Peter Hoffmann (chess composer)

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Peter Hoffmann
Born1955
NationalityGerman
Occupationchess composer
Era20th–21st century

Peter Hoffmann (born 1955) is a German chess composer.

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Peter Hoffmann is particularly known for his contributions to the Babson Task, including the first multi-move cyclic realization in an orthodox position without promoted pieces in the initial setup. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Hoffmann lives in Braunschweig, Germany, and works as a school librarian; in his free time, he is an avid hiker. In 2011, he was awarded the title of FIDE Master for Chess Composition. [5] [2]

Compositional work

Hoffmann is active in orthodox moremovers with promotion themes. In 1986, he published a version of the Babson Task with four main echo promotions and no duals in the main lines, followed in 2009 by a version considered particularly clean with regard to secondary duals. [6] [2]

In 2003, he proposed in the German magazine Die Schwalbe a cyclic Babson in #4, using promoted pieces in the initial position; [4] in 2005, he published in Schach the first cyclic version in an orthodox position without promoted pieces in the initial setup, which earned a Spezialpreis (special prize). [2] [3]

In addition to original compositions, Hoffmann curated two technical surveys on the Babson theme in collaboration with Erik Zierke, hosted on the specialized site BerlinThema: the monograph 100 Jahre Babson-Task im orthodoxen Direktmatt (99 pp.) and the subsequent essay Das produktivste Babson-Schema. [7] [8] These studies are frequently cited in recent chess composition literature. [9] [10]

Publications

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "The Everest of chess problems". Chess News. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Frederic Friedel (1 December 2018). "The perfect Babson". ChessBase.
  3. 1 2 "Babson à la carte (von Peter Hoffmann, Braunschweig)". Die Schwalbe (in German).
  4. 1 2 "Babson task". Wikipedia.
  5. ↑ "FIDE-masters – WFCC" . Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  6. ↑ "The perfect Babson". Chess News. 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  7. ↑ Peter Hoffmann; Erik Zierke. "100 Jahre Babson-Task im orthodoxen Direktmatt" (PDF). BerlinThema (in German).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Peter Hoffmann. "Das produktivste Babson-Schema" (PDF). BerlinThema (in German).
  9. ↑ "Werner Keym, Problem Chess Art (excerpt)" (PDF). Die Schwalbe.
  10. ↑ "Ralf Binnewirtz, Leseprobe – Keym Anthologie" (PDF). binnewirtz.com (in German).
  11. 1 2 Peter Hoffmann; Erik Zierke. "100 Jahre Babson-Task im orthodoxen Direktmatt" (PDF). BerlinThema (in German).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. 1 2 Peter Hoffmann. "Das produktivste Babson-Schema" (PDF). BerlinThema (in German).
  13. ↑ Frederic Friedel (1 December 2018). "The perfect Babson". ChessBase.
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