Wolfgang Weber (chess player)
Wolfgang Weber (born March 18, 1909 in Markersdorf (Rochlitz district) ; † July 1, 1981 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) was a German self-mate composer and author in chess .
Chess composition
On the chess problem Weber was the bay corners in Chemnitz Newspapers attention: In the Chemnitzer Allgemeine Zeitung headed Walter Schlüter then heading Chemnitzer week chess , in Chemnitzer Tageblatt was Eduard Birgfeld chess editor.
Weber's first original was published on July 4, 1926 in the Chemnitzer Allgemeine Zeitung , a self-matte task as part of a suggestion by the editor. Weber devoted his life to this genre and composed only a few tasks of any other type. His self-mats with a single set game were referred to in international specialist circles as of the Weber type , nowadays they are better known as Fata morgana . Of his more than 750 compositions, 11 were included on FIDE albums .
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Black would be the train, he would have with Txh3 checkmate, because other trains are due to both bondage excluded. Since White has no waiting move, the one-line mated sentence cannot be implemented. Paradoxically, as is so often the case in the Fata morgana , the checkmate figure in the set game is defeated:
1. Kg3! Ke3
second Kxh2 + Kd4
3. Txe4 + Kxe4
4. dg4 + Sxg4 matt
Chess player
Weber was a player in performance class I. He played for Plauen and in his last years free games on the game evenings of Lok Karl-Marx-Stadt (today: USG Chemnitz).
In order to still win the team fight, this game could not be lost. " Caissa suddenly came to my aid and beat my opponent with chess blindness for a few moments," said Weber. After
1. d6 Rb5 +
2. Ke6? Forced Nc5 + permanent check :
3rd Ke7 Rb7 +
4th Ke8 Rb8 +
5th Ke7 Rb7 +
6th d7 Rxd7 +
7th Ke8 Rd8 + draw . The rook is covered indirectly by the knight fork on e6. "And again half a point is given away," commented Kurt Richter in his " High School of Combination" section .
official
He was a founding member of the Commission for Problems and Studies in the German Chess Federation , established on October 20, 1957, and was its chairman for over 10 years. He also belonged to the Standing Commission for Chess Composition at FIDE . In 1958 he became an international judge for chess composition .
In the compilation of the FIDE albums he acted three times as tournament director and twice as album judge.
Private
Weber lived in Chemnitz until 1937. After graduating from the Chemnitz Realgymnasium, he worked as an employee in the financial administration from 1927. Soon after moving to Plauen, he was called up for military service and was taken prisoner.
After the war he worked first as a transport, construction and road worker, and later at SDAG Wismut . In 1953 he began studying pedagogy in Halle , and from 1954 to 1956 he taught in a primary school. He had to give up this position for health reasons. He had a daughter from his second marriage. In March 1970 he returned to Karl-Marx-Stadt. He did not retire until 1979.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schach , No. 15, 1956, page 232
- ↑ International judges for chess compositions
- ^ Sugar, Manfred : W. Weber 70 years. Schach , Heft 4, 1979, p. 182
- ↑ Schach-Echo , August 5, 1955, p. 240
- ↑ Schach , No. 4, 1957. pp. 60-61.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Weber, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chess composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Markersdorf (Rochlitz district) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1981 |
| Place of death | Karl Marx City |