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Loyd had a friend who was willing to wager that he could always find the piece which delivered the principal mate of a chess problem. Loyd composed this problem as a joke and bet his friend dinner that he could not pick a piece that didn't give mate in the main line (his friend immediately identified the pawn on b2 as being the least likely to deliver mate), and when the problem was published ...
Dawson published his first problem, a two-mover, in 1907. His chess problem compositions include 5,320 fairies, 885 directmates, 97 selfmates, and 138 endings. 120 of his problems have been awarded prizes and 211 honourably mentioned or otherwise commended. He cooperated in chess composition with Charles Masson Fox.
A general overview of chess problems, including an extensive A–Z of themes and terms, and 460 problems. Widely regarded as the best single-volume work in English on the subject. Velimirovic, Milan and Valtonen, Kari (2012), The definitive book - Encyclopedia of Chess Problems: Themes and Terms, Chess Informant. ISBN 978-86-7297-064-7. An ...
Profile of Thompson found in his Chess Problems book. Theophilus Augustus Thompson (April 21, 1855 - Oct 12, 1881) is the earliest documented African-American chess expert recognized in the United States. [1] In addition to competing in tournaments, he wrote a book Chess Problems: Either to Play and Mate published in 1873.
Chess problems are divided into orthodox and heterodox types, both covering a variety of genres. Orthodox problems employ the standard rules of chess and involve positions that can legally arise from actual gameplay. The most common form of orthodox problem is the directmate, which stipulates checkmate in n moves, usually two or three. The ...
The Chess Correspondent: 1930– United States Correspondence chess - The London Chess Fortnightly: 1892–1893 Bimonthly England General - The Philidorian: 1837–1838 Six issues England General - The Problemist: 1926– 6 times per year England Chess problems The Week in Chess: 1994– Weekly Online Chess news Torre & Cavallo Scacco! 1987–
Authors with five books or more have a sub-section title on their own, to increase the usability of the table of contents. When a book was written by several authors, it is listed once under the name of each author. See: List of chess books (A–F) List of chess books (G–L) List of chess books (M–S) List of chess books (T–Z)
In 1936, Alain C. White published A Genius of the Two-Mover, which included 100 of the 300-or-so problems that Mansfield had composed over the past 20 years; and, in 1944, White also published Mansfield's Adventures in Composition – The Art of the Two Move Chess Problem in a limited edition. This book was re-published in the UK in 1948. [2]