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Bruno's Chess Problem: 02/03/2025

E.A.Brunner, Leipziger Tageblatt, 1913

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1. Rd4! ... 2. Ra4 ... 3. Ra1#
  1... Re4 2. Rxe4 ... 3. Bxe2#
  
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2025-02-03 06:39:19, by problemist
The following quotes have been selected from the chapter "Gods, Religions and Beliefs" of "Damn you, entropy! -- 1001 of the greatest Science Fiction quotes" Edited by Guy P. Harrison (* 1963), Prometheus Books, 2024.

“Which God,” she asked. “There are such a lot of them.”
Aldous Huxley(1894-1963), Island, 1962.

An immediate 1. Ra4? (2. Ra1#) is defended by 1.. Ra6 2. RxR stalemate. Thus 1. Rd4 which creates zugzwang and the bR has to move on the e-file (else 2. Ne3#) or the a-Pawn has to move. If 1.. Re4 2. RxR 3. Bxe2# otherwise 2. Ra4 3. Ra1# as Black has to abandon the R-defense on the a-file in his first move. Reprinted as No. 143 in the section "Umgehungsmanöver" in the Brunner-Buch: "Weiß erzwingt eine für Schwarz schädliche Umgehung."

Erich Anselm Brunner (* 11.12.1885 in Plauen, † 16.5.1938 in Zürich) German-Swiss composer, see wikipedia de, it, lv, ru, uk. "Erich Brunner composed around 600 strategic multimovers. The best of his problems were compiled by Moritz Henneberger and Hans Klüver, who completed Erich Brunner's selection, in "Erich Brunner - ein Künstler und Deuter des Schachproblems". The book can be downloaded from the internet as well as a list of errata, by Anton Baumann. Several themes are named after him or were researched by him, such as the Brunner-Turton, the Brunner-Dresdner, the Brunner-Plachutta, the Swiss theme, etc. For example: In Turton doubling a piece moves along a line (rank, file or diagonal), then a similarly-moving piece moves onto the same line in front of it, then this second piece moves again along this line, in the opposite direction to that of the first. The Brunner Turton is differentiated from the Loyd Turton by the fact that the first piece moved is of greater value than the second in Loyd-Turton, while in the former the two pieces are of equal value."

Günter Büsing commemorated Brunner's 125th birthday in the 'Kalenderblatt' of 'Die Schwalbe' (December 2010): "Vor 125 Jahren wurde in Plauen im sächsischen Vogtland Erich Brunner (11.12.1885-16.05.1938) geboren, dessen Großvater aus der Schweiz als Schauspieler ans Braunschweiger Hoftheater gekommen war und dessen Vater in Plauen eine Gardinenfabrik betrieb. Das Schweizer Bürgerrecht hatte die Familie beibehalten, und Erich Brunner lebte zeitweise im Tessin (1918-28) und danach für einige Monate in Zürich, bevor er wieder nach Deutschland ging und seinen Wohnsitz in München nahm. Mit 21 veröffentlichte Brunner 1906 sein erstes Schachproblem. Im folgenden Jahr siedelte er nach Leipzig über, wo er dann in der Folge Komponisten wie Kohtz und Holzhausen kennenlernte, die ihn nachhaltig beeinflussten. Er komponierte rund 600 Probleme, eine 300 Aufgaben umfassende Auswahl davon wurde 1958 von Hans Klüver nach Vorarbeiten von M. Henneberger im Gedenkbuch 'Erich Brunner - Ein Künstler und Deuter des Schachproblems' publiziert. Intensiv hat er sich mit Turm-Manövern auseinandergesetzt. So hat er beispielsweise 1914 das Thema der Wechseltürme erstmals dargestellt."

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