Hans Vetter (chess player)
Johannes Vetter (born June 27, 1894 in Dresden ; † April 13, 1973 ibid.) Was a German chess composer , chess player and editor .
Chess composition
Together with Friedrich Palitzsch , Rudolf Leopold and Gerhard Kaiser , Hans Vetter was part of the composer's quartet in the Dresden Chess Club. He published around 350 chess problems and received 70 awards, including 12 first and 22 further prizes. He became known through some spectacular successes such as 1st prize in the FIDE tournament in 1957.
Vetter founded the modern conception of the logical multi-migrant and found with his compositions a happy synthesis of New German ideas with Bohemian construction technology and their pattern matt images. Numerous chess composers, such as Hans Lepuschütz from Graz, referred to Vetter as their teacher. Since 1958 he was an international judge for chess composition .
German chess newspaper , July 1951
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Audition:
1. Kb6 – c6? Sa2xb4 +!
Solution:
1. Qc7 – g7 ( threatens 2. Qg7 – f8 + Ke8 – d7 3. Ne6 – c5 sample mate ) Ba3xb4 deflection of the substitute defender
2. Kb6 – c6! The field b4 is adjusted. Bb4 – e7
3. Qg7 – g6 pattern mate. The Dresden idea in miniature.
editor
Vetter took over the section Our Chess Corner of the Saxon Newspaper, founded on January 18, 1958 by Gerhard Kaiser, as editor . His successor from 1973 to 1992 was Günter Schiller and, after his death, Frank Reinhold.
From 1965 to March 1973 Vetter edited the section Problems and Studies of the magazine Schach .
Life
Hans Vetter worked for over forty years as a commercial clerk in a large Dresden brewery. The family grave is located in the urn grove in Dresden-Tolkewitz, just a few steps away from the distinctive gravestones of the two pioneers Johannes Kohtz and Friedrich Palitzsch.
In 2008 he was made an honorary member of the Dresden Chess Association posthumously .
Tournament player
In 1923 he was second in the Leipzig championship tournament in Saxony and finished 6th in the Frankfurt main tournament. In 1926 he finished second in the Saxon championship tournament in Dresden. In 1949 he belonged to the Dresden team at the 4-city tournament in Leipzig, alongside Lothar Schmid and Edith Keller , which came second behind Berlin.
He remained loyal to his association Aufbau Dresden-Mitte (1950–52 as Bau-Union Süd) until 1972. Between 1954 and 1958 Vetter played in the GDR league on boards 3 to 6 and scored 30 points from 60 games. In 1954 they were promoted to the top division, in 1955 the team was GDR runner-up behind SC Wissenschaft Halle.
Individual evidence
- ^ In memoriam Hans Vetter, Schach , Heft 6, 1973, p. 186
- ^ Fritz Hoffmann; Günter Schiller; Karl-Heinz Siehndel; Manfred Zucker: 407 tasks and studies . Sportverlag, Berlin, 1984, p. 75. ISBN 3-88805-350-1
- ^ Klug, Helmut: Hans Vetter 75 Years, Freie Presse, June 27, 1969
- ↑ International judges for chess compositions
- ↑ Schach , No. 4, 1973, p. 123
- ↑ Honorary members of the Dresden Chess Federation
- ↑ Hofmann, Peter; Krämer, Hans-Winfried: Dresden Chess Federation honors longstanding services. in: Rochade Sachsen , 03/2009, p. 4
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cousin, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cousin, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chess composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1973 |
| Place of death | Dresden |