Manfred Zucker
The chessboard shows a problem he composed with the requirement: White mates in 4 moves (there is a white knight on d5).
Manfred Zucker (born April 15, 1938 in Chemnitz ; † October 23, 2013 there ) was a chess composer , editor and chess player.
editor
In 1960, Zucker was one of the founding trio of the Schachecke in the regional newspaper Volksstimme (Karl-Marx-Stadt) , which merged with the Zwickauer Kreiszeitung Freie Presse on January 1, 1963 . The free press chess corner became known under its new name and, after the deaths of Herbert Küchler and Helmut Klug, was taken over entirely by Zucker. From April 1973 to 2000 he headed the Problems and Studies rubric in chess with great success . He had been the International Chess Composition Judge since 1972 and had around 100 appearances in this capacity, including twice for the FIDE albums.
In the last few years he took over the multi-trainer and self-mate department of the magazine for chess composition Problem-Forum as editor and appeared regularly as a speaker at the annual chess composers meetings in his region. Two of his lectures took him to Biel to see art chess friends in Switzerland. He has published over 50 specialist articles on composition in chess magazines .
Chess composition
Zucker was active as a composer since the 1950s. His first original, a self-mating in five moves, appeared in Schach magazine in 1956 . In 1983 he won the 2nd GDR championship in problem chess with a mate in seven moves. Self-mate and multi-migrants were among his favored directions, whereby he preferred strict economics in the use of resources. He also composed some studies .
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Solution:
1. Ne3! ( threatens 2. Nxd5 along with 3. Nc3 and 4. Rb3 / Rb5 pattern mate)
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4. Rb4 pattern mate and echo to the threat.
Der Tagesspiegel , September 30, 1990
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Solution:
Set game: 1.… Kd4 (Black's only possible move) 2. Qf4 mate
A move change maneuver follows in which the queen describes a trapezoid .
1. Qf3! T arbitrarily on the d-file, but not Rd4 because of Qb3 #
2. Qe4 + Rd4 He has to go back into the pasture .
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Rd5 4. Qf7 return, forced move . Kd4
5. Qf4 Patternmate
Chess player
Zucker learned to play chess as a child and at the age of 15 he joined BSG Motor IFA Karl-Marx-Stadt, today TSV IFA Chemnitz. He played from the 3rd district class to the GDR Oberliga in all divisions and made it to the three-quarter finals of the GDR championship in Torgau in the early 1960s. He played actively for his club until old age.
Private
After graduating from high school, Zucker learned the trade of a wholesale merchant and was managing director in a purchasing and delivery cooperative for the trade until his retirement.
His (early different) wife Heidi actively supported him for a long time in his extensive work as an editor. Zucker died as a result of bowel surgery.
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary at TSV IFA Chemnitz
- ↑ International judges for chess compositions
- ↑ Martin Hoffmann: The portrait: Manfred Zucker, Chemnitz. in: Schweizerische Schachzeitung , 2005, No. 11–12, page 25 (PDF; 2.1 MB)
- ↑ SCHACH 6/1984 p. 277f, Second GDR Championship 1983
Works
- Fritz Hoffmann; Günter Schiller; Karl-Heinz Siehndel; Manfred Zucker: 407 tasks and studies. Sportverlag, Berlin, 1984. ISBN 3-88805-350-1
- Manfred Zucker: Selected chess problems. Edited by Winfried E. Kuhn and Godehard Murkisch, self-published, Göttingen, 1989.
- Degenkolbe, Mirko (eds.) Ao: Saxon threesomes: Böttger - Fiebig - Zucker: 3 × 70 selected chess problems by Horst Böttger, Reinhardt Fiebig & Manfred Zucker; as well as the decisions of the anniversary tournaments "Böttger-Fiebig-70" and "Zucker-70". Udo Degener Verlag, Potsdam, 2008. ISBN 978-3-940531-05-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Manfred Zucker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Compositions by Manfred Zucker on the Schwalbe's PDB server
- 90 years of chess composition in Chemnitz (with picture) (PDF; 1.9 MB)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zucker, Manfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chess composer and player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 2013 |
| Place of death | Chemnitz |