Chess task of the XX century. 1901-1944
Author Umnov Evgeny Ivanovich
Publishing house Moscow. Physical education and sport
Year 1966
Cover Type Soft Cover
Edition format 125 x195 mm
Number of Pages 176
Language of publication Russian
Good Conservation. Scuffed and torn covers and spine. The inscription on the inside of the front cover.
Weight, g 145
The art of task writing is a distinctive field of chess and has a long history. The origins of a given composition are lost in the distance of the Middle Ages; Its modern artistic principles took shape in the middle of the last century. In the XX century, the development of a given art continues. A number of new directions are emerging, the content is being enriched, technical mastery is being improved, the geography of the composition is expanding, special periodicals are appearing, etc. Popular coverage of this multilateral process is the goal of this work.
The book covers the period covering almost the entire first half of the XX century. The Second World War, interrupting the international relations of chess composers for several years, delimited a certain stage of development. After the war, a new generation of composition masters appeared, which opened the next page of its history.
The first part of the book describes the main task schools and areas that developed in the pre-war period. For their characterization, only the most typical examples are given without going into details requiring special knowledge from the reader; there is no classification of the problem subjects; The use of special terms is minimized.
The second part is devoted to a review of the development of task composition in individual countries.
Given 375 compositions.
Content
From the author 3
Part I. The main directions of a given composition Chapter 1. Czech school 5
Chapter 2. Correct mats in tasks of other directions 20
Chapter 3. Logical maneuvers 31
Chapter 4. Tactical ideas 48
Chapter 5. Preset mechanisms 66
Chapter 6. Systematic movements and tasks 83
Part P. Development of the chess problem in individual countries
Chapter. 7. The main centers of task composition in Western Europe 93
Chapter 8. Task composition in other European countries 112
Chapter 9. Task composition in the USA and other non-European countries 128
Chapter 10. The task composition in pre-revolutionary Russia 139
Chapter 11. Chess task in the USSR before the Great Patriotic War 150
Task Index 170
Index of Literature 174
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