Adolf Bayersdorfer
Adolf Bayersdorfer (born June 7, 1842 in Erlenbach am Main , † December 21, 1901 in Munich ; also Adolph Bayersdorfer ) was a German art historian and chess composer .
Art historian
After graduating from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , Bayersdorfer studied philosophy and art history from 1862.
Bayersdorfer was a renowned art historian from the 1870s to the 1890s who, among other things, participated in the 1871 congress on the famous Dresden Holbein dispute . He was a curator at the Alte Pinakothek and administrator of the state picture galleries in Munich. He kept correspondence with the important painters of his time and was close friends with Arnold Böcklin .
Chess composition
In his spare time, Bayersdorfer composed chess problems. He headed the chess column in the Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten from 1888 until his death. As a chess composer, he was particularly fond of economy, effective key moves and pure matte images. He also worked on a systematization of matt images and was the namesake for two composition themes. One year after Bayersdorfer's death, Johannes Kohtz and Carl Kockelkorn published a book about Bayersdorfer's chess problems.
5th DSB Congress, Frankfurt 1887
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Mate in 4 moves
Solution:
1. Bf5! f6 2. Be4 f5 3. Nf3 fxe4 4. Rf7 mate
2.… Kg5 3. Ne6 + Kh6 / Kh5 4.
Rh7 mate 1.… Kg5 2. Rxf7 Kf4 3. Nf3 Kxf3 4. Bd3 mate
Private
Bayersdorfer had been married to Jenny Pauly since 1880 and they had three children. At the age of 59 he died of a heart condition.
literature
- Hans Mackowsky , August Pauly , Wilhelm Weigand : Adolf Bayersdorfer's life and writings. Bruckmann, Munich 1902.
- Johannes Kohtz , Carl Kockelkorn : To the knowledge of the chess problem. Reviews and selected assignments by A. Bayersdorfer. A. Stein's publishing house in Potsdam. Potsdam 1902.
- Hermann Uhde-Bernays: Bayersdorfer, Adolph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 680 ( digitized version ).
- Siegfried Käss: The secret emperor of art. Adolph Bayersdorfer, his friends and his time . tuduv Verlags-Gesellschaft, Munich 1987.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual report from the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1861/62.
- ↑ Manfred Zucker : Great German Problem Master (10) . In: Schach , No. 1, 1994, p. 76.
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Bayersdorfer in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bayersdorfer, Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bayersdorfer, Adolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and chess composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erlenbach am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1901 |
| Place of death | Munich |