Henry Wald Bettmann

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Dr. Henry Wald Bettmann (born January 14, 1868 in Cincinnati , Ohio , † December 5, 1935 there ) was an American chess composer .

Chess composition

Bettmann was the brother of the chess composer Edgar Bettmann and the cousin of the chess composer Jacob Bettmann. His most reprinted composition is the Babson Task in Selbstmatt . More than 150 of his compositions have appeared in newspapers, magazines and specialist books.

Henry Wald Bettmann
More White Rooks, 1911
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Mate in 4 moves

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Solution:
1. c7-C8T Se7xc8
second b7xc8T Kd6-d7
3. f7-F8T Kd7-d6
4. Rf8-d8 matt

Triple sub-transformation into a tower.

Private

Bettmann was a physicist and a nationally known doctor for internal medicine . He was a professor of medicine and a faculty member in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati . He published his medical research results in several articles. As the son of the Jewish parents Bernhard (1846–1915) and Tillie Bettmann, he was the second oldest of seven siblings.

He died late Thursday evening, December 5, 1935, of a heart attack that befell him at his home in Vernon Manor. He left two children in addition to his wife.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More White Rooks is a book by Alain C. White , published in 1911 by The Chess Amateur
  2. ↑ Bernhard Bettmann Papers American Jewish Archives (English)
  3. ↑ Death report (newspaper clipping) in the American Jewish Archives, there without reference to the source.

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personal data
SURNAME Bettmann, Henry Wald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chess composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1935
Place of death Cincinnati