How I Became A Chess Problem Composer

Chess problems and chess composition are topics of which most chess players are aware but have little understanding. This is, of course, no surprise to those who enjoy chess problems and other chess compositions. Their world contains different kinds of rules, names, techniques, both when composing and solving, and these are not easy to grasp unless you get a good introduction.

In this volume, Peruvian Chess Problem composer Antonio Tarnawiecki takes the reader along on his journey from a novel composer to becoming more serious and seasoned, understanding more and more facets of composition while working with some of today’s most familiar names in chess composition, winning some prizes along the way while also understanding that you only become better when working hard and being patient, and encountering a community that includes countless famous chess players that are eager to enjoy what he creates.