Otto Wurzburg

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Otto Wurzburg , until about 1908 he wrote himself Würzburg, (born July 10, 1875 in Grand Rapids , Michigan, USA; † October 1, 1951 there ) was an American chess composer and at the same time a strong party player. He was a nephew of William Anthony Shinkman .

Wurzburg was from the first edition in January 1933 to December 1933 clerk of the composition corner in The Chess Review .

A number of spectacular chess compositions that have been reprinted time and again up to the present can be traced back to him. His name is mainly used today in connection with Wurzburg-Plachutta (also known as double-sided Holzhausen ). This means a forced mutual adjustment of two black figures stepping in step without a white sacrificial stone (with a white sacrificial stone: Plachutta ). Otto Wurzburg was the first to master this difficult task. The trunk problem:

Otto Wurzburg
Zlatá Praha, 1909
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Checkmate in three moves

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Solution:

1. Ne5! 2. Qb2 and 3. Nxg4 / Nd7 threatens double check and mate; If a rook pulls between them on the second move, mate still follows, as he is tied up in the mate move .

1.… Tcd4 2. Qd5 !! The threat of 3.Nd7 can only be parried with 2.… Rxd5 , followed by 3.Nxg4 mate .

1.… Rdd4 2. Qe4 !! There is a threat of 3. Nxg4, and after 2.… Rxe4 , 3. Nd7 comes mate .

Secondary game: 1.… Nb5 2. Qc6 + Rxc6 / Nxc6 / Nd6 / Rd6 3. Nxg4 / Re6 / Nd7 / Nd7 mate.

The characteristic adjustment takes place in the first black move, the intersection is d4.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Winfried E. Kuhn, Godehard Murkisch (Ed.): Problemschach-Jahrbuch 1998. , Self-published by the editors, Göttingen, Lüneburg, 1999, page 427
personal data
SURNAME Wurzburg, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wurzburg, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chess composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Grand Rapids , Michigan, USA
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1951
Place of death Grand Rapids , Michigan, USA