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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Chess]] * Problems, Compositions and Studies'''
A '''Chess Problem''' or '''Composition''', set by a [https[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_composer 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=
* [[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]]
* [[Andy Walker|Andrew N. Walker]] ('''1984'''). ''Uniqueness in Game Trees''. [[ICGA Journal#7_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4]]
==1985 ...==
* [[Göran Grottling]] ('''1985'''). ''Problem-Solving Ability Tested''. [[ICGA Journal#8_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2]]
'''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>
'''2013'''
* [[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
'''2015'''
* [[Harold van der Heijden]], [[Guy Haworth]] ('''2015'''). ''Chess Study #16206''. [[#Schwalbe|Die Schwalbe]], 32.271
=Blog & Forum Posts=
* [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 ...==
* [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=48618 Draw by stalemate (Campbell, easy position for engines)] by [[Jesús Muñoz]], [[CCC]], July 31, 2013 » [[Stalemate]]
* [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://www.chessending.com/ Practical Chess Endgame + Computer Analysis] by [[Brian Gosling]]
===Studies===
==Problem Blogs==
* [http://chess-problems-gr.blogspot.com/ chess-problems-gr]
==SchwalbeMagazines== * [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://bulletin.chessproblems.ca/ ChessProblems.ca Bulletin]* [http://www.problemschach.de/harmonie/ Harmonie] by [[Torsten Linß]] (German)
* [http://www.dieschwalbe.de/ Schwalbe - deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach] (German)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Schwalbe Die Schwalbe fom Wikipedia]
* [httphttps://wwwpdb.softdeccdieschwalbe.com/pdbde/index.jsp Chess Problem Database Server]
==Software==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_for_handling_chess_problems Software for handling chess problems from Wikipedia]
