Willy May
Willy May (* May 21, 1896 - December 27, 1962 ) was a German chess composer .
Life
May first learned to play chess at the age of 28, and six years later he devoted himself to chess composition. He mainly composed Zweizüger . Despite a break from 1937 to 1947, he managed more than 1,550 chess problems. He received more than 30 prizes, for example in 1933 he won first prize at the tournament of the Danish Workers' Chess Federation.
May worked for many international chess magazines .
May was an employee by profession , he lived in Mannheim-Schönau .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chess Echo . No. 10, 1953.
- ↑ Wolfgang A. Brother: Problem-Composers-Gallery. In: Chess Newspaper. (PDF; 396 kB) of the Baden Chess Association , February 6, 2013, p. 6.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | May, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chess composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1896 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1962 |