Josef Halumbirek

Josef Halumbirek (born March 7, 1891 in Vienna ; † June 23, 1968 there ) was an Austrian chess composer .

Halumbirek was a professor of mathematics and later from 1945 to 1956 school director at the Albertgasse grammar school in Vienna's 8th district. He then retired.

Halumbirek was married; the marriage remained childless.

Chess composition

Halumbirek was friends with Ernst Krieger . Because of his pseudonym P. A. Orlimont, some community tasks appeared under the common pseudonym Halmont .

Halumbirek headed columns in the German chess newspaper 1932 to 1945 and in the Vienna chess newspaper . Since 1957 he has been the International Chess Composition Judge and Vice President of the Standing Commission for Chess Composition at FIDE .

After initial attempts in the Bohemian direction , Halumbirek came to the New German School , in which he became one of the most important theorists. His specialty were multi-turn miniatures (tasks with only two white pieces).

Josef Halumbirek
Dresdner Anzeiger , 1930

	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

Mate in 4 moves

Solution:

1. Qd4 – f4! Zugzwang b5 – b4
2. Qf4 – f1 b6 – b5
3. Qf1 – f6 b7 – b6
4. Qf6 – a1 mate
1.… Ka5 – a6
2. b3 – b4 Ka6 – a7
3. Qf4 – f8 Ka7 – a6
4. Qf8 – a8 mate

Individual evidence

1. ^ Josef Breuer : On the death of Josef Halumbirek . In: Die Schwalbe , No. 9, September 1968. pp. 117–121.
2. ↑ International judges for chess compositions
3. ↑ Prof. Josef Halumbirek 75 years, in: Schach, 3/1966, p. 92

Web links

• Compositions by Josef Halumbirek on the Schwalbe's PDB server
• Minimum from Josef Halumbirek on the PDB server