Bedrich Formánek Explained

Bedrich Formánek (born 6 June 1933) is a Slovak chess composer.

In 1990 Bedrich Formánek gained the title FIDE Master for Chess Compositions.^[1] He is also International Judge for Chess Compositions since 1966, qualified for sections #2, #3, #n, h#.^[2]

Bedrich Formánek was a long-time delegate for Czechoslovakia and later for Slovakia in Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC), serving in years 1994-2002 as PCCC President, becoming an honorary president of the current WFCC afterwards.^[3] Bedrich Formánek is well known for long-time editing chess composition columns in newspapers in Slovakia, such as Pravda, Práca, Smena and many other.^[4]

External links

• Formánek's problems at the PDB Server

Notes and References

1. http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/fm.htm FIDE Masters for Chess Compositions
2. http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/ij.htm International Judges for Chess Compositions
3. Web site: Handbook of Chess Composition . 2013-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110806003510/http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/hcc5.pdf . 2011-08-06 . dead .
4. Web site: Overview of chess composition columns in Slovakia (SK) . 2013-03-31 . 2016-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160312221912/http://rubriky.net/index.php . dead .