Ľudovít Lačný (December 8, 1926 – December 25, 2019Zomrel Ľudovít Lačný
– Slovenská organizácia kompozičného šachu) was a Slovak

chess problem A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is t ...

composer and judge. Lačný was born in

Banská Štiavnica Banská Štiavnica (; ; , ) is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountains. Banská Štiavnica has a population of ...

and studied mathematics, working as a teacher, and as a

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. In 1956 Lačný was appointed an International Judge of Chess Compositions and in 2005 was awarded the

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

for Chess Composition title. He is best known as the eponym of the Lacny cycle, according to the theme invented by him in 1949.

External links

Lacny's page on Juraj Lorinc's website

References

Chess composers Slovak chess players 1926 births 2019 deaths People from Banská Štiavnica International Judges of Chess Compositions 20th-century chess players {{Slovakia-chess-bio-stub