Vladimír Pachman
Vladimír Pachman (born April 16, 1918 in Bělá pod Bezdězem , † August 8, 1984 in Prague ) was a Czech grandmaster of chess composition .
Chess composition
Pachman's first book was published in 1934, and in total he published more than 1200 exercises and studies, mainly three and multi-pupils from the Bohemian School . Some compositions were in the New German style . He was a thirteen-time national champion in chess composition.
Československý Šach , 1952
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Solution:
1. Kb4 – b5! Sb7-d8 After the first ... Be6-c8 2. LE5-b8 a7-a5 3. Lb8-c7 Bc8-d7 + 4. KB5-a6 a5-a4 5. Ka6xb7 is the position because of the opposite colored bishop unwinnable.
2. Be5 – b8! Be6 – d7 + After 2. Kb5 – a6? Be6 – c4 + wins the knight fork Nd8 – c6 + piece and game, because bishop and knight checkmate .
3. Kb5 – a6 Bd7 – c8 + After 3.… Nd8 – c6 4. Bb8xa7 Bd7 – c8 + 5. Ka6 – b5! (but not 5. Ka6 – b6? because then after Ke8 – d7 the white bishop is lost due to pressure to move ) Nc6xa7 + Kb5 – b6 the knight is caught .
4. Ka6xa7 Nd8 – c6 +
5. Ka7 – b6! Nc6xb8 After 5. Ka7 – a8? death would come on the white squares: Bc8 – a6, Ke8 – d7 – c8 and Ba6 – b7 mate
6. Kb6 – c7
the king's fork leads to a loss of pieces - a draw.
author
From 1952 to 1953 and from 1958 to 1965 Pachman was the editor of the department for chess problems of Československý Šach . He has also published a number of books and articles on questions of chess composition.
official
In 1952 and from 1958 to 1964 Pachman was chairman of the Czechoslovak Organization for Chess Composition, from 1956 to 1963 he was a delegate of the PCCC . In 1975 or 1976 he received the grandmaster title for chess composition.
Pachman studied at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague and later taught philosophy. Luděk Pachman was his brother.
Works
- Vladimír Pachman: Vybrané šachové skladby . ÚV ČSTV Vědeckometodické oddělení, Praha, 1980.
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Vladimír Pachman in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Compositions by Vladimír Pachman on the Schwalbe's PDB server
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anatoly Jewgenjewitsch Karpow et al.: Chess - encyclopedic dictionary, Sowjetskaja enzyklopedija, Moscow 1990, p. 287, ISBN 5-85270-005-3 (Russian)
- ↑ Jiří Veselý; Jan Kalendovský; Bedrich Formánek: Mala encyklopedie šachu. Olympia, Praha, Šport, Bratislava, 1989, p. 275
- ↑ Grand Master for Chess Composition
- ^ Pravda (Bratislava), September 21, 1984
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pachman, Vladimír |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech grandmaster for chess composition |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1918 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bělá pod Bezdězem |
DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1984 |
Place of death | Prague |