Josef Drnek was a Bohemian composer. Miroslav Soukup compiled 60 problems of his and an interview of Drnek in "Josef Drnek - Otavské perly" (1940) and the book can be downloaded and read from here.
Michal Dragoun compiled almost all Drnek's work (321 problems) in "Josef Drnek Galerie českých skladatelu".
Drnek, Josef
J.Chocholouš-MT, 1931
2nd Prize
J.Chocholouš-MT, 1931
2nd Prize
| #3 | 7 + 8 |
Show Solution
Paul Weyl (03-07-1894 - 10-08-1974) German composer
Paul Weyl was a chess composer from Leipzig.
Weyl, Paul
Skakbladet, 1911
1st Prize
Skakbladet, 1911
1st Prize
| #5 | 8 + 12 |
Show Solution
Thomas Charles Donald Ricketts (03-07-1896 - 15-12-1979) British composer
Thomas Ricketts was specialized in three- and moremovers and composed many problems with quiet moves and model mates. He was president of the British Chess Problem Society in 1969-70.
His problems are a good training for the performance solver:
Ricketts, Thomas Charles Donald
British Chess Federation, 1959
1st Prize
British Chess Federation, 1959
1st Prize
| #3 | 4 + 6 |
Show Solution
Ricketts, Thomas Charles Donald
The Problemist, 1967
2nd Prize
The Problemist, 1967
2nd Prize
| #3 | 8 + 10 |
Show Solution
Gerd Rinder (03-07-1935 - 20-01-2022) German composer and FIDE Master
Gerd Rinder was a strong solver and composed in all orthodox genres.
Three of his best direct mates are presented on his Wikipedia page. Gerard Ettl presented a #4 by Gerd Rinder on his Youtube Channel: see here.
Rinder, Gerd
Deutscher Schachverband, 1961
2nd Prize
Deutscher Schachverband, 1961
2nd Prize
| #3 | 3 + 6 |
Show Solution
Rinder, Gerd
Die Schwalbe, 1998
Die Schwalbe, 1998
| + | 5 + 6 |
Show Solution
Микола Олексійович Пархоменко (03-07-1937 - 26-08-2023) Ukrainian composer (Mykola Oleksyovich Parkhomenko)
Mikola Parkhomenko lived in Vinnytsia and had a massive output of direct mates.
Пархоменко, Микола Олексійович
Шахматы в СССР Jan 1984 (1)
Special HM
Шахматы в СССР Jan 1984 (1)
Special HM
| #2 vv | 4 + 3 |
Show Solution
Hartmut Brozus (03-07-1942) German composer
Hartmut Brozus composes in all orthodox genres - direct mates, selfmates, helpmates, with a preference for longer problems.
Brozus, Hartmut
Die Schwalbe, 2005 (12669)
4th HM
Die Schwalbe, 2005 (12669)
4th HM
| s#7 | 2.1.1... | 4 + 2 |
Show Solution
Игорь Александрович Алёшин (03-07-1921 - 13-02-1947) Russian composer (Igor Alexandrovich Alioshin)
Igor Alioshin started publishing chess problems in 1938. He composed direct mates and endgame studies.
More details about his short career can be found on superproblem.ru.
Алёшин, Игорь Александрович
«64», 1939 (64/285)
3rd Prize
«64», 1939 (64/285)
3rd Prize
| #2 | 6 + 7 |
Show Solution
No comments:
Post a Comment