Hans Seyboth

Hans Seyboth, 1899

Hans Seyboth , actually Johannes Ernst Seyboth (born June 15 ^{. Jul} / 27. June  1864 ^greg. In Riga ; † 20th November 1938 ibid), was a Baltic chess composer and writer. Around 1900 he was considered the strongest chess amateur in Saint Petersburg . So he shared 3rd – 4th grade with Carl Behting . Prize in the main tournament of the 1st Congress of the Baltic Chess Federation .

Life

Seyboth studied mathematics in Dorpat . From 1890 to 1918 he was a teacher at the St. Petri secondary school in St. Petersburg. From October 1895 he headed the weekly chess column of the St. Petersburg newspaper for many years . Seyboth returned to Riga to the 13th elementary school via Dorpat and was its director from 1928.

Study composer

Seyboth composed some studies, some with an endgame character .

Hans Seyboth
Schachmatny Journal. 1901

	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

White moves and reaches a draw

Solution:

Black threatens a chess check along with mate , cf. Queens final .
1. Bc2 – e4! Qd5 × e4
2. Qf1 – f7 Kc6 – b6 +
3. Ka8 – b8 De4 – e5 +
4. Kb8 – c8 De5 – h8 +
5. Kc8 – d7
draw

Web links

• Compositions by Hans Seyboth on the Schwalbe's PDB server

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} K. G. K .: H. Seyboth †. In: Rigasche Rundschau. No. 288, December 17, 1938, ISSN  1691-8401 , p. 18, column 4, accessed on January 4, 2017 ( Nekrolog ).
2. ^ F. Amelung, C. Behting: I. Baltic chess tournament. In: Düna newspaper. No. 97, May 1, 1899, ZDB -ID 309044-9 , p. 141, Col. 1–2, accessed on January 4, 2017.
3. ↑ - sb -: 40th teacher anniversary. In: Rigasche Rundschau . No. 17, January 22, 1930, ISSN  1691-8401 , p. 10, column 1, accessed on January 4, 2017.
4. ^ In the management of the 13th municipal primary school ... In: Rigasche Rundschau. No. 220, September 28, 1928, ISSN  1691-8401 , p. 6, column 3, accessed on January 4, 2017.