Friedrich Chlubna (* 15 April 1946 in Mattighofen; † 6 January 2005 in Vienna) was an Austrian chess composer.

Chess composition:

Chlubna began composing chess pieces at the age of 13. He was initially guided by his father and later by the Austrian composer Josef Halumbirek. In total, he composed around 530 problems in the areas of orthodox multiple moves, auxiliary and self-mating as well as fairy-tale chess. In the FIDE albums he achieved 58.5 points, i.e. Chlubna had been FIDE International Master of Chess Compositions since 1979.

FIDE had already awarded him the title of International Adjudicator for Chess Composition in 1971. In 1980 he became editor of the "Problem Chess" section of the Austrian magazine Schach-Aktiv. From 1983 to 1986 he was also in charge of the problem section of the German Schachblätter.

In 1994 his books Versunkene Schätze (ISBN 3-9500310-6-5), Dreiklang and Schach für Nußknacker - Eine Einführung in die Welt des Schachproblems (ISBN 3-9500310-0-6) were published. Another important publication is the book "The mate of the white king", in which Chlubna introduces the self-mate genre.

After meeting John Roycroft in Turku in 1995, Chlubna published Deceptive Simplicity for him in 1998, in which he individually inserted copies of Mitrofanov's photographs in each edition. The book is now considered a rarity.

Other published books:
Chlubna, Friedrich; Wenda, Klaus: Problem Palette, Wiener Schachverlag, Vienna, 1970
Chlubna, Friedrich; Wenda, Klaus: Problem Palette II, Dr K. Wenda Eigenverlag, Vienna, 1991, ISBN 3-9500057-0-6
Hildebrand, Alexander; Chlubna, Friedrich: Paul Keres the Composer, Friedrich Chlubna, Vienna, 1999
Hoch, Yehuda et al.: Endgame virtuosity. A selection of 222 Israeli chess studies, Friedrich Chlubna, Vienna, 1996, ISBN 3-9500310-4-9

Source: German Wikipedia