Abram Solomonowitsch Gurwitsch

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Abram Solomonovich Gurvich ( Russian Абрам Соломонович Гурвич * January 30 . Jul / 11. February  1897 greg. In Baku ; † 18th November 1962 in Moscow ) was a Soviet literary critic , theater critic and chess composer .

Gurwitsch was a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR . He was a highly respected literary and theater critic.

In his spare time he created more than 80 chess studies , twelve of which received first prizes. Among other things, he won the 6th chess composition championship of the USSR in 1962. Matt , conversion into minor pieces and positional draws were typical themes in his works.

Gurwitsch was appointed International Referee for Chess Composition in 1956 . In 1957 he was awarded the Master of Sports of the USSR . 1961 he worked in his article chess poetry in depth with the aesthetics of chess study. An expanded version of his essay Schachmatnaja poesija was translated into German by Werner Speckmann after a meeting with Gurwitsch in September 1961 and edited and appeared as the main part of the book Meisterwerke der Endspielkunst after Gurwitsch's death .

Abram Gurwitsch
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4th championship of the USSR, 1st place
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White moves and wins

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  Solution:

  1. Rb2 – d2 + Kd8 – c8
  2. Nb5 – a7 + Kc8 – b8
  3. Sa7 – c6 + Kb8 – c7
  4. Sa1 – c2 Kc7xc6
  5. Nc2 – d4 + Kc6 – b6
  6. Rd2 – b2 + Kb6 – a7
  7. Nd4 – c6 + Ka7 – a8
  8. Rb2 – b6! Rf4 – a4
  9. Kd1 – c2 Ra4xa3
10. Kc2 – b1 !! Ra3 – a4
11. Kb1 – b2 Ra4 – a5
12. Nc6xa5 Nb7xa5
13. Rb6xa6 + Ka8 – b7
14. Ra6xa5 and White wins.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Speckmann : In memory of AS Gurwitsch . In: AS Gurwitsch, W. Speckmann: Masterpieces of Endgame Art . Walter de Gruyter publishing house, Berlin 1964
  2. ↑ International referees for chess compositions
personal data
SURNAME Gurwitsch, Abram Solomonowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gurewitsch, Abram Solomonowitsch; Gurvich, Abram; Gurevich, Abram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet literary scholar, theater critic and chess composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Baku
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1962
Place of death Moscow