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(from TD 100) | by Bo Lindgren | ![]() |
The Sublime Higher School of perfectionism by Bo Lindgren, Grandmaster in composition 1980 |
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![]() ![]() the author of the classic novel "Madame Bovary" in his stylistic fervour could spend a whole morning to rub out a comma and then spend the rest of the day to put it back again As a composer of chess problems one laughs and recognizes oneself That white Pawn on a4 - it's always about white Pawns - how irritating, how it sticks out I can take it away, of course I can there will be a small, a very small thematic imperfection without it but other qualities also count in a problem So, after desperate brooding it's taken off the board |
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And you are satisfied after all it was right to get rid of that Pawn Why was it so difficult to come to that! But on the other hand, there is a strong reason to keep it esthetically it is a blemish, but from a thematic point of view...!? But you are sure that you have achieved the best but, of course disturbing that the variation is not absolutely pure there are certainly those who would frown on it but the esthetic aspect of the matter is just as important but a purely worked out theme doesn't that also belong to the esthetic side of the composition! |
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At last, after unendurable torment the problem solves itself as it happily solved itself for the creator of "Madame Bovary" |