Artur Mandler

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Artur Mandler

Artur Mandler (born January 5, 1891 in Humpolec , † October 20, 1971 in Prague ) was a Czech chess composer .

Life

Since 1908, Mandler published about 1000 chess problems and studies . In addition, he was a versatile chess journalist. From 1955 to 1956 he edited the section for chess compositions in the journal Československý šach . In 1956 he was appointed International Chess Composition Judge. Until 1965 he worked as an editor for the international chess magazine FIDE Revue .

Since 1966 he was FIDE International Master for Chess Composition . In 1968 he became Honored Master of Sports in Czechoslovakia. He was awarded the title of Grand Master of Chess Composition posthumously in 2012.

Mandler made some contributions to endgame theory . The following quality endgame tower versus springer was one of the areas he examined intensively.

Artur Mandler
Austrian Chess Review, 6/1924
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White moves and wins

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Solution:

1. Ta2 +? Sa5 ends in a draw . Only
1. Rg6 + Ka7
2. Kc6 Nd8 + 2.… Ka6 3. Rf (h) 6 Sa5 + 4. Kc5 + Ka7 5. Kb5 loses to the goal .
3. Kd6 Nb7 +
4. Kd5 Sa5
5. Kc5 Nb7 +
6. Kb5 Kb8
7. Kc6 Nd8 + The knight cannot effectively support his king. Next can follow
8. Kd7 Nb7 9. Rg5 Ka7 10. Kc8 Nd6 + 11. Kc7 Ne8 + 12. Kc6 Nf6 13. Rg7 + Kb8 14. Rg6 Nh5 15. Rg8 + Ka7 16. Rf8 Ng3 17. Rf7 + Kb8 18. Rb7 + Ka8 19. Kc7 Ne4 20. Tb1 along with matt

Works

  • Réti, Richard: The work of Richard Rétis in chess. Mähr.-Ostrau, Kittl., Volume 2. All studies edit. and ed. by Arthur Mandler, 1931, 86 pages.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. International judges for chess compositions
  2. International masters for chess compositions
  3. Grand master for chess compositions