Henry Venink ( Dutch. Henri Weenink ; October 17, 1892 , Amsterdam - December 2, 1931 , ibid.) - one of the leading Dutch chess players in the 1920s and 1930s; chess composer . Journalist. As part of the national team, a participant in 4 Olympiads . Winner of the international tournament in Amsterdam (1930, ahead of M. Euwe and R. Spielman ).
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The author of the world's first systematized work on the history of chess composition ( 1926 ). Since 1908 he has published about 400 compositions, 70 of which are marked by differences in competitions.
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Selected Studies
VI prize of Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten , 1921 - 1922
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Decision
1.Сb1 !!
The straightforward 1.Сb3 does not give a win? Kc3 2.g6 Kd4, after which the black king goes to f8, from where it is impossible to expel him. A draw is obtained even after 1.Kb4? Kp: c2 2.Kr4 Kd2 3.Kd4 Kre2 4.Ke4 Kf2 5.Kf4 Kg2 6. Kg4 g6. Now, after 1.Сb1, White gets the opportunity to push the black king to the 1st horizontal, which solves the matter.
1 ... Cr: b1
If 1 ... Kc3, then 2.Kb5 Kd4 3.Kc6 Kre5 4.Kd7 g6 5.Kpe7 with a win.
2.Krb3 Kc1 3.Krc3 Kd1 4.Kd3 Kre1 5.Ke3 Kf1 6.Kf3 Kg1 7.Kg3 g6 8.Kf4 with a win.
Proceedings
- The chess problem, Stroud, 1926.
Literature
- Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - P. 57-58. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .
- Bondarenko F.S. Gallery of Chess Studies. M .: Physical education and sport, 1968. Pp. 242.
- Bondarenko F. S. Development of a chess sketch. Kiev: Health, 1982, pp. 186–187.
- Bondarenko F.S. Triumph of the Soviet chess etude. Kiev: Health, 1984. Pp. 130-131.
Links
- Henry Wenink's games at
- Venink compositions on a PDB server
- Henry Venink's personal card on 365chess.com