Touw Hian Bwee
Touw Hian Bwee (born November 18, 1943 in Pekalongan on Java ) is an Indonesian grandmaster of chess composition .
Chess composition
Touw Hian Bwee learned to play chess from his cousin at the age of 13. His first composition, a two-move, appeared in the local Star Weekly magazine on May 9, 1959 . Touw's first composition in an international magazine appeared in the Indian Chess Bulletin in January 1960 . At that time, due to the history of Indonesia , Dutch chess composition literature was particularly widespread. Touw was also an acquaintance of the Indonesian chess composer Tan Hien Yan, who had been particularly active in the 1920s.
In 1977 Touw Hian Bwee was named International Master and International Referee for Chess Composition . The title of Grand Master was awarded to him in Sarajevo in 1984 . Touw Hian Bwee has published a total of around 400 compositions, mostly two and three-move.
Private
The ancestors of Touw Hian Bwee emigrated from China to Indonesia about 200 years ago. At the age of five, Touw and his family moved from Pekalongan to Jakarta . Between 1965 and 1979 he lived in Stuttgart , where he studied at the Technical University. During this time he traveled to many composition meetings in Europe and, according to his own statements, had his "most productive years". Back in Indonesia he worked in the field of wood processing.
Individual evidence
- ↑ International referees for chess compositions
- ↑ Grand master for chess compositions
- ^ Foreword on pages 7–8 by Touw Hian Bwee in the 2008 book about his chess problems. See literature.
literature
- Milan Velimirović (Ed.): A Collection of Chess Problems by Touw Hian Bwee . Belgrade 2008.
Web links
- Compositions by Touw Hian Bwee on the Schwalbe's PDB server
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Touw Hian Bwee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indonesian chess composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pekalongan |