André Chéron (chess player)

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André Chéron (approx. 1970)
Autograph by André Chéron (1965)

André Chéron (born September 25, 1895 in Colombes , † September 12, 1980 in Leysin ) was a French chess master and author. He is considered one of the most important endgame theorists .

Life

Chéron lived in Switzerland and was champion of France in 1926, 1927 and 1929 . At the 1927 Chess Olympiad in London he played in the French selection, at the FIDE Amateur World Championship in 1928, which was held parallel to the 1928 Chess Olympiad in The Hague , he finished 9th out of 16 participants.

He was seriously ill and lived in a sanatorium for 20 years . During this time he wrote his unique four-volume work Nouveau Traité complet d'échecs. La fin de partie ("Textbook and Handbook of the Endgames"), which appeared in several editions in France since 1923. The German edition contains 2336 endgames, systematically sorted and thoroughly, precisely and completely examined . It deals with all the endgames occurring in practice and also contains more than 100 studies composed by Chéron . The book has long been considered the standard work on endgames and is simply called the Chéron in chess circles .

In 1934, Chéron wrote another book on theoretical questions in chess composition ( Les Echecs artistiques ).

Eightfold knight conversion

André Chéron was international referee for chess compositions since 1957 . He published over 450 compositions, including 400 studies. The following record task (so-called task ) shows an eight - fold sub-transformation into a jumper .

André Chéron
(after William Anthony Shinkman )
Journal de Genève, 1964
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White to move wins

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Solution:

1. B8S + Txb8
second axb8S + Kd6
3. C8S + Ke6
4. D8S + Lxd8
5. exd8S + Kf6
6. G8S + Txg8
7. hxg8S + Kg6
8. F8S matt

Publications

  • La fin de partie . Aigle 1923.
  • Traité complet d'échecs . Brussels 1927.
  • Manuel d'échecs du debutant . Paris 1928.
  • Initiation auproblemème d'échecs stratégique . Paris 1930.
  • Les Échecs artistiques . Lausanne / Geneva 1934.
  • Miniatures stratégiques françaises . Nancy / Strasbourg / Paris 1936.
  • Les Échecs artistiques , Librairie Payot, Paris 1957.
  • Teaching and manual of the endgames, Volume 1. 2nd edition. Leysin 1960, ISBN 3-88086-081-5 .
  • Teaching and manual of the endgames, Volume 2. 2nd edition. Leysin 1964, ISBN 3-88086-082-3 .
  • Teaching and manual of the endgames, Volume 3. 2nd edition. Leysin 1969, ISBN 3-88086-083-1 .
  • Teaching and Handbook of Endgames, Volume 4. Leysin 1970, ISBN 3-88086-084-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ André Chéron's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Table of the amateur world championship 1928 on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ International referees for chess compositions
  4. ↑ Jerzy Konikowski : Kompozycja w treningu szachisty (compositions in the training of chess players) . Wydawnictwo Szachowe "Penelopa", Warszawa 2003, ISBN 83-86407-54-9 , p. 76.
personal data
SURNAME Chéron, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French endgame theorist in chess
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Colombes
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1980
Place of death Leysin