Wolfgang Dittmann

Wolfgang Dittmann (born June 14, 1933 in Hamburg ; † February 5, 2014 in Berlin ) was a German German philologist , university professor and chess composer .

Life

Dittmann studied German and theology at the University of Hamburg , received his doctorate there in 1960 in Old German and completed his habilitation there in 1969. From 1970 until his retirement in 1998 he was Professor of Older German Literature and Language at the Free University of Berlin .

From 1981 to 1988 he was chairman of the German association for problem chess "Schwalbe" . In 2004 he was appointed International Chess Composition Judge. His main chess interest was retro-analysis , in which the (fictional) history of a chess position is the solution to the problem and not, as is usually the case, the continuation of mate .

Wolfgang Dittmann
The Problemist 1989

	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

Smallest number of white kings?
Flick chess

Explanation : In chess there is a compulsion to hit ; the kings are not royal, so there are no chess rules and pawns can convert into kings.

Solution : At least 21 king moves were made by White (original Ke1 to c6, first conversion Ka8 to e6, second conversion Ka8 to e1). So two white pawns turned into kings. One was defeated (Ceriani-Frolkin theme), the other replaced the defeated white original king on e1 (Pronkin theme). One possible game of evidence: 1. e3 Nc6 2. Ke2 Sa5 3. Kd3 Nh6 4. Kd4 Ng8 5. Kc5 Nh6 6. Kc6 bxc6 7. De1 Nb7 8. Be2 Nd6 9. Bd1 Ba6 10. a3 Bb5 11. b4 Qb8 12. Nh3 Kd8 13.Ng1 Kc8 14.Ng3 Kb7 15.Ng1 De8 16.Nh3 Rd8 17.Ng1 a5 18.bxa5 Bc4 19. a4 Kc8 20.Na3 Be6 21. a6 Ng8 22. a7 ... 23. a8 = K. .. 24. Ka7 ... 25. Ka6 ... 26. Ka5 ... 27. Kb4 ... 28. a5 ... 29. a6 ... 30. a7 ... 31. a8 = K. .. 32. Ka7 Nh6 33. Ka6 Kb8 34. Kc3 Nc8 35. Ka5 Ka7 36. Kd4 Ng8 37. Nb1 .. 38. Nc3 ... 39. Rb1 ... 40. Ke5 Bc4 41. Kb4 La6 42. Rb2 Nb6 43. Nb1 Ra8 44. Sa3 Kb7 45. Ra2 Qb8 46. Ra1 Kc8 47. Kc3 Kd8 48.Nh3 Ke8 49.Ng1 Qd8 50.Nh3 Rb8 51.Ng1 Bc8 52. Kd3 Sa4 53. Be2 Ng8 54. Bf1 Nc5 55 Ke2 Sa6 56. Qd1 Ra8 57. Ke1 Nb8 58. Ke6 dxe6 59. Nb1.

Fonts (selection)

• Hartmann's Gregorius. Investigations into the tradition, structure and content . E. Schmidt, Berlin 1966 (revised version of the dissertation, University of Hamburg, 1960).
• The stylization of the ego as an art principle. For self-portrayal in German poetry of the late Middle Ages . Habilitation thesis, University of Hamburg, 1969.
• With Armin Geister and Dieter Kutzborski: Logical Fantasies. Herbert Grasemann and his chess problems . de Gruyter, Berlin; New York 1986, ISBN 3-11-010415-6 .
• The flight of the swallow. History of a problem chess association . Die Schwalbe, German Association for Problem Chess , Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-922392-20-2 .
• Looking back: An introduction to retroanalysis, with a selection of my own tasks . Edition feenschach-phénix, Aachen 2006, without ISBN.

literature

• Wolfgang Dittmann. In: Peter Kniest (ed.): Caissas castle residents. Volume 3, P. Kniest, Wegberg 1986, ISBN 3-922392-19-9 , p. 40 f.

Web links

• Obituary notice from FU Berlin for Professor Dr. Wolfgang Dittmann , PDF, accessed on December 24, 2014
• In Memoriam - Wolfgang Dittmann , Deutscher Schachbund , accessed on December 25, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ^ Source of the biographical and chess-specific information is: Wolfgang Dittmann 80 by Thomas Brand, accessed on December 25, 2014