Chess problems

Alexei Alexeyevich Troitzky (or Troitsky) ( March 14, 1866 - August 1942) is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. He died of starvation during World War II at the siege of Leningrad, where his notes were destroyed. ...more on Wikipedia about "A. A. Troitzky"

An Albino is a chess problem in which, at some stage in the solution, a white pawn standing on its starting square makes each of its four possible moves: one square forward, two squares forward, capture to the left and capture to the right. When a black pawn exhibits similar activity, it is instead termed a Pickaninny. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albino (chess)"

Allumwandlung ( German for "complete promotion", sometimes shortened to AUW) is a chess problem where, at some stage in the solution, the pawn (or sometimes pawns) is promoted variously to a knight, bishop, rook and queen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Allumwandlung"

The Babson task is a kind of chess problem ( composition chess) of the form "white to move and mate black in N moves against any defence" with the following play: ...more on Wikipedia about "Babson task"

Chess composer is a person who creates chess problems. He usually specializes in some genre, e.g. twomovers, threemovers, moremovers, helpmates, selfmates, fairy problems. Moreover, every composer has their own preferred style of composing, allowing their sorting according to so called composition schools. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chess composer"

A chess problem, formally called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody using chess pieces on a chess board, presenting the solver with a particular task to be achieved. For instance, a position might be given with the instruction that white is to move first, and checkmate black in two moves against any possible defense. A person who creates such problems is known as a "composer". There is a good deal of specialized jargon used in chess problems; see chess problem terminology for a list. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chess problem"

(Chess problem terminology) *Actual play - see post-key play. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chess problem terminology"

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Composition school in chess composition is a particular style of creating chess problems, putting emphasis on different aspects of the problem contents and attracting interest of important number of chess composers. The best known composition schools, as they evolved historically, are: ...more on Wikipedia about "Composition school"

The eight queens puzzle is the problem of putting eight chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard such that none of them is able to capture any other using the standard chess queen's moves. The colour of the queens is meaningless in this puzzle, and any queen is assumed to be able to attack any other. Thus, a solution requires that no two queens share the same row, column, or diagonal. The eight queens puzzle is an example of the more general n queens puzzle of placing n queens on an n×n chessboard. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eight queens puzzle"

Erich Ernest Zepler ( January 27, 1898 - May 13, 1980), later known as Eric, was a German-born electronics expert and chess problem composer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erich Zepler"

"Excelsior" is one of Sam Loyd's most famous chess problems, originally published in London Era in 1861, named after the poem " Excelsior" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Loyd bet a friend that he could not pick a piece that didn't give mate in the main line, and when it was published it was with the stipulation that white mates with "the least likely piece or pawn". ...more on Wikipedia about "Excelsior (chess problem)"

A fairy chess piece or unorthodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess, but used in certain chess variants and some chess problems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fairy chess piece"

The FIDE Albums are publications of world chess governing body, FIDE, via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC), containing the best chess problems and studies of a certain period (usually three years in length). ...more on Wikipedia about "FIDE Album"

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A Grimshaw is a device found in chess problems in which two black pieces arriving on a particular square mutually interfere with each other. It is named after the 19th century problem composer Walter Grimshaw. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grimshaw"

In chess, a grotesque is a problem or endgame study which features a particularly unlikely initial position, especially one in which White fights with a very small force against a much larger black army. Grotesques are generally intended to be humourous. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grotesque (chess)"

A helpmate is a kind of chess problem in which black moves first and helps white to checkmate him within a specified number of moves. In a helpmate in two (sometimes abbreviated to h#2), for example, the solution consists of a black move, a white move, a black move, and then another white move, giving checkmate. It should be noted that although the two sides are cooperating, all moves must be legal according to the rules of chess. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helpmate"

Henri Rinck ( 1870 – 1952) was a French chess study composer, considered one of the most important early figures in the field. ...more on Wikipedia about "Henri Rinck"

International Judge of Chess Compositions is a title award by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) to individuals who have judged several chess problem or study tournaments and who are considered capable of judging such awards at the highest level. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Judge of Chess Compositions"

Karl Fabel (b. October 20, 1905) is considered to have been one of the most ingenious chess composers. He was born in Hamburg, Germany. Fabel received a doctorate in chemistry and worked as a mathematician and civil judge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karl Fabel"

The Knight's Tour is a mathematical problem involving a knight on a chessboard. The knight is placed on the empty board and, moving according to the rules of chess, must visit each square once. ...more on Wikipedia about "Knight's Tour" Everybody should like http://www.shortopedia.com Chess_problems

The Lacny or Lacny cycle is a chess problem theme named after Ľudovít Lačný, the first person to demonstrate the idea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lacny"

Leonid Iwanowitsch Kubbel ( 1891 - 1942) was a Russian problem composer. He was born in Saint Petersburg and died in Leningrad (currently, Saint Petersburg again). ...more on Wikipedia about "Leonid Kubbel"

The longest uncrossed (or nonintersecting) knight's path is a mathematical problem involving a knight on a standard 8 × 8 chessboard or, more generally, on a square n × n board. The problem is to find the longest path the knight can take on the given board, such that the path does not intersect itself. A further distinction can be made between a closed path, which ends on the same field as where it begins, and an open path, which ends on a different field from where it begins. ...more on Wikipedia about "Longest uncrossed knight's path"

Ľudovít Lačný (born 1926) is a Slovak chess problem composer and judge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ľudovít Lačný"

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