Chess Composers: February 16th

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

February 16th

Knud Harald Hannemann (16-02-1903 - 01-05-1981) Danish composer and International Master

Knud Hannemann
[Source: "The Danish Wizard"]

Knud Hannemann is another legend of chess problems. He wrote an anthology of his chess problems: "The Danish wizard: one hundred chess problems of Knud Harald Hannemann selected by their author""which was edited and issued by Dr M.Niemeyer (1963).
We have selected only from the problems that have appeared in the FIDE Albums:

Hannemann, Knud Harald
Skakbladet, 1929
1^st Prize

12 + 9

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Hannemann, Knud Harald
Skakbladet, 1919
1^st Prize

10 + 10

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Hannemann, Knud Harald
Skakbladet, 1919

s#3

7 + 6

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Adriano Chicco (16-02-1907 - 30-08-1990) Italian composer and International Master

Adriano Chicco [Wikipedia]

Adriano Chicco is the author of over 500 problems and IM in chess composition. He took care of the Problems section of L'Italia Scacchistica during 16 years.

He gave his name to a twomover theme also known under the name of Moscow:
White threatens a double check. The battery front piece aims on a unguarded field F. Black parries by interposing on the double check line by a figure that also opens a guard line to F by line opening. The parry introduces any error. You can find an example here.

Let's start with a reflex-mate that was published in the FIDE Album:

Chicco, Adriano
problem (Zagreb) 1951