Tivadar Kardos

Who was Tivadar Kardos?

Tivadar Kardos was a well-known Hungarian chess problem creator and author in chess.

Kardos, an academic by career, composed more than 400 chess problems. He focused on two-move problems, as well as self- and helpmates. He was chairman of the Budapest Chess Problem Committee. Together with István Rágó, from 1969 to 1976 he published the paper "Feladványkedvelők Lapja".

At right is shown one of his problems. The solution is: 1.Ke6! Ne3 2.Qf8+! gxf8N mate