Johann Bernhard Michael Schneider

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Johann Bernhard Schneider Michael (* 11. May 1905 in Würzburg ; † 23. December 1984 in Schweinfurt ) was a German composer in chess .

The chess composer

In 1920 Schneider discovered problem chess. Two years later he published his first assignment. In 1924 the Würzburger Volksblatt announced a tournament, Schneider took first to third place with his problems. In 1935 the Lower Franconian Problem Community was established . Here he participated with Willy Popp and others in the organization and as a composer. He was most successful within this problem community.

In 1965 he was appointed International Chess Composition Judge.

Schneider loved to create Zweizüger, but he also wrote Dreizüger, Selbst- and Hilfsmatts.

In total, Schneider composed almost 1000 problems. About 300 of them were awarded, 25 were included in the FIDE albums . For this he was honored in 1979 with the FIDE title International Master of Chess Composition .

Michael Schneider
A small selection of his own chess problems, 1978
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Mate in 2 moves

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Solution:

1. Rb3!
1.… Kd5 2. Re3 mate
1.… d3 2. Rb4 mate
1.… e5 2. Qh1 mate
1.… d5 2. f3 mate
1.… g6 2. Nf6 mate

The tournament player

Schneider learned to play chess at the age of 15. He achieved a reasonable skill level in tournament chess. So he won the championship of Lower Franconia several times, he was also city champion of Würzburg and Schweinfurt.

The author

He placed many articles in specialist magazines, for example

  • Expansion of the Finnish Nowotny
  • Holding value in two-move
  • New focal point seductions
  • Seductions in the self-matte two-move
  • News in the ongoing attack

He also published

  • Lower Franconia's problem history 1882-1970 , Schweinfurt 1970
  • A small selection of own chess problems , Schweinfurt 1978

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schach-Echo, No. 6, March 20, 1953, p. 104
  2. ↑ International judges for chess compositions
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Johann Bernhard Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH 23rd December 1984
Place of death Schweinfurt