Paul Heuäcker

Paul Heuäcker (Germany, 16.12.1899 - 10.07.1969)

Chess player and chess composer of endgame studies born in Hamburg who lived a long time in Vienna, where he regularly participated in tournaments and other competition activities.

In the book "Phantasie im Endspiel" (Berlin, 1989) by Gerald Braungerger they present 100 studies of P. Heuácker.

Others: 4 endgame studies are selected and can be replayed on the Dutch Website arves.org.

Source: www.arves.org

His life
Born in Hamburg, Heuäcker grew up in Breslau and completed a commercial apprenticeship. He then moved to Berlin and published his first study. At the end of 1923, he moved to Vienna and soon made the acquaintance of Josef Halumbirek, Josef Krejcik, Hans Müller, Georg Becker and Alois Wotawa.

After his simultaneous tour of Germany, he worked as a tax official in Breslau from 1940. During the Second World War, he was deployed as a soldier in Italy. After the war, he moved to Gößmannsberg near Forchheim in Franconian Switzerland. In 1949, he moved to Bad Homburg, where he lived for the rest of his life.

The study composer
Heuäcker was inspired to compose chess when he studied Henri Rinck's book "150 Endgame Studies" in 1922. He subsequently published over one hundred studies.

In 1989, Gerald Braunberger commemorated the study composer with a book on Paul Heuäcker's life's work.