Franz Palatz

Franz Palatz

Franz Ferdinand Ludwig Palatz (* 18th July 1896 in Hamburg , in 1945 lost in East Prussia) was a German composer in chess .

Palatz has composed more than 500 chess problems, mainly two and more moves. For many of them he received an award. But he also dealt with auxiliary mats , rarely with studies .

Franz Palatz
The Swallow, 1939

	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

Mate in 3 moves

Solution:
1. Qb3 – b2 Ka5 – a4
2. Bg2 – c6 + Ka4 – a5
3. Qb2 – b5 mate

1.… Ka5 – a6
2. Qb2 – b4 Ka6 – a7
3. Qb4 – b7 mate Echo

Publications

• Double-sided Grimshaws , Deutsches Wochenschach 1918 p. 121
• Antiturton, Zepler and the Antiform , Deutsches Wochenschach 1923 p. 77
• Classification of move-changing tasks , Deutsches Wochenschach 1925 p. 41
• Zwei-Königsproblem , Deutsches Wochenschach 1925 p. 57
• Antiform , Berlin 1929 (together with Alfred Mongredien)
• Miniatures Stratègiques , Paris 1935
• The new two-move , Prague 1943

Web link

• Compositions by Franz Palatz on the Schwalbe's PDB server

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brief portrait in: Aachener Anzeiger, October 15, 1932, p. 22