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Helmut Steniczka

Number of games in database: 11
Years covered: 1962 to 1991
Overall record: +5 -4 =2 (54.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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HELMUT STENICZKA
(born Jun-08-1928, died Jan-04-1993, 64 years old) Austria

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Last updated: 2018-06-08 04:05:38

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Jongsma vs H Steniczka  ½-½401962Clare Benedict CupB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
2. H Steniczka vs O Marthaler  0-1361962Clare Benedict CupD01 Richter-Veresov Attack
3. E Simini vs H Steniczka  0-1291973corr 1.EU ttB03 Alekhine's Defense
4. H Steniczka vs Valve  1-0191974corres EURC36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense
5. H Steniczka vs B Bieluczyk  1-0521978corr 1.EU ttB22 Sicilian, Alapin
6. H Steniczka vs A Uogele  1-0451978corr 1.EU ttB22 Sicilian, Alapin
7. H Steniczka vs E Brestian  ½-½281990Vienna OpenB10 Caro-Kann
8. Krasenkow vs H Steniczka  1-0321990Vienna OpenC60 Ruy Lopez
9. H Steniczka vs O Vodep  1-0281990Vienna OpenB10 Caro-Kann
10. H Steniczka vs I Farago  0-1541991Vienna OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
11. H Steniczka vs M Roeder  0-1421991Vienna OpenB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
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Jan-07-19  whiteshark: "Twenty years ago, while browsing through an old issue of [the German chess magazine] Schach-Echo, my eyes rested upon a certain study. I set up the diagrammed position on my board and played over the moves. Somewhere along the line I was startled; the solution contained a brilliant combination, with a rare and unique concept behind it.

The composer of that piece was an Austrian named Helmut Steniczka. I started to search for more studies by him. His total output was modest, but contained some magnificent works that filled me with elation.

At the time, Helmut Steniczka was not regarded as a leading study composer (although in his later years his excellence was internationally recognized). I could not but wonder what had caught my attention in his studies."

-- Amatzia Avni in his book "Surprise in Chess", Cardogan, 1998


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<H. Steniczka <Commended, Schach-Echo, 1958 <White to play and win >>>

tbc...

Jun-19-20
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  OhioChessFan: Nice puzzle. 1. Bf5+ and 2. Rb8 seems to win no matter what Black does.
May-04-24
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  GrahamClayton: A collection of Steniczka's studies:

https://www.arves.org/arves/index.p...

#2 is well worth playing through.

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