Selection of studies of more than 200 composed by
Thomas Rayner Dawson
(England, 20.11.1889 - 16.12.1951)
He was also called the "King of exochess" (Fairy King) was the best chess composer of exoproblems of all time.
He completed more than 6000 tasks (over 5000 of them exo) and invented a number of new exostones and exoconditions,
many of which have caught on and are used as common stones today, notably cricket (grasshopper, 1912) and daddy (nightrider, 1925).
He wrote a number of books and was a long-time editor of the magazine "Fairy Chess Review" (1930-1951).
TRD has always had my endless admiration, a person with such creative potential is born once in a century.
At the Alba Iulia WCCC in 2025, two proposals for instituting special awards to recognise outstanding contributions to the world of chess composition were put forward. It was decided that the award would be called:the WFCC Dawson–White Award for Outstanding Contributions in honour of two great pioneers of chesscomposition from the last century:
Thomas Rayner Dawson (1889–1951) is regarded as the father of Fairy Chess, the first editor of TheProblemist, and an indefatigable composer, writer, editor, theorist, guide and mentor to generations of fairychess problem enthusiasts.
More information about him on Wikipedia.
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