Chess Composer Josef Halumbirek (3/7/1891 – 6/23/1968)
I recently discovered a chess composer named Josef Halumbirek (3/7/1891 – 6/23/1968) whose problems and studies are a real pleasure to work out. Halumbirek’s compositional style reminds me a bit of Sam Loyd’s as his chess problems tend to be rather simple looking at first glance but contain a lot of hidden intricacies. I am surprised that I was not already familiar with his work as he was truly a masterful chess composer and also was the Problems section Editor at the famous German chess magazine, Deutsche Schachzeitung, from 1932-1944.
This mate-in-3 problem by Austrian chess composer Josef Halumbirek is deceptively simple, remarkably practical and has a splendid solution. Enjoy!
White to move and mate in 3 by Josef Halumbirek (source: Fränkichess Volksblatt, 1924).
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