Alois Wotawa

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Alois Wotawa (11 June 1896 – 12 April 1970)[citation needed] was an Austrian composer of chess problems and endgame studies. He was born and died in Vienna. He was a prosecutor and a member of the Nazi Party.[1]

Wotawa composed more than 350 endgame studies, which were published particularly in German-speaking countries. Wotawa also composed some problems that he called "botched endgames".[2]

In 1966, FIDE honored Wotawa as an International Master of Chess Composition.

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