Alexander Koblenz

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Alexander Koblenz ( Latvian Aleksandrs Koblencs ; born September 3, 1916 in Riga ; † December 8, 1993 in Berlin ) was a Latvian chess player , trainer and journalist.

Tournament chess

Alexander Koblenz won the Latvian championship four times , namely in 1941, 1945, 1946 and 1949.

Chess coach

Koblenz was a long-time coach and advisor to Mikhail Tal , among other things in his 1960 World Cup fight against Botvinnik . He also looked after the USSR team at the Chess Olympiad in Moscow in 1956 and in Leipzig in 1960 .

Chess author and journalist

Koblenz wrote several training and textbooks translated into many languages. His most influential textbooks were chess training (in German translation for the first time in 1978) and chess strategy (in German translation for the first time in 1982), both of which were published in new editions. His autobiography , published in 1987, is entitled Chess for Life . For several years he was editor of the Latvian chess magazine Šahs . Since 1991 he has been editor-in-chief of the Schach-Journal magazine in Berlin .

Fonts in German translation (selection)

  • Chess training. The way to success . de Gruyter, Berlin 1978; New edition: Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2017, ISBN 978-3-95920-060-8 .
  • Chess training with ex-world champion Tal . Rau, Düsseldorf 1978.
  • Chess combinations . Franckh, Stuttgart 1980.
  • Chess strategy. An intensive course with exercises and detailed solutions . Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen 1982.
  • The way to success , 2 volumes. Sportverlag, Berlin 1982 (vol. 1) and 1983 (vol. 2).
  • Chess for life. Memories of a successful coach . de Gruyter, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-11-010183-1 ; 3rd edition: Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann 2015, ISBN 978-3-940417-82-4 .
  • Chess positional . Sports publishing house, Berlin 1991.
  • Combine chess with ease . Sports publishing house, Berlin 1991.
  • Analyze chess properly . Sportverlag, Berlin 1993.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Obituary in Latvijas Jaunatne of December 14, 1993 (in the afterword of the German edition of the autobiography, December 9 is mentioned on p. 257).
  2. ↑ Alexander Koblenz: Chess for life . Joachim Beyer Verlag, Eltmann, 3rd ed. 2015, pp. 173–195.

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personal data
SURNAME Koblenz, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koblencs, Aleksandrs (Latvian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian chess player, trainer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1993
Place of death Berlin