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The Danish Chess Problem Society (DCPS) was founded on January 14, 1932 by a group of chess problem enthusiasts in Copenhagen. The membership grew fairly rapidly, new members being recruited from among the readers of the various newspaper chess columns and the chess problem column in Skakbladet (published by the Danish Chess Federation). This column was for a period edited by DSK-member Danny Kristiansen, later by the forrmer chairman of the club, Kaare Vissing Andersen, but Hans Larsen took over from 2005 to 2015. For a short period the column was edited by the present chairman of DCPS, Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen, but now problem chess is no longer present in Skakbladet.
The club has a library of some 800 chess problem items for the members to read. The library is presently being moved to a new location in Copenhagen. Contact the treasurer if you are interested. DCPS conducts quarterly meetings in Copenhagen, normally the second Thursday of the month.
Through a period of 32 years the club magazine was published under the name of Thema Danicum with Leif Schmidt as editor. He stepped down after 2007 due to health problems. It was decided to let the name go with him. In 2008 a new quarterly magazine, Problemskak, emerged with Bjørn Enemark as editor. This magazine is now in its fifteenth year. Each issue contains around 70 chess diagrams, more than half of them originals, and articles for both beginners and experts. It contains direct problems, self mates, help mates and fairy problems. A solving tourney runs for one year at the time. The original help mates and fairies take part in two-year competitions. The judges have been:

period help mates fairies
2008-2010 ✓ Thomas Maeder, CH ✓ Kjell Widlert, SE
2011-2012 ✓ Franz Pachl, DE ✓ Hans Gruber, DE
2013-2014 ✓ Jorge Lois & Jorge Kapros, AR Göran Forslund, SE
✓ taken over by Kjell Widlert, SE after the death of Göran
2015-2016 ✓ Michael McDowell, GB ✓ Juraj Lörinc, SK
2017-2018 ✓ Valery Kopyl, UA ✓ Lennart Werner, SE
2019-2020 ✓ Steven Dowd, US Marco Bonavoglia, IT
✓ taken over by Tadashi Wakashima, JP after the death of Marco
2021-2022 ✓ Harry Fougiaxis, GR
2023-2024 Manfred Rittirsch, DE

If you want a free trial copy of Problemskak or send originals or send solutions, please contact the editor. Application for membership may be sent to the treasurer.
Subscription fee 2023, foreigners: Scandinavia 225 DKK, Europe: 32 EUR, World 40 USD. Account number in Nordea, Swift-BIC: NDEADKKK, IBAN: DK55 2000 9032 9769 61.
Kontingent for danske medlemmer, se Dansk


editor and treasurer


Bjørn Enemark
Stjernevangen 7
DK-2600 Glostrup
Danmark
tlf. 31 36 20 02
bjorn.enemark@get2net.dk