Ferdinand Maack
German doctor and inventor (1861-1930)
Ferdinand Maack (1861–1930) was a German doctor, inventor and occultist. He invented Raumschach, the classic 3D chess game, first described by him in the Frankfurter Zeitung in 1907.[1][2][3] He promoted the game with demonstrations, articles, specialist magazines[a] and several books.[b] He founded the Hamburg Raumschach Club in 1919, which remained active until World War II.
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References
- ^ Hooper & Whyld (1996), p. 419. Three-Dimensional Chess.
- ^ Pritchard (1994), pp. 305–07
- ^ Pritchard (2007), p. 230
- ^ Dickins (1971), p. 16
Bibliography
- Dickins, Anthony (1971) [corrected repub. of 1969 2nd ed., The Q Press, Richmond, Surrey, England]. A Guide to Fairy Chess. New York: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-22687-5.
- Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992]. The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
- Pritchard, D. B. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Games & Puzzles Publications. ISBN 0-9524142-0-1.
- Pritchard, D. B. (2007). Beasley, John (ed.). The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. John Beasley. ISBN 978-0-9555168-0-1.
External links
- Works by or about Ferdinand Maack at the Internet Archive
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