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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Chess]] * Problems, Compositions and Studies'''
 
'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Chess]] * Problems, Compositions and Studies'''
  
A '''Chess Problem''' or '''Composition''', set by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_composer composer], is presented to (human) solvers with a particular task to be achieved. Chess problems include the sub-genre of [[Checkmate|directmates]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helpmate helpmates] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfmate selfmates] in a pre-determined number of moves, and [[Retrograde Analysis|retrograde analysis problems]]. Beside chess problems in classical or orthodox chess, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_chess Fairy chess] offers an own branch of problem solving. Unlike problems, which often present very artificial looking positions, '''Studies''' or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_study endgame studies] often appear that they could occur in a game, and represent a sort of puzzle, usually not requiring a solution in a fixed number of moves. Dedicated [[:Category:Problem|chess problem and composition software]] is used as composition tool, and to prove correctness and uniqueness of chess problems. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_aesthetics Chess aesthetics] or beauty in chess is generally appreciated by both players and composers, awarded in certain championships also in the world of chess composition.
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A '''Chess Problem''' or '''Composition''', set by a [[:Category:Chess Composer|composer]], is presented to (human) solvers with a particular task to be achieved. Chess problems include the sub-genre of [[Checkmate|directmates]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helpmate helpmates] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfmate selfmates] in a pre-determined number of moves, and [[Retrograde Analysis|retrograde analysis problems]]. Beside chess problems in classical or orthodox chess, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_chess Fairy chess] offers an own branch of problem solving. Unlike problems, which often present very artificial looking positions, '''Studies''' or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_study endgame studies] often appear that they could occur in a game, and represent a sort of puzzle, usually not requiring a solution in a fixed number of moves. Dedicated [[:Category:Problem|chess problem and composition software]] is used as composition tool, and to prove correctness and uniqueness of chess problems. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_aesthetics Chess aesthetics] or beauty in chess is generally appreciated by both players and composers, awarded in certain championships also in the world of chess composition.
  
 
=Studies in CPW=  
 
=Studies in CPW=  
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* [[Norman A. Macleod]] ('''1983'''). ''Is the Computer Going to Take Over from the Composer?'' [[ICGA Journal#6_2|ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 2]]
 
* [[Norman A. Macleod]] ('''1983'''). ''Is the Computer Going to Take Over from the Composer?'' [[ICGA Journal#6_2|ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 2]]
 
* [[László Lindner]] ('''1983'''). ''Experience with the Second Human-Computer Problem Test''. [[ICGA Journal#6_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3]]
 
* [[László Lindner]] ('''1983'''). ''Experience with the Second Human-Computer Problem Test''. [[ICGA Journal#6_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3]]
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* [[Andy Walker|Andrew N. Walker]] ('''1984'''). ''Uniqueness in Game Trees''. [[ICGA Journal#7_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4]]
 
==1985 ...==
 
==1985 ...==
 
* [[Göran Grottling]] ('''1985'''). ''Problem-Solving Ability Tested''. [[ICGA Journal#8_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2]]
 
* [[Göran Grottling]] ('''1985'''). ''Problem-Solving Ability Tested''. [[ICGA Journal#8_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2]]
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'''2012'''
 
'''2012'''
 
* [[Azlan Iqbal]], [[Harold van der Heijden]], [[Matej Guid]], [[Ali Makhmali]] ('''2012'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6177652 Evaluating the Aesthetics of Endgame Studies: A Computational Model of Human Aesthetic Perception]''. [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=6299011 IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Vol. 4, No. 3] <ref>[http://en.chessbase.com/home/TabId/211/PostId/4008602 A computer program to identify beauty in problems and studies], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], December 15, 2012</ref>
 
* [[Azlan Iqbal]], [[Harold van der Heijden]], [[Matej Guid]], [[Ali Makhmali]] ('''2012'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6177652 Evaluating the Aesthetics of Endgame Studies: A Computational Model of Human Aesthetic Perception]''. [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=6299011 IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Vol. 4, No. 3] <ref>[http://en.chessbase.com/home/TabId/211/PostId/4008602 A computer program to identify beauty in problems and studies], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], December 15, 2012</ref>
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'''2013'''
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* [[Guy Haworth]], [[Eiko Bleicher]], [[Harold van der Heijden]] ('''2013'''). ''The data-mining of Studies Database HHdbIV''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EG_(magazine) EG], Vol. 19, pp. 27-30
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'''2015'''
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* [[Harold van der Heijden]], [[Guy Haworth]] ('''2015'''). ''Chess Study #16206''. [[#Schwalbe|Die Schwalbe]], 32.271
  
 
=Blog & Forum Posts=  
 
=Blog & Forum Posts=  
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* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=347351 Test Position = Study by David Przepiorka [Vorwärts, 1910]] by [[José Antônio Fabiano Mendes]], [[CCC]], February 05, 2004
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=347351 Test Position = Study by David Przepiorka [Vorwärts, 1910]] by [[José Antônio Fabiano Mendes]], [[CCC]], February 05, 2004
 
==2010 ...==
 
==2010 ...==
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=33823 Problems, problems, problems] by [[Ted Summers]], [[CCC]], April 16, 2010
 
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47605 Troitzky, 1930] by [[Jesús Muñoz]], [[CCC]], March 25, 2013
 
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47605 Troitzky, 1930] by [[Jesús Muñoz]], [[CCC]], March 25, 2013
 
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48618 Draw by stalemate (Campbell, easy position for engines)] by [[Jesús Muñoz]], [[CCC]], July 31, 2013 » [[Stalemate]]
 
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48618 Draw by stalemate (Campbell, easy position for engines)] by [[Jesús Muñoz]], [[CCC]], July 31, 2013 » [[Stalemate]]
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* [http://free.of.pl/c/ccintorun/ Chess Composition in TORUN] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]]
 
* [http://free.of.pl/c/ccintorun/ Chess Composition in TORUN] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]]
 
* [http://ruszchessstudies.blogspot.com/ Chess Endgame Study Composition] by [[Árpád Rusz]]
 
* [http://ruszchessstudies.blogspot.com/ Chess Endgame Study Composition] by [[Árpád Rusz]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EG_%28magazine%29 EG (magazine) from Wikipedia]
 
* [http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/magazine-eg/eg-and-ebur/eg-nrs-1-190 EG issues from ARVES]
 
 
* [http://www.chessending.com/ Practical Chess Endgame + Computer Analysis] by [[Brian Gosling]]
 
* [http://www.chessending.com/ Practical Chess Endgame + Computer Analysis] by [[Brian Gosling]]
 
===Studies===
 
===Studies===
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==Problem Blogs==  
 
==Problem Blogs==  
 
* [http://chess-problems-gr.blogspot.com/ chess-problems-gr]
 
* [http://chess-problems-gr.blogspot.com/ chess-problems-gr]
==Schwalbe==  
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==Magazines==  
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EG_%28magazine%29 EG (magazine) from Wikipedia]
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* [http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/magazine-eg/eg-and-ebur/eg-nrs-1-190 EG issues from ARVES]
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* [http://bulletin.chessproblems.ca/ ChessProblems.ca Bulletin]
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* [http://www.problemschach.de/harmonie/ Harmonie] by [[Torsten Linß]] (German)
 
* [http://www.dieschwalbe.de/ Schwalbe - deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach] (German)
 
* [http://www.dieschwalbe.de/ Schwalbe - deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach] (German)
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Schwalbe Die Schwalbe fom Wikipedia]
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Schwalbe Die Schwalbe fom Wikipedia]
* [http://www.softdecc.com/pdb/index.jsp Chess Problem Database Server]
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* [https://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/ Chess Problem Database Server]
 
==Software==  
 
==Software==  
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_for_handling_chess_problems Software for handling chess problems from Wikipedia]
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_for_handling_chess_problems Software for handling chess problems from Wikipedia]

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A Chess Problem or Composition, set by a composer, is presented to (human) solvers with a particular task to be achieved. Chess problems include the sub-genre of directmates, helpmates and selfmates in a pre-determined number of moves, and retrograde analysis problems. Beside chess problems in classical or orthodox chess, Fairy chess offers an own branch of problem solving. Unlike problems, which often present very artificial looking positions, Studies or endgame studies often appear that they could occur in a game, and represent a sort of puzzle, usually not requiring a solution in a fixed number of moves. Dedicated chess problem and composition software is used as composition tool, and to prove correctness and uniqueness of chess problems. Chess aesthetics or beauty in chess is generally appreciated by both players and composers, awarded in certain championships also in the world of chess composition.

Studies in CPW

Chess Composer

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Penrose Puzzle

 » Roger Penrose, Penrose institute puzzle #1 • lichess.org [7]

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