Gerald Frank Anderson
Gerald Frank Anderson OBE (born February 24, 1898 in Newcastle , Cape Colony ; † August 23, 1983 in Hove , England) was a British chess composer and fighter pilot.
Anderson came from the British Cape Colony, later South Africa , but moved to England, where he fought in the First World War in 1918 as a pilot in the Bristol F.2b fighter aircraft and from July 17 to October 30, 1918 as a member of Fliegerschwadron 88 The Royal Air Force shot down eight enemy aircraft. When two Fokker D.VIIs were shot down on October 30, 1918, he was wounded in action. He was honored as a Flying Ace with the United Kingdom's Distinguished Flying Cross .
From the Second World War he worked as an ambassador for the British Foreign Office, including in Washington, DC
In chess composition, Anderson dealt with three moves, self-mate and fairytale chess as well as the war game , for which his book Are there any? became important as a basic work.
An example of a chess problem by Anderson can be found under Reflexmatt .
Works
- Gerald Frank Anderson: Adventures of My Chessmen, 1914-1923 . Chess amateur 1924
- Gerald Frank Anderson: Are there any ?: A chess problem book . Printed by Stroud News and Journal, 1958
- Gerald Frank Anderson: Memorial to VL Eaton: a chess problem biography . Rapallo 1971 (?)
Individual references and sources
- ↑ Gerald Frank Anderson on theaerodrome.com. Retrieved July 21, 2013
- ↑ a b calendar sheet . In: Die Schwalbe , issue 232, August 2008
- ^ Lubomir Kavalek : Chess . Washington Post, August 3, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anderson, Gerald Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anderson, GF |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chess composer and fighter pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newcastle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd August 1983 |
| Place of death | Hove |