Marian Wróbel
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Marian Wróbel was a prominent Polish
chess problemist
of the mid-twentieth century. Between 1947 and 1950 he was considered the leading chess composer in the world. During his lifetime he published more than 1,000 problems and was a FIDE International Master of Chess Composition.
He studied in Lwów and Warsaw and completed a Magister's degree
in Polish philology
in 1932. He became a teacher but due to health problems transferred to administrative work.
During the 1930s Wróbel was a close collaborator and friend of Dawid Przepiórka
and hosted him following the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 when Przepiórka's Warsaw home was destroyed. Wróbel was with Przepiórka during a private gathering of chess players in January 1940 when the Gestapo raided the meeting and arrested all the participants.
Wróbel was very active as a journalist of chess and published three major books on chess composition.
In 1954 he was awarded the FIDE title International Master of Chess Composition, and in 1959 he became an International Judge of Chess Composition, the first year the title was awarded.
Wróbel died in Warsaw on 25 April 1960.
Poles
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chess problemist
Chess composer
A chess composer is a person who creates endgame studies or chess problems. He usually specializes in a particular genre, e.g. endgame studies, twomovers, threemovers, moremovers, helpmates, selfmates, fairy problems...
of the mid-twentieth century. Between 1947 and 1950 he was considered the leading chess composer in the world. During his lifetime he published more than 1,000 problems and was a FIDE International Master of Chess Composition.
Biography
Born in Lwów (now Lviv) on 1 January 1907, Wróbel learned to play chess as a child of 5 and became interested in chess problems. In 1922, he published his first problem at the age of 15 and in 1928 the International Association of Problemists ranked him fourth in the world.He studied in Lwów and Warsaw and completed a Magister's degree
Magister (degree)
Magister is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education.-Argentina:...
in Polish philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
in 1932. He became a teacher but due to health problems transferred to administrative work.
During the 1930s Wróbel was a close collaborator and friend of Dawid Przepiórka
Dawid Przepiórka
Dawid Przepiórka was a prominent Polish chess player of the early twentieth century.Dawid Przepiórka was born 22 December 1880 in Warsaw, Poland , to a family of wealthy landowners and entrepreneurs of Jewish extraction...
and hosted him following the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 when Przepiórka's Warsaw home was destroyed. Wróbel was with Przepiórka during a private gathering of chess players in January 1940 when the Gestapo raided the meeting and arrested all the participants.
Wróbel was very active as a journalist of chess and published three major books on chess composition.
In 1954 he was awarded the FIDE title International Master of Chess Composition, and in 1959 he became an International Judge of Chess Composition, the first year the title was awarded.
Wróbel died in Warsaw on 25 April 1960.