- Friedrich Amelung
Friedrich Ludwig Balthasar Amelung (
23 March 1842 –22 March 1909 ) was anEstonia nchess player, endgame composer, and journalist ofBaltic German origin.Amelung was born at Võisiku ("Woiseck") manor near
Viljandi ,Livonia . He played a few games withAdolf Anderssen , Neumann, Mayet, Schallopp, Ascharin,Emanuel Schiffers . Between 1888 and 1908 he edited the chess magazine "Baltische Schachblätter".He published about 230
endgame studies . He died inRiga .External links
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* [http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/statistics_pgn_rating_chart.asp?username=Amelung,F Statistics at ChessWorld.net]
* [http://www.arves.org/Biografie.htm ARVES Composers biographical data.]
* Lewis Stiller: [http://www.msri.org/publications/books/Book29/files/stiller.pdf Multilinear Algebra and Chess Endgames] , in: "Games of No Chance", 29 (1996), p.151-192 (Amelung's contribution to endgame analysis)
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