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Comins Mansfield
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Years covered: 1928

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COMINS MANSFIELD
(born Jun-14-1896, died Mar-27-1984) United Kingdom

Comins Mansfield was born on the 14th of June 1896. In 1957 he was awarded the title of International Judge of Chess Compositions and in 1963 he became President of the FIDE's Commission for Chess Composition, a post he held for eight years. In 1972 he was one of the first four to be awarded the title of International Grandmaster for Chess Compositions. In 1942 he wrote an excellent guide to the art of composing "Adventures in Composition" and was widely regarded in his time among the best composers of two-mover problems.

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. C Mansfield vs Znosko-Borovsky		0-1	13	1928	Tenby Major op	C78 Ruy Lopez

Feb-09-05		Benzol: The English Grandmaster of Chess Composition!

Nov-18-05		soberknight: bam ba da daam! (Bang!)

Sep-28-06		syracrophy: A great problem of him is: click for larger view MATE IN TWO

Apr-29-08		whiteshark: Bio: English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comins... (thin) German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comins... (with another #2 problem)

Apr-29-08		whiteshark: "Comins Mansfield, the greatest British composer of directmate two-movers, was born on 14th June 1896 at Witheridge, Devon. He came to prominence during the Good Companions era (1913-24), and many of his early masterpieces were made while serving with the Royal Field Artillery in the trenches of France. Throughout a problem career spanning seven decades he remained the master of the “traditional” style of two-mover where the interest lies in the post-key play, though his ventures into the realm of try play problems produced a number of memorable works. In 1944 he published Adventures in Composition, an attempt to teach the art of two-move composition. Mansfield held the post of President of the BCPS between 1949 and 1951. He served as President of the FIDE Problem Commission between 1963 and 1971, and was one of the first four composers to be awarded the title of Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Composition in 1972. He died on 28th March 1984. The three-volume work Complete Mansfield, by Barry Barnes, contains his complete output of almost 1200 problems. " A picture: http://www.bcps.knightsfield.co.uk/... Source: www.bcps.knightsfield.co.uk/britprobs.html sroll down to no.5

Apr-29-08		whiteshark: <Adventures in Composition. <The Art of The Two-Move Chess Problem.>> By Comins Mansfield. Edited by Alain White. Printed at The Overbrook Press - 1944 / Stamford - Connecticut. Four hundred copies of which one hundred and fifty copies are printed on W & A rag paper and two hundred and fifty copies on Flemish Book laid paper. The Overbrook Press / Stamford-Connecticut-March 1944. 25 x 18 cm, XI p., 212 p., [4] p. Sollutions Content : I. Introdruction / II. The composition of single problems / III. The composition of related problems / IV. Modern trends in composition. 80 minutes left for one exemplar on ebay, item no. <330229562325> current price: 44.94 Euro

Apr-30-08		whiteshark: No further bid.

Jun-14-10		Benzol: Pity there aren't more games of his available.

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