman, Eeltje
Feenschach, 1975
Prize

Circe

7 + 9

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Hugh Francis Blandford (24-01-1917 – 20-09-1981) British composer

Published Works and Notebooks by Hugh Blandford

Hugh Blandford was an endgame composer. He invented, together with Richard Guy and John Roycroft the Guy-Blandford-Roycroft (GBR) code for classifying studies.
More about this composer in the British Chess News.
His best known endgame is the following:

Blandford, Hugh Francis
Springaren, 1949
Prize

3 + 2

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But he also composed spectacular direct mates:

Blandford, Hugh Francis
FIDE-Turnier, 1957
3^rd Prize

7 + 13

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Visvaldis M. Veders (24-01-1921 - 11.05.1997) Latvian composer

Visvaldis M. Veders
[Thanks to Александр Никитин]

Visvaldis M. Veders composed his first problem at the age of 12 (source). During the 70s he was the editor of the chess composition column in the chess magazine Šahs.

Veders, Visvaldis M.
Wstretscha Solidarnosti, 1973
1^st Prize