Siegfried Brehmer

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Siegfried Brehmer (born January 12, 1917 in Lindhof, Briesen district ( Dębowa Łąka ); † May 30, 1996 in Potsdam-Babelsberg ) was a German mathematician , university teacher and composer in chess .

Life

Brehmer graduated from high school in Breslau in 1936 . He then trained as a banker until 1938. During the Second World War he was drafted into the Air Force as a radio operator. During the war he studied mathematics by distance learning. He was taken prisoner, from which he was released in 1946. He then taught in Welzow as a new teacher, and from 1949 he was a lecturer at the Cottbus Teacher Training Institute. From 1953 he studied mathematics at the Brandenburg State University in Potsdam , and in 1957 he received his doctorate. He later worked as a professor at the Potsdam University of Education . He wrote several textbooks. After his retirement, he dealt with computer programming and turned back to problem chess more intensively. He programmed a user interface for Heinz Schwind's problem solving program .

Chess composition

For professional reasons, Brehmer occupied himself with composing in three periods. So he created between 1935 and 1938, then between 1948 and 1953 and finally from 1982 onwards, meaningful tasks. He had a total of about 160 problems, mostly three-move. He received an award for more than 50 works, around 40 more were awarded. 15 compositions were included in the FIDE albums , for which he received the title FIDE Master in 1990 .

Siegfried Brehmer
Schach , 1958
1st prize
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Mate in 3 moves

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Solution: 1. Qd8-d7 ( threatens 2. Dxe6 + Txe6 3. Nd7 matt )

  • 1. ... Nf4-h5 second Le4xd3 (threatens Te4 matt) Sh5-g3 3. f2-f4 matt, 2 ... Nh5-f6 3. Sf8xg6 matt
  • 1. ... Nf4-e2 2. Le4xg6 (threatens Te4 matt) Se 2 g3 3. f2-f4 matt , second ... Se 2 c3 3. Sb2xd3 matt
  • 1. ... Nf4-d5 2. LE4 f3 (threatens Te4 matt) Nd5-f6 3. Sf8xg6 matt , 2 ... Nd5-c3 3. Sb2xd3 matt

This task represents the Munich idea , which goes back to Ferdinand Metzenauer .

literature

  • Siegfried Brehmer, Wieland Bruch: 100 & a chess problem by Siegfried Brehmer. Aachen 1996.

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personal data
SURNAME Brehmer, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician, university professor and chess composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Dębowa Łąka
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1996
Place of death Potsdam-Babelsberg