Meir Rauch

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Meir Rauch, 1944 in Buenos Aires
Association PalestineLeague of Nations mandate for Palestine League of Nations mandate for Palestine
Born October 15, 1909
Żołynia, Russian Empire
Died August 1, 1983

Meir Rauch (born October 15, 1909 in Żołynia ; † August 1, 1983 ) was an Israeli chess composer and master of Polish origin.

Life

As early as 1923, at the age of 13, Rauch drew attention to himself through chess compositions in the workers 'chess newspaper published in Chemnitz and in workers' chess tournaments. At that time he lived in Kiel and Berlin.

Rauch emigrated to Palestine in the early 1930s . As a substitute, he represented the Palestinian League of Nations mandate area at the 1939 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires when the Second World War began during the tournament . Rauch stayed in Argentina until 1945.

Rauch was a member of the Réti chess club in Tel Aviv. He held the Israeli record in simultaneous blind play.

Chess composer

Even as a teenager, Rauch composed two and three moves of astonishing quality and maturity. His study , published in the Arbeiter-Schachzeitung in 1924, also shows the multi -pawn issue . The following pawn endgame combines the theory of moving squares with the move change.

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White to move wins

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The covered black passed pawn g3 ties the white king to the square g3-g1-e1-e3. The white passed pawns on b3 and f3 tie the black king to the squares d3, d4 and d5. The attempt to convert it immediately fails after 1. b4? Kc4 2. f4 Kxb4 3. f5 Kc5 etc. with their annihilation. Also 1st Ke1? Ke3 2. Kf1 (2. b4? G2!) Kxf3 3. b4 Ke4 brings the same result.

solution

1. Kf1! a triangle maneuver begins Kd3
2. Kg1, Kg2 Kd4
3. Kg2, Kg1 Kd3, Kd5
4. Kf1 Kd4
5. Ke2 Kd5
6. Ke3 pushes the black king out of his draw zone. He loses control of the now marching passed pawns. Kc5
7. f4 Kd5
8. b4 Kc4
9. f5 Kd5
10. b5 White wins

Later Rauch also competed in other genres. His last known composition was an auxiliary mat from 1946.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gaige, Jeremy: Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, 1987, McFarland, p. 348, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
  2. ↑ Meir Rauch's result at the Chess Olympiad on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ^ List of the players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (Spanish) . Archived from the original on October 21, 2009.
  4. ↑ Short biography of Meir Rauch (Spanish)
  5. ^ Jewish Chess History
personal data
SURNAME Rauch, Meir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli chess composer and master of Polish origin
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Żołynia
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1983