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| Carel Mann [Jan van Reek] |
Carel Mann was the first Dutch composer with international importance. He enjoyed studies with two Queens and some light figures and his studies and problems often showed Zugzwang.
Jan van Reek und Henk van Donk wrote about him "Carel Mann" (1991). An interesting extract, about Carel Mann's paranoid schizophrenia, can be found here.
Mann, Carel Christiaan Wilhelm
Tijdschrift vd NSB, 1911
Tijdschrift vd NSB, 1911
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Another of his problems has remained famous and is reproduced in anthologies:
Mann, Carel Christiaan Wilhelm
De Amsterdammer, 8th Jan 1893
De Amsterdammer, 8th Jan 1893
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Black is in zugzwang: 1...f5 2.Qh4# or 1...Kf5 2.Qd5# but White cannot keep this position. What can White do?
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