Carl Kockelkorn
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Carl Kockelkorn was a German
chess composer
. Together with Johannes Kohtz
he founded the logical school of chess compositions.
His problems were published as coproductions with Johannes Kohtz. For further information, see Johannes Kohtz#Kohtz and Kockelkorn.
In his early years he called himself Kannengießer after the name of his stepfather. Kockelkorn worked as a private tutor in Cologne.
Germany
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chess composer
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...
. Together with Johannes Kohtz
Johannes Kohtz
Johannes Kohtz was a German chess composer and together with Carl Kockelkorn one of the founders of the logical school.- Kohtz and Kockelkorn :...
he founded the logical school of chess compositions.
His problems were published as coproductions with Johannes Kohtz. For further information, see Johannes Kohtz#Kohtz and Kockelkorn.
In his early years he called himself Kannengießer after the name of his stepfather. Kockelkorn worked as a private tutor in Cologne.
Sources
- Herbert Grasemann: Eines Reverends Einfall, der Geschichte machte (reprint of articles from Deutsche Schachblätter). p. 16-17