Yevgeny Ivanovich Umnow

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Yevgeny Ivanovich Umnow ( Russian Евгений Иванович Умнов , scientific. Transliteration Evgenij Ivanovič Umnov ; born January 29 . Jul / 11. February  1913 greg. In Rostov-on-Don , † 22. July 1989 in Moscow ) was a famous Russian composer and author in Chess .

Life

Umnow was a mathematician and a candidate for technical sciences.

Chess composition

Umnow initially composed Zweizüger, later he also dealt with studies . From 1927 he published more than 200 chess problems, many of them with awards, including 16 first prizes.

From 1932 to 1934 he was Vice President of the Central Commission for Art Chess . In 1945 he was awarded the title of Master of Sports . In 1956 he became international referee for chess compositions . In 1975 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master .

He is the author of the book What is a chess composition? (Russian Shto takoje schachmatnaja komposizija?, Moscow 1951). This book was translated into German by Werner Speckmann and was published in 1961: Schachkompositionen. A comparison between problem, study and batch by EI Umnow .

The Umnow theme named after him calls for the occupation of a field that has just been left by an opposing figure; according to a narrower definition, the theme is only fulfilled when white enters a field that has just been left by black. The Umnow defense is based on this, in which Black fends off a threat by moving a stone onto the threatening field.

Other works

  • Schachmatnaja Sadatscha w SSSR [The Chess Problem in the USSR], Moscow 1936
  • together with Kofman: Schachmatnaja sadatscha [The Chess Task], Moscow 1951
  • Shachmatnaja sadatscha XIX veka [The Chess Problem of the 19th Century], Moscow 1960
  • Schachmatnaja sadatscha XX weka [The Chess Problem of the 20th Century], Moscow 1966
  • Sovremennaja schachmatnaja sadatscha [The modern chess problem], Moscow 1967
  • together with Kofman and Wladimirow: Grandmaster schachmatnoj komposizii [Grand Master of Chess Composition], Moscow 1980
  • Putjami schachmatnowo twortschestwa [On the way to the chess artwork ], Moscow, 1983

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anatoly Jewgenjewitsch Karpow et al .: Chess - encyclopaedic dictionary , Sowjetskaja enzyklopedija, Moscow 1990, p. 417, ISBN 5-85270-005-3 (Russian)
personal data
SURNAME Umnow, Yevgeny Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Umnow, Evgeni Ivanovich; Умнов, Евгений Иванович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian chess composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostov on Don
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1989
Place of death Moscow