Pál Faragó

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Pál Faragó ( Romanian Paul Farago ; born April 4, 1886 in Pereg in Hungary , † December 1, 1969 in Cluj ) was a Hungarian chess composer who lived in Hungary and later in Romania .

Faragó used the pseudonym Ralf Gapoa.

Chess composition

Faragó published his first study in 1899 at the age of 13. In addition to other awards, Faragó successfully took part in various chess Olympiads . At the German "Chess Counter Olympiad" in Munich in 1936 he received the gold medal from 134 entries, in 1952 he came third in Helsinki.

Faragó were awarded the titles "Master of Sports" and "Honored Master of Sports" in 1955 and 1961. In 1956 he was appointed International Chess Composition Referee . Posthumously , he achieved the norm for the title of International Master of Chess Composition .

In November 1936 Faragó took over the study department of the Revista Română de Şah , which he headed to the end. The study department of Magyar Sakkvilág worked on Faragó for more than ten years.

One of Faragó's compositions called Labirint , published in 1944 in the magazine Magyar Sakkvilág , was only solved after 19 years.

Pál Faragó
Československý šach , 1937
3rd Honorable Mention
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White to move holds a draw

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Solution:
After 1. h5? Ka6 !! 2. h6 g3 3. h7 g2 4. Kg7 g1D + gives Black check until the black queen has reached g6 and the white king has to move to h8. It follows KB5, DF7 and Qf8 matt . A possible variant is 5. Kf7 Qd4 6. Kg8 Qd8 + 7. Kg7 Qg5 + 8. Kf7 Qh6 9. Kg8 Qg6 + 10. Kh8 Kb5! 11. a6 Qf7 12. a7 Qf8 mate.

With 1. a5 – a6 !! if this possibility is prevented from the start, the endgame remains a draw.

Life

Faragó attended the university in Kecskemét , studied polytechnics in Budapest, became a geodesy engineer and did his doctorate there. In 1910 he settled in Cluj , which came to Romania in 1918.

In the last minutes of his life, Faragó played on his pocket chessboard , which was later given to him as a burial object.

book

  • Új gondolatok a művészi sakkban (New Thoughts in Composition Chess), Bucharest, 1958

Remarks

  1. ^ Schlage and Kraemer : Olympic Competition for Studies: Report of the Judges (September 22, 1936). In: Deutsche Schachblätter 19/1936, p. 350.
  2. ↑ In the source ( EG 26, p. 273 ff.): "Master of Sport" or "Honored Master of Sport"
  3. ↑ International referees for chess compositions

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personal data
SURNAME Faragó, Pál
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farago, Paul (Romanian); Gapoa, Ralf (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian chess composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Pereg , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1969
Place of death Cluj