Gerald Abrahams

Gerald Abrahams ( born April 15, 1907 † 15 March 1980) was a British chess player, composer and author mainly legal and chess -specific books.

Chess

Abraham learned the game of chess in 1921 at the age of 14 years and dealt with shortly afterwards chess composition.

In the opening theory in chess Abraham was known by Abraham - variant in the Semi-Slav defense. This is often named after Daniël Noteboom, who apparently discovered independently by Abraham. Abraham put her in the University of Oxford game against London in 1925, while Notenboom introduced her by applying it to the Chess Olympiad 1930 in Hamburg.

He also won a 1946 proclaimed by Heinrich Fraenkel competition for the best translation of the word Zugzwang into English by the word einsandte move bound.

In the 1950s, Abraham wrote two books about the murder case, Julia Wallace. William Herbert Wallace should have killed his wife Julia in 1931 in Liverpool, however, gave an alibi to a chess club visit.

Abraham took part in several British Championships, where the 3rd place in 1933 behind Mir Sultan Khan and Theodore Henry Tylor remained his greatest success.

Private

Abraham worked as a lawyer. He is survived by his widow Elsie.

Works

  • Teach yourself chess (1948 )
  • The chess mind ( 1951)
  • The legal mind ( 1954)
  • The law for writers and journalists (1958 )
  • Technique in Chess (1961 )
  • The Jewish mind ( 1961)
  • Brains in Bridge (1962 )
  • Test your chess (1963 )
  • The handbook of chess (1965 )
  • The Pan book of chess (1965 )
  • Not only chess (1974 )
  • Brilliance in Chess (1977 )

References and sources

  • EC 61, July 1980, p 330: Obituary of John Roycroft ( online view)
  • Bill Wall: Gerald Abraham ( English)
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