Franz Schrüfer

Franz Schrüfer (born March 17, 1823 in Oberailsfeld , † August 6, 1909 in Bamberg ) was a chess composer of the old German school .

Schrüfer received music training at the Royal Conservatory in Munich, among other places . He composed some pieces of music. Until January 1, 1899, he worked as a choir director at Sankt Martin in Bamberg.

It was not until he was 45 years old that Schrüfer began to take a serious look at chess. From 1870 to 1895 he was chairman of the Bamberg chess club founded in 1868 , of which he became honorary director after he ended his office. From 1870 he worked as a problem composer, where he drew attention to himself from 1876 through tournament successes. In the mid-1880s he was considered one of the most important chess composers of his time. He is considered an important representative of the old German school of chess composition.

Franz Schrüfer
Collection of easier chess problems
1882

	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 three moves

Solution:

1. Re3 – b3 (threatens 2. Rb3 – b7) c4xb3
2. Be5 – b2

Schrüfer was an honorary member of the Munich Chess Club and, from June 7, 1903, of the German Chess Federation .

In 1904, Schrüfer was injured in an accident, after which he could no longer leave his apartment.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wiener Schachzeitung , September 1906, pp. 292–296
2. ↑ Calendar sheet , in: Die Schwalbe , issue 238, August 2009
3. ↑ ^{a b} Manfred Zucker : Great German Problem Master (7) . In: Schach , No. 10, 1993, p. 76
4. ↑ ^{a b} Obituary in the Deutsche Schachzeitung , No. 9, 1909 (see online version without chess problems on the website of the German Chess Federation)

Web links

• Compositions by Franz Schrüfer on the PDB server