Hans Kmoch

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Johann Joseph ("Hans") Kmoch (July 25, 1894 – February 13, 1973) was a chess International Master (1950) and International Arbiter (1951). He became best known as a chess author. His Die Kunst der Verteidigung (The Art of Defence) was the first chess book devoted to this subject. In 1959, he wrote his most famous book, Pawn Power in Chess (German: Die Kunst der Bauernführung), which is notorious for its use of neologisms ("ram," "lever," "sweeper," "sealer," "quartgrip," "monochromy," etc.).[1] During the 1930s he served as Alexander Alekhine's second in his world championship matches against Efim Bogoljubow. He also served as the Secretary and manager of the Manhattan Chess Club in New York City. He also wrote for Chess Review, then one of the leading American chess magazines.