Josef Cumpe

Josef Cumpe (Czechoslovakia, 16.08.1868 - 13.08.1943)

Chessplayer and Chess composer of problems endgame studies

Josef Cumpe was Vladimir Pachman's great-uncle.

His book "Žertem doopravdy" was published in 1941 and can be downloaded. Miroslav Soukup's homage "Josef Cumpe - Věrný Čech" (1943) can be downloaded also.

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On the Website "Chess Composers: August 16th"  is written:  "Cumpe composed about 1500 problems in the Bohemian style with a marked preference for miniatures."

Others: On the Dutch Website ARVES.org are 10 endgame studies selected by him. Many studies have many moves with check on the black king in the solution.