Thomas Rayner Dawson
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Fairy Chess Review, 1947
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| Series-helpmate in 17 moves. Black makes 17 moves, then White makes a move, delivering checkmate.
The solution is: 1.Ka2 2.Ka3 3.Kb4 4.Kc3 5.Kd3 6.Ke2 7.Ke1 8.f1R 9.Rf2 10.Ke2 11.Kd3 12.Kc3 13.Kb4 14.Ka3 15.Ka2 16.Ka1 17.Ra2 Nb3# |
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Thomas Rayner Dawson, British chess problemist (28th November, 1889 Leeds - 16th December 1951)
Thomas Dawson published his first problem, a two-mover in 1907. His chess problem compositions include 5,320 fairies, 885 direct mates, 97 self mates and 138 endings. 120 of his problems have been awarded prizes and 211 honorably mentioned or otherwise commended.
Dawson invented many fairy pieces and new conditions. He introduced the popular fairy pieces grasshopper, nightrider and many other fairy chess ideas.
He was founder editor (1922-31) of The Problemist the journal of the British Chess Problem Society. He subsequently produced The Fairy Chess Review (1930-51), which began as The Problemist Fairy Chess Supplement. At the same time he edited the problem pages in The British Chess Magazine (1931-51).
[edit] Chess publications
The list of Dawson's chess publications include:
- Caissa's Playthings - series of articles in Cheltenham Examiner, 1913
- Retrograde Analysis (with W. Hunsdorfer), 1915
- Fata Morgana (with Birgfeld, Nanz, Massmann, Pauly), 1922
- Asymmetry (with W. Pauly), 1928
- Seventy Five Retros, 1928
- Caissa's Wild Roses, 1935
- C. M. Fox, His Problems, 1936
- Caissa's Wild Roses in Clusters, 1937
- Ultimate Themes, 1938
- Caissa's Fairy Tales, 1947
The last five titles were collected as Five Classics of Fairy Chess (Dover Publications 1973).
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- T. R. Dawson: Biography
- The early work of T. R. Dawson by G. P. Jelliss
- Retro-opposition and other retro-analytical chess problems by T. R. Dawson - based on Seventy Five Retros. Includes further 64 retro-analysis and 3 fairy retros by Dawson.
- Retrograde analysis problem by Dawson from Encyclopedia Britannica.
