Gerhard Kaiser (chess composer)

Gerhard Kaiser (born October 11, 1890 in Bautzen , † June 13, 1966 in Dresden ) was a German chess composer and chess editor .

Chess composition

Gerhard Kaiser met Friedrich Palitzsch and Rudolf Leopold in the Dresden chess club . They encouraged him to do his own thing.

His compositions are characterized by ingenuity, strict logic and concise, concise form. He composed more than 100 miniatures . His collection of miniatures comprised almost 10,000 tasks and was later taken over by Klaus-Peter Zuncke.

The "most famous miniature" of Kaiser was included in the FIDE album 1945/1955:

Gerhard Kaiser
Leipziger Volkszeitung , 1954

	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

Audition:

1. Qb6 – b8? Nc7 – e8!

Solution:

1. Qb6 – b7! (threatens 2. Qb7 – h1 + Be5 – h2 3. Qh1xh2 mate) Be5 – h2
2. Qb7 – b8! Nc7 – e8
3. Qb8xh2 mate.

The piece shows a black and white path: the black bishop paves the way for the white queen in advance to h2.

Another characteristic miniature:

Gerhard Kaiser
Neue Berliner Illustrierte , 1955

	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 four moves

This task shows a Roman steering of the black tower (so-called Schlagrömer).
Seduction:

1. Bg6 – f7? Rh8 – h3
2. Bf7 – c4 Rh3 – d3!
3. Bc4xd3 stalemate

Solution:

1. Bg6 – d3 Rh8 – e8
2. Bd3 – c4! Re8-e3 Hinlenkung
3. Sg2xe3 + K d1-e1
4. Tb2-e2 pattern Matt

editor

On January 18, 1958, Kaiser founded the Schachecke of the Sächsische Zeitung , in which chess compositions are still published every other week. It initially appeared under the title Chess on the weekend , and since task 246 under Our Chess Corner . With task 370, Hans Vetter took over the editorial office, his successor from 1973 to 1992 was Günter Schiller and after his death Frank Reinhold.

From October 1961 until the end of 1964 Kaiser edited the section Problems and Studies of the magazine Schach .

Life

Kaiser studied law in Jena, Leipzig and Berlin. From 1919 to 1921 he worked as a trainee lawyer at Dresden courts. He then passed the 2nd state examination and obtained a doctorate in Dr. jur. As an assessor, he entered the state administration service and was later a councilor in Döbeln and, most recently, a senior councilor in Pirna .

Web link

• Some compositions by Gerhard Kaiser on the PDB server

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl-Heinz Siehndel (Gesamtred.): Problem chess. 407 Exercises and Studies . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, p. 130.
2. ^ Manfred Zucker : Problem chess in Saxony . Unpublished manuscript for: Saxon Chess History - An Overview. Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig, 2002