Pierre Drumare
Pierre Drumare | |
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| Born | 26 October 1913 Trouville-sur-Mer, France |
| Died | 15 April 2001[1] Paris, France |
| Occupation | chess composer |
| Era | 20th century |
Pierre Drumare (born 26 October 1913) was a French chess composer.
Pierre Drumare composed problems in a variety of genres: direct (especially multiple-move problems), retrograde analysis (including selfmates), helpmates, and fairy (heterodox).[2]
Memorial Camil Seneca, 1980
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He is particularly known for his long-term attempt to construct a complete Babson Task over more than twenty years, from 1960 to 1982.[3] In 1982 he published the result of his efforts in the article Mon dernier pas vers l'impossible ("My last step toward the impossible") in the magazine Thémes-64, which he had founded a few years earlier. However, the position was illegal, and Drumare acknowledged that he had not fully achieved the task.[4][5] The following year, the Russian composer Leonid Yarosh succeeded in publishing a fully legal and economical complete Babson Task.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Drumare Pierre Francois Emile" (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ a b Eric (2012-10-25). "Chess Composers: October 26th". Chess Composers. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ "The Everest of chess problems". Chess News. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ Manolas, Emmanuel (2008-04-23). "chess-problems-gr: Task (3), with Babson promotions". chess-problems-gr. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ "Revisiting Tim Krabbé and Babson". Chess News. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2025-09-16.