THE THEORY OF CHESS PROBLEMS - John and Sue Beasley

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Typeset and published by John Beasley,7 St James Road, Harpenden, Herts AL5 4NX, EnglandPrinted by Fastprint and Design,9 London Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex TN37 6AE, EnglandNovember 1999Publisher's notice. I have no authority to waive the rights of others, but as far as I am concernedanything in this document may be reproduced without payment or formality; I ask only that there bedue acknowledgement.
An outline ofTHE THEORY OF CHESS PROBLEMSbyJosef PospiSil(from ieskd titohy iachovd,1887)translated and edited by John Beasley, with a selection of problemsTranslator's introduction. Although the exposition of Bohemian chess problem theory in Josef Pospi5il's bookCeskd tilohy iachovd has long been recognized as one of the most important texts in chess problem history, thereappears until now to have been no readily available version of it in English. This has been a serious gap in theproblem literature of our language, and I hope the making of this translation will fill it. I have accompanied it bya selection of problems from the book, kindly chosen for me by Vladimir Kos, and by a brief essay of my ownwhich looks back after the passage ofa hundred years.I am grateful to the library ofthe British Chess Problem Society for access to a copy of ieskd illohy iachovd,and to Jiii Jelinek for highlighting the differences between the Czech of 1887 and that ofthe present day. Jiii hasgone so far in his support as to send me a transcription of the entire text into modern Czech, which has provedinvaluable in elucidating some obscure passages. Literary fashion has changed both in Bohemia and in Englandand I have simplified or eliminated some passages which seem unduly laboured or repetitive to a modern reader,but I believe that everything which mattors has been fully and faithfully reproduced.ContentsForeword by Antonin Kvidalal.73.IntroductionThe problem as a chess creationContentMainplay and variationsOriginalityCorrectnessThe problem as a work of artPurity of mateComparability of aims and meansThe initial positionArtistic considerations affecting constuctionThe problem as a puzzleDifficultyConclusionsThe Bohemian problem schoolA selection of illustrative problemsSome comments from a hundred years onf666678889l0t2I213l3t4203-
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