László Lindner
László Lindner (born December 23, 1916 in Budapest ; † August 21, 2004 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian chess master with Jewish roots.
Life
Lindner was a doctor of law and economics. He was head of department at the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and worked as a journalist and travel book author.
In 1944, Lindner was deported to Bor (Serbia) for forced labor, the game of chess saved his life, on the night before the death march and the mass murder by shooting the Jews near Crvenka (German Rotweil) in Vojvodina he played chess with Tibor Flórián .
Chess composition
Lindner's first chess compositions were published in 1930. He was mainly active in the field of auxiliary matting . According to his own statements, however, he tried to balance his work in other genres as well. A practical player should, in his opinion, not deny himself the endgame composition. In the post-war years he composed a number of studies .
He created a total of 747 compositions, 250 have received awards, 102 have received a prize. Many have found their way into the FIDE albums , here it came to 35 points. For this he received the title of International Master in Chess Composition . As early as 1956, Lindner was named as the international arbitrator for chess composition .
Lindner was enthusiastic about chess programming and was also the organizer of tournaments for chess programs. Until well into old age, Lindner took part in the annual PCCC meetings as a delegate from Hungary . There he initiated the founding of the sub-commission for computer chess (Computer matters subcommission) through his active journalistic activity, of which he became the first speaker.
literature
- 1939 - Magyar sakkfeladvány-antológia (Hungarian chess problem antology) with Sándor Boros
- 1941 - A sakkjátszmától a feladványig (From chess game to chess problem)
- 1947 - Sakkmezők népe közt (Amid the people of the chess fields)
- 1947 - Centenáris nemzetközi sakkfeladványverseny (International Tournament of the Century of Chess Composition)
- 1954 - Sakkfeladvány iskola (School of Chess Composition)
- 1961 - Beautiful Paris - illustrated with photographs by the author
- 1964 - Ahol az Élet Vizét isszák (Where to drink the water of life)
- 1972 - Milan and the Northern Italian Lakes
- 1975 - GDR
- 1975 - Denmark
- 1975 - Rotterdam
- 1975 - Dresden, Leipzig, Saxon Switzerland
- 1977 - Out and about in Thuringia
- 1978 - Amsterdam
- 1979 - In the Loire Valley
- 1981 - Out and about in Saxony
- 1982 - Provence and the French Riviera
- 1982 - Copenhagen
- 1985 - Hamburg and the surrounding area
- 1987 - Sakkprogramozásról mindenkinek (About chess programming for everyone)
- 1988 - Cologne and Bonn
- 1988 - Scotland
- 1989 - Scandinavia
- 1996 - Matt pictures of a life. Chess autobiography in three sentences not only for experts
- 2002 - More matte pictures of a life (I. The King's March II. The Hebrew Alphabet)
Web links
- Forced labor, death march, mass murder (Forced labor in the Bor copper mine)
- Lindner, László: Matt pictures of a life
- Survivors from Bor - with photo of Lindner showing his diary ( memento from February 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- Chess composer Lindner ( Memento from July 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Hungarian)
- Obituary at prim.hu Hungarian
- Compositions by László Lindner on the Schwalbe's PDB server
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. László Lindner. In: Chess Echo. June 20, 1954, p. 192.
- ^ László Lindner: Matt pictures of a life. Kuhn Murkisch series No. 23, self-published by the editors, Göttingen, Lüneburg, 1996, p. 247
- ↑ International masters for chess compositions
- ↑ International referees for chess compositions
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindner, László |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian chess composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 2004 |
| Place of death | Budapest |