Hermann von Gottschall

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Hermann von Gottschall (born October 16, 1862 in Posen , † March 7 or March 8, 1933 in Görlitz ) was a German chess player and chess composer .

Life

Hermann von Gottschall, son of the writer Rudolf von Gottschall (1823–1909), was a lawyer by profession . However, Gottschall was also active as a literary critic. He has played in numerous major international tournaments since the 1880s . In Nuremberg in 1888 he finished second with Jacques Mieses behind Siegbert Tarrasch . At the end of his career he won the tournament in Breslau in 1925 against Akiba Rubinstein , Friedrich Sämisch and Siegbert Tarrasch. In 1890 and 1895 he lost two competitions in Berlin and Leipzig against Curt von Bardeleben with 1: 5 and 1: 4.

Gottschall headed the German chess newspaper for several years and published an important biography of Anderssen : Adolf Anderssen, old master of the German art of chess , Leipzig 1912.

As a composer, he published volumes 4 and 5 of the collection of chess problems (founded by Jean Dufresne ), Leipzig 1898–1908. He also published the Kleine Problem-Schule , Leipzig 1885 and the forays through the field of the chess problem , Berlin / Leipzig 1926.

Gottschall did not join the new German school, but stayed with his own style, but also often built Bohemian matte tasks.

Chess composition

Hermann von Gottschall
German chess newspaper 1889
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White to move achieves a draw

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Solution:

1. d7 – d8D! Bc7xd8 deflection
2. Be2 – d3 !! h2 – h1D
3. Bd3 – e4 + double attack Qh1xe4 deflection
4. Nc4 – d6 + knight fork e7xd6 stalemate .

Publications

  • Small problem school . A. Roegner, Leipzig 1885.
  • Forays into the field of the chess problem . Berlin and Leipzig 1926.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deutsche Schachblätter , No. 6, March 15, 1933, p. 81.
  2. ↑ Manfred Zucker: Great German Problem Master (16) . In: Schach , No. 7, 1994, p. 76.
personal data
SURNAME Gottschall, Hermann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess player
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1933
Place of death Goerlitz