Karl Junker (chess player)
Karl Junker (born April 21, 1905 in Meiningsen , Kr. Soest / Westf; † January 13, 1995 ) was a German chess composer and chess writer .
Life
Junker learned chess from his father when he was twelve. Through his math teacher, the Westphalian master Dr. Schäfer, he achieved a certain skill level.
Junker worked as a journalist from 1927 to 1934, later as a primary school teacher. Then he became the principal of the elementary school in Neuenrade . At times he also directed the adult education center in Neuenrade.
Karl Junker published his first chess problem in 1923. In the 1950s, he took first place in several composition competitions. He preferred to compose triple and multiple moves.
In addition, he also played a passable tournament chess in the 1930s at the main tournaments of the Westphalian Chess Association. When his time allowed, he also played in his hometown Neuenrade in Westphalia in the chess club.
Junker was responsible for several chess composition rubrics. In 1964 he was editor of the magazine Die Schwalbe . He published his own compositions in 1971 ( Selected Chess Problems ) and 1978 ( Selected Chess Problems - 2nd Edition ).
In 1962, together with Rudolf Teschner , he revised the work Das Schachspiel. Systematic textbook for beginners and experts by Siegbert Tarrasch . He wrote the problem part in Klaus Lindörfer's Large Chess Encyclopedia .
In his free time he dealt with local history, customs and natural history. He wrote articles for the regional newspapers in what was then the Altena district. In 1955 he published the Heimatbuch der Stadt Neuenrade from 1355-1955 .
Web links
- Compositions by Karl Junker (chess player) on the Schwalbe's PDB server
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schach-Echo , October 20, 1955, p. 320
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Junker, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer in problem chess and writer in chess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meiningsen , Kr. Soest / Westf |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1995 |