Camillo Gamnitzer
Camillo Gamnitzer (born May 6, 1951 in Linz , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian author of chess problems . In October 2009 he was the first Austrian to be awarded the title of Grand Master in Chess Composition by the World Chess Federation FIDE .
Life
After graduating from the Academic Gymnasium Linz , studying in Vienna and a three-year trainee period in the teaching department of the Upper Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Camillo Gamnitzer worked as a journalist in the print media sector. In 1988 he moved to the cultural department (now Directorate for Culture) of the Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government in Linz, where he was entrusted with the publication of publications until his retirement in June 2016. a. was the editor of the regional history periodical Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter .
Chess composer
At the beginning of his compositional activity around 1970, Gamnitzer mainly created orthodox matte tasks (three, four and multi-pupils) that were mainly attributable to the logical school . In 1990/91 the focus of his work shifted to the field of self-matting , in which special discipline he broke new ground and shaped his own style. For a long time, Gamnitzer had a collegial exchange with the Viennese problem composer and specialist book author Friedrich Chlubna , who also supported his career as a journalist.
By 2009 the man from Linz had written around 800 chess problems, most of them award-winning or award-winning, with the lion's share of strategic self-mating. In 2001 he was awarded the title of International Master of Chess Composition by the FIDE sub-organization PCCC , followed eight years later with the title of Grand Master, the highest official honor awarded in art chess worldwide. However, due to an accident, this was not officially awarded until a year later, in 2010.
fairy chess 1999–2000, 1st prize
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Solution:
- 1. Bg6 – h7! (threatens 2. Te2 + g6 3. Te 3 + SXE3 matt )
- 1.… g7 – g5! 2. Bc5 – g1! (threatens 3rd Re3 + Kd4 4th Re2 + Nf2 mate)
- 2.… Qb7xd7 3. Bg1 – c5! (Return, threatens 4. Re2 + Qxh7 5. Re3 + Nxe3 mate)
- 3.… Qd7 – b5 (only here the black queen can give up her influence on the bishop line h7 – d3, but White can use it as a distance block on this square)
- 4. Re4xc4 + Kd3xc4 5. Ng2 – e3 + Nd1xe3 mate .
Hans Peter Rehm used this composition along with two other “first-class self-mats” as an example for his article MEIN Ideal for modern (and old) self-matte multi-movers in the swallow .
Web links
- Compositions by Camillo Gamnitzer under “Shine on 64 fields. Problem chess in and from Upper Austria "
- Compositions by Camillo Gamnitzer on the Schwalbe's PDB server
- A visit to Camillo Gamnitzer - a courier report by Jürgen Klatzer
- Bibliography in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grand master for chess compositions
- ↑ Hans Peter Rehm: MY ideal for modern (and old) self-matte multi-moveers . In: Die Schwalbe , issue 230, April 2008, p. 422ff., Online .
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| SURNAME | Gamnitzer, Camillo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian author of chess problems |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz , Upper Austria |