Bo Lindgren
Bo Waldemar Lindgren (born February 26, 1927 in Lidingö ; † June 4, 2011 ibid) was a well-known Swedish chess composer .
Chess composition
Lindgren has published more than 500 chess problems of various genres since 1942. In 1966 he was appointed International Chess Composition Referee . In 1980 he was already a grandmaster for chess composition .
Lindgren composed among other things in the Bohemian style . The following task shows a task with six - fold sub-transformation into knight or rook.
Tidskrift för Schack, 1959
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 |
Solution:
A
1. g7 – g8S + Kf6 – e6
2. f7 – f8S + Ke6xd6 2.… Rb8xf8 3. e7xf8S + Ke6xd6 4. d7 – d8T + etc. as in B
3. e7 – e8S + Kd6xc6 3.… Rb8xe8 4. d7xe8S + Kd6xc6 . c7 – c8T + etc. as in B
4. d7 – d8S + Kc6 – b6 4.… Rb8xd8 4. c7xd8S + Kc6 – b6 5. b7 – b8T + etc. as in B
5. c7 – c8S + Rb8xc8 5.… Kb6 – a6 6 . Tg5-g6 + Sh4xg6 matt
6. b7xc8S + KB6-a6 Now the lady tied .
7. Tg5-g6 + Sh4xg6 Matt
B
1. ... Tb8xg8
second fxg8S + Kf6 e6
3. e7 + E8T Ke6xd6
4. d7 + d8t Kd6xc6
5. c7-C8T + KC6-b6
6. b7-B8T + KB6-a6
7. Tg5- g6 + Sh4xg6 matt
editor
From 1952 to 1957, Lindgren was the editor of Schackbladet's tasks department . From 1966 he worked at Stella Polaris .
Web links
- Some compositions by Bo Lindgren on the PDB server
- Bo Lindgren at the PCCC Congress 2006 in Wageningen
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kjell Widlert: Obituary. ( Memento of November 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Uralsky Problemist. June 8, 2011
- ↑ International referees for chess compositions
- ↑ Grand master for chess compositions
- ^ Jirí Veselý, Jan Kalendovský, Bedrich Formánek: Mala encyklopedie šachu. Olympia, Praha, Šport, Bratislava, 1989, p. 197
- ↑ Wladyslaw Litmanowicz, Jerzy Gizycki: Szachy od A do Z , Volume 1. Warsaw 1986, ISBN 83-217-2481-7 , p. 524 (Polish)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lindgren, Bo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lindgren, Bo Waldemar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish chess composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lidingö |
DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 2011 |
Place of death | Lidingö |