Hans Gruber (pedagogue)

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Hans Gruber (born August 24, 1960 in Bobingen ) is a German educationalist and chess composer . He teaches as a professor at the University of Regensburg and was chairman of the German Association for Problem Chess from 2006 to 2014 . He has also received awards as a zither interpreter and is a long-distance runner.

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Scientific career

Gruber studied psychology, education and literature at the University of Munich and received his doctorate in 1991. In 1998 he completed his habilitation in Munich and in the same year became Professor of Education at the University of Regensburg. In 2000 he was given one of the chairs there for general pedagogy . In 2002 he was appointed to the chair for educational psychology and empirical education at the LMU Munich as the successor to Heinz Mandl . Although he had already received his certificate of appointment from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Culture from State Minister Hans Zehetmair, he refused the offer. Since 2007 Gruber has been visiting professor and other roles in the Faculty of Education at the University of Turku in Finland. Gruber is (as of 2015) President of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI).

In 2015 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Turku.

Chess compositions

Hans Gruber
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7th Chess pdt45.svg Chess pdt45.svg Chess pdt45.svg Chess pdt45.svg Chess pdt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess pdt45.svg Chess pdt45.svg 7th
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4th Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess plt45.svg Chess plt45.svg Chess --t45.svg Chess klt45.svg 4th
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Evidence game in 8.5 moves

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In 1985 Gruber was appointed International Chess Composition Judge.

Hans Gruber composed the retro exercise opposite , a game of evidence in 8.5 moves (position after White's 9th move). How did the game go?

There are two solutions to this:

  • 1. e4 f6 2. Be2 Kf7 3. Bg4 Kg6 4. Lh3 Kg5 5. f4 + Kh6 6. Kf2 Kg6 7. Kg3 Kf7 8. Kh4 Ke8 9. Qh5 +
  • 1. f4 f6 2. Kf2 Kf7 3. Kg3 Ke6 4. Kh4 Kd5 5. e4 + Kd6 6. Be2 Ke6 7. Bg4 Kf7 8. Lh3 Ke8 9. Qh5 +

The theme is a speed run of the black king in two positions.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zitherduo Knoll / Gruber ( Memento from December 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ LV Geiselhöring
  3. ↑ Alexander Schlaak: Award for Regensburg pedagogues: Finnish honorary doctorate for Prof. Dr. Hans Gruber. University of Regensburg, press release from August 19, 2015 from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on August 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ International judges for chess composition
personal data
SURNAME Gruber, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educationalist and chess composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Bobingen