Albert Volkmann

Albert Volkmann (* 15. July 1908 in Dusseldorf , † 22. February 1985 in Altenberge ) was a German composer in chess .

Chess composition

Volkmann devoted himself to chess composition early on. 1926 was his first publication of a chess problem. In 1928 he joined the Schwalbe Association . He was most productive in the 1950s. Mostly he composed two-moveers, occasionally also multi-moveers. Around 150 of his 800 compositions received tournament awards at home and abroad. Some of his duties have also been included in the FIDE albums .

Albert Volkmann
FIDE album 1945–1955, No. 182

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

Mate in 2 moves

Solution:
1. Qd2! (threatens Qd5 mate )
if 1.… Ke5 + 2. Ng6 mate
or 1.… Kg5 + 2. Nfd3 mate 1. Rd2

fails? (threatens Rd5 mate) on Rh2! with shackling of the white tower.

Life

Albert Volkmann spent his youth in the western Münsterland. He learned to deal with chess pieces at an early age, then, due to the lack of party chess opponents - as he once said - "all of his own accord to problem chess". In 1928 he made the acquaintance of the "Schwalbe", an association of problem chess friends who opened up a new world for him. From now on he devoted himself to the so-called "logical problems" with audition, preliminary and main plan. He was strongly influenced by the new German problem theorist Anton Trilling, who inspired him for the first presentation of a "double set Entfesselungsdresdner". Volkmann's domain was the two-move, but he also created remarkable things in the field of the new German multi-move - "Problems that, with their inventiveness, elegance, logical clarity and artistic formative power, are among the best, which German problem chess in the years after the 2nd Has produced World War "

Albert Volkmann's last job was as director of studies at the Augustinianum municipal high school in Greven / Westf. The enthusiastic classical philologist and committed pedagogue saw his most beautiful and most grateful task in showing the achievements of great poets and thinkers and thus awakening the powers of awe and amazement in young people. After his retirement he led a life in the rural community of Altenberge - in the immediate vicinity of Münster - in "otium cum dignitate" - following the example of antiquity.

Web link

• Compositions by Albert Volkmann on the PDB server

Individual evidence

1. ↑ H.-D. Leiss. In: Die Schwalbe , issue 92, April 85.