Original letter written by Eric M. Hassberg sent to Emil Palkoska, dated March 7, 1947. The letter is typewritten in German, has 3 pages and has Hassberg's original signature at the end. Size: 22,8 x 15,2 cm.

Eric Manfred Hassberg (born 14 May 1918 in Austria, died 8 January 1987 in England) was a chess composer and judge for chess composition. Lived in the USA since the 1930s, the last few years in England. He is the author of more than 700 problems, mostly two and three-movers (one three-mover theme bears his name). Hassberg was the editor of several chess problems columns (for instance Chess Correspondent), publisher of the American Chess Problemist 1949-1952 and one of the editors of the U. S. Problem Bulletin 1963-1967. Wrote the books To Alain White (1945) and The Best American Chess Problems of 1946 (1948). 168 of his problems are quoted in E. Holladay's book E. M. Hassberg Ingenuity (1978).

Emil Palkoska (born 11 May 1871, died 14 May 1955) was a Czech composer, one of the most prominent figures of the Bohemian Problem School. He composed more than 1500 problems, mainly three-movers. Palkoska ran the chess column in Narodni politika 1907 - 1945, in Nova Praha 1926 - 1930 and in Lidova demokracie 1946 - 1955. He wrote books Schachprobleme: Weiss: Dame und ein Laufer (with A.C. White in 1911), Idea and Economy in the Chess Problem (1928 and a second expanded edition in 1947) and the pamphlet Memorial of Ing. Jiri Chocholous in 1931.

Condition - Good: folded, the upper corners creased.