Jindrich Fritz

Jindřich Fritz (born June 15, 1912 in Prague ; † November 9, 1984 ibid) was a Czech chess composer .

Life

Fritz learned the Bohemian School while studying law , in the style of which he created several chess problems, but soon turned to studies . His first compositions were published in 1930. 500 of his compositions and studies have been published in his book Vybrané šachové Genealogie , which appeared in 1979. Of his more than 500 compositions, 26 won first prizes.

At first Fritz composed studies inspired by Henri Rinck in the classical style, but this changed after reading Sowremmeni schachmatni etjud , as he saw no future for them. The first of his studies in the new style was published in Gros on October 24, 1937 . His style was mostly puppet play, often with echoes. He won the three Czech study championships 1951–52, 1953–54 and 1963–65. According to Jaroslav Pospíšil, Fritz popularized the study composition of the 1950s in Czechoslovakia when he took over the column in Československý šach in 1951 and published his book . While the new method, which Fritz described in his book in 1951, was worked on by Gorgiew and Herbstmann, Fritz combined it with Bohemian themes.

Since 1956 the attorney at law has been an international judge for chess compositions and since 1976 a grand master for chess composition .

Study composer

Jindřich Fritz
České Slovo, 1931

	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 wins

Solution:

To win the position, White must get a bishop. There are some pitfalls in this endeavor. Would the direct rook fork be wrong
1. Rf4 – f7? Be7 – g5! with a counterattack by a bishop's fork
2. Rf7xh7 Bg5 – f4 + and good advice is now expensive, because
3. Be5xf4 is stalemate and the quality ending cannot be won because the black king is already in the right corner . But White has a preliminary plan at hand.
1. Rf4 – a4 +! Ka8 – b7 It's more uncomfortable for the black king on the 7th row.
2. Ra4 – g4 with the clear threat of Rg4 – g7 Be7 – f8 Black has little leeway.
3. Rg4 – f4 Bf8 – h6 sets the devilish stalemate once again
4. Rf4 – f7 +? Kb7 – a8 5. Rf7xh7 Bh6 – f4 + 6. Be5xf4 stalemate.
4. Rf4 – h4! Now a black bishop is lost, white wins.

Publications

• Moderní šachová study: Úvod do theory a skladby . Práce Publishing House, Prague 1951.
• Šachová study . Publishing house Státní tělovýchovné nakl., Prague 1954.
• Vybrané šachovéproblemémy . Olympia Publishing House, Prague 1979.

Web links

• Compositions by Jindřich Fritz on the PDB server
• Photo by Jindřich Fritz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International judges for chess compositions (English)
2. ↑ Grand Master of Chess Composition (English)