Wolf Boehringer
Wolf Willi Böhringer (born January 16, 1930 in Heilbronn ; † August 3, 2011 there ) was a German businessman , chess player , chess columnist and chess composer . In May 2002 the German Chess Federation expressed its gratitude and recognition in the form of an honorary certificate.
Career
Wolf Böhringer was born in Heilbronn in 1930 as the son of Karl Wilhelm and Walburga Böhringer (née Schupp). He took up the profession of technical businessman and married Karin Gertrud Schreier from Leipzig, with whom he had two daughters. On May 9, 1951, he was one of the 30 founding members of the Heilbronn chess club. From 1958 he was first until 1973, then again from 1974 to 1992 chairman of Heilbronner SV and during this time he was always one of the strongest players in the club. He also led the club's list of record players with 430 appearances in team fights.
Böhringer was Heilbronn city champion in chess in 1952, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 and 1969. In correspondence chess , he reached the final round of the German championship. He also maintained from 4 August 1951 to 19 February 2011, almost 60 years the chess corner called chess section of the Heilbronner Stimme before he had to give for health reasons.
At the age of 81 he died one day before the chess corner's 60th birthday .
Game example
Wolf Böhringer - Theo Schuster , Heilbronn 1966
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. De4 0–0 11. 0–0 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Qd3 Bf6 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Rac1 Tab8 20.e3 Bxb2 21.Rxc5 b6 22.Rc7 Positional advantage for White through the rook on the seventh row. 22.… a5 23. Rb1 Ba3 24. Rb3 Bc5 25. e4 Rbe8 26. a4 Kh8 27. Rf3 f6 28. g4 h6 29. Rb3 Re5 30. Kg2 Rfe8 31. f4! Rxe4? 31.… Re7 is probably better. 32.Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Kf3 Rxa4 34.Rd3 Bd4 35.h4 h5 36.g5 Kh7 37.g6 . 37.Rd7 Bb2 38.Rb7 Kg6 39.Rd5 fxg5 On 39.… Rb4 wins 40. f5 + Kh7, 41. g6 + Kh6, 42.Rxb6! Rxh4, 43. Rxb2 or 42.… Rxb6, 43. Rd8! Rb3 +, 44. Ke2 with uncoverable mate. 40.Rxb6 + Bf6 41.hxg5 Ra3 + 42.Kg2 Ra2 + 43.Kh3 Ra3 + 44.Kh4 Ra4 45.gxf6 Rxf4 + 46.Kg3 Rg4 + 47.Kf3 Black gave up.
Chess composition
Chess , 2001
a | b | c | d | e | f | G | H | ||
8th | 8th | ||||||||
7th | 7th | ||||||||
6th | 6th | ||||||||
5 | 5 | ||||||||
4th | 4th | ||||||||
3 | 3 | ||||||||
2 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||
a | b | c | d | e | f | G | H |
Solution:
1. Bb3 – f7! Pressure to act is typical for Böhringer's tasks. Ke5 – e4
2. Kg5 – f6 Ke4 – f4
3. Bf7 – h5 Kf4 – e4
4. Bh5 – f3 + Ke4 – f4
5. e2 – e3 sample mate in the middle of the board.
Heilbronn Voice , 2008
a | b | c | d | e | f | G | H | ||
8th | 8th | ||||||||
7th | 7th | ||||||||
6th | 6th | ||||||||
5 | 5 | ||||||||
4th | 4th | ||||||||
3 | 3 | ||||||||
2 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||
a | b | c | d | e | f | G | H |
Solution:
1. Nf7! Zugzwang leads to nice variations:
1.… Kh5 2. Ne3 Kh4 3. Ne5 Kh3 4. Bg2 +, Kh4 (or 4.… Kh2? 5. Nf3 # ) 5. Nf5 + Kh5 6. Bf3 #
3.… Kh5 4. Bg6 + , Kh4 (or 4.… Kh6? 5. Nf5 # ) 5. Nf3 + Kh3 6. Bf5 #
1.… Kh3 2. Ne5 Kh2 3. Nf2 Kg1 4. Kg3 Kf1 5. Bd3 Ke1 (Kg1) 6. Nf3 #
Heilbronn Voice , 2000
a | b | c | d | e | f | G | H | ||
8th | 8th | ||||||||
7th | 7th | ||||||||
6th | 6th | ||||||||
5 | 5 | ||||||||
4th | 4th | ||||||||
3 | 3 | ||||||||
2 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||||
a | b | c | d | e | f | G | H |
Solution:
The key 1. Qf5! (threatens 2. Rxd5 # ) leads to elegant
mate leads: 1.… Rgxf5 2. Be3 + Ke5 3. Nc4 #
1.… Rfxf5 2. Nc6 + Kc5 3. Bf8 # 1.… Rd6 2. Qf4
+ Kc5 3. Nd3 #
1. … Kxc5 2. Qc2 + Kd6 3. Qc7 # or 2.… Kb4 (Kd4) 3. Qc3 #
Awards
- 1993: Honorary Chairman of the Heilbronn Chess Club
- 2002: Certificate of Honor from the DSB
- October 2004: Merit Medal of the Federal Cross of Merit
literature
- Composer for problems . In: Heilbronn voice . March 24th, 2011 ( on Stimme.de - report on leaving Wolf Böhringer).
Web links
- Compositions by Wolf Böhringer on the PDB server
- Obituary on dieschwalbe.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chronicle of the Heilbronner Chess Club , accessed on March 28, 2011
- ↑ a b Family history - Böhringer family (with photo) , accessed on March 28, 2011
- ^ Lars Müller-Appenzeller: Farewell on the milestone birthday . In: Heilbronn voice . August 5, 2011, p. 15 .
- ↑ Obituary notice
- ↑ Honorary certificates of the German Chess Federation on the occasion of the 125th anniversary
- ↑ Obituary on heilbronner-schachverein.de
- ↑ Eternal list of winners of the Heilbronn city championship ( memento from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 28, 2011
- ↑ Outstanding players of the Heilbronn chess club , accessed on March 28, 2011
- ↑ Honorary certificates of the DSB , accessed on March 2, 2015
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Böhringer, Wolf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Böhringer, Wolf Willi (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chess player, columnist and problem composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilbronn |
DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 2011 |
Place of death | Heilbronn |