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CHESS PROBLEMS

MADE EASY

HOW TO SOLVE – HOW TO COMPOSE

T. TAVERNER

Chess Editor, “Daily News”

With 250 illustrations by the

author & famous composers

An Electronic Edition

Anders hulin, Malmö · 2004-05-20

INTRODUCTION

Chess Problem composing and solving have a charm peculiarly their

own. Whether they add to or take from a player’s capacity for the game

is a matter of opinion as to which all that need be said is that it depends

upon the nature of the interest awakened, the opportunities available,

and, ultimately, the relative amount of time devoted to each side of

the game.

he advantage of the Problem Art is that it may be entered into with-

out the limitations attaching to the personal presence of an opponent,

that it broadcasts what has well been called “the poetry of Chess” for

the beneﬁt of thousands who would otherwise be beyond the reach of

its intellectual uplift, and that it throws open the door of entertainment

and interest at times when actual play with an opponent over the board

may be out of the question.

Assuming that the reader is a lover of Chess and that his inclination

turns towards problems, of which he seeks to acquire a working knowl-

edge, our aim is the elementary one of setting him in the way of con-

structing and solving them. he two processes are allied. In learning

how a problem is created the student is bound to perceive how he may

best approach the solution of others; in disentangling the complexities

produced by good composers he acquires a constructive knowledge

and ability of his own.

Unless otherwise stated the positions are by the author, those marked

by a star being prize winners in diﬀerent tourneys. he lessons on com-

posing are actual constructional experiments showing how problems

are evolved and built up, and are a practical eﬀort to assist students

to meet diﬃculties they ﬁnd themselves up against. In every diagram

Taverner, Thomas - Chess Problems Made Easy.pdf