Cornelis Goldschmeding

Cornelis (Cor) Goldschmeding (* July 7, 1927 , † February 5, 1995 ) was a Dutch chess composer .

Life

Goldschmeding studied economics in Amsterdam . He then worked for the Chamber of Commerce, initially as an adjunct in Amsterdam, and finally in Arnhem as secretary ( director ). He was on the board of the Nederlandse Bond van Probleemvrienden and a member of the board of the PCCC .

Chess composition

Goldschmeding published his first assignment at the age of 12. His complete works include around 700 chess problems, the majority of which are two-move. Goldschmeding was also very successful with three-moveers and occasionally with multi-moveers, auxiliary mattes and fairy tale chess problems . In 1958 he was appointed International Chess Composition Judge. He had been the grand master of chess composition since 1988. The following task is typical of his work.

Cor Goldschmeding
The Swallow, 1981
1st Prize

	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

Checkmate in two moves

Seduction:
1. Sexd4? ( threatens 2. Bf3 mate )
1.… Re2 2. Nc3 mate
1.… Rxf2 2. Ne6 mate
1.… Rf7 2. Nxc2 mate
1.… Qf8 2. Nd6 mate
but 1.… hxg3!

Solution:
1. Nbxd4! (threatens 2. Bf3 mate )
1.… Re2 2. Qc6 mate
1.… Rxf2 2. Nb5 mate
1.… Rf7 2. Ng5 mate
1.… Qf8 2. Nxc2 mate
1.… d2 2. Bxc2 mate
1.… exd4 2. Rxd4 mate
Battery selection with four mating changes and two return mates.

| Z8 = - / - / - / - / - / kl / - / - / | Z7 = pd / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / | Z6 = - / - / - / - / - / nl / kd / - / | Z5 = rd / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / | Z4 = - / - / - / - / - / ql / - / - / | Z3 = - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / | Z2 = - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / | Z1 = - / - / bl / - / - / - / - / - / | Description = mate in two moves | center = 1}}



Set game:
1.… Ra4 / Ra3 / Ra2 / Ra1 / Ra6 / Rg5 2. Qg5 mate [A]
1.… Rf5 2. Qh6 mate [B]

Seduction:
1. Qg4 +? Rg5 2. Qxg5 mate [A] fails on 1.… Kxf6!

Solution:
1. Nd5! (threatens 2. Qf7 mate )
1.… Kh5 2. Qg5 mate [A]
1.… Kh7 2. Qh6 mate [B]

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literature

• Eeltje Visserman : Drs. C. Goldschmeding. Nederlandse Bond van Probleemvrienden, The Hague 1976.

Web links

• Compositions by Cornelis Goldschmeding on the Schwalbe's PDB server
• Short portrait of Cornelis Goldschmeding (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International judges for chess compositions
2. ↑ Grand master for chess compositions