Dipl. Ing. Helmut (or Helmuth) Steniczka

 (Austria, Vienna * Friday, 08.06.1928 - †  04.01.1993 Date of burial)  was an Austrian chess master and excellent study composer of about 47 chess studies. His first name Helmut is also often spelt ‘Helmuth’ at this point.

Activity as a study composer

Ing. Helmut Steniczka began composing chess studies in 1958. He paused in the early 1970s, before composing again in 1989 until his death.

His style

His chess studies testify to the great dynamism of both Black and White. Tactical motifs were skillfully incorporated into his studies and testify to his talent as a composer. Austrian chess master Helmut (or Helmuth) Steniczka from Vienna had a high claim to quality

Publishing: Apart from a few exceptions, he concentrated on the informal tournament in "Schachecho", "Tidskrift för Schack", "Schach" and "Springaren". Some of his studies were published only after his death, and in this time he had his greatest success: 6 distinction in the "Schach 1991-1992" informal tournament with three prizes, overpowering the great study composer Genrich Kaparyan. 

A speciality: He died at the age of 64, the same age as Bobby Fischer. and Elias Stein. The chessboard has 64 squares.

Others: On the Dutch Website of arves.org (by Peter Boll) some endgame studies with solution by him are selected. Some of his chess studies were corrected by Peter Krug (Hallein).

His chess games

Website chessgames.com: 10 Chess games by Helmut Steniczka

Burial; He was buried on 04.01.1993 in the cemetery Baumgarten, Waidhausenstraße 52, 1140 Wien; Grave data, Group: Number: 31

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