Antonín Novotný (chess composer)
Czech chess composer and lawyer
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| Intro | Czech chess composer and lawyer | |
| A.K.A. | Antonin Novotny | |
| A.K.A. | Antonin Novotny | |
| Places | Austria | |
| was | Lawyer Chess composer Chess player | |
| Work field | Law Sports | |
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| Birth | 22 August 1827, Prostějov District | |
| Death | 9 March 1871Vienna (aged 43 years) |
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Antonín Novotný (August 22, 1827 – March 9, 1871) was a Czech chess composer and lawyer in Brno. The Novotny theme is named after him - the first appearance of the theme was in a Novotný's three mover from 1854.
Solution:
1.Rf5! threatens 2.Rf4 mate. If 1... Bxf5 then 2.Nf7 threatens both mate with either 3.Nd6# and N7g5# which can't be stopped.
1...Rf8 2.Bf6! Blocks both f8-f4 and g7-e5 lines and threats 3.Rf4# and 3.Re5#
2...Rxf6 3.Re5#, 2...Bxf6 3.Rf4#, 2...Bxf5 3.Ng5# or 3.Nd2#