Ferdinand Maack
Ferdinand Maack (1861–1930) was a German doctor, inventor, and occultist. He invented Raumschach, the classic 3D chess game, first described by him in the Frankfurter Zeitung in 1907.[1][2][3] He promoted the game with demonstrations, articles, specialist magazines (e.g. Raumschach) and several books.[lower-alpha 1] He founded the Hamburg Raumschach Club in 1919, which remained active until World War II.
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References
- ↑ Hooper & Whyld (1987), pp. 351–52
- ↑ Pritchard (1994), pp. 305–07
- ↑ Pritchard (2007), p. 230
- ↑ Dickins (1971), p. 16
Bibliography
- Dickins, Anthony (1971) [corrected repub. of 1969 2nd ed., The Q Press, Richmond, Surrey, England]. A Guide to Fairy Chess. New York: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-22687-5.
- Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1987). The Oxford Companion to Chess. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-281986-0.
- Pritchard, D. B. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Games & Puzzles Publications. ISBN 0-9524142-0-1.
- Pritchard, D. B. (2007). Beasley, John, ed. The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. John Beasley. ISBN 978-0-9555168-0-1.
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