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Wiereynle Grand P.le Pontoisten Catevan Dijkvan Dijk N.G.G.van Essenvan Herckvan Heycop ten Hamvan Reekvan Woerdenvan den Endevan den Heuvelvan der Heijdenvan der Kraanvon Alvenslebenvon Cywinski de Puchalavon Dehnvon Gottschallvon Heydebrand und der Lasavon Meijenfeldtvon Moellwitzvon Oppenvon WardenerÁnyosÅkerblomÉbendÉrsekĐukićĐurašević Br.Ķeirāns A.Ķeirāns P.ĶīsisŠaletićŠardaŠiráňŠtúňŠtěpánŠulc J.Šulc R.Żuk H.ŽivadinovićChess ComposersWhose birthday is it today?http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Eric)Blogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-73174531866724934612024年2月03日 00:28:00 +00002024年02月05日T15:26:24.353-08:00CrişanRetroAward of Crisan-50 JT<br/> The announcement of the Crisan-50 JT was published <a href="https://quartz.chessproblems.ca/pdf/56/Quartz56.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">in Quartz-56 (page 943)</a>. <br/> The full uncensored award can be <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VQYMQq6Kh-Ki3SsjWyMcFc19XISHsheY/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">downloaded here</a>.http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2024/02/award-of-crisan-50-jt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-68231900988148751802020年1月09日 22:06:00 +00002020年02月03日T10:26:26.245-08:00CaillaudCrişanHøegProcaThoma A.5 draw pendulums in Retractor<div style="text-align:justify">The draw pendulum is a retro specific element used in retractor problems. Based on the three fold repetition of the same position, White can force Black to retract a weak move instead of a strong move. In order to achieve this objective, the critical position must be obtained after Black’s retraction, then White can start the pendulum.</div><br /> <div style="text-align:justify">The draw pendulum theme fascinated many composers, who found several ways of expressing it, such as the short form (the so-called amputated draw pendulum), exploiting the losing of castling rights / en passant capture or zugzwang motivated. One major challenge was to show the theme in a five fold presentation – the topic of this post. (Definitions at the end of the article) </div><br /> Michel Caillaud was the first composer to achieve 5 draw pendulums. <br /> Let’s study together his magnificent composition (H25 from the FIDE Album 2013-2015):<br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Caillaud, Michel</strong><br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize, feenschach, 2015<br /> In memoriam Milan Velimirović<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=494404"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/2pp1pbp/P3P1bP/1P1p4/2P4p/1P1k4/6Pp/RKB5"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-31 &amp; #1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">Proca Retractor</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">10 + 10</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1090120', 'displayText1090120', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1090120"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1090120" style="display: none;">-1. Kb2-b1 Bf8-g7+ -2.Rb1:Ba1 a2-a1=B+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -3.Ka3-b2 Bg7-f8+ -4.Kb2-a3 Bf8-g7+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -5.Ka3-b2 Bg7-f8+ -6.Kb2-a3 Kd4-d3+ (forced – 1<sup>st</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -7.Kc2-b2 Bh5-g6+ -8.Rb2:Qb1 Qa1-b1+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -9.Kd1-c2 Bg6-h5+ -10.Kc2-d1 Bh5-g6+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -11.Kd1-c2 Bg6-h5+ -12.Kc2-d1 Ke4-d4+ (forced – 2<sup>nd</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -13.Kc3-c2 Bf8-g7+ -14.Rc2-b2 Qb1-a1+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -15.Kb4-c3 Bg7-f8+ -16.Kc3-b4 Bf8-g7+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -17.Kb4-c3 Bg7-f8+ -18.Kc3-b4 Ke5-e4+ (forced – 3<sup>rd</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -19.Kd3-c3 Bh5-g6+ -20.Rb2-c2 Qa1-b1+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -21.Ke2-d3 Bg6-h5+ -22.Kd3-e2 Bh5-g6+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -23.Ke2-d3 Bg6-h5+ -24.Kd3-e2 Kf5-e5+ (forced – 4<sup>th</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -25.Kd4-d3 Bf8-g7+ -26.Re2-b2 Qb1-a1+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -27.Kc5-d4 Bg7-f8+ -28.Kd4-c5 Bf8-g7+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -29. Kc5-d4 Bg7-f8+ -30.Kd4-c5 Kf6-f5+ (forced – 5<sup>th</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -31.Re5-e2 & 1.Bg5#<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align:justify">The balance shows that black pawns captured all the 6 missing white pieces. That means no white piece can be uncaptured by black figures during the retro play. Moreover, the black pawn d5 is originally from b7, so it can’t retract on d6. Assuming there will be also an extra black Queen and a black Pawn on a2 – both appearing during the retro play, the white pawns captured four pieces, so White can’t uncapture any other black pieces.<br /> <br /> White aims to push back the black King to a square where it can be mated. In order to achieve this objective, White uses the draw pendulum employing alternatively the two black Bishops oscillating between f8 and g7, respectively h5 and g6. The first pendulum is started by a black promotion, while the next by a check given by the black Queen. In the end of each pendulum the weak move – the retraction of the black King – is forced. The systematic manoeuvre repeated 5 times until leads the black King from d3 into the mating net from f6. A monumental conception, which remained unequalled for several years. The first version of this problem appeared in Mat Plus Review, which subsequently ceased its appearance – hence the dedication.<br /> </div><br /> However, in 2019 two composers independently managed to show the same ambitious theme in the fairy retros field. <br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Thoma, Andreas</strong><br /> Die Schwalbe 300/2019<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=494406"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3R1B2/8/2Np1q2/3k4/3p4/1n1P2p1/1p1Pp3/3Rb1K1"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-28 &amp; #1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">Høeg Retractor<br /> AntiCirce Cheylan</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">7 + 9</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2090120', 'displayText2090120', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2090120"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2090120" style="display: none;">-1.Kf2-g1 Qf7-f6+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -2.Ke3-f2 Qe7-f7+ -3.Kf2-e3 Qf7-e7+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -4.Ke3-f2 Qe7-f7+ -5.Kf2-e3 g4-g3+ (forced – 1<sup>st</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -6.Bg7-f8 Qf8-e7+ -7.Kf3-f2 Qf7-f8+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -8.Ke3-f3 Qe7-f7+ -9.Kf3-e3 Qf7-e7+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -10.Ke3-f3 Qe7-f7+ -11.Kf3-e3 g5-g4+ (forced – 2<sup>nd</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -12.Kg3-f3 Qf8-e7+ -13.Kf4-g3 Qf7-f8+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -14.Ke3-f4 Qe7-f7+ -15.Kf4-e3 Qf7-e7+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -16.Ke3-f4 Qe7-f7+ -17.Kf4-e3 g6-g5+ (forced – 3<sup>rd</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -18.Ke5-f4 Kc5-d5+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -19.Kf5-e5 Qf7-e7+ -20.Ke5-f5 Qe7-f7+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -21.Kf5-e5 Qf7-e7+ -22.Ke5-f5 d7-d6+ (forced – 4<sup>th</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -23.Ke6-e5 Qe7-f7+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -24.Kf5-e6 Qf7-e7+ -25.Ke6-f5 Qe7-f7+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -26.Kf5-e6 Qf7-e7+ -27.Ke6-f5 Pc7/Pe7:Qd6(>Pd7) (forced – 5<sup>th</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -28.Sa7-c6 & 1.Rc1#<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> <div style="text-align:justify">Here White wants to force Black to uncapture a white Queen on d6 and place his King on c5. All the draw pendulums involve the black Queen, which occupies the rebirth fields as many times as possible, avoiding the retraction of weak moves. The weak retractions are performed by the black pawns g3 (thrice) and d6 (twice). It is particularly important to note that the introduction of the 4th pendulum decoys the black King to the field where it will be eventually mated. The black King can’t retract his move from c4, because it will be under an illegal check from wPd3. Please note the effective placement of wSc6, hindering the retraction c6:Xd7(>d2). The Høeg type facilitates the uncapture of the desired white Queen. All the white figures are necessary, as the wRd8 is effectively guarding the black King’s rebirth square. Another extraordinary achievement, which hopefully will remain sound.</div><br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Crişan, Vlaicu</strong><br /> 7<sup>th</sup> FIDE World Cup, 2019<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=494376"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/4nN2/8/3B2r1/3Rp3/k4Kpp/1nb3p1/4N1br"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-27 &amp; #1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">Proca Retractor<br /> AntiCirce</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 11</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3090120', 'displayText3090120', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3090120"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3090120" style="display: none;">-1.Sh6-f7! e5-e4+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -2.Kg4-f3 Rf5-g5+ -3.Kf3-g4 Rg5-f5+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -4.Kg4-f3 Rf5-g5+ -5.Kf3-g4 Rh5-f5+ (forced – 1<sup>st</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -6.Kf4-f3 e6-e5+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -7.Kg5-f4 Rh4-h5+ -8.Kf4-g5 Rh5-h4+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -9.Kg5-f4 Rh4-h5+ -10.Kf4-g5 g4-g3+ (forced – 2<sup>nd</sup> draw pendulum; 1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -11.Ke3-f4 Bh2-g1+ -12.Kf4-e3 Bg1-h2+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -13.Ke3-f4 Bh2-g1+ -14.Kf4-e3 g3-g2+ (forced – 3<sup>rd</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -15.Kf3-f4 g5-g4+ -16.Kf2-f3 g4-g3+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -17.Kf1-f2! Bg1-h2+ <br /> [not -17.Kg3-f2? Bg1-h2+ & FD: 1... Bf2#] <br /> -18.Kf2-f1 Bh2-g1+ (2nd occurrence) -19.Kf1-f2 Bg1-h2+ -20.Kf2-f1 g2-g1=B+ (forced – 4<sup>th</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -21.Kg1-f2 Rh2-h1+ -22.Kf1-g1 g3-g2+ (1<sup>st</sup> occurrence) -23.Ke2-f1 Rh1-h2+ -24.Kf1-e2 Rh2-h1+ (2<sup>nd</sup> occurrence) <br /> -25.Ke2-f1 Rh2-h1+ -26.Kf1-e2 h2-h1=R+ (forced – 5<sup>th</sup> draw pendulum) <br /> -27.Ke2-f1 & 1.S:c2(>Sb1)#<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> <div style="text-align:justify">The main plan: 1.S:c2(>Sb1)#?? fails due to the occupation of rebirth square(s). The attempts to free these squares by walking with the white King to South-East: -1.Sh8-f7 e5-e4+ -2.Ke3-f3 Bh2-g1+ -3.Kf2-e3 g4-g3+ -4.Kg1-f2 Bg3-h2+ -5.Sf7-h8 Rh2-h1+ -6.Kf2-g1 Bf4-g3+ -7.Kf1-f2 g3-g2+ -8.Ke2-f1 Rh1-h2+ -9.Kf1-e2 Rh2-h1+ -10.Ke2-f1 Rh1-h2+ -11.Kf1-e2 h2-h1=R+ (forced) -12.Ke2-f1/Kf2-f1 & 1.S:c2(>Sb1)# fail due to the prepared forward defenses: 1...h2# after -4...Bg3-h2+ and 1...Bf2# after -5...Rh2-h1+.<br /> <br /> Therefore White needs to employ five consecutive foreplans, each of them using a different draw pendulum. The first foreplan decoys the black Rook oscillating between g5 and f5 to h5. The second foreplan uses the same black Rook oscillating between h5 and h4 and decoys the black Pawn g3 to g4. The third foreplan uses the black Bishop oscillating between g1 and h2 and decoys the black Pawn g2 to g3. The fourth foreplan uses again the black Bishop oscillating between g1 and h2 and forces the unpromotion of the black Bishop g1, hence freeing the white Knight’s rebirth square. The fifth foreplan uses the black Rook between h1 and h2 and forces the unpromotion of the black Rook h1, freeing the white Rook’s rebirth square. The last move also unblocks white Bishop’s rebirth square. The theme is shown in the new German logical style and according to Andrey Frolkin the retro play is perceived as "almost orthodox".</div><br /> I hope this survey will inspire other composers to create retractors showing 5 (or more!) draw pendulums.<br /> <br /> Definitions:<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Proca Retractor definition</b>:<br /> A Proca Retractor is a defensive Retractor. Black is defending by trying to retract the moves that will forbid (or delay) the achievement of White's goal. You may see <a href="http://www.janko.at/Retros/Glossary/Retractor.htm">at the Retro Corner</a> an example by W. Dittmann of orthodox Proca Retractor showing two en passant captures.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Høeg Retractor </b>: <br /> After any retraction by White or Black, the other side may decide that the retracted move has been a capture, and decide which piece will be resurrected. Of course, legality must be preserved at all times. You may see <a href="http://www.janko.at/Retros/Glossary/Retractor.htm">at the Retro Corner</a> an example by Niels Høeg with many variations.<br /> </span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Anticirce</b>: the capturing piece disappears and is immediately reborn on its home square while the captured piece is removed for good. The capture is not legal if the rebirth square is not free. A pawn capturing on the eighth rank is first promoted and then reborn on the home square of the promoted man. Here "checks are fairy" i.e. a King is not in check if its "capture" is not legal because the rebirth is not possible. <br /> In AntiCirce Cheylan a piece is not allowed to capture on its home square; in AntiCirce Calvet this is allowed.<br /> </span><br /> http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2020/01/5-draw-pendulums-in-retractor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-27229873647481776942019年7月25日 14:59:00 +00002019年07月25日T08:24:38.518-07:00le Grand H.ManolescuNestorescuPetkovTrčalaZagoruikoChanged mates after same defenses in three-moversChanged mates have been considered one of the most exquisite artistic expressions in two-movers. The reader may find an excellent presentation of two-movers with changed mates in <a href="http://www.ozproblems.com/problem-world/zagoruiko">this OzProblem article by Peter Wong: Zagoruiko</a>.<br /> <br /> Naturally, chess composers tried to express this idea in longer problems as well. The first successful rendering of the idea dates back in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, when Stanislav Trčala published the following composition:<br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Trčala, Stanislav</strong><br /> Zlatá Praha 1897<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="https://www.yacpdb.org/#118920"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1K3N2/pQ6/3k3n/P7/R2p2P1/P1pr2pP/3P4/8"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;"></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">9 + 7</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1250719', 'displayText1250719', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1250719"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1250719" style="display: none;"><b>1.♖b4! </b>(2.♖b5 ~ 3.♕d7/♕c7/♖d5#)<br /> 1...♖f3 2.♕d7+ <br /> <div style="margin-left:10px; margin-top: 0px;">2...♔e5 ×ばつd4# <br /> 2...♔c5 3.♘e6#</div>1...♖e3 ×ばつd4+ <br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">2...♔e5 3.♕g7# <br /> 2...♔c5 3.♕d5#</div>1...a6 2.♖b6+ <br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">2...♔e5 3.♘g6# <br /> 2...♔c5 3.♕c6#</div></div></td> </tr> </table><br /> Here there are even three changed mates after Black defenses 1... Ke5 and 1... Kc5.<br /> Of course, White continuations are checking and some mates are model, according to Bohemian school principles. <br /> A slight blemish is the triple mate in the threat, although the quiet second move is highly enjoyable.<br /> <br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> The perfect presentation of the <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Zago">Zagoruiko theme</a> was shown more than 50 years later. <br /> Henk le Grand managed to show the theme in a spectacular setting, using a three-fold play of a Siers battery after anticipatory line closing:<br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Le Grand, Henk</strong><br /> Die Schwalbe 1953-07 <br /> 2<sup>nd</sup>-3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="https://www.yacpdb.org/#186674"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/b3R2N/3pNprp/1Pppkpp1/R1p5/5B2/1P5P/5nK1"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;"></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">9 + 12</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2250719', 'displayText2250719', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2250719"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2250719" style="display: none;"><b>1.♗e2! </b>(2.♘g7+ ♔f4 3.♘h5# or 2...♔d4 ×ばつf5#)<br /> 1...♘g3 ×ばつg5+ <br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">2...♔f4 3.♘h3# <br /> 2...♔d4 3.♘f3#</div>1...♘e3 ×ばつc5+ <br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">2...♔f4 3.♘d3# <br /> 2...♔d4 3.♘b3#</div></div></td> </tr> </table><br /> A few years later, Petko Petkov used the same Siers battery to show the theme extending the number of thematic variations to 4. Surprisingly, the Novotny threat is not thematic and allows two anti-critical defenses which alternatively block black King’s thematic flights.<br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Петков, Петко Андонов</strong><br /> Problemas 1980<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize ex aequo<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="https://www.yacpdb.org/#227690"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3B4/3R3K/3N3p/2p1p3/PrPkP3/1np2R2/2P4n/b3rbN1"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;"></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">10 + 11</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3250719', 'displayText3250719', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3250719"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3250719" style="display: none;"><b>1.♗g5! </b>(2.♘e2+ ×ばつe2 3.♖d3# or ×ばつe2 3.♗e3#)<br /> 1...♘c1 2.♘b7+ <br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"&g×ばつc4 3.♘a5# <br /&g×ばつe4 ×ばつc5#</div&g×ばつg5 2.♘f7+ <br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"&g×ばつc4 ×ばつe5# <br /&g×ばつe4 ×ばつg5#</div&g×ばつe4 2.♘b5+ ×ばつc4 3.♘a3# <br /&g×ばつc4 2.♘f5+ ×ばつe4 3.♘g3# <br /> <br /> Secondary variation: 1...♘g4 2.♖d3+ ×ばつd3 3.♘f3# <br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> The idea was picked up by Romanian composers, particularly by Mircea Manolescu, who was able to show it without recurring to black King flights. <br /> Moreover, Mircea was keen to express the theme using quiet White second moves.<br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Manolescu, Mircea Mihai<br /> Nestorescu, Virgil</strong><br /> Rusenescu MT 1992 <br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="https://www.yacpdb.org/#195852"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5R2/Kn4B1/Pp1R4/ppPN4/1Pk1p2r/r7/qbP5/3Q1b2"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;"></td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">10 + 11</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4250719', 'displayText4250719', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4250719"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4250719" style="display: none;"><b>1.♖c8!</b> (2.c×ばつb6+ ♘c5 ×ばつc5#)<br /> The first pair of variations:<br /> 1...♗h3 2.♕d2 ~ ×ばつb6# <br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">2...♗c3 3.♕e2# <br /> 2...♖c3 3.♕d4#</div>1...♖h8 2.♕e1 ~ ×ばつb6# <br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">2...♗c3 ×ばつf1# <br /> 2...♖c3 ×ばつe4#</div>The "white King" variations:<br /&g×ばつc5 ×ばつb7 (×ばつc5#)<br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">2...♗d4 ×ばつd4# <br /> 2...a×ばつb4 3.♘b6#</div&g×ばつc5 ×ばつb6 (×ばつc5#) <br /> <div style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">2...♗d4 ×ばつd4#</div></div></td> </tr> </table><br /> In this memorable problem, the whole subtlety and difficulty resides in the logical tries after the Black defenses: 1...Bh3 2.Qe1? Rc3! and 1... Rh8 2.Qd2? Bc3! <br /> The judge highly praised the combination of black Grimshaw with changed mates on c3 and the pair of variations played by the white King.<br /> <br /> We would like to express our thanks to Petko Petkov for showing these instructive examples of this ever-green theme.http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2019/07/changed-mates-after-same-defenses-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-83503140974617394932015年1月25日 18:23:00 +00002015年07月23日T10:27:12.484-07:00CrişanDittmannProcaRetroValladão MonteiroWalterWendaValladao theme in Proca RetractorThe <b>Valladao task</b> (thus named after <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.ro/2012/10/october-15th.html">Joaquim Valladão Monteiro</a>) is a mix of the three special moves: castling, en passant capture and [minor] promotion, in a single chess problem. Naturally, this blend has attracted many chess composers and the retro genre makes no exception.<br /> <br /> In the selected four Proca Retractor compositions the thematic moves <b>appear in the retro play</b>. Interested readers may find other examples in which the castling or the promotion appear in the forward play. (To find them, go to <a href="http://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/index.jsp">PDB website</a> and search "<i>k='valladao' and stip='proca'</i>")<br /> As usual in Proca Retractors, the main challenge is to ensure there are no duals in the retro or forward play.<br /> <br /> The below 1st Prize winner would demonstrate many specific points:<br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Wenda, Klaus</strong><br /> König &amp; Turm, 2003 (U252)<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=380464"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3kr3/8/8/1p3p2/b6q/P7/1KP4P/5B2"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-11 &amp; #1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">AntiCirce Calvet <br /> Proca Retractor<br /> No Forward Defense<br /> &nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 6</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1250114', 'displayText1250114', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1250114"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1250114" style="display: none;"><b>1.g5xh6 ep.(+wPh2)</b> h7-h5 2.Bg8xRa2(+wBf1) Ra1-a2+ <b>3.d5xc6 ep.(+wPc2)</b> c7-c5 4.Kc2-b2 Kc8-d8+ 5.Kd1-c2 Ra2-a1+ 6.Ke1-d1 Rd8-e8+ <br /> 7.Kc1xpb2(+wKe1) b3-b2+ 8.Kd2-c1 Ra1-a2+ 9.Ke1-d2 Ra2-a1+ 10.Ke6xRe5(+wKe1) <b>0-0-0+ </b> <b>11.g7-g8=B</b> & 1.Bd5#<br /> <br /> The order of moves is very precise. White can’t play directly 1.Bg8xRa2(+wBf1)? because Black can play 1...Qh8-h4+! hence the en passant key, obstructing the black Queen. The second en passant capture is required to free square c2 for the white King and constrain the black Rook e5 on the same file. Black castling is forced as a result of bRe5 checking wKe6. <br /> There is no promotion dual in the forward play, as 1.g8=R? is thwarted by 1...Qh1! <br /> White can’t proceed earlier with the main plan 7.Ke6xRe5(+wKe1) because in the forward play there is no mate: 1.g8=Q? Bd1! The three-move preparatory plan will add the needed black plug on b3. <br /> Finally, the "No Forward Defense" specification is needed against 5...Ra2-a1+ & 1...Re1#<br /> An excellent composition, full of subtle motivations.<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Walter, Martin</strong><br /> Die Schwalbe, 2006 (13185)<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=380465"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2k5/2B1p3/2b1P3/4P3/8/5p2/1P3p2/1q1r2NK"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-6 &amp; #1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">AntiCirce <br /> Proca Retractor<br /> &nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">6 + 7</td></tr> </table></div><br /> </td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2250114', 'displayText2250114', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2250114"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2250114" style="display: none;">1.Kg2-h1 f4-f3+ <b>2.a5xb6 ep.(+wPb2)</b> b7-b5 3.Kf1-g2 Rd8-d1+ 4.Ke1-f1 f3-f2+ 5.Kd1xRc1(+wKe1) <b>0-0-0+</b> <b>6.g7xSh8=S(+wSg1)</b> & 1.g8=R#<br /> <br /> In the initial position White is already under the threat of the forward defense 1...Qh7#, which explains the non-specific key.<br /> The en passant capture has again a multiple purpose: it interferes with bBc6 on its way to a8, preventively obstructs bRa8 from delivering the forward defense 1...Ra2# after the castling and blocks the flight b7 with a black pawn. <br /> Only a bS can be uncaptured on h8, because a bB would be able to parry the mate in the forward play with 1...Bxe5 [+bBf8].<br /> Another splendid conception!<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> <br /> More difficult is to show the retraction of the white castling. The only convincing example so far has been realized by the regretted German expert Wolfgang Dittmann and it is also the first one to show the s#1 stipulation in the forward play.<br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Dittmann, Wolfgang</strong><br /> Die Schwalbe, Aug 2002 (11589)<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Comm.<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=380466"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/6p1/2P3p1/5Prb/6Rk/6pp/1P1K2p1/n2R4"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-4 &amp; s#1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">AntiCirce<br /> Proca Retractor<br /> &nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">6 + 9</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3250114', 'displayText3250114', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3250114"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3250114" style="display: none;">1.Kc1-d2 <b>a2-a1=S</b> <b>2.0-0-0+</b> a3-a2 <b>3.c5xb6 ep.(+wPb2)</b> b7-b5 4.Kc8xRd7(+wKe1) & 1.Re1+ Rxg4(+bRa8)#<br /> <br /> All the play is centered around <b>zugzwang</b>. The key forces unpromotion by means of stalemate, as after 1...Sc2-a1 there is no legal retraction for White. The purpose of the white castling is to specifically block a1 parrying the black King check. <br /> Decapturing en passant with 3.a5xb6 ep.(+wPb2) is not possible because of the doubled pawns on file 'a' wPa5-bPa2, a setting that is illegal in AntiCirce. The purpose of the en passant capture is again to block the future flight b7. <br /> Of course, in the forward play neither bB nor bK can capture wRg4, as c8 is blocked by the wK and e8 guarded by wR.<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> <br /> The above examples showed Valladao using AntiCirce. It is also possible to mix Proca Retractor with other fairy conditions, as in the next example.<br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Crişan, Vlaicu</strong><br /> Die Schwalbe, Apr 2013 (260/15553)<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=380467"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2k3nr/Pp3p2/P4PPP/P7/PN6/8/1K4Q1/3N4"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-7 &amp; s#1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">CirceAssassin<br /> Proca Retractor<br /> &nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">11 + 5</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4250114', 'displayText4250114', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4250114"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4250114" style="display: none;"><b>1.g5xf6 ep.(+bPf7)</b> f7-f5 2.Sd3xRb4(+bRh8,-bBh8) Rd4-b4+ 3.Ka2xpb2(+bPb7) Rd8-d4+ 4.Kb1xSa2(bSg8,-wSg8) <b>0-0-0+</b> <b>5.g7-g8=S</b> b3-b2 6.Sb2xRd1(+bRa8,-bQa8) <b>d2-d1=R+</b> 7.Rf3xpf7(+bPf7,-wRf7) & 1.Re3+ Qe4#<br /> <br /> The thematic key opens both the diagonal h8-b2 and the line f3-f7. When wK stands on a2, bR may not attack any white pawn standing on the 'a' file and is forced to retreat to d8. Black castling is forced thanks to a double check delivered by bR on both wSd3 and wSg8. A similar motive appears later forcing the promotion of the bR. <br /> However, the most interesting point in the solution is the surprising zugzwang appearing after the white promotion, with bR and bK not able to move as they have just castled and bSa2 being specifically tied up.<br /> Although being passive throughout the whole retro play, the wQ specifically guards the flights d7 and d8 during the forward play, while the bQ delivers the mate and specifically guards a1.<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> <br /> Definitions:<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Proca Retractor definition</b>:<br /> A Proca Retractor is a defensive Retractor. Black is defending by trying to retract the moves that will forbid (or delay) the achievement of White's goal. You may see <a href="http://www.janko.at/Retros/Glossary/Retractor.htm">at the Retro Corner</a> an example by W. Dittmann of orthodox Proca Retractor showing two en passant captures.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> <b>Anticirce</b>: the capturing piece disappears and is immediately reborn on its home square while the captured piece is removed for good. The capture is not legal if the rebirth square is not free. A pawn capturing on the eighth rank is first promoted and then reborn on the home square of the promoted man. Here "checks are fairy" i.e. a King is not in check if its "capture" is not legal because the rebirth is not possible. <br /> In AntiCirce Cheylan a piece is not allowed to capture on its home square; in AntiCirce Calvet this is allowed.<br /> </span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Circe Assassin</b>: the captured unit is reborn on its rebirth square even if the rebirth square is occupied. And then the occupying unit disappears for good. Hence a unit on its home square cannot be removed.<br /> </span>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2015/01/valladao-theme-in-proca-retractor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-19253582728213004132013年12月18日 19:16:00 +00002020年01月09日T14:22:45.632-08:00CrişanProcaRaicanRetroWendaWhite & Black double en passant capture in Proca RetractorThe en passant capture is, together with castling and promotion, one of the three special moves in chess. The special character of the en passant capture is underlined by the fact that the arrival square is not occupied by the captured piece – an effect which can be also met in fairy chess compositions.<br /> <br /> In Proca Retractor compositions the main challenge is to find good motivations in order to force Black to retract the en passant capture. This challenging theme can be realized combined with different fairy conditions.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Proca Retractor definition</b>:<br /> A Proca Retractor is a defensive Retractor. Black is defending by trying to retract the moves that will forbid (or delay) the achievement of White's goal. You may see <a href="http://www.janko.at/Retros/Glossary/Retractor.htm">at the Retro Corner</a> an example by W. Dittmann of orthodox Proca Retractor showing two en passant captures.</span><br /> <br /> The first composer who successfully showed the Black and White double en passant capture was <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.ro/2012/09/september-13th.html">Dr. Klaus Wenda</a>. In the first two problems we can see how he managed to present this theme combined with Madrasi and AntiCirce Cheylan.<br /> <br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> <b>Madrasi</b>: Madrasi Chess is a fairy variant of chess where units (King excepted) are paralyzed when attacked by an enemy unit of the same nature. A paralyzed unit cannot move and does not give check ("Checks are fairy"). It can only paralyze enemy pieces, including its own paralyzer.<br /> </span><br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Wenda, Klaus</strong><br /> The Problemist, 1986<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=304565"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?Q7/2pN3R/1P2NPp1/8/8/P7/kBP3B1/bR3K2"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-8 &amp; s#1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">Madrasi<br /> Proca Retractor</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">12 + 4</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3181213', 'displayText3181213', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3181213"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3181213" style="display: none;"><b>1.g5xf6 e.p.</b> f7-f5 2.Qf3-a8 g7-g6 3.<b>a5xb6 e.p.</b> b7-b5 4.Qe3xpf3 <b>e4xf3 e.p.</b> 5.f2-f4 e5-e4 6.Qc1xpe3 <b>d4xe3 e.p.</b> 7.e2-e4 d5-d4 8.Qe3xRc1 [8...d6-d5 possible] <br /> & 1.Qb3+ Kxb1#<br /> <br /> Black pawns can’t shift on the free columns without uncapturing a white piece. Since all white figures are present on the board, only pawns can be uncaptured. Under Madrasi rules, uncapture of a pawn by a pawn is possible only by using the en passant trick. <br /> The second en passant capture is needed in order to provide Black an extra tempo playable before the forward play. This explains also why white pawn must be placed on a5 instead of c5.<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> <b>Anticirce Cheylan</b>: the capturing piece disappears and is immediately reborn on its home square while the captured piece is removed for good. The capture is not legal if the rebirth square is not free. A pawn capturing on the eighth rank is first promoted and then reborn on the home square of the promoted man. Here "checks are fairy" i.e. a King is not in check if its "capture" is not legal because the rebirth is not possible. A piece is not allowed to capture on its home square.<br /> </span><br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Wenda, Klaus</strong><br /> Die Schwalbe, 2004<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=363068"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3B2B1/3k4/p1p5/5q2/6p1/b4b2/1PrrP3/4K3"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-7 &amp; #1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">Anticirce Cheylan<br /> Proca Retractor</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 9</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4150113', 'displayText4150113', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4150113"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4150113" style="display: none;"><b>1.a5xb6 e.p.[>b2]</b> b7-b5 2.Kc5xSb6 [>Ke1] <b>c4xb3 e.p.[>b7]</b> 3.b2-b4 Qf8-f5+ 4.<b>f5xe6 e.p.[>e2]</b> e7-e5 <br /> 5.Kd5-c5 <b>d4xe3 e.p.[>e7]</b> 6.e2-e4 Sc8-b6+ 7.Bf7-g8<br /> & 1.Be8#<br /> <br /> The most often met motivation of black en passant capture is a double check. White King must arrive on d5, but first the black Queen must be decoyed from controlling this square.<br /> Once the white King arrives on d5 the check delivered by bBf3 must be parried, hence the need to uncapture bSb6, as the other possibility 6...Kc8-d7 is ruled out by the presence of bPc6.<br /> The whole sequence has a logical character, as White needs to block the flight c8 in order to be able to mate.<br /> <br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> Inspired by these masterpieces of Austrian Grandmaster, the Romanian composers tried also their hand using other genres: Immun Chess and Circe Assassin.<br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> Immun Chess: a piece cannot be captured if its Circe rebirth square is occupied.<br /> </span><br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Crişan, Vlaicu &amp; Răican, Paul</strong><br /> Christmas Tourney France-Echecs, 2009<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=363075"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1n4r1/b6b/NP1PP1P1/3kp3/1P6/4K3/8/6n1"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-7 &amp; #1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">Immunchess<br /> Proca Retractor</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">7 + 7</td></tr> </table></div><br /> </td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6150113', 'displayText6150113', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6150113"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6150113" style="display: none;"><b>1.h5xg6 e.p.</b> g7-g5 2.Kd3xpe3 <b>f4xe3 e.p.</b> 3.e2-e4+ f5-f4+ <b>4.a5xb6 e.p.</b> b7-b5 5.Ke3xpd3 <b>c4xd3 e.p.</b> 6.d2-d4 c5-c4+ <br /> 7.b3-b4 & 1.Sb4#<br /> <br /> White aims to play -1.b3-b4? & 1.Sb4#, but at the moment there are flights d6, e6 and c5.<br /> The fore-plan consists in immunizing pawns d6 and e6 and less specifically to block c5. The model mate also makes use of immunization of wSb4 by bSg1.<br /> The trick used to force the en passant retraction is a simple check by a immobilized black Bishop.<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> Circe Assassin: the captured unit is reborn on its rebirth square even if the rebirth square is occupied. And then the occupying unit disappears for good. Hence a unit on its home square cannot be removed.<br /> </span><br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Crişan, Vlaicu</strong><br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> FIDE World Cup, 2013<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> HM<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=363084"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1p2p3/1P2P3/8/p1QN2p1/b1PPKb2/1P2P3/k1rR4"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">-9 &amp; s#1</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">CirceAssassin<br /> Proca Retractor</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">10 + 8</td></tr> </table></div><br /> </td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7150113', 'displayText7150113', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7150113"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7150113" style="display: none;"><b>1.d5xe6 e.p.(e7)</b> e7-e5 2.Kd2xpe3(e7, -wBe7)<br /> <b>f4xe3 e.p.(e2)</b> 3.e2-e4 Re4xpe2(e2, -bRe2) 4.Kc2-d2 Rb1-c1+ 5.Kb3-c2 a5-a4+ <b>6.c5xb6 e.p.(b7)</b> b7-b5 7.Kc2xpb3(b7, -bBb7) <b>a4xb3 e.p.(b2)</b> <br /> 8.b2-b4 Rb4xpb2(b2, -bRb2) 9.Sb5-d4<br /> & 1.Rxb1(Ra8) Rxb5(Sb1, -wRb1)#<br /> <br /> Again Black en passant captures are forced due to specific double checks, immediately followed by active suicides of black Rooks.<br /> The whole purpose of the play is to leave a white Bishop e7, ensuring the control of c1 thanks to bRe4, and a black Bishop b7 preventing the advance of wPc5 in the final position.<br /> Please note that leaving a black Queen b7 would thwart the intention, as black would be able to move in the forward play 1...Qxb5(Sb1, -wRb1) and no mate as 2.Qxb5(Qd8) is playable.<br /> </div></td> </tr> </table><br /> Let’s hope new examples will occur in the future.http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2013/12/white-black-double-en-passant-capture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-46843800492246763012013年4月28日 12:46:00 +00002013年04月28日T06:04:33.360-07:00CrişanKolesnikSemenenko A.Y.StyopochkinA lucky piece arrangement?This post is dedicated to an interesting piece arrangement involving white King, Rook, Bishop and Knight(s) and black King in helpmate in 3.<br /> <br /> <b>Five years ago</b>, with the occasion of the Chess Olympiad in Dresden 2008, a quick composing tourney with two sections was organized. The required theme in the tourney was:<br /> <blockquote><i>In a h#3 White pins (after a checkless key) his own piece on its first move. The pinned piece delivers check mate.</i></blockquote><br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Crişan, Vlaicu</strong><br /> Dresden Olympiads, 2008<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=353586"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2q5/8/3kN3/1P3rb1/r1b5/4p3/3pnn2/4RKB1"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">b) wSe6->c5<br /> &nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 10</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1280413', 'displayText1280413', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1280413"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1280413" style="display: none;">A: 1.Bd5 <b>Bxf2</b> 2.Sf4 Bxe3 3.Qd7 <b>Bc5#</b><br /> B: 1.Rd5 <b>Rxe2</b> 2.Sd3 Rxe3 3.Qc7 <b>Re6#</b><br /> </div></br><br /> The judge Udo Degener praised the construction hoping that no anticipation will be found. The whole play is based on the destruction of two black batteries unpinning the thematic white pieces and black <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#grimshaw">Grimshaw</a>.<br /> The black Queen performs a selfblock while unguarding the mating square.<br /> <br /> [<a href="http://www.frsah.ro/2008/compozitie_sahista/doc/Concurs%20compozitie%20Dresda.pdf"><i>Award of the Dresden 2008 QCT</i></a>]<br /> </td> </tr> </table><br /> <b>One year later</b>, the same piece arrangement leaded to another success in a different tournament:<br /> <br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Стёпочкин, Анатолий Викторович</strong><br /> Командное первенство России 2009<br /> 1<sup>st</sup>-2<sup>nd</sup> Place<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=324971"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/3p2p1/3kN3/2Np4/pp6/3pp1rp/2b3n1/3rRKBq"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">b) -bPd7<br /> &nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 14</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2280413', 'displayText2280413', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2280413"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2280413" style="display: none;">A: 1.Qh2 Sxa4 2.Bxa4 Bxe3 3.Bc6 Bc5#<br /> B: 1.Rd2 Sxg7 2.Rxg7 Rxe3 3.Rc7 Re6#<br /> </div></br><br /> Each wS actively sacrifices in order to allow a black active selfblock. The white thematic pieces initially pinned must be unpinned at B1. The black <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#grimshaw">Grimshaw</a> is lost, but we have the mutual exchange of roles between wSs and model mates.<br /> </td> </tr> </table><br /> <b>Finally, during the European Chess Solving Championships 2013</b> held in Vilnius a composing tournament with two sections was organized on the occasion of Nikolaj Zujev's 60th birthday. In the second section the required theme was:<br /> <blockquote><i>In a h#3 the mate is delivered from the square where moved the black key unit.</i></blockquote><br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tr> <td><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Колесник, Микола Іванович &amp; Семененко, Олександр Юрьевич</strong><br /> Nikolay Zujev 60 JT, 2013<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=353587"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/q1p2b2/5bp1/2pN3n/2k2p1p/2N2P1R/P1rr1n1K/7B"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">2 solutions</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">7 + 13</td></tr> </table></div></td> <td><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3280413', 'displayText3280413', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3280413"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3280413" style="display: none;">1.<b>Bxd5</b> a3 2.Bxf3 Bxf3 3.Bd4 <b>Bd5#</b><br /> 1.<b>Rxc3</b> a4 2.Rxf3 Rxf3 3.Rd4 <b>Rc3#</b><br /> </div></br><br /> Each black thematic piece annihilates alternatively a wS and afterwards sacrifices on f3. The black <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#grimshaw">Grimshaw</a> still appears in the last move. The control of squares b4 and b5 is ensured by the single / double step of wPa2. The placement of the wK avoids cook.<br /> <br /> Four pairs of pieces mutually change their roles:<br /> - wRh3 & wBh1: guard vs mate<br /> - wSc3 & wSd5: guard vs passive annihilation in B1<br /> - bRd2 & bBf6: mutual interference on d4<br /> - bRc2 & bBf7: cookstopper vs active sacrifice on f3<br /> <br /> [<a href="http://www.sachmatija.puslapiai.lt/ecsc2013/tekstai/bukletas.pdf"><i>Award of Zujev-60 JT</i></a>]<br /> </td> </tr> </table><br /> Same pattern, three problems. Same mates, different strategies. That’s what actually helpmate composition is all about nowadays: finding new mixture(s) of known effects in more or less explored settings.http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-lucky-piece-arrangement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-41935328129499451342013年1月11日 18:08:00 +00002013年01月12日T01:03:34.685-08:00LobusovLoshinskyLoshinsky 100 - about a "Loshinsky-magnet" problem<div style="text-align: justify;">On the occasion of Lev Loshinsky's coming centenary (Jan.17th), it may be profitable and instructive to return to a problem by Lev Loshinsky which was mentioned <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-17th.html">on this blog</a>. In fact, the problem quoted there was a version of Lev Loshinsky's magnet masterpiece.</div><br /> In 1947, Loshinsky published his first prizewinner showing the magnet theme:<br /> <br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tbody> <tr> <td><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Лошинский, Лев Ильич</b><br /> Шахматы в СССР 1947<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=49512" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1qbn3B/8/1p5p/1Q2n3/3rPkpP/3R2N1/B3PP2/K1N2Rr1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">12 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div></td> <td><br /> <b>1. Qb1!</b> (2. Sh5+ Kxe4 3. Re3#) <br /> <b>1... Rd5 2. Rd4</b> (3. exd5, Sh5#) 2... Rxg3 3. exd5# <br /> <b>1... Rd6 2. Rd5</b> (3. Bxe5, Sh5#) 2... Rxg3 3. Bxe5# <br /> <b>1... Rd7 2. Rd6</b> (3. Rf6, Sh5#) 2... Rxg3 3. Rf6# <br /> <br /> 1... Rc4 2. Rc3 (3. Sh5#)<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2... Sd3,Rxe4,Rxg3 3. Sxd3,Qxe4,fxg3#<br /> 1... Rb4 2. Rb3 (3. Sh5#) <br /> 1... Ra4 2. Ra3 (3. Sh5#)<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Other variations:</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1... Rxe4 2. Rf3+ gxf3 3. Qxe4# </span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1... Rxg3 2. fxg3+ Kxe4 3. Rf4#</span></td> </tr> </tbody></table><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;">Let’s focus on the construction. The white Queen plays an ambush key, hiding behind a white Rook which threatens a double check mate on third white move. Since White’s second move can’t be avoided, Black has but one defensive motive to parry the threat: grant a distant flight to his King by moving his Rook away.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main challenge in the Loshinsky magnet theme is to ensure a good reasoning so that White’s second move must follow Black’s first move. Here the whole idea is carried by the need to have a second threat, besides 3.Sh5#, which will be fulfilled when the white Knight g3 is captured at black second move.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Therefore after 1...Rd5 the weakening is the black Rook is en prise by white Pawn e4, hence 2.Rd4 threatens 3.exd5#. 1...Rd6 interferes black Queen b8, so 2.Rd5 threatens 3.Bxe5# Finally 1...Rd7 interferes black Bishop c8 allowing 2.Rd6 threatening 3.Rf6#. The by-play is also interesting, with the white Rook performing three additional equipollent moves on the third rank following black Rook’s moves on the fourth rank.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is certainly a masterpiece, displaying an original conception in a convincing form. However, even masterpieces can be improved after a thorough analysis, and that’s what another great Russian composer – Andrey Lobusov – might have certainly thought.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><ul><li>The first point is the underused white Rook f1, whose sole mission seems to stop black Rook g1 from giving white King a check. The attempt to put black Rook on g2 fails because Black can play 2...Rxf2, providing the flight e3. But is the black Rook the only possible way to attack white Sg3? Why not try a black Pawn h4 and add another black Pawn g5 in order to block this square firmly?</li> <li>The second slight improvement is to get rid of black Pawn b6. Yes, the black Queen must be prevented from getting control over the file, but then why not switch the position of black Queen b8 and black Bishop c8 and put the latter on c7 instead of b8?</li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">These two were just minor adjustments and do not significantly improve the original version. The last change is more complex: white Sc1 is slightly underused, so it would be better placed on e1. This would automatically include the shift on white Pawn e2 to g2, in order to avoid a simple mate. We must provide also for 1.Se2#. Therefore the black Rook must be posted on f2, so white Pawn f2 must be traded for two white Pawns on d2 and h2. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">And here comes the discovery: because of the black Rook on f2, we must provide a reply against 2...Rxd2, which can be achieved only if the white Queen is placed on c2 instead of b1. It was normal to switch its place from out of play square b5 to the more active d1 (as 1.e3?? is no longer possible) and we finally reach <b>Andrey Lobusov’s version</b>: </div><br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"><tbody> <tr> <td><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Лошинский, Лев Ильич</b><br /> 1 чемпионат СССР 1947<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Place<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=332536" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2qn3B/2b5/7p/4n1p1/3rPkpp/3R2N1/B2P1rPP/K2QN3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 11 + 11</td></tr> </tbody></table></div></td> <td><br /> <b>1. Qc2!</b> (2. Sh5+ Kxe4 3.Re3#) <br /> <b>1... Rd5 2. Rd4</b> (3.exd5/Sh5#)2... Rxd2 3. Qxd2# <br /> <b>1... Rd6 2. Rd5</b> (3.Bxe5/Sh5#)2... Sd3,Rxd2 3. Sxd3,Qxd2# <br /> <b>1... Rd7 2. Rd6 </b>(3.Rf6/Sh5#) 2... Sd3,Rxd2 3. Sxd3,Qxd2# <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Other variations:</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1... Rc4 2. Rc3 (3. Sh5#)&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1... Rb4 2. Rb3 (3. Sh5#)&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1... Ra4 2. Ra3 (3. Sh5#): </span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2... Sd3 3. Sxd3#</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2... Rxe4 3. Qxe4# </span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2... hxg3 3. hxg3#</span> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1... hxg3 2. hxg3+ Kxe4 3. Re3#</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1... Rxd3 2. Qxd3 (3.Qe3/Sh5#) 2... Sxd3 3. Sxd3#</span><br /> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;">Is this version better than Lev Loshinsky’s original? The answer is not easy and depends a lot on personal taste. Nowadays, a new – although secondary – variation enriching the initial contents would be considered a significant improvement and most composers would probably prefer Lobusov version.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, one must also consider that the solver’s perspective was a very important factor in ‘40s. There are three unprovided strong defenses (black captures on d3 and g3), which will make solver’s job much easier. Loshinsky preferred to prepare answers to these defenses and the set variation 1...Rxg3 2.fxg3+ Kxe4 3.Rf4# - which is lost in Lobusov version, must particularly not be missed so easily. </div><br /> Even in the computer era, let’s not underestimate the technical skills of the giant composers from the past!http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2013/01/loshinsky-100-about-loshinsky-magnet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-28763310644998674372012年12月30日 19:33:00 +00002020年10月16日T09:59:49.821-07:00DecemberFridliziusGrönroosKantorowiczKiss I.SmedleyDecember 31st<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Joel Fridlizius </b>(31-12-1869 - 06-01-1963) Swedish composer </span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPNH96gLxCNdqGzb9RJe7h0J9nyyMy77uftFJQ5VZyIb0t0hd5-PmSyLlNgK7FSHX7cxX9e3Zb81Q-QbNmRsyn3CI_TbTXVbp-QLRLQXQvDqUAWGjatNDNpQ0rsaniyitm6hNDohgsq8/s1600/31.12+joel+fridlizius.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPNH96gLxCNdqGzb9RJe7h0J9nyyMy77uftFJQ5VZyIb0t0hd5-PmSyLlNgK7FSHX7cxX9e3Zb81Q-QbNmRsyn3CI_TbTXVbp-QLRLQXQvDqUAWGjatNDNpQ0rsaniyitm6hNDohgsq8/s320/31.12+joel+fridlizius.jpg" width="224" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel Fridlizius<br /> [<a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=12777">ChessGames</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Joel Fridlizius was a school teacher, a very good chess player, composer and editor of the chess column of the newspaper "Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfarts-Tidning" (<a href="http://hem.passagen.se/sthig/meddelandeblad/mb4/artiklar.htm#c" target="_blank">source</a>).<br /> He was specialized in Bohemian threemovers and his best-known work is reproduced below (St. Petersburger Zeitung 1898).<br /> Some of his works can be found in "<i>370 Udvalda Svenska Schackproblem</i>" by Johan August Ros, 1901 (source of the information and games by J.Fridlizius on <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=12777">ChessGames.com</a>).<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Fridlizius, Joel</b><br /> St. Petersburger Zeitung, 1898<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=195552" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/bp3pK1/1p1B4/n2N2p1/P1Pk4/2R5/2Ppb3/7Q" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1311212', 'displayText1311212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1311212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1311212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rc3-f3 !</b> (2.Qh1-h4+ g5xh4 3.Rf3-f4#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Be2xf3 2.Qh1-a1+ Kd4-e4, Kd4xc4 3.Qa1-e5, Sd5-e3# <br /> 1...Be2xc4 2.c2-c3+ Kd4-e4, Kd4xd5 3.Sd5-f6, Rf3-f6# <br /> 1...Kd4xc4 2.Rf3-f4+ g5xf4 3.Qh1-e4#<br /> 1...Sa5xc4 2.Rf3-d3+ Be2xd3 3.c2-c3# <br /> 1...f7-f5 2.Qh1-a1+ Kd4xc4,Kd4-e4 3.Sd5-e3,Rf3-e3#<br /> 1...Be2-d3 2.Rf3xd3+ Kd4xc4 3.Sd5-e3/Qh1-e4# </blockquote>Model mates and mutual sacrifices of wQ (on h4) and wR (on f4).<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Fridlizius, Joel</b><br /> Trollhättans Schacksällskap, 1918<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=47720" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?b1Q5/8/3PN3/2PPk1pK/1P6/3Pp3/6P1/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2311212', 'displayText2311212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2311212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2311212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qc8-e8 ! </b>(2.Qe8-g6 [3.Qg6xg5#] 2...Ke5xd5,Ba8xd5 3.Qg6-e4, d3-d4#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Ke5xd5 2.Se6-f4+ Kd5-d4, g5xf4 3.Qe8-h8, Qe8-e4# <br /> 1...Ba8xd5 2.d3-d4+ Ke5-f5/Ke5-e4/Ke5-f6 3.Qe8-g6# <br /> 1...Ba8-c6 2.Qe8-h8+ Ke5xd5, Ke5-f5 3.Se6-c7, g2-g4#</blockquote>Model mates.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Fridlizius, Joel</b><br /> Zlatá Praha, 1908<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=112173" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?KR6/8/3p4/1N1P1Qn1/1k6/pBp5/5nrb/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3311212', 'displayText3311212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3311212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3311212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qf5-h7 !</b> (2.Sb5-d4+ Kb4-a5/Kb4-c5 3.Qh7-a7#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Sg5xh7/Sg5-f7 2.Sb5-c7+ Kb4-a5,Kb4-c5 3.Rb8-b5,Sc7-e6# <br /> 1...a3-a2 2.Qh7-a7 (3.Qa7-a3/Sb5-a3/Sb5-d4/Sb5xd6/Sb5-c7#) <br /> 1...c3-c2 2.Qh7-c7 (3.Qc7-c3/Sb5-c3/Sb5-d4/Sb5xd6/Sb5-a7#)<br /> 1...Kb4xb3 2.Sb5xd6+ Kb3-a4,Kb3-a2 3.Qh7-a7,Qh7-b1#<br /> (1...Kb4-a5/Kb4-c5 2.Qh7-a7+ /2.Qh7-c7+ )</blockquote>Model mates.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bruno Kantorowicz</b> (31-12-1885 - 07-04-1983) German-Dutch composer</span><br /> <br /> Bruno Kantorowicz was a dentist. He migrated to the Netherlands in the 1930s and was later known as a Dutch composer in the book "<i>64 Nederlandse componisten</i>" presenting 64 Dutch composers (source: <a href="http://www.dieschwalbe.de/personalia230.htm">Die Schwalbe</a>).<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Kantorowicz, Bruno</b><br /> Probleemblad, 1977 (8023)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=182783" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/p6p/1b1R1nP1/4kNPb/2ppPn2/2P2p1P/1P2p2B/QK2R1NB" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">14 + 11</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4311212', 'displayText4311212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4311212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4311212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Sg1xe2 !</b> (2.Se2xf4 [3.Rd6-e6/Sf4-~#] 2...Sf6xe4 3.Rd6-d5#)<br /> <blockquote>1...f3xe2 2.Qa1-a5+ Bb6xa5/Bb6-c5 3.c3xd4# or 2...Sf6-d5 3.Qa5xd5# <br /> 1...d4xc3 2.Bh2xf4+ Ke5xe4 3.Sf5-g3# <br /> 1...Ke5xe4 2.Se2-g3+ Ke4-d3 3.Re1-d1# <br /> 1...Sf6-d5/Sf6-e8 2.Rd6xd5+ Ke5-e6/Ke5xe4 3.Se2xf4# <br /> 1...Sf6-g4 2.Se2xd4 (3.Rd6-d5/Rd6-e6/Sd4xf3/Sd4-c6#) 2...Bb6xd4 3.c3xd4#</blockquote></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Donald A. Smedley</b> (31-12-1933 - 12-10-2020) British composer and FIDE Master</span><br /> <br /> Don Smedley was a Grandmaster of both bridge and double-dummy problems; <a href="http://www.doubledummy.net/by_composer.html">here</a> you may read that "<i>England's Don Smedley is our leading Grand Master Problemist. He composed several very fine problems in the 1970s before return to his first love, chess problems</i>".<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Smedley, Donald A.</b><br /> The Problemist, 1992<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=195050" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3nrr1b/2pR1p1p/B1pqP2Q/2Pkpb2/1PR2pP1/2Bp1P2/4N2K/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">12 + 14</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5311212', 'displayText5311212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5311212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5311212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qh6-h5 ! </b>(2.Qh5xf5 [3.Rc4-d4/Se2xf4#] 2...d3xe2,Sd8xe6 3.Rc4-d4, Qf5-e4#)<br /> <blockquote>1...f7xe6 2.Rc4xf4 (3.Ba6-c4#) 2...e5-e4/Bf5-e4 3.f3xe4# or 2...e5xf4 3.Se2xf4#<br /> 1...Re8xe6 2.Rc4-e4 (3.Ba6-c4#) 2...Bf5xe4 3.Se2xf4#</blockquote></div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Smedley, Donald A.</b><br /> 4<sup>th</sup> WCCT G1, 1989<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Place, 1989-1992<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=231697" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/PP2p1P1/QBb5/p2q3P/r2N2Pp/1n3p1k/P6P/rB2R2K" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">r#2 v</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">13 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6311212', 'displayText6311212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6311212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6311212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rxe7? </b>(2.Se6 f2#)<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq">1... Sc1/Sxd4/Qxd4 2.Be4/Rc7/Re2 Sd3/f2/fxe2#<br /> 1... Rxb1+/f2+ 2.Qf1+/Sf3 Rxf1/Qxf3# <br /> but 1... Rxa2! </blockquote><b>1.Bg6!</b> (2.Sf5)<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq">1... Sc1/Sxd4/Qxd4 2.Re4/Be8/Rg1 Se2/f2/Qxg1# <br /> 1... Rxe1+/f2+/Rxa2 2.Qf1+/Sf3/Rg1 Rxf1/Qxf3/Rxh2#</blockquote>Grimshaw, critical moves (1.Rxe7? and 1.Bg6!), changed play after 1... Sc1/Sxd4/Qxd4.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mikael Grönroos</b> (31-12-1955) Finnish composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoHC9YECjzH92UnfHUbSt6NqSpI9z3JRUTPBwyiQcdryAysLoXKGAA2ATYDJAn-b8jmRKLjzI681bOzAmDaU_RM6M93C7_bN4cGb0u-s_U9kWUAQoLvKrWtrecOOwnV1IE49rjs2uZjU/s1600/31.12+Gr%25C3%25B6nroos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoHC9YECjzH92UnfHUbSt6NqSpI9z3JRUTPBwyiQcdryAysLoXKGAA2ATYDJAn-b8jmRKLjzI681bOzAmDaU_RM6M93C7_bN4cGb0u-s_U9kWUAQoLvKrWtrecOOwnV1IE49rjs2uZjU/s1600/31.12+Gr%25C3%25B6nroos.jpg" width="236" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mikael Grönroos<br /> [© Hannu Harkola]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Mikael Grönroos was the direct mates editor for the Finnish magazine "<i>TEHTÄVÄNIEKKA</i>" and has been its helpmate editor in the past as well. <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Grönroos, Mikael</b><br /> Suomen Tehtäväniekat, 1995<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=306601" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2KR3q/r1b5/4B3/3n1b2/p4n2/1P3P2/1pk1p3/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">b) bKc2-&gt;c3<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7311212', 'displayText7311212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7311212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7311212" style="display: none;">a) 1.Qc3 Rd7 2.Se3 Bd5 3.Kd3 Be4# <br /> b) 1.Bc2 Bg8 2.Sb4 Rd5 3.Kxb3 Rd3#<br /> Diagonal orthogonal correspondence, reciprocal batteries. <br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Grönroos, Mikael</b><br /> The Problemist, 1999<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=348708" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?k6K/p1r1r3/p6B/p1b5/p7/p7/q7/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#8</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">2 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8311212', 'displayText8311212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8311212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8311212" style="display: none;">1.Qg2 Bg5 2.a2 Kg8 3.a3 Kf8 4.a4 Bxe7 5.a5 Ke8 6.a6 Kd8 7.Ka7 Kxc7 8.Qa8 Bxc5#<br /> This problem was quoted by Vaclav Kotesovec in his article "<a href="http://www.kotesovec.cz/bauertn.htm" target="_blank">Shift of groups of pawns in chess problems</a>". The slow wK march and bP swift are notable.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ivan Kiss</b> (31-12-1963) Slovak composer and FIDE Master</span><br /> <br /> <br /> Ivan Kiss is a twomover composer. <br /> The <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Kiss">Kiss theme</a> is a cyclic twomover theme named after Ivan Kiss:<br /> 1.A? 1...a, b 2.B, C#<br /> 1.B! 1...a, b 2.C, A#<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Kiss, Ivan</b><br /> Nedeľná Pravda, 16<sup>th</sup> Nov 1983 (1621)<br /> 1<sup>st</sup>-2<sup>nd</sup> Prize, 1983-1984<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=12616" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/3B2K1/3pP2n/3k1bbR/1P1B1PN1/2P3R1/3N4/3n2rq" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2 v</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">11 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9311212', 'displayText9311212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9311212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText9311212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bf6[C]?</b> (2.c4#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Bd3 [a] 2.Rxd3#[A] <br /> 1...Bxf6+[b] 2.Sxf6#[B] <br /> but 1...Qe4!</blockquote><b>1.Rd3[A]! </b>(2.c4#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Bxd3[a] 2.Sf6#[B]<br /> 1...Bf6+[b] 2.Bxf6#[C]</blockquote>Kiss cycle.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-31st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-47551074715569438132012年12月29日 20:28:00 +00002024年04月13日T14:03:12.314-07:00Beck F.BennóBuňka V.DecemberGolhaGrinchenkoKorninKüchlerDecember 30th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Friedrich Beck</b> (30-12-1906 - ?) German composer</span><br /> <br /> Friedrich Beck composed mostly twomovers.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Beck, Friedrich</b><br /> Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1944<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=172642" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2K5/1NN5/1pk5/6p1/R7/nr4r1/B5pQ/7q" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2*</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1301212', 'displayText1301212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1301212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1301212" style="display: none;">Set play:<br /> <blockquote>1...Rb2/Rb1/Rb4/Rbc3/Rbe3/Rbf3 2.Bd5#[A] <br /> 1...Qg1/Qc1 2.Qh6#[B] <br /> 1...Rg4/Rgf3/Rge3/Rgc3/Rh3 2.Qd6#[C] </blockquote><b>1.Rd4!</b> (2.Rd6#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Rbd3 2.Bd5#[A] <br /> 1...Qd1 2.Qh6#[B] <br /> 1...Rgd3 2.Qd6#[C]<br /> 1...Sb5/Sc4 2.Rc4# </blockquote>Transferred mates.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Herbert Küchler</b> (30-12-1908 - 02-09-1964) German composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNII_TjDHKt_MPJwRs0i9lf7jKSIDG3pAK43-7Rt5FSk3Ntjn5F5sofyO7tq78EbEXBUq94i6Ydm22QECineppp6Ug11C7MXcw7EPmCr2IMib9lAH6LIvOKvKBP1hTLzY8gBcRQYUT1p4u8_MJqhHtiwjwyXbEGROIJhw85IhDo084gxXVN9L3f1IdR9I/s369/30.12%20K%C3%BCchler.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNII_TjDHKt_MPJwRs0i9lf7jKSIDG3pAK43-7Rt5FSk3Ntjn5F5sofyO7tq78EbEXBUq94i6Ydm22QECineppp6Ug11C7MXcw7EPmCr2IMib9lAH6LIvOKvKBP1hTLzY8gBcRQYUT1p4u8_MJqhHtiwjwyXbEGROIJhw85IhDo084gxXVN9L3f1IdR9I/s320/30.12%20K%C3%BCchler.png"/></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbert Küchler<br /> [<a href="https://www.dieschwalbe.de/download/archivalien/Kartothek_A-K_scan.pdf" target="_blank">Kartothek A-K page 186</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_K%C3%BCchler">Herbert Küchler</a> was a chess player, composer and editor. He was specialized in direct mates.<br /> In 1960 he founded with Helmut Klug and Manfred Zucker a chess column in the regional newspaper "Volksstimme" which merged with "Freie Presse" in 1963.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Küchler, Herbert</b><br /> Schach (magazine) 1954 (1803)<br /> 4<sup>th</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=91615" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3Rnb2/6pr/KN1P3r/1PkP3p/2p1n2B/2Pp4/8/1R6" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#5</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2301212', 'displayText2301212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2301212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2301212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bh4-g5 ! </b>(2.Bg5-e3#) <br /> 1...Se4xg5 <br /> 2.Rb1-b4 (3.Rb4xc4#)Se8xd6 <br /> 3.Rd8-d7 (4.Rd7-c7#) Sg5-e6/g7-g6 <br /> 4.Rb4xc4+ Sd6xc4<br /> 5.Sb6-a4#<br /> White first attracts the good defending Knight e4 to g5, then forces Black to make an anticipatory unpin of the wSb6 by 3...Se6/g6 in order to be able to mate after Sd6xc4.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vladislav Buňka</b> (30-12-1937) Czech composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDuW-0c_p4ewl7HSlimigh_6FfmnZ3pgbB_5zMD6sZNGZKP-jRJv6y4E5O4nSd9fJMdSw6tZKhRxOpm0rzu_c6orjMsacXZHd63gkhjBnb771UpDODR8bxxy8ofEOhFrU6hDR1nLB_0Q/s1600/30.12+Bunka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDuW-0c_p4ewl7HSlimigh_6FfmnZ3pgbB_5zMD6sZNGZKP-jRJv6y4E5O4nSd9fJMdSw6tZKhRxOpm0rzu_c6orjMsacXZHd63gkhjBnb771UpDODR8bxxy8ofEOhFrU6hDR1nLB_0Q/s320/30.12+Bunka.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vladislav Buňka<br /> [<a href="http://www.kotesovec.cz/zora1406/zora1406.htm">V.Kotesovec</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /> Vladislav Buňka composes in all genres.<br /> He wrote "<a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis2003/444pomocniku.html">444 Pomocniku</a>" edited by Václav Kotesovec and including 444 help-problems which can be <a href="http://problem64.beda.cz/silo/bunka_444pomocniku_2003.pdf">downloaded here</a>. <br /> He is an International Judge for helpmates, selfmates and endgames.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Buňka, Vladislav</b><br /> Šachové umění 1978<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=286643" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1k6/1B6/P1K5/4pPp1/5p2/8/8/b7" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 5</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3301212', 'displayText3301212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3301212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3301212" style="display: none;"><b>1. f6 e4 2. f7 Bg7 3. f8=Q+ Bxf8 4. Kb6 Bc5+ 5. Kxc5 Ka7 6. Kb5 f3 7. Bxe4 g4 8. Ka5</b> +-<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Buňka, Vladislav</b><br /> M.Bílý-60 JT, Šachová skladba, 2006<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=338871" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/2q1N2p/1p2b3/rn5p/4pk2/2b2pp1/1B4p1/1n4K1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">4.1.1.1<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 14</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4301212', 'displayText4301212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4301212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4301212" style="display: none;">1. Ke3 Sg6 2. Bd4 Sf4 3. S1c3 Bc1# <br /> 1. Bf6 Bc3 2. Sd4 Be1 3. Ke5 Bxg3# <br /> 1. Bg7 Be5 2. Kg5 Bxc7 3. Kh6 Bf4# <br /> 1. Bh8 Bg7 2. Bg4 Bf8 3. Be5 Bh6#<br /> Four varied solutions with Bishop mate. In three solutions, magnet moves of the two Bishops on the long diagonal.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Buňka, Vladislav</b><br /> Problem Paradise, 2002 (F153)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=338774" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?k3N3/P(q2)1R3Q/2N4(Q2)/pP6/(Q2)7/7p/3PP2P/2BB2(Q2)K" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"><br /> b7, h6, a4, g1: <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/pieces.html#Saut">Grasshopper</a><br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">15 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5301212', 'displayText5301212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5301212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5301212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qe4!</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1...Gd5 2.Rd8+ Kb7 3.Qb1 Gxd1#<br /> 1...Ge7 2.Se5+ Gxe4 3.Sf7 Ge1#<br /> 1...Gb4 2.Sd4+ Gxe4 3.Sb3 Ge1#</blockquote>The mates are forced by retreating the possible hurdles for the black Grasshopper.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pál Bennó</b> (30-12-1949) Hungarian composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5imtACsrB3Gx0-Wq_SkEMqwZUwdj-JZ0hGViUxlz0gv14im6eAQcaJL3seeQpG9fum2BmR9zFZskQvXYIWYKPzv2nvIhJJ7osE82p3FYAPfCV4XL6uIzi1DY6X4MKGyjOrXbOqlVIvk4/s1600/30.12+benno_pal41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5imtACsrB3Gx0-Wq_SkEMqwZUwdj-JZ0hGViUxlz0gv14im6eAQcaJL3seeQpG9fum2BmR9zFZskQvXYIWYKPzv2nvIhJJ7osE82p3FYAPfCV4XL6uIzi1DY6X4MKGyjOrXbOqlVIvk4/s1600/30.12+benno_pal41.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pál Bennó<br /> [<a href="http://www.magyarsakkszerzok.hu/benno_p.htm">magyarsakkszerzok</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Pál Bennó composes endgame studies.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Bennó, Pál</b><br /> Magyar Sakkvilбg , general<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=277937" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?q7/7R/k7/1p6/1p6/1P2B3/7K/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6301212', 'displayText6301212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6301212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6301212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Bd4 Qb8+ 2. Kh1 Qa8+ 3. Kg1 Qg8+ 4. Rg7 Qb8</b><br /> {The white King must be put in a safe place and it appears that the only adequate square will be a1. A long trip starts:} <br /> <b>5. Kg2 Qa8+ 6. Kf2 Qb8 7. Ke3 Qe8+ 8.Kd3 Qb8 9. Rg6+ Ka5 10. Rg1 Ka6 11. Rg7 Qa8 12. Rf7 Qb8 13. Kc2 Qa8 14. Kb2 Qg2+ 15. Bf2 Qa8 16. Rh7 Qb8 17. Bd4 Qa8 18. Ka1 Qb8 19. Rh6+ Ka5 20. Rh8 Qb7 21. Rh2 Ka6 22.Ra2#</b><br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ján Golha</b> (30-12-1956) Slovak composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIQbfcMXNJva-qKrqmktxwJMg2Q9GISK2-CjP6b_MCvC4MJEMAKkyLc1R0f29OP6CFiIaxhdj8rjMabsR28Q2urYK22ADIEckhGVAFDtUC1j4Dbn4FhVwnz5GEoyMrcwRHkFLZV6llUo/s1600/30.12+JanGolha-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIQbfcMXNJva-qKrqmktxwJMg2Q9GISK2-CjP6b_MCvC4MJEMAKkyLc1R0f29OP6CFiIaxhdj8rjMabsR28Q2urYK22ADIEckhGVAFDtUC1j4Dbn4FhVwnz5GEoyMrcwRHkFLZV6llUo/s1600/30.12+JanGolha-1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ján Golha </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Ján Golha's bilingual (CZ/EN) <a href="http://www.goja.sk/">website</a> is well-known of chess composers. He proposes <a href="http://www.goja.sk/p9a.htm">tourney announcements</a> and some of their <a href="http://www.goja.sk/p21a.htm">awards</a>, <a href="http://www.goja.sk/p3a.htm">links</a>, <a href="http://www.goja.sk/p27.htm">photographs</a> of composers, a page dedicated to some <a href="http://www.goja.sk/p33a.htm">plagiarists</a> and one page dedicated to 226 of <a href="http://www.goja.sk/p2a.htm">his own problems </a>in different formats.<br /> Ján Golha composes mostly direct mates, helpmates and fairy problems.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Golha, Ján</b><br /> 17<sup>th</sup> TT Chess Composition Microweb, 30<sup>th</sup> Jun 2005 (No. 3)<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=340177" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/2np4/p1pkn3/p2p1p(!n)1/K1p3p1/4(!b)3/3b4/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">4.1...<br /> <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/condus.html#CirParrain" target="_blank">ParrainCirce</a><br /> g5: Neutral Knight <br /> e3: Neutral Bishop<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">1 + 12 + 2</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7301212', 'displayText7301212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7301212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7301212" style="display: none;">1.nSf3 nBf4+ 2.Sxf4 nSe5(nBe6) 3.Sfxe6 nSf7(nBf8)# <br /> 1.nBd4 nSe4+ 2.fxe4 nBc3(nSd3) 3.cxd3 nBb4(nSc4)# <br /> 1.Sc5+ Ka3 2.S7e6 nSe4+ 3.fxe4 nBf4(nSf5)# <br /> 1.Sf8 nBxg5 2.Kc5(nSf4) nSg6 3.Sxg6 nBe3(nSe4)#<br /> Four superb echo mates. <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Zalmen Kornin</b> (30-12-1957) Brazilian composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMlCTgfB2T0a7T53HJkR58E-_JAdcWSvcPgTq2qgxD-fGbWkHXZmZn4T4wm6UxyaWtCuqWyKvw-HRJwwTSDEHodzz79wxAtqkF5gQ7l4o9XaN2lpxqley33tnPurdBqTR8e5N9OkR1Zg/s1600/30.12+zalmen01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMlCTgfB2T0a7T53HJkR58E-_JAdcWSvcPgTq2qgxD-fGbWkHXZmZn4T4wm6UxyaWtCuqWyKvw-HRJwwTSDEHodzz79wxAtqkF5gQ7l4o9XaN2lpxqley33tnPurdBqTR8e5N9OkR1Zg/s1600/30.12+zalmen01.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zalmen Kornin<br /> Source: <a href="http://www.oproblemista.com.br/artigo05.htm">O Problemista</a></td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Zalmen Kornin was a good chess player as a junior, but since 1986, <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/player/zalmen_kornin.html">as phrased on chessgames.com</a>, he mostly retired from OTB competition and has become a composer of chess problems and studies. <br /> He is also a writer and has collaborated with several European chess magazines.<br /> He composes mostly direct mates, but also helpmates, selfmates, studies and retro problems.<br /> <br /> Fans of the Babson Task can read on Chessproblem.net forum <a href="http://www.chessproblem.net/viewtopic.php?t=560">his article "Babson-Task: A Key, And Beyond"</a> , <a href="http://www.chessproblem.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=912">his article "The Birth of the Babson Task"</a>, or <a href="http://www.oproblemista.com.br/artigo06.htm">this article on O Problemista</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Kornin, Zalmen</b><br /> Tidskrift för Schack 2001<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=331531" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1BB1KQ2/2rpN3/3kp3/5p1p/1P1P1p2/4p1n1/5p2/4nq1b" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"><br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 13</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8301212', 'displayText8301212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8301212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8301212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qh6 ! </b>(2.Qxf4+ e5 3.Qh6#/Qxe5#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Sg2 2.Bb7 ~ 3.Sc8# <br /> 1...Sd3 2.Bxd7 (3.Qxe6#) and two variations:<br /> 2...Bd5 3.Sc8# <br /> 2...Sc5 3.bxc5# <br /> 1...Se2 2.Kd8 ~ 3.Bxc7#</blockquote></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Дмитро Михайлович Грінченко</b> (30-12-1951) Ukrainian composer</span> (Dmitro Mikhailovich Grinchenko)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HZ-XkmvqBmlAaa9xRR40oITOlEGJsRcxLOBWwQbpFP1cPXyTrZBm-DhmOEp8tuQaPKALCbujlVGh2zY9kJOUOelryuvp0oTkd0mtXfVgMTkVIV2fyBfgR-Je3nqn3qgCDrCbcLsXkLI/s1600/30.12+Grinchenko.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="387" width="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HZ-XkmvqBmlAaa9xRR40oITOlEGJsRcxLOBWwQbpFP1cPXyTrZBm-DhmOEp8tuQaPKALCbujlVGh2zY9kJOUOelryuvp0oTkd0mtXfVgMTkVIV2fyBfgR-Je3nqn3qgCDrCbcLsXkLI/s1600/30.12+Grinchenko.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dmitro Grinchenko<br /> Source: <a href="http://superproblem.ru/archive/probl/Grinchenko.html">superproblem.ru</a></td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Dmitro Grinchenko started composing direct mates and had his first problem published in 1968. He made a break from the early eighties until 2006 and since then he has composed helpmates. <br /> More details about him on <a href="http://superproblem.ru/archive/probl/Grinchenko.html">superproblem.ru</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Грінченко, Дмитро Михайлович</b><br /> Чорно-білі стежини (1198) 2007<br /> Special HM<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=337275" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4k3/4pp2/4p3/1R4p1/R1b5/1q1p4/rrp5/4K1b1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"> 4 solutions <br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 12</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9301212', 'displayText9301212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9301212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText9301212" style="display: none;">Helpmate Of The Future (HOTF): 2 pairs of related solutions.<br /> 1.Qxa4 Rxg5 2.Qd7 Rg8# <br /> 1.Bxb5 Rh4 2.Bd7 Rh8#<br /> In this first pair of solutions, selfblock of d7 and alternative capture of the white Rooks (exchange of functions of the white Rooks, <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Zilahi">Zilahi</a> theme).<br /> 1.Qa3 Ra7 2.Bb3 Rb8# <br /> 1.Bc5 Rb7 2.Ba3 Ra8#<br /> In the second pair of solutions, Black self interference and exchange of functions of the white Rooks.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-30th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-30102587111094677582012年12月28日 20:43:00 +00002017年08月19日T03:21:38.891-07:00DecemberMajorosMaslovPotter J.A.SovikDecember 29th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Joseph Alonzo Potter</b> (29-12-1837 - 30-07-1859) American composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAvVUliH6WRGwZAkUGfg1lGVL6KdM5Q6re0XJmEIKLpfL2pqBuyXcfiB342X2ymAYiN2J8oCWtXWNrr6a_tIEZFZ8QFZf8Ki4uAAFSiiuPb35iFZN6Nlr-fYArn7hyh5QfhDL1Ym0VnU/s1600/29.12+1878年07月27日_Potter.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAvVUliH6WRGwZAkUGfg1lGVL6KdM5Q6re0XJmEIKLpfL2pqBuyXcfiB342X2ymAYiN2J8oCWtXWNrr6a_tIEZFZ8QFZf8Ki4uAAFSiiuPb35iFZN6Nlr-fYArn7hyh5QfhDL1Ym0VnU/s320/29.12+1878年07月27日_Potter.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joseph Alonzo Potter, Scientific American Supplement, 1878年07月27日<br /> [<a href="http://www.chessarch.com/gallery/index.php?cat=Individuals&amp;sec=Potter,JA">Chess Archaeology</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> According to <a href="http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/leeds-philosophical-and-literary-society/proceedings-of-the-leeds-philosophical-and--volume-7nbspissues-3-4-goo/1-proceedings-of-the-leeds-philosophical-and--volume-7nbspissues-3-4-goo.shtml">these Proceedings</a>:<br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><i>[Joseph Alonzo Potter] was an invalid from early youth, and consequently did not engage much in the active duties of boyhood, but was induced to lead the life of a retired student. In 1856 he first played a game of chess, the study of which became his delight and hobby. In January 1857, he received the Chess Monthly, when he dates his chess life ; and from that time to his death he was absorbed in its history and science, whenever health would permit. He composed problems, corresponded extensively with chess scholars — edited for eight months a chess column in the American Union, and during his chess life wrote or received over 1000 letters on the subject and left over 100 original chess problems.</i> </blockquote></div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Potter, Joseph Alonzo</b><br /> American Chess-Nuts, 1868 (3-moves / 664)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=218342" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1K6/R7/4p1nn/4k3/2p5/2N1PQ2/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 5</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1291212', 'displayText1291212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1291212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1291212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ra6-f6 !</b> (2.Qf2-g2+ Sg5-f3 3.Qg2xf3#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Sh5-f4 2.Kb7-c6 (3.Qf2-e3#) 2...Sf4-g2/Sf4-d5 3.Qf2-f5# <br /> 1...Sh5xf6 2.Qf2xf6 ZZ Ke4-d5, Sg5~ 3.Qf6-c6, Qf6-f3#<br /> 1...Ke4-d5 2.Qf2-b6 (3.Qb6-c6#) 2...Kd5-c4 3.Sc2-e3# or 2...e5-e4 3.Qb6-d4/Qb6-b5#</blockquote></div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Борис Григорьевич Маслов</b> (29-12-1938 - 13-03-2011) Russian composer</span> (Boris Grigoryevich Maslov)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0S_iAIw4Is9zz3ANZhgWhTmNNauoseFuRjjJCFX1rebcygWEopdzaH4yD76JBWLMDK054jagBPVuwtk55zFzjJbkXfmj3o_Dzh8MOx0esubQQs9DgtL8IrU1EV3Fuz1-i3i6CzHIGrCw/s1600/29.12+Maslov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0S_iAIw4Is9zz3ANZhgWhTmNNauoseFuRjjJCFX1rebcygWEopdzaH4yD76JBWLMDK054jagBPVuwtk55zFzjJbkXfmj3o_Dzh8MOx0esubQQs9DgtL8IrU1EV3Fuz1-i3i6CzHIGrCw/s1600/29.12+Maslov.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boris Maslov<br /> [<a href="http://www.popovgl.narod.ru/probl_v/V_Maslov.html">Grigory Popov</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Boris Maslov composed in varied genres. Some biographical information can be found in the <a href="http://chesstour.ucoz.ru/Komposition/konkursy/Maslov75.pdf" target="_blank">announcement of the Maslov-75 MT</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Маслов, Борис Григорьевич</b><br /> Матч на Кубок Дружбы между композиторами Беларуси и Ивановской области<br /> 1<sup>st</sup>-3<sup>rd</sup> Place<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=298313" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2NN4/1R2p1n1/pq2p3/rk2Kpp1/bp1Q1n2/1r1p4/3b1p2/2R2B2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#2 vv</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 16</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2291212', 'displayText2291212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2291212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2291212" style="display: none;">Set play: 1...Rxc1 2.Qc4+ Kxc4#<br /> Tries:<br /> <b>1.Rd1?</b> (2.Qс4+ Kxc4#)<br /> but 1...Bс3!<br /> <b>1.Rb1?</b> (2.Qс4+ Kxc4#) <br /> but 1...Rс3! <br /> <b>1.Rа1! </b>(2.Qс4+ Kxc4#)<br /> 1...Bс3 2.Sxd3+ Kxd3#<br /> 1...Rс3 2.Qxb4+ Kxb4# <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Grimshaw">Grimshaw</a>.<br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Secondary variation: 1...Kd5 2.Sd6+ exd6#</span><br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Маслов, Борис Григорьевич</b><br /> Шахматная композиция 1995 (12/508)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=325240" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?6Q1/4K3/1B6/p6B/N7/8/4nppp/1R3bkr" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3 vv</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3291212', 'displayText3291212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3291212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3291212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Qg5?</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1... Sd4 2. Rxf1+ Kxf1 3. Qc1# <br /> 1... Sg3 2. Bxf2+ Kxf2 3. Qc5# <br /> 1... Sc1 2. Bf3! ~ 3.Qxg2#<br /> 1... Sc3 2.Sxc3 ~ 3.Se2#<br /> But 1... Sf4! </blockquote><b>1. Qg4? </b>ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1... Sd(f)4 2. Rxf1+ Kxf1 3. Qd1# <br /> 1... Sg3 2. Bxf2+ Kxf2 3. Qd4#<br /> 1... Sc3 2.Sxc3 ~ 3.Se2#<br /> But 1... Sc1!</blockquote><b>1. Qg6!</b> ZZ<br /> <blockquote>1... Sd(f)4 2. Rxf1+ Kxf1 3. Qb1# <br /> 1... Sg3 2. Bxf2+ Kxf2 3. Qb6#<br /> 1... Sc1 2. Bf3! ~ 3.Qxg2#<br /> 1... Sc3 2.Sxc3 ~ 3.Se2#</blockquote></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Štefan Sovík </b>(29-12-1944) Slovak composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCjbO8TwbuhE5IHe_rTD3BqAH38KV9ik6CFoftI5-q8vpDoNtpZZMMxIut5Pem-L6U6q5bO8zGrh2g40T8vYPtupOZZOgBBo46GArlXr06QjI0OZ7UKjxhVLEjnTUI4c3wFCe6O3at8c/s1600/29.12+sovik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCjbO8TwbuhE5IHe_rTD3BqAH38KV9ik6CFoftI5-q8vpDoNtpZZMMxIut5Pem-L6U6q5bO8zGrh2g40T8vYPtupOZZOgBBo46GArlXr06QjI0OZ7UKjxhVLEjnTUI4c3wFCe6O3at8c/s320/29.12+sovik.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Štefan Sovík<br /> [<a href="http://www.rubriky.net/pravda/foto/sovik.php">rubriky.net</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Štefan Sovík composes mostly direct and selfmates in 2-3 moves and enjoys cyclic themes.<br /> He has become an International Judge in 2017.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Sovík, Štefan</b><br /> Rudenko JT, 1988<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=56935" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?K2n4/4R3/3p1Q2/1B1k1p2/2R1b3/b2rBr1N/4n3/5N1q" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3*v</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4291212', 'displayText4291212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4291212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4291212" style="display: none;">Set play:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq">1...Rd3xe3 2.Sh3-f4+ Rf3xf4, Se2xf4 3.Sf1xe3, Qf6-d4#<br /> 1...Rf3xe3 2.Qf6-d4+ Rd3xd4, Se2xd4 3.Sf1xe3, Sh3-f4#</blockquote><b>1.Be3-d4?</b> (2.Re6-e5+ d6xe5 3.Qf6xe5#)<br /> <blockquote>1...Se2xd4 2.Sf1-e3+ Rd3xe3, Rf3xe3 3.Qf6xd4, Sh3-f4#<br /> 1...Rd3xd4 2.Sh3-f4+ Se2xf4, Rf3xf4 3.Qf6xd4, Sf1-e3#<br /> but 1...Qh1-h2! </blockquote><b>1.Be3-f4 !</b> (2.Re7-e5+ d6xe5 3.Qf6xe5#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Se2xf4 2.Sf1-e3+ Rd3xe3, Rf3xe3 3.Qf6-d4, Sh3xf4# <br /> 1...Rf3xf4 2.Qf6-d4+ Se2xd4, Rd3xd4 3.Sh3xf4, Sf1-e3#</blockquote>Technically perfect (without white Pawn). Cyclical exchange of functions.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Sovík, Štefan</b><br /> Pravda, 2005<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=196042" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?B3RK2/2r1Bb2/1PP3pn/2NPk1p1/r3P1p1/2P1p3/2P1N1P1/1R6" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">14 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5291212', 'displayText5291212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5291212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5291212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rb1-b5 !</b> (2.Sc5-d3+ Ke5xe4 3.Se2-g3#)<br /> <blockquote>1...Sh6-f5 2.Be7-f6+ Ke5-d6 <b>a</b>, Ke5xf6 <b>b</b> 3.Bf6-e5 <b>A</b>, e4-e5 <b>B</b># <br /> 1...Rc7xe7 2.Re8xe7+ Ke5-d6 <b>a</b> , Ke5-f6 <b>b</b> 3.Sc5-b7 <b>C</b>, Sc5-d7 <b>D</b># (2...Bf7-e6 3.Re7xe6#)<br /> 1...Bf7xd5 2.Be7-d6+ Ke5xd6 <b>a</b>, Ke5-f6 <b>b</b> 3.e4-e5 <b>B</b>, Bd6-e5# <b>A</b></blockquote>Reciprocal and changed variations.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Béla Majoros</b> (29-12-1955) Hungarian composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANeLVyZ-acHBi4d8a-cAYQ3Qh6mfb4WvgcBGSBMkXPT6EalNJx0cTNJPxMHrhyphenhyphenlWp0irtsnHC5aoMn_Kp9lyLnnd7qb0kqVSAdBiKO9ELtwOv8gxUyMj6iEKBPLINuudNGmm86ODJri4/s1600/29.12+majoros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANeLVyZ-acHBi4d8a-cAYQ3Qh6mfb4WvgcBGSBMkXPT6EalNJx0cTNJPxMHrhyphenhyphenlWp0irtsnHC5aoMn_Kp9lyLnnd7qb0kqVSAdBiKO9ELtwOv8gxUyMj6iEKBPLINuudNGmm86ODJri4/s1600/29.12+majoros.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Béla Majoros<br /> [<a href="http://www.magyarsakkszerzok.hu/majoros_b.htm">magyarsakkszerzok</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Béla Majoros composes direct mates and helpmates.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Majoros, Béla</b><br /> Umenie 64, 1997 (85)<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=348590" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3K4/np1B1p2/5Rb1/1pNk2q1/4n2b/2BpP3/3P4/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">3.1...</td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6291212', 'displayText6291212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6291212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6291212" style="display: none;">1. Sxc3 Bc6+ 2. Ke5 Sd7# <br /> 1. Sxf6 e4+ 2. Kd6 Sxb7# <br /> 1. Sxc5 Bg4 2. Ke4 Bf3#<br /> Annihilations by the same bS.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-29th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-87734773276921260282012年12月27日 20:37:00 +00002021年11月10日T12:28:23.222-08:00ArnellDecemberGordian M.GreenwoodIvanićL'HermetMattisonSchrader M.December 28th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>William W. Greenwood</b> (28-12-1836 - 11-07-1922) British composer</span><br /> <br /> William Greenwood was a Good Companion composer. He composed mostly direct movers, but also selfmates.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Greenwood, William W.</b><br /> English Chess Problems, 1876<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=50457" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1B6/8/3N4/4kN2/8/Q2K4/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 1</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1281212', 'displayText1281212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1281212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1281212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qa2-a6 !</b> ZZ<br /> <blockquote>1...Ke4-f5 2.Qa6-e2 Kf5-g5 3.Qe2-h5# <br /> 1...Ke4-e5 2.Qa6-f6+ Ke5-e4 3.Sd5-~#<br /> 1...Ke4-d4 2.Qa6-d6 (3.Sd5-e3/Sd5-b6#) 2...Kd4-c4 3.Qd6-b4# <br /> 1...Ke4-f3 2.Qa6-g6 ~ 3.Qg6-g2#</blockquote></div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Greenwood, William W.</b><br /> The British Chess Magazine, Jan 1916<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=328541" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2n3B1/3p3b/3p1p1R/1ppK1krN/2n4P/b1R1pp1P/1r1p4/q2N1Q2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 16</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8281212', 'displayText8281212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8281212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8281212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Rc2!</b> (2. Sxe3+ Sxe3#) <br /> <blockquote>1... Sa7/Sa5 2. Be6+ dxe6# <br /> 1... Rxh5 2. Rxf6 Kxf6# <br /> 1... Rb3 2. Qd3+ Rxd3# <br /> 1... Qxd1 2. Qxf3+ Qxf3#</blockquote>A modern conception.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alfred Wilhelm Theodor Arnell</b> (28-12-1849 - 07-07-1922) Swedish composer</span><br /> <br /> Alfred Arnell wrote with Sørensen an anthology of Nordic composer "<i>Nordiske Skakproblemer Fra Tiden 1858-78</i>" (1879). He composed direct mates.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Arnell, Alfred Wilhelm Theodor</b><br /> Nordisk Skaktidende, 1877<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=185258" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/B1n5/4BRp1/1P1N2p1/1Pp1k1p1/2P5/4K1P1/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2281212', 'displayText2281212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2281212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2281212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ba7-b8 !</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1...g4-g3 2.Bb8xc7 g5-g4 3.Rf6-f4# <br /> 1...Sc7-~ 2.Rf6-f4+ g5xf4 3.Sd5-f6# <br /> 1...Sc7xe6 2.Rf6xe6+ Ke4-f5/Ke4xd5 3.Re6-e5# <br /> 1...Sc7-e8 2.Rf6-f3 (3.Rf3-e3#) 2...g4xf3+ 3.g2xf3#</blockquote>Black correction.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rudolf L'Hermet </b>(28-12-1859 - 25-11-1945) German composer</span><br /> <br /> Rudolf L'Hermet was the editor of the chess column of the "Magdeburgische Zeitung", the newspaper of his birth city. He composed mostly twomovers.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>L'Hermet, Rudolf</b><br /> Italian Chess Association, 1928<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Place<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=194391" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1Q6/8/2P5/Np6/Bp6/k2P4/8/3K4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3281212', 'displayText3281212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3281212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3281212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qb8-f4 !</b> (2.Qf4-c1+ Ka3xa4, Ka3-a2 3.Qc1-a1, Ba4-b3# or 2.Ba4-b3 ~ 3.Qf4-c1#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Ka3-a2 2.Ba4-b3+ K~ 3.Qf4-c1# <br /> 1...Ka3-b2 2.Qf4-c1+ Kb2-a2 3.Ba4-b3# <br /> 1...b4-b3 2.Ba4xb3 ZZ 2...Ka3-b2, b5-b4 3.Qf4-c1, Qf4-c1# <br /> 1...b5xa4 2.Qf4-d2 b4-b3 3.Sa5-c4# <br /> 1...Ka3xa4 2.Qf4-d4 (3.Qd4-a1#) 2...Ka4xa5 3.Qd4-a7#</blockquote>More variations than expected.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hermanis Matisons / Hermann Mattison</b> (28-12-1894 - 16-11-1932) Latvian composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQMrbaLpLMyjiCUsbX9D16p3D6KD8kAXFPmI5svAoi_oXh89AnFJCCr71rR6FbJ8oDZ5-D7_z4F9Hnq0KTVIM7nJquEAs5bLxEV-wf0z8F4WNTJxBXdP5xcc-drqYZEW4uCZRvjSM5cU/s1600/28.12+Hermanis_Matisons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQMrbaLpLMyjiCUsbX9D16p3D6KD8kAXFPmI5svAoi_oXh89AnFJCCr71rR6FbJ8oDZ5-D7_z4F9Hnq0KTVIM7nJquEAs5bLxEV-wf0z8F4WNTJxBXdP5xcc-drqYZEW4uCZRvjSM5cU/s320/28.12+Hermanis_Matisons.jpg" width="192" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hermann Mattison<br /> [<a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermanis_Matisons">Wikipedia</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Hermann Mattison was an endgame studies composer. His studies, generally deceptively simple positions with a hidden solution, were compiled by T.Whitworth in "Mattison's Chess Studies" (1987).<br /> <a href="http://www.bstephen.me.uk/chess-study-columns/14-2007/136-10-october-hermann-mattison">Brian Stephenson's article</a> published in "<i>CHESS</i>" in October, 2007 may be an interesting read. <br /> 54 of Mattison's studies can be found <a href="http://www.echiquier.net/index.php?page=collection-h-mattison-2">on Gilles Jobin's website</a> and JMRW has made another selection, assorted with the usual paintings, <a href="http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Mattison/base.htm">on his website</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=277575">The initial version</a> of the below study was cooked, as G.Ettl commented, but V.Vlasenko corrected it with the following version:<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Matisons, Hermanis</strong><br /> Шахматный листок 1927 (238)<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=281744"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?7k/6b1/P3r2N/1P6/8/8/3P4/3K4"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">+</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 3</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4281212', 'displayText4281212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4281212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4281212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Sf7+ </b><br /> {1. a7 ? Re8 2. Sf5 Be5 3. b6 Ra8 ! 4. Sd4 Bb8 5. Sb5 Kg8 6. Kc2 Kf8 7. Kb3 Ke8 8. Kc4 Kd8 9. Kd5 (9. Kc5 Kd7 10. d3 Bh2 11. Sd4 Bd6+ 12. Kb5 Bb8 13. Ka6 Bxa7 14. bxa7 Kc7 =) 9... Kd7 10. Kc5 Bh2 11. Sd4 Bb8 12. Sc6 Bxa7 13. bxa7 =} <br /> <b>1... Kg8 2. a7 Re8 3. Sd6 Rd8 4. Sf5 !</b> <br /> {4. b6?! is the thematic try and fails due to 4... Bd4 5. Sc8 Rxc8 6. b7 Rc1+ ! 7. Kxc1 Bxa7 =} <br /> <b>4... Bf8 5. b6 Bc5 6. Se7+ ! Kf8 7. Sc8 ! Rxc8 8. b7</b> and now 8...Rc1+ is impossible due to the obstruction of the c-file caused by the black Bishop: White wins.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Марк Филиппович Гордиан</b> (28-12-1900 - 13-04-1961) Ukrainian composer </span>(Mark Filipovich Gordian)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sprVOxfFVhE9pthOkVApKHs4rQqjYyws8yrhBHkhWUCo-wKOgT-e1aeF90Q594oOIk7QM8-xObgkqB4JtZLvaILUnurmH225tD2BVFbPECUBgbHdPgo6lSYJuRrAUqmAhgoVchpEEMo/s1600/28.12+Mark+Gordian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sprVOxfFVhE9pthOkVApKHs4rQqjYyws8yrhBHkhWUCo-wKOgT-e1aeF90Q594oOIk7QM8-xObgkqB4JtZLvaILUnurmH225tD2BVFbPECUBgbHdPgo6lSYJuRrAUqmAhgoVchpEEMo/s1600/28.12+Mark+Gordian.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark Gordian<br /> [<a href="http://www.popovgl.narod.ru/probl_v/V_Gordian.html">Grigory Popov</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Mark Gordian composed in all genres but specialized in fairy problems and was one of the very rare Soviet fairy composers.<br /> He was also the father of IM <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-24th.html">Yuri Gordian</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Гордиан, Марк Филиппович</strong><br /> The Chess Amateur, 1930<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=303108"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1BNk4/N6K/2b1P1p1/1p1p2p1/1br3(N2)(n2)/2r5/(N2)(N2)6/3Q(N2)3"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">g4, h4, a2, b2, e1: <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/pieces.html#Noct">Nightrider</a><br /> &nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">10 + 10</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5281212', 'displayText5281212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5281212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5281212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qd1-d4 !</b> (2.Qd4-b6#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Bb4-d6 2.Ne1-b7# <br /> 1...Bb4-c5 2.Na2xc6# <br /> 1...Bb4-a5/Bc6-b7/Bc6-a8 2.Qd4-h8# <br /> 1...Bc6-e8 2.Qd4-f6# <br /> 1...Bc6-d7 2.e6-e7# <br /> 1...Rc4-c5 2.Ng4-h6# 2.Qd4-f6 # <br /> 1...Rc4xd4 2.Ng4-h6# </blockquote>The half-pin of the black Bishops on the line of the white Nightrider c2 is exploited in 5 variations.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Petar Ivanić </b>(28-12-1915 - 03-06-1987) Yugoslav composer</span><br /> <br /> Petar Ivanić was an International Judge and composed in all genres.<br /> Two problems by him have been selected on Chess-Giraffe [broken link].<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Ivanić, Petar</strong><br /> Match: Serbia - Slovenia<br /> , 1980<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Place<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=232519"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/2P2p1p/5PkP/4P1B1/5P1R/3P4/8/7K"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#4</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">9 + 3</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6281212', 'displayText6281212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6281212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6281212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rh4-h2 ! </b>ZZ<br /> 1...Kg6-f5 2.c7-c8=B+ Kf5-g6 3.Bc8-h3 Kg6-h5 4.Bh3-f5# <br /> Indian<br /> </div><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Ivanić, Petar</strong><br /> Frankfurter Notizen, 1965<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=271390"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/k1K5/8/8/P1B5/8/2R5"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">Ser-h#24</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">4 + 1</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7281212', 'displayText7281212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7281212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7281212" style="display: none;">1. Ka7 2. Kb8 3. Kc8 4. Kd8 5. Ke7 6. Ke6 7. Kf5 8. Ke4 9. Kd3 10. Kc4 11. Kb3 12. Kxa3 13. Kb3 14. Kc4 15. Kd3 16. Ke4 17. Kf5 18. Ke6 19. Ke7 20. Kd8 21. Kc8 22. Kb8 23. Ka7 24. Ka6 Ra1#<br /> Move length record sh#24.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Megchiel Schrader</b> (28-12-1926 - 08-06-2011) Dutch composer</span><br /> <br /> Megchiel Schrader composed direct mates.<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Schrader, Megchiel</strong><br /> Het Belgisch Schaakbord (L'Echiquier Belge) 1999-2000<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=195526"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?N6q/BrP4Q/1bB4n/2P1pb1R/PpkPrP2/8/1K1R4/2N5"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">13 + 9</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9281212', 'displayText9281212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9281212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText9281212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Sc1-b3 !</b> (2.Sa8xb6+ Rb7xb6 3.Sb3-a5#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Re4xd4 2.Rd2-c2+ Bf5xc2,Kc4-d3 3.Qh7xc2,Rh5-h3# <br /> 1...e5xd4 2.Bc6-b5+ Kc4-d5 3.Qh7-d7# <br /> 1...Bb6xc7 2.Sa8xc7 (3.Bc6-d5/Sb3-a5#)<br /> 1...Qh8xa8 2.d4xe5 (3.Bc6-b5/Bc6-d5#) 2...Re4-d4 3.Rd2xd4# </blockquote></div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-28th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-47775938125192830682012年12月26日 20:11:00 +00002024年04月27日T14:51:57.178-07:00BroeckerComayDecemberEerkesKislyakKlinkovMartindaleMazurDecember 27th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Frank W. Martindale</b> (27-12-1854 – 27-10-1909) American composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXE7VT8LrALFsgotmhgmWmiFzOPSKOkpAfA-1k7g2m5la9mtNQgR7XwTMg9GYYM4Vqs4uIlPCTBjbUqd7aex56_Zxl3ST8koArO9RjkI9A5Q-SuDDdmidT0TxBAcWMTysdkpE2A355u0/s1600/27.12+Martindale.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXE7VT8LrALFsgotmhgmWmiFzOPSKOkpAfA-1k7g2m5la9mtNQgR7XwTMg9GYYM4Vqs4uIlPCTBjbUqd7aex56_Zxl3ST8koArO9RjkI9A5Q-SuDDdmidT0TxBAcWMTysdkpE2A355u0/s320/27.12+Martindale.JPG" width="299" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /> Frank W. Martindale<br /> [<a href="http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082494091;seq=18;view=2up;num=2">Chess problems, HathiTrust Digital Library</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <a href="http://www.dieschwalbe.de/personalia210.htm">Frank Martindale</a> learnt the rules of chess at 17 and the next year already published a book including 100 of his problems ("<i>Chess Problems</i>", O.A.Brownson, Dubuque Chess Journal, 1872).<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Martindale, Frank W.</b><br /> Maryland Chess Review, 1874<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=214984" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/3p1K2/4p1p1/4k1P1/2B5/5P2/3Q1P2/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1271212', 'displayText1271212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1271212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText1271212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bc4xe6 !</b> (2.f3-f4+ Ke5-e4 3.Qd2-e3#) <br /> <blockquote>1...d7-d5 2.Qd2-b4 (3.f3-f4#) 2...d5-d4 3.Qb4-b8# <br /> 1...d7xe6 2.Qd2-d8 Ke5-f5/f4 3.Qd8-f6#</blockquote>Sacrifice key with two Queen variations.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gustav von Broecker</b> (27-12-1854 - 1910) German composer</span><br /> <br /> Gustav von Broecker composed selfmates and direct mates.<br /> His most famous problem and a few others were mentioned <a href="http://milanvel.net/mp/snapshot/rescbody.php?px=1244212412&amp;fid=xshows&amp;tid=57">on Mat Plus forum</a> <br /> It uses what was later called the Broecker schema and was in fact first discovered by Ivan Kos, as mentioned <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/11/december-1st.html">here earlier this month</a>.<br /> <br /> The Broecker Schema:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Von Broecker, Gustav</b><br /> London Chess Fortnightly, 1892<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=68127" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?kb4R1/1b6/P7/8/8/7p/6BP/6BK" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#9</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2271212', 'displayText2271212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2271212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText2271212" style="display: none;">1. Rc8? Be4! <br /> 1. Rd8? Bd5! <br /> 1. Re8? Bc6! <br /> <b>1. Rf8! </b>Bc6 2. Re8! Bd5 3. Rd8! Be4 4. Rc8! Bf3 5. Rh8!! Be4 6. Bf3 Bd5 7. Be4 Bc6 8. Bd5 Bb7 9. Bc6 Bxc6#<br /> </div><br /> A Broecker threemover:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Von Broecker, Gustav</b><br /> The British Chess Magazine, 1891<br /> Special Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=228425" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?R6n/3p4/4pb2/3RP2K/1Np1pkP1/8/3P1B2/7B" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3271212', 'displayText3271212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3271212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText3271212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ra8-a4 ! </b>(2.Sb4-d3+ c4xd3,e4xd3 3.Ra4xe4,Ra4xc4#)<br /> <blockquote>1...e6xd5 2.d2-d4 (3.Sb4xd5#) 2...c4*d3 ep./e4xd3 ep. 3.Sb4xd3# <br /> 1...Bf6*e5 2.Rd5-d3 (3.Bf2-g3#) 2...c4xd3/e4xd3, e4-e3 3.Sb4xd3, d2xe3#</blockquote>Extensive use of the 4th rank masked battery.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Олег Петрович Мазур</b> (27-12-1936) Russian composer</span> (Oleg Petrovich Mazur)<br /> <br /> Oleg Mazur composes endgame studies.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Мазур, Олег Петрович</b><br /> Gagarin MT, 1981<br /> 5<sup>th</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=286086" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3k2nB/8/3K4/4p3/7b/2R1p3/8/5n2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">=</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4271212', 'displayText4271212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4271212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText4271212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Rb3! Ke8 </b><br /> {1... Kc8? 2. Bxe5 Sd2 3. Rb5 e2 4. Ke6 +-} <br /> <b>2. Bxe5 Sd2 3. Rxe3! Sc4+ 4. Ke6 Sxe3 5. Bg3! Bf6 6. Be5 Be7 7. Bd6 Bd8 8. Bc7 Bh4 9. Bg3 Bxg3</b> stalemate.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Михаил Николаевич Клинков</b> (27-12-1934) Ukrainian composer</span> (Mikhail Nikolayevich Klinkov)<br /> <br /> Mikhail Klinkov composes in all genres.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Клинков, Михаил Николаевич</b><br /> Revista Română de Şah, 1981<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Honorable Mention<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=286015" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1K6/2R5/k7/n1n5/3b4/NP6/8/3N4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5271212', 'displayText5271212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5271212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText5271212" style="display: none;"><b>1. b4 Be5 2. Ka8 </b><br /> {2. b5+? Kb6 3. Sc3 Bxc3 -+} <br /> <b>2... Bxc7 3. b5+ Kb6 4. Sc3</b> (threatens 5.Sd5#) <br /> 4...Sd3, Sab3 5. Sa4, Sc4#<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Александр Аврамович Кисляк</b> (27-12-1938 - 05-05-2010) Ukrainian composer and International Master</span> (Alexandr Avramovich Kislyak)<br /> <br /> Alexandr Kislyak was a retro composer. <br /> In 1998 he published the book "<i>On the Tracks of Chess Pieces</i>" (Po Sledam Shakhmatnikh Figur). An electronic version of the book was made by Andrey Frolkin and Nikolay Beluhov and is available <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2R4SBE7r8AtVll2QU9rT2E1cXc">here</a>.<br /> Nikolay Beluhov and Andrey Frolkin also made available the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2R4SBE7r8AtMGtYY1ZhSDBoY3c/view?usp=sharing">electronic version of the paper about the Kislyak theme</a>, also known as the pawn bypass theme (based on A. Kislyak's article published in die Schwalbe in the late 1980s). <br /> Finally, his article "<i><a href="http://www.janko.at/Retros/Articles/Black-And-White-Allegro.htm">Black and White Allegro</a></i>" was edited by Andrey Frolkin and translated by Nikolay Beluhov and can be <a href="http://www.janko.at/Retros/Articles/Black-And-White-Allegro.pdf">read and downloaded from here</a>. <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Кисляк, Олександр Авраамович</b><br /> Die Schwalbe, 1997<br /> 1<sup>st</sup>-2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=306996" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?7n/bp1P2pp/1p1pp1PR/2p3KR/1P5P/5pkq/3PPrNr/4BBQn" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">Add a missing unit on f8.<br /> Release the position !</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">13 + 15</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6271212', 'displayText6271212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6271212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText6271212" style="display: none;">+wQf8! <br /> The following moves must be retracted to release the position:<br /> 1. Qa8-f8 Bb8-a7 2. Qa1-a8 Ba7-b8 3. Qf6-a1 Bb8-a7 4. Qd8-f6 Bc7-b8 5. Qe7-d8 Bd8-c7 6. Qf6-e7 Be7-d8 7. Qa1-f6 Bf8-e7+ 8. Qa8-a1 f4-f3 9. a7-a8=Q f5-f4 10. a6-a7 a7xSb6 11. Sd5-b6 f7-f5 12. Sf6-d5 Be7-f8 13. Sg4-f6 Rf6-f2+ 14. Sf2-g4+ Rf4xPf6 15. b3-b4 Rb4-f4 16. a5-a6 Rb6-b4 17. a4-a5 Rc6-b6 18. a3-a4 Rc8-c6 19. a2-a3 Rg8-c8 20. f5-f6 Bf8-e7+ 21. f4-f5 e7-e6 22. f3-f4 Qe6-h3. <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Allard Pieter Eerkes</b> (27-12-1911 - 20-11-1993) Dutch composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_1QHtc4C87zOr_1r-Sp7PnbI4aKRV3h35pCzvLNF5CT5BVImv2OhGpaaTRLILBz9sz58yYBilc2d14AFN1zoolKThsdrXFR9wtTMHH0SJ38wAbt4CWqkUld3k44qpy8Kq8RMC3JRkANm5ZACAEKaNRqbWrWMXD7TOGZfr_pk9WaXBGewc4pYBzpLksb8/s507/27.12%20Eerkes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_1QHtc4C87zOr_1r-Sp7PnbI4aKRV3h35pCzvLNF5CT5BVImv2OhGpaaTRLILBz9sz58yYBilc2d14AFN1zoolKThsdrXFR9wtTMHH0SJ38wAbt4CWqkUld3k44qpy8Kq8RMC3JRkANm5ZACAEKaNRqbWrWMXD7TOGZfr_pk9WaXBGewc4pYBzpLksb8/s320/27.12%20Eerkes.png"/></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /> Allard P. Eerkes<br /> [<a href="https://www.dieschwalbe.de/download/archivalien/Fragebogen_1960_scan.pdf" target="_blank">Die Schwalbe Fragebogen 1960 page 214</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Allard Pieter Eerkes composed around 800 problems, most of them two- or three-movers.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Eerkes, Allard Pieter</b><br /> Die Schwalbe, 1953<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=52337" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3R3Q/2p5/2pr4/Pp2np2/1BkP1nqR/KNNp1p2/B2p1P2/4r3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">11 + 13</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7271212', 'displayText7271212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7271212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText7271212" style="display: none;">In the diagram you can see a masked half-pin on the 4th rank (bQ and bS half-pinned by wRh4). Two tries show the need to exploit that half-pin:<br /> 1. Sc5+? Kxd4 2. Se6+ Sxe6! <br /> 1. Sxd2+? Kxd4 2. Sxf3+ Qxf3!<br /> What if the bS or the bQ could be pinned? <br /> <b>1. a6! </b> threatens 2. Sa5+ Kxd4 3. Sxc6# (mate with double pin)<br /> <b>1... Sd5</b> indirectly unpins bRd6 : 2. Sc5+? fail on 2... Kxd4 3. Se6+ Rxe6! but White replies with <b>2. Sxd2+! Kxd4 3. Sxf3#</b> exploiting the indirect pinning of bQg4.<br /> <b>1....Qg7</b> indirectly unpins bSe5 : 2. Sxd2+? fail on 2... Kxd4 3. Sxf3+ Sxf3! but White replies with <b>2. Sc5+! Kxd4 3. Se6#</b> exploiting the indirect pinning of bSf4.<br /> Three mates with double pins.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ofer Comay</b> (27-12-1957) Israeli composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoMQb2Z4ZnPumU4nDcoKNQfXxqYXDlIIV7C4nMWtESkydHLse0_1TF5d9Zfqge-W1bV6-UnuKoHzwawDxALkmkdwRmLPxiYT-Hi1EZcpqm1b1XBbafUKuJtGLt-55oH8JPG7u2JQwkM8/s640/27.12+OferComay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoMQb2Z4ZnPumU4nDcoKNQfXxqYXDlIIV7C4nMWtESkydHLse0_1TF5d9Zfqge-W1bV6-UnuKoHzwawDxALkmkdwRmLPxiYT-Hi1EZcpqm1b1XBbafUKuJtGLt-55oH8JPG7u2JQwkM8/s640/27.12+OferComay.jpg" width="339" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /> Ofer Comay (right!)<br /> [<a href="http://juliasfairies.com/the-judge-jf-2015-ii/#comments">Julia's Fairies</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Ofer Comay is a GM and twice World Champion in solving (1985, 1999).<br /> He composes in all genres, focusing more recently on helpmates and fairies. He is also known for his theoretical contribution in endgame study theory and he is the author of one of the first chess problem solving program (CS) in the early 1980s.<br /> He often composes with Paz Einat and they wrote about their partnership <a href="http://www.pazeinat.com/chess_problem_composition/paz_ofer50_files/PazOfer50Award.htm">on Paz Einat's website</a>, on the occasion of their Jubilee Tourney:<br /> <blockquote><i>"[We] have met in their teens during some youth chess tourneys but have started their chess composition activity independently during these years. Our collaboration began in the World Chess Composition Congresses during the 1980’s. Although we sometimes compose together during "normal" times, this cannot be compared to the intensity during the congresses, especially when our good friend Gady Costeff is around to supply beer and ideas. Thus, this Jubilee Tourney also marks around 25 years of collaboration."</i></blockquote><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Comay, Ofer</b><br /> Themes 64 (3784) 1981<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=286045" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?7k/7B/3P2KP/2B5/3n3r/7P/8/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8271212', 'displayText8271212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8271212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText8271212" style="display: none;"><b>1. d7! Sc6 2. d8=Q+ Sxd8 3. Bf8 Rxh6+ 4. Bxh6 Se6</b><br /> The black Knight defends everything and threatens the stalemate 5...Sf8+ 6.Bxf8 =<br /> <b>5. Be3! Sf8+ 6. Kf7 </b><br /> White's idea: 6...Sxh7 7.Bd4+ wins the bS<br /> <b>6...Sg6!</b><br /> Black insists on offering his Knight.<br /> <b>7. Bg8!</b><br /> And White refuses again.<br /> <b>7...Se5+ 8. Kf6</b> and wins (for instance 8...Sd7+ 9.Ke6/Ke7). <br /> </div><br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Comay, Ofer</b><br /> Israel Ring Tourney 1990<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=306180" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2b5/2b5/4p1k1/4R3/1K2Pr2/4P3/3p3q/3n1r2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">b)wRe5->wBe5</td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9271212', 'displayText9271212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9271212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText9271212" style="display: none;">a) 1.Kf6 Ra5 2.Rxe4+ Kc5 3.Ke5 Rb5 4.Rf6 Kc6# <br /> b) 1.Sxe3 Ba1 2.Bd6+ Kc3 3.Kf6 Bb2 4.Ke5 Kd3#<br /> Critical moves by the wR/wB with a little tempo step 3...Rb5/3...Bb2. All this in orthogonal-diagonal correspondence, of course.<br /> </div><br /> http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-27th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-24113112080525358602012年12月25日 20:21:00 +00002024年07月23日T11:52:23.540-07:00AnimitsaBabsonDecemberKralinLimbach S.MilovanovićMironovOrlovScheelStellingYakimchikDecember 26th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Joseph Ney Babson</b> (26-12-1852 - 20-12-1929) American composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cSXZsDS-vzoS_iNOrOM9eKbD9KqweLZfl2ICqD6p_L35KahikoUquqtPpNoB6VmMsEl3eiHo5HVI89FshTVgZ_pmF1DRJu7F8DAaH3LHkUGBWVl4B6n07PGh4nUXqIZEo_35yWO_VwY/s1600/26.12+Joseph+Babson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cSXZsDS-vzoS_iNOrOM9eKbD9KqweLZfl2ICqD6p_L35KahikoUquqtPpNoB6VmMsEl3eiHo5HVI89FshTVgZ_pmF1DRJu7F8DAaH3LHkUGBWVl4B6n07PGh4nUXqIZEo_35yWO_VwY/s320/26.12+Joseph+Babson.jpg" width="234" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joseph Babson<br /> [<a href="http://www.chessproblem.net/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=560">ChessProblem.net</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQofuTa9WPvgd1v3SFDDX7inaAXM31jsMmTNyXfhTzz-ueEbnM8R-FRA07nDYrgPdrVjMFl1XRXTxCmhYRQ0BzXIGoRtJjeNa10oLnRTuetzL4x2LEx60EfpbHWey-n_z5Rqb8lcDaoM/s1109/26.12+Babson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQofuTa9WPvgd1v3SFDDX7inaAXM31jsMmTNyXfhTzz-ueEbnM8R-FRA07nDYrgPdrVjMFl1XRXTxCmhYRQ0BzXIGoRtJjeNa10oLnRTuetzL4x2LEx60EfpbHWey-n_z5Rqb8lcDaoM/s1109/26.12+Babson.jpg" width="242" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joseph Babson, 1882<br /> [<a href="https://cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4014coll20/id/2543/">Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery</a>]<br/>Thanks to P.Hoffmann and Z.Kornin for the link</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Joseph Babson composed mainly selfmates.<br /> His name has remained forever associated to the task of the 4 reciprocal white and black promotions: he imagined this idea in 1913 and it was the theme of the Babson tourney in 1925. Tim Krabbé's article "<i>Sons of Babson</i>" is well remembered by chess problem aficionados and can be <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/babson/babsonsons.htm">read here</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Babson, Joseph Ney</b><br /> American Chess Bulletin, 1925<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=61728" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?6R1/P1B1rP1P/1N4B1/2k5/Q5P1/1ppP4/pp4Pp/qn1KR1N1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">14 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1261212', 'displayText1261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText1261212" style="display: none;"><b>1.f7-f8=B !</b><br /> <blockquote>1...h2-h1=Q 2.h7-h8=Q (3.Qh8xh1 ~#) 2...Qh1xg2 3.Qh8xc3+ Sb1xc3#<br /> 1...h2-h1=S 2.a7-a8=S Sh1-g3 3.Bc7xg3 ~#<br /> 1...h2-h1=R 2.h7-h8=R followed by the capture of the promoted black Rook and mate.<br /> 1...h2-h1=B 2.a7-a8=B Bh1xg2 3.Ba8xg2 ~#</blockquote><a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Babson">Babson</a> task.<br /> The slight defect of this problem from the Babson task point of view is that the Bishop promotion is not made by the white h-pawn, but by another pawn.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saturnin Limbach</b> (26-12-1907 - 11-12-1984) Polish composer and FIDE Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Nl1rsf9i-599tD5oFW23VL90YzGUTl8AtV0Ocwpm_Ntfny35c2trYr5mRt5pfmUNa9SWi9s740PWcH5tJtzjFyFX6pZBuBRvjypmInOHHdBmndoQ4Pxk7kwgU5pGUQ-tIk3Q-Jgurww/s1600/26.12+Limbach.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Nl1rsf9i-599tD5oFW23VL90YzGUTl8AtV0Ocwpm_Ntfny35c2trYr5mRt5pfmUNa9SWi9s740PWcH5tJtzjFyFX6pZBuBRvjypmInOHHdBmndoQ4Pxk7kwgU5pGUQ-tIk3Q-Jgurww/s320/26.12+Limbach.JPG" width="185" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturnin Limbach<br /> [<a href="http://www.konikowski.net/iwanow.php">Konikowski</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Saturnin Limbach composed more than 4,000 problems and was specialised in selfmate and Bohemian problems. He held the chess column in the "<i>Gazeta Czestochowska</i>" from 1956 until 1984.<br /> Saturnin Limbach was an International Judge.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Limbach, Saturnin</b><br /> Szachy, 1980<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=93487" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1Q1b1N2/2r1p1N1/P1B1P3/K3k1P1/Ppp2R2/pr2p3/Pp5B/1R6" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">13 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2261212', 'displayText2261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText2261212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bc6-a8 !</b> ZZ<br /> <blockquote>1...e3-e2 2.Rf4-f3+ Ke5-d4 3.Qb8-b6+ Rc7-c5# <br /> 1...Rb3-d3/Rb3-c3 2.Sf8-g6+ Ke5-d6 3.Qb8xb4+ Rc7-c5# <br /> 1...c4-c3 2.Sg7-f5 (3.Qb8-b5+ Rc7-c5#) <br /> 1...Ke5-d6 2.Sg7-f5+ Kd6-e5 3.Qb8-b5+ Rc7-c5#</blockquote></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Zivko Milovanović</b> (26-12-1908 - 16-04-1978) Yugoslav composer</span><br /> <br /> Zivko Milovanović composed mostly helpmates.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Milovanović, Zivko</b><br /> Israel Ring Tourney, 1965<br /> 4<sup>th</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=303533" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/5p1p/4nbkN/K1P2p1p/1B2p3/2P5/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3261212', 'displayText3261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText3261212" style="display: none;">1.Se5xc4 Sh5xf4 2.Sc4-e5 Bb3-f7 3.Se5-g4 Sf4-h3#<br /> 1.Bf5xc2 Sh5xf6 2.Bc2-f5 Bb3-d1 3.Se5-g6 Sf6-h7#<br /> Two variations in echo, line opening, echo mates.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Василий Алексеевич Миронов</b> (26-12-1919 - 2001?) Russian composer </span>(Vasily Alexeyevich Mironov)<br /> Vasily Mironov was a direct mate composer.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Миронов, Василий Алексеевич</b><br /> Mat (Beograd) 1980<br /> 4<sup>th</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=105439" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/qp5b/p2Q2B1/1p1N2r1/1PkP4/K5p1/n2R4/6b1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3*</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4261212', 'displayText4261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText4261212" style="display: none;">Set play:<br /> <blockquote>1... Qxd4 <b>a</b> 2. Sb6+ <b>A</b> Kc3, Qxb6 3. Rc2,Qd3# <br /> 1... Bxd4 <b>b</b> 2. Se3+ <b>B</b> Kc3,Bxe3 3. Rc2/d3, Qd3# </blockquote><b>1. Bf7!</b> (2. Qc7+ Qc5 3. Qxc5#) <br /> <blockquote>1... Qxd4 <b>a</b> 2. Se3+ <b>B</b> Kc3 3. Qxd4# <br /> 1... Bxd4 <b>b</b> 2. Sb6+ <b>A</b> Kc3 3. Qxd4#</blockquote>Reciprocal.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Христофор Саввич Анимица</b> (26-12-1935 - 26-10-1987) Russian composer</span> (Khristofor Savvich Animitsa)<br /> <br /> Khristofor Animitsa composed in all genres.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Анимица, Христофор Саввич</b><br /> Revista Română de Şah, 1980<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=84637" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5q2/3prn2/1p6/b7/1NkP4/P2pR3/b7/r2RKB2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">3 solutions<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5261212', 'displayText5261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText5261212" style="display: none;">1. Ba2-b1 Rd1xd3 2. Bb1-a2+ Rd3-d1# <br /> 1. Kc4-c3 Sb4xd3 2. Kc3-c4+ Sd3-b4# <br /> 1. Sf7-e5 Re3xd3 2. Se5-f7+ Rd3-e3#<br /> Unpinning, battery creation, battery play, switchback.<br /> Anticipation reported by Harry Fougiaxis: see Iosif Krikheli's problem <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=92637">here</a>.<br /> </div><br /> Since the previous problem is anticipated, here is another one:<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Анимица, Христофор Саввич</strong><br /> Revista Română de Şah, 1985<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=84634"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1n6/1q3p2/p1b4K/3k4/1Pp1r3/R1P1r3/QR2p3/8"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">2 solutions<br /> &nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">6 + 10</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9261212', 'displayText9261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText9261212" style="display: none;">1. Re4-e8 Rb2xe2 2. Re3-e7 Qa2-d2# <br /> 1. Qb7-a8 Ra3xa6 2. Bc6-b7 Qa2-a5#<br /> Black and white clearances.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Євген Сергійович Орлов</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> (26-12-1939) Ukrainian composer</span> (Evgen Sergyiovich Orlov)<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Орлов, Євген Сергійович</b><br /> ЮК Г.Козюра-50, 2006<br /> 4<sup>th</sup>-5<sup>th</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=300143" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2b5/Npbp2N1/3k4/1p2pp2/7K/8/8/5R2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">2 solutions<br /> b) wSg7-&gt;c6<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6261212', 'displayText6261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText6261212" style="display: none;">a) <br /> 1. Ke7 Rxf5 A 2. Bd8 Sxc8# B<br /> 1. e4 Sxb5 D 2. Ke5 Rxf5# A<br /> b) <br /> 1. Bb6 Rc1 C 2. Kc7 Sxb5# D<br /> 1. Kc5 Sxc8 B 2. d5 Rc1# C<br /> Cycle of white moves AB-BC-CD-DA. <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Николай Иванович Кралин</b> (26-12-1944) Russian composer and Grandmaster </span>(Nikolay Ivanovich Kralin)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAq13g-lWpusOG_ovCkEl89PmH4-RqCjLNy2B0MOl1vIHmearYNhOJWUOIBf56oBzLhWV_WDVluHBpDTmw_TNKvr_hr9AltYfKX5MYk6VLMH_R1Nbf-7Dv8_x5x4j-ke6fVkIKYhZDD4/s1600/26.12+Kralin_Afek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAq13g-lWpusOG_ovCkEl89PmH4-RqCjLNy2B0MOl1vIHmearYNhOJWUOIBf56oBzLhWV_WDVluHBpDTmw_TNKvr_hr9AltYfKX5MYk6VLMH_R1Nbf-7Dv8_x5x4j-ke6fVkIKYhZDD4/s320/26.12+Kralin_Afek.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nikolay Kralin with Y.Afek<br /> [<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Iwanowitsch_Kralin">Wikipedia</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Nikolay Kralin is an endgame study composer but he also occasionally composes problems (selfmates, direct mates, helpmates).<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Кралин, Николай Иванович</b><br /> Бюллетень ЦШК СССР 1973 (19)<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=281660" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?b7/8/r7/1R3K2/2P3nk/1r6/2Q5/5B2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">=</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 5</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7261212', 'displayText7261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText7261212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Qf2+ ! Kh5 2. Qh2+ ! Sxh2 3. Rxb3 Ra5+ ! 4. c5 ! Rxc5+ 5. Kf4 ! Sxf1 6. Rb5 !</b><br /> {Stalemate blackmail: 6...Rxb5 stalemate}<br /> <b>6... Rd5 ! 7. Ra5 ! Bb7 8. Rb5 ! Bc6 9. Rc5 ! Bb7 10. Rb5 Ba8 11. Ra5 Rxa5</b> stalemate<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Кралин, Николай Иванович</b><br /> October Revolution JT, Молодость Грузии 1977<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=276360" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5R2/1n3B2/8/1P3K2/k7/1p6/pP6/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8261212', 'displayText8261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText8261212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Ra8+ Kb4 2. Ra3 Sd6+ 3. Kg6!&nbsp;</b><br /> {3. Kf6 ? Sxb5 4. Rxb3+ Ka4 5. Rxb5 a1=Q 6. Be8 Qb1 7. Ke6 Qa2+ 8. Ke7 Qe6+ 9. Kxe6 =}<br /> <b>3... Sxb5 4. Rxb3+ Ka4 5. Rxb5 a1=Q 6. Be8 Qb1+ 7. Kf6</b>&nbsp; +-<br /> The white battery is too strong for the black Queen<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Roberto Stelling</b> (26-12-1961) Brazilian composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZsShgSrxxblFJby9OINSx0A9Dk5I-omZViWNH2Gew4nCIeAdufu_83KQc0ZljktFNXui6Qo2kjuKfzeHx4zN-WIpwC_EYz-EIGfvRmiIu648mRcfx4EhsZNWcBHx_C0FpKBL4u83tFI/s1600/26.12+Roberto_Stelling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZsShgSrxxblFJby9OINSx0A9Dk5I-omZViWNH2Gew4nCIeAdufu_83KQc0ZljktFNXui6Qo2kjuKfzeHx4zN-WIpwC_EYz-EIGfvRmiIu648mRcfx4EhsZNWcBHx_C0FpKBL4u83tFI/s320/26.12+Roberto_Stelling.jpg" width="304" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roberto Stelling<br /> [<a href="https://twitter.com/stelling">Twitter</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Roberto Stelling is the Brazilian delegate at the WFCC, a solver several times Brazilian champion and an occasional composer.<br /> You may visit <a href="http://stelling.cc/xadrez/?page_id=246">his chess blog</a> with a short presentation of his results.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Stelling, Roberto &amp; Sonnenfeld, Felix Alexander</b><br /> Canadian Chess Chat, 1984 (1282)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=348443" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5R2/4b3/2b1q3/Rn1n4/3k4/8/3K1P2/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">b) bQe6-&gt;e5<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText10261212', 'displayText10261212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText10261212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText10261212" style="display: none;">a) 1. Ke5 Kd3 2. Sd6 f4#<br /> b) 1. Ke4 Ra4+ 2. Sd4 f3#<br /> Chameleon echo mates.<br /> </div><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Johan Scheel</b> (26-12-1889 - 04-12-1958) Norwegian composer</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8jXbda02-YEdv_VTDTIdWXOyVj5KaDsOaCLaIHZBXjTqrzU5K97ijPdfnJJSkm5JdWsI2YmnQZ9tla7d15BG0coec3WthUxMpr9_I9WG1yYHkzUEDRMSLq5joVJaxk1Vt1JSyYGAwQk/s1600/ScheelJohan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8jXbda02-YEdv_VTDTIdWXOyVj5KaDsOaCLaIHZBXjTqrzU5K97ijPdfnJJSkm5JdWsI2YmnQZ9tla7d15BG0coec3WthUxMpr9_I9WG1yYHkzUEDRMSLq5joVJaxk1Vt1JSyYGAwQk/s320/ScheelJohan.jpg" /></a><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Johan Scheel<br /> "Internationale Galerie moderner Problem-Komponisten", Hans Schaffer, 1930.<br /> [Source <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ScheelJohan.jpg">Wikimedia</a>] </span></td></tr><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><br /> <b>Johan Scheel</b> was a Norwegian composer of two- and threemovers. He published more than 750 problems and started composing in the Bohemian style.<br /> He compiled an early anthology "<i>200 Schakopgaver</i>" (Kristiania, 1924) which did not fully satisfy him, according to G.W. Chandler, in his "Orbituary : Johan Scheel", The Problemist, July 1959. After 1940 he blended the Bohemian style with some more strategic ideas, which lead for instance to his well-known <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=56646">1st Prize, US Chess Federation 1948</a>.<br /> Alain Godbout wrote "<i>256 problèmes choisis de Johan Scheel</i>" (Editions de l'Apprenti Sorcier, 2001) dedicated to Scheel's whole work.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Scheel, Johan</strong><br /> Tidskrift för Schack, 1912<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=98553"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/2K5/6p1/1k4PP/3p1R2/R7/1PP5/8"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">7 + 3</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1261213', 'displayText1261213', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1261213"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText1261213" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ra3-a4 !</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1...Kb5-c5 2.c2-c4 ! ZZ 2...d4-d3 3.b2-b4# or 2...d4xc3 ep. 3.Ra4-a5# or 2...g6xh5 3.Rf4-f5# <br /> 1...d4-d3 2.Kc7-d6 ~ 3.Rf4-b4#<br /> 1...Kb5xa4 2.Kc7-b6 ~ 3.Rf4xd4# <br /> 1...g6xh5 2.b2-b3 ~ 3.Rf4-f5#</blockquote>After the beautiful sacrifice key, Scheel offers four neat variations, the best of which is probably 1...Kc5 2.c4!<br /> Precise variations lead to economical mates.<br /> </div><br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Scheel, Johan</strong><br /> Stratford Express, 1950<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=98693"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4b3/1p2p3/pN1b4/4kB2/1p1N3Q/r2n4/3P4/4nK2"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">6 + 10</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2261213', 'displayText2261213', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2261213"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText2261213" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bf5-h3 ! </b> (2.Qh4-g5+ ~ 3.Qg5-e3#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Sd3-~ 2.Sd4-c6+ b7xc6/Be8xc6 3.d2-d4#<br /> Correction: 1...Sd3-f4 2.Qh4-h8+ Ke5-e4 3.Bh3-f5# (Switchback)<br /> 1...Bd6-b8 2.Qh4xe7+ ~ 3.Qe7-e3#<br /> Correction: 1...Bd6-c5 2.Sb6-c4+ Ke5-d5 3.Bh3-e6#<br /> 1...Be8-d7/Be8-g6 2.Sb6-d7+ Ke5-d5 3.Bh3-e6#<br /> </blockquote>A problem typical of his post-WWII period, with black correction <i>and</i> model mates.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Витольд Витольдович Якимчик</b> (26-12-1909 - 28-05-1977) Russian composer and International Master</span> (Vitold Vitoldovich Yakimchik)<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFhwV3HAJJsJpEdr1K_7KeGZkKPR9AuSTJo27RpWBB7tMpCNFcHPNmw9GaPLdxk7-oA0IGkuVUS6ibJ5dX4QUTUO6Rpq9t9xnb1ry0qGM97X3tVSzlVtXiZpgN4oj1Hns1JveXqvD5pZ4/s1600/26.12+V_Jakimcik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFhwV3HAJJsJpEdr1K_7KeGZkKPR9AuSTJo27RpWBB7tMpCNFcHPNmw9GaPLdxk7-oA0IGkuVUS6ibJ5dX4QUTUO6Rpq9t9xnb1ry0qGM97X3tVSzlVtXiZpgN4oj1Hns1JveXqvD5pZ4/s1600/26.12+V_Jakimcik.jpg" /></a><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Vitold Yakimchik<br /> [Source <a href="http://superproblem.ru/archive/probl_v/V_Jakimcik.html">SuperProblem.ru</a>] </span></td></tr><br /> <br /> </div><br /> Vitold Yakimchik composed 120 studies (<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitold_Vitoldovi%C4%8D_Jakim%C4%8Dik">source</a>).<br /> The translation of his interview from <i>Shakhmaty v SSSR</i> ix l971 can be found in <a href="http://www.gadycosteff.com/eg/eg127.pdf">eg-127</a> (pages 250-257).<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Якимчик, Витольд Витольдович</strong><br /> Shakhmaty v SSSR 1934<br /> 4<sup>th</sup> Commendation<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="https://www.yacpdb.org/?id=37463"><img border="0" src="https://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1k1n4/1P2b3/2P5/K7/R7/7p/B7"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">=</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 4</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1261216', 'displayText1261216', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1261216"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText1261216" style="display: none;"><b>1.c6+ Кxc6<br /> 2.Rc3+ Sc5+<br /> 3.Rxc5+ Kxc5<br /> 4.b7 h1=R! </b><br /> (4...h1=Q? 5.Bd4+ Kxd4 6.b8=Q Qa1+ 7.Kb5 Qb2+ 8.Кc6! Qxb8 stalemate)<br /> <b>5.Bb2! Rh4+<br /> 6.Кa5 Bb3!<br /> 7.Ba3+ Кc6<br /> 8.b8=S+!</b> draws, said the author. <br /> But the study is cooked. <a href="https://syzygy-tables.info/?fen=1N6/8/2k5/K7/7r/Bb6/8/8_b_-_-_0_1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tablebases say 8...Kd5/Kb7/Kc7 all win</a> the RB vs BS endgame.<br /> </div> <br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Якимчик, Витольд Витольдович</strong><br /> Shakhmaty v SSSR 1963<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="https://www.yacpdb.org/?id=373225"><img border="0" src="https://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?7B/2K4k/5P2/2P2r2/8/8/1b6/5N2"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">=</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 3</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1230724', 'displayText1230724', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1230724"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</font></a><div id="toggleText1230724" style="display: none;"><b>1.♘e3! ×ばつc5+ 2.♔b6 ♗d4 3.f7 ×ばつe3 4.♗d4! ×ばつd4 5.f8=♘+ ♔g8 6.♘e6 and now 6...♖d5+ 7.♔c6= <br /> or 6...♖c4+ 7.♔b5= </b> <br /> 1.♔d6? ×ばつh8 2.♘e3 ×ばつf6+ -+(♖f3 -+) 3.♔d7 ♖f7+ 4.♔e6 ♖c7 5.♔d6 ♖a7 -+ <br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-26th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-85900934018795778912012年12月24日 21:41:00 +00002024年08月28日T10:23:35.300-07:00BaturinBuyanovDecemberHeinonen U.Kubbel K.A.L.ShinkmanVaismanVirtanenZhuravlevDecember 25th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>William Anthony Shinkman</b> (25-12-1847 - 25-05-1933) American composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHmcSalM9V-1zQ36nmyNyjq2F1_QCPPG0P7JZLgLmv0KuVZt2mH89a7i31sdTzX6W6sHtjiYlYE5QiijMmfHKgwEfusRqT1aihi3Ke_YlS_2t28CkVBl6H3pAu0iAfyuRSSZD_cN8nJk/s1600/25.12+Shinkman_William.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHmcSalM9V-1zQ36nmyNyjq2F1_QCPPG0P7JZLgLmv0KuVZt2mH89a7i31sdTzX6W6sHtjiYlYE5QiijMmfHKgwEfusRqT1aihi3Ke_YlS_2t28CkVBl6H3pAu0iAfyuRSSZD_cN8nJk/s320/25.12+Shinkman_William.jpg" width="245" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Shinkman<br /> [<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anthony_Shinkman">Wikipedia</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> William Shinkman was a very prolific composer (more than 3,500 problems), 672 of them in "The Golden Argosy" which can be <a href="http://problem64.beda.cz/silo/white_shinkman_the_golden_argosy_1929.pdf">downloaded and read from here</a>. <br /> His surprising and paradoxical keys owed him the surname of "the Wizard of Grand Rapids". He composed many classics.<br /> More about him <a href="http://www.chessproblem.net/viewtopic.php?f=44&amp;t=343">on ChessProblem.net</a> by Gary Kevin Ware. <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Shinkman, William Anthony</b><br /> Huddersfield College Magazine, Oct 1877<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=23345" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/3p1p1Q/1K2k3/1N1Np3/8/1B6/8/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1251212', 'displayText1251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ba4!</b> ZZ<br /> <blockquote>1...d6 2.Sbc7# <br /> 1...f6 2.Sdc7# <br /> 1...f5 2.Qg8# <br /> 1...Kxd5 2.Bb3# !<br /> 1...e4 2.Qxe4#</blockquote>Ambush, flight-giving key and switchback of the white Bishop.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Shinkman, William Anthony</b><br /> St. John's Globe, 1890<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=57473" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/1p1p4/7Q/1n2k2K/1Np5/2N3P1/5b2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2251212', 'displayText2251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Kh4-g5 ! </b>(2.Qh5-f3+ Ke4-e5 3.Qf3-f5#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Bf1xg2/Bf1-e2 2.Qh5-e2+ Ke4-d5 3.Sc2xb4# <br /> 1...Bf1-d3/Ke4-e5 2.Qh5-e8+ Ke4-d5 3.Sc2-e3# <br /> 1...Ke4-d5 2.Qh5-f7+ Kd5-e5/e4, Kd5-c6 3.Qf7-f5, Sc2-d4#<br /> 1...Ke4-d3 2.Qh5-d1+ Kd3-c4, Kd3-e4 3.Sc2-a3, Qd1-d4# <br /> 1...d6-d5 2.Qh5-h7+ Ke4-e5 3.Qh7-e7#</blockquote>Complex of model mates after a superb key.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Shinkman, William Anthony</b><br /> Deutsche Schachzeitung, Sep 1893<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=77461" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?B7/8/8/8/6Np/4K3/4P3/4N1k1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 2</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3251212', 'displayText3251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ba8-h1 ! </b>ZZ <br /> 1...Kg1xh1 2.Ke3-f2 h4-h3 3.Kf2-f1 h3-h2 4.Sg4-f2#<br /> 1...h4-h3 2.Bh1-g2 ! ZZ and now two possibilities:<br /> <blockquote>2...h3-h2 3.Sg4-e5 ~ 4.Se5-f3#<br /> 2...h3xg2 3.Se1-f3+ Kg1-h1, Kg1-f1 4.Sg4-f2, Sg4-h2#</blockquote>The second Bishop sacrifice 2.Bh1-g2! is the high point of the problem.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Shinkman, William Anthony</b><br /> Sunny South, 1891<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=61720" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?K1Nn2n1/p1k1P2R/4pB2/2bQ4/8/q7/2R3b1/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4251212', 'displayText4251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rh7-h8 !</b> (2.e7xd8=<b>B</b>+ Kc7xc8 3.Qd5-c6+/Qd5-b7+ Bg2xQ#) <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq">1...e6xd5 2.e7xd8=<b>Q</b>+ Kc7-c6 3.Sc8xa7+ Qa3xa7# <br /> 1...Kc7xc8 2.e7xd8=<b>R</b>+ Kc8-c7 3.Qd5-b7+ Bg2xb7# <br /> 1...Sd8-c6 2.e7-e8=<b>S</b>+ Kc7xc8 3.Qd5xc6+ Bg2xc6# </blockquote>White <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#AUW">Allumwandlung</a>. <br /> Secondary variations:<br /> 1...Bg2-f1/Bg2-h3 2.Qd5xd8+ Kc7-c6 3.Sc8xa7+ Qa3xa7# <br /> 1...Sg8xe7 2.Bf6-e5+ Kc7xc8 3.Qd5-b7+ Bg2xb7#<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Карл Артур Леонид Иванович Куббель</b> (25-12-1891 - 18-04-1942) Russian composer</span> (L.I. Kubbel or K.A.L. Kubbel)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQ6libcrWKbawtYkvFgdms3XW3JgaTxqqflgfx21mGnvJxmMzCVqntWJ7ALoqW0g2sOQPUHYiJyy1l__IAERlNNZYLXyXAiGZmX7qiYF1xND-n9C-NAQOnJ-pVGhwyKn72UZNo-jo2EA/s1600/25.12+Leonid_kubbel-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQ6libcrWKbawtYkvFgdms3XW3JgaTxqqflgfx21mGnvJxmMzCVqntWJ7ALoqW0g2sOQPUHYiJyy1l__IAERlNNZYLXyXAiGZmX7qiYF1xND-n9C-NAQOnJ-pVGhwyKn72UZNo-jo2EA/s1600/25.12+Leonid_kubbel-2.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leonid Kubbel<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kubbel">Wikipedia</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Leonid Kubbel was a prolific and remarkable composer of endgame studies and problems. He was considered as one of the greatest study composers. He collaborated with chess magazines such as "<i>Shakhmatny Listok</i>" and published two compilations of his compositions during his lifetime.<br /> <br /> Timothy Whitworth published in 1994 his complete endgame works in "<i>Leonid Kubbel’s Chess Endgame Studies</i>" (2nd complete edition, 2004). Yaakov Vladimirov and Yuri Fokin published in 1984 the soberly titled "<i>Leonid Kubbel</i>" including more than 700 problems and studies by K.A.L. Kubbel, a detailed biography and a critical apparatus. <br /> See also Alexandr Baturin below for another book about Kubbel's works.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Куббель, Карл Артур Леонид Иванович</b><br /> Skakbladet, 1935<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=13639" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4R3/B3q1nB/5N2/Rr4Pp/1P1b1k1P/1Q3N2/4P1nP/1K6" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2 v</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">13 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5251212', 'displayText5251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Se1?</b> (2.Qg3#) but 1...Sf5!<br /> <b>1.Se5!</b> (2.Qg3#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Kxe5 2.Bb8# <br /> 1...Sf5/Rxb4 2.Sg6# <br /> 1...Se3/Be3/Bf2/Bc3/Qxb4 2.Sd3#</blockquote><a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Somov">Somov</a>.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Куббель, Карл Артур Леонид Иванович</b><br /> Nová Praha, 1927<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=53521" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1K6/1n3p2/p1QP3N/p3kPB1/3p3P/1N4bP/2PPP1r1/3q4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">12 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6251212', 'displayText6251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.h4-h5 !</b> (2.Sh6xf7+ Ke5xf5 3.Sb3xd4#) <br /> 1...Qd1-a1 2.c2-c4 (3.Qc6-d5#) 2...d4xc3 ep. 3.d2-d4# <br /> 1...Qd1-g1 2.e2-e4 (3.Sh6-g4/Sh6xf7/Qc6-d5#) 2...d4xe3 ep. 3.d2-d4# <br /> Two similar variations with echo mates. <br /> Secondary variations:<br /> 1...Qd1xd2 2.Sb3xd2 (3.Sd2-f3/Sd2-c4#) <br /> 1...Sb7-d8 2.Qc6-c5+ Ke5-e4 3.Qc5xd4#<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Куббель, Карл Артур Леонид Иванович</b><br /> Rostov Komite Fizkultura i Sport, 1941<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=275977" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4n3/4P1Bp/N2p3K/p1P1p3/4k3/5p2/8/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7251212', 'displayText7251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7251212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Sc7! </b><br /> {1. c6 ? f2 -+ ; 1. cxd6 ? Sxd6 -+} <br /> <b>1... dxc5 </b><br /> {1... f2 2. Sxe8 f1=Q 3. Sxd6+ Kd5 4. e8=Q Qh3+ 5. Kg5 Qg3+ 6. Kf6 ! Qh4+ 7. Kf7 Qh5+ 8. Ke7 Qxe8+ 9. Sxe8 a4 10. Sf6+ Kxc5 11. Ke6 Kc4 12. Kxe5 a3 13. Sxh7 +-} <br /> {1... Sxc7 2. cxd6 f2 3. dxc7 f1=Q 4. c8=Q Qf4+ 5. Kxh7 Qh4+ 6. Kg6 Qxe7 7. Bf8 Qa7 8. Bc5 +-} <br /> <b>2. Sxe8 f2 3. Sd6+ Kd5 4. e8=Q f1=Q 5. Qxe5+ Kc6 6. Kxh7 Qh3+ 7. Kg6 Qg4+ 8. Kf6 !</b><br /> and White wins.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Александр Андрианович Батурин</b> (25-12-1909 - 05-08-1981) Russian composer </span>(Alexandr Andryanovich Baturin)<br /> <br /> Alexandr Baturin was an editor for "<i>Шахматы в СССР</i>" (Shakhmat v SSSR) and composed mostly modern twomovers and strategic threemovers. He was an International Judge.<br /> He wrote a compilation of 577 problems by Leonid Kubbel in 1958 "<i>Избранные задачи Л. И. Куббеля</i>".<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Батурин, Александр Андрианович</b><br /> Magyar Sakkvilág, 1947<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=182450" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?K7/p2N2Pp/rp3Rpq/1PpNp3/1p1k2r1/3P4/2Pn1R1p/b1Q3nB" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">11 + 15</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8251212', 'displayText8251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rf6-d6 !</b> (2.Sd5-e3+ Kd4-c3, Kd4xe3 3.Se3-d1, Qc1xd2#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Ba1-c3 2.Sd5-f6+ Kd4-e3 3.Sf6xg4# <br /> 1...Sg1-f3 2.Sd5-f4+ Kd4-c3, Kd4-e3 3.Sf4-e2, Rf2xf3#<br /> 1...Sd2-e4 2.Sd7-f8 (3.Sf8-e6#) 2...Se4-g5/g6-g5 3.Qc1-e3# <br /> 1...Sd2-c4 2.Sd7-b8 (3.Sb8-c6#) 2...Sc4-a5 3.Qc1xa1# <br /> 1...b4-b3 2.c2-c3+ Ba1xc3, Kd4xd3 3.Qc1xc3,Sd7xe5# <br /> 1...g6-g5 2.Qc1xd2 (3.Sd5-f6/Qd2-e3#)</blockquote><a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Siers">Siers battery</a>.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kauko Virtanen</b> (25-12-1931 - 24-07-2023) Finnish composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDUXJwmBT1KrdVXFXrR0r2Ty6JPv3QUcjhneuxK_g4-1wET8TXRrNcfAnXnxqg8CFBbCWaO0iYkGbuv-vFrVY2tJl9nTMXX9Sn8LpmFf-UR66sLa03yKejdyFifZfxYt9UFqLlmvfxjE/s1600/25.12+Kauko+Virtanen.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDUXJwmBT1KrdVXFXrR0r2Ty6JPv3QUcjhneuxK_g4-1wET8TXRrNcfAnXnxqg8CFBbCWaO0iYkGbuv-vFrVY2tJl9nTMXX9Sn8LpmFf-UR66sLa03yKejdyFifZfxYt9UFqLlmvfxjE/s1600/25.12+Kauko+Virtanen.JPG" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kauko Virtanen, 2002<br /> [<a href="http://www.saunalahti.fi/%7Estniekat/st/mest.htm">Finnish Chess Problem Society</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Kauko Virtanen was an International Judge who composed direct mates and helpmates.<br /> He also held a popular chess problem column in Suomen Kuvalehti between 1976 and 1979. The columns were later published in a book:<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoaNDqZsF21bHzgXghirs0VJxyKk-j1Q5lBuA9tfCSpEoLjaw0PtAWhnTmvgLEL43nFnmXn7LHX16GZYtCgTShQFrF6jlC-LLfmk3rhdI2T0_uPPxZfoGIcviMux1Gkar8VEH7uKHwTY/s1600/25.12+Virtanen.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoaNDqZsF21bHzgXghirs0VJxyKk-j1Q5lBuA9tfCSpEoLjaw0PtAWhnTmvgLEL43nFnmXn7LHX16GZYtCgTShQFrF6jlC-LLfmk3rhdI2T0_uPPxZfoGIcviMux1Gkar8VEH7uKHwTY/s1600/25.12+Virtanen.JPG" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kauko Virtanen's book:<br /> <a href="http://www.sci.fi/~stniekat/st/ratsup.htm">Musta ratsupyörä<br /> Suomen Kuvalehden shakkipalstat vuosina 1976-1979</a></td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Virtanen, Kauko</b><br /> 1<sup>st</sup> WCCT, 1972<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Place, 1972-1975<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=60949" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?b7/3p1Np1/3p3p/p2nPnp1/q1BkN3/p7/2r1r3/K7" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">8 solutions</td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 14</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9251212', 'displayText9251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText9251212" style="display: none;">1.Sd5-b4 Se4-d2 2.Kd4-c3 Sf7xd6 3.Sf5-d4 Sd2-b1# <br /> 1.Sd5-c3 Se4-f2 2.Kd4-c5 Sf7xd6 3.Kc5-b4 Sf2-d3# <br /> 1.Sd5-e3 Bc4-d5 2.Kd4-d3 e5xd6 3.Sf5-d4 Sf7-e5# <br /> 1.Sd5-f4 Sf7xh6 2.Kd4xe5 Se4-g3 3.Sf5-d4 Sh6-g4# <br /> 1.Sd5-f6 Sf7-h8 2.Kd4xe5 Se4-g3 3.Sf5-d4 Sh8-g6# <br /> 1.Sd5-e7 Sf7-h8 2.Kd4xe5 Se4-f2 3.Ke5-f6 Sf2-g4# <br /> 1.Sd5-c7 Se4-c3 2.Kd4-c5 Sc3xa4+ 3.Kc5-c6 Sf7-d8# <br /> 1.Sd5-b6 Se4xg5 2.Kd4-c5 Sg5-e6+ 3.Kc5-c6 Sf7-d8#<br /> An amazing task - 8 solutions finishing with a mate by a White Knight and black Knight's wheel on the first move.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Volodea Vaisman</b> (25-12-1937) Romanian-French composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfMPa-VwjDok5OC6bXISpBZBkPbNKR-8szDBv7U26O-63NJ1O6HaXfqHdgqVnf6bO3bde0ScHKWd9cfnMz-fYMabSKTIItBeGhaELPYmXSM17WFE02vl7d2v3UfkXH372Vo5XA5vnUwU/s1600/25.12+volodia_vaisman2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfMPa-VwjDok5OC6bXISpBZBkPbNKR-8szDBv7U26O-63NJ1O6HaXfqHdgqVnf6bO3bde0ScHKWd9cfnMz-fYMabSKTIItBeGhaELPYmXSM17WFE02vl7d2v3UfkXH372Vo5XA5vnUwU/s1600/25.12+volodia_vaisman2.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Volodea Vaisman<br /> [<a href="http://iulianceausescu.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/opinia-lui-volodia-vaisman-asupra-neparticiparii-echipei-masculine-la-olimpiada/">IulianCeausescu</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Volodea Vaisman is o.t.b. IM, trainer and maybe he has forgotten that he once composed this threemover:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Vaisman, Volodea</b><br /> problem (Zagreb) 1960 (1555)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=186762" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3N4/nr2p2Q/2pPp2p/Rp1kP1p1/NP2R1p1/Pb6/2P3K1/b6B" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">12 + 12</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText10251212', 'displayText10251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText10251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText10251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qh7-g6 !</b> (2.Sa4-c5 ~ 3.Qg6xe6#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Ba1-d4 2.Kg2-f1 (3.Qg6xe6#) 2...Bb3-c4+ 3.Re4-e2# <br /> 1...Bb3-c4 2.Kg2-g1 (3.Qg6xe6#) 2...Ba1-d4+ 3.Re4-e3# <br /> 1...e7xd6 2.Kg2-g3 (3.Qg6xe6#) 2...Ba1xe5+, Rb7-e7 3.Re4-f4, Sa4-b6#</blockquote>Dual avoidance: the destination of the white King depends on Black's selfblock.<br /> Secondary variation: 1...Ba1xe5 2.Re4-d4+ Kd5xd4, Be5xd4 3.Qg6-d3, Qg6xe6#&nbsp; <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Unto Heinonen</b> (25-12-1946 - 17-09-2022) Finnish composer and Grandmaster</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg299wTcjGQ-XHCqmkuM944BsJqzk8ihkIwQ0a_6DH-aae4vfAXt4ZHsZKgTPglJBiKjYrxHouJupJWOiIOrERQtSldBTPrC72jZcSqUZfwEBkioi4cQuV_H0nBDYvbprcAzYTl-9qeF4Y/s1600/25.12+U_Heinonen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg299wTcjGQ-XHCqmkuM944BsJqzk8ihkIwQ0a_6DH-aae4vfAXt4ZHsZKgTPglJBiKjYrxHouJupJWOiIOrERQtSldBTPrC72jZcSqUZfwEBkioi4cQuV_H0nBDYvbprcAzYTl-9qeF4Y/s1600/25.12+U_Heinonen.jpg" /></a><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Unto Heinonen<br /> [© Hannu Harkola] </span></td></tr><br /> </div><br /> Unto Heinonen "<i>composed everything</i>", as <a href="http://www.jurajlorinc.com/chess/xheinon.htm">Juraj Lörinc put it on his website</a>, where he shows 5 fairy problems by the Finnish composer. He was also a remarkable Proof Games composer.<br /> His article about the Ceriani-Frolkin theme can be <a href="https://problemskak.dk/td100-uh.php">read on Problemskak</a>.<br /> On <a href="https://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/P1176932">PDB</a> you can discover his sh=42 with Rex Solus beating the record established by <a href="https://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/P0501022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Zdravko Maslar in Problem, 1958</a> (sh=34).<br /> A selection of 11 of his problems by Paul Raican was published in <a href="https://quartz.chessproblems.ca/pdf/55/Quartz55.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Quartz 55 (p.926-928)</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Heinonen, Unto</b><br /> Die Schwalbe, 1989<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=306090" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3K4/1p2P2r/2ppbp1n/1q1kp3/r4b2/2pppn2/8/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">4 solutions</td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">2 + 16</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText11251212', 'displayText11251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText11251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText11251212" style="display: none;"><blockquote class="tr_bq">1.Kd5-e4 e7-e8=S 2.Be6-d5 Kd8-c8 3.Ra4-d4 Se8xd6# <br /> 1.Kd5-c4 e7-e8=Q 2.Qb5-d5 Qe8-d7 3.c6-c5 Qd7xa4# <br /> 1.c6-c5 e7-e8=R 2.Kd5-c6 Re8-e7 3.d6-d5 Re7xe6# <br /> 1.Be6-f7 e7-e8=B 2.Kd5-e6 Be8xc6 3.Qb5-d5 Bc6-d7#</blockquote>White <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#AUW">Allumwandlung</a> combined with the black King's star.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Heinonen, Unto</b><br /> Springaren, 1999<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=195601" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2R2B1r/3P1kNp/1p5P/b6R/1r3P2/3B1p2/1p2pN2/4K3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top"><a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/enonce.html#r">r#</a>2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">10 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText12251212', 'displayText12251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText12251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText12251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rc8-e8 !</b> (2.Bf8xb4 Ba5xb4#) <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq">1...b2-b1=Q/R+ 2.Bd3xb1 Rb4xb1#<br /> 1...Kf7-g8 2.Re8-e7 Rb4-b5# <br /> 1...Rh8xf8 2.~ Rb4-b5#</blockquote></div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Heinonen, Unto</b><br /> harmonie, 1991<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=298417" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4k3/7(R3)/8/8/8/4p3/1p6/3(R3)K3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">2 solutions<br /> <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/condus.html#Circe">Circe</a><br /> h7, d1: <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/pieces.html#Pao">Pao </a> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> The Pao is a chinese piece: moves like a Rook, captures like a Rook over a hurdle.<br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText13251212', 'displayText13251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText13251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText13251212" style="display: none;">1.b1=B PAd2 2.exd2(PAd8)+ Kxd2(pd7) 3.Be4 PAa8 4.Bb7 PAxb7(Bc8)# <br /> 1.e2 PAa1 2.bxa1=B(PAa8) Kxe2(pe7) 3.Bh8 PAg7 4.Kd8 PAxh8(Bf8)#<br /> Chameleon echo mates after specific Circe play.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Александр Н. Буянов</b> (25-12-1958) Russian composer</span> (Alexander Buyanov)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPsRXEVNHgYczYIULxPDE1020GzOmC6RlWdYbfkNbBTsw-C18Sa7jdNW5XLlOMckiU-Z7L7Vk0GOJvtM9Kf4tcQh4afuEe5R93tqpBNPrnV3GUTXsbnO8jtKUSNPWGQnQP-OA3g2LoJc/s1600/25.12+Buyanov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPsRXEVNHgYczYIULxPDE1020GzOmC6RlWdYbfkNbBTsw-C18Sa7jdNW5XLlOMckiU-Z7L7Vk0GOJvtM9Kf4tcQh4afuEe5R93tqpBNPrnV3GUTXsbnO8jtKUSNPWGQnQP-OA3g2LoJc/s320/25.12+Buyanov.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexander Buyanov<br /> [Facebook profile]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Alexander Buyanov composed few direct mate problems.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Буянов, Александр Н.</b><br /> МК Д.Банный-65, Шахматная композиция 1997 (20/)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=346724" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2n5/B2K4/1b6/1rNkpN2/5nR1/2RB4/8/1b6" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2*</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText14251212', 'displayText14251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText14251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText14251212" style="display: none;">Set play:<br /> 1... Bd8 <b>a</b> 2. Bc4# <b>A</b><br /> 1... Sh5 <b>b</b> 2. Se3# <b>B</b><br /> <b>1. Se4!</b> (2. Sf6#)<br /> 1... Bd8 <b>a</b> 2. Se3# <b>B</b><br /> 1... Sh5 <b>b</b> 2. Bc4# <b>A</b><br /> Reciprocally exchanged mates, <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Somov">Somov</a>.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Андрей Н. Журавлёв</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> (25-12-1963) Russian composer and FIDE Master</span> (Andrey N. Zhuravlev)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvEROU6F1UJ6Ai1utmS9hZUd9-Aa7uw7AEfcBHzJUszp9jqz8sXiA8c-VRoiV7Z9S1NicPUtT94akFAsYXXPS1YBiyGf7GQgnM_GnTw65KHUp68FF6Q_BTgwixVQGN3sEdPVH44TVG68/s1600/25.12+Andrey_Zhuravlev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvEROU6F1UJ6Ai1utmS9hZUd9-Aa7uw7AEfcBHzJUszp9jqz8sXiA8c-VRoiV7Z9S1NicPUtT94akFAsYXXPS1YBiyGf7GQgnM_GnTw65KHUp68FF6Q_BTgwixVQGN3sEdPVH44TVG68/s1600/25.12+Andrey_Zhuravlev.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrey Zhuravlev<br /> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%B2,_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87">Wikipedia</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Andrey Zhuravlev has composed more than 300 twomovers, threemovers, moremovers and helpmates. Three of his problems are presented on his <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%B2,_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87">Wikipedia webpage</a>.<br /> He is also a chess trainer, master of sports and was champion of Russia in 2015.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Журавлёв, Андрей Николаевич</b><br /> U.S. Problem Bulletin, 1994 (/3150)<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=29125" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2nR3B/3r4/4P1p1/p1PN4/2b1k1B1/r2Np1P1/P3R1n1/1Q3K2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">12 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText15251212', 'displayText15251212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText15251212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText15251212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ba1? </b>(2.Sf6#(A)) <br /> <blockquote>1...Rf7+(a) 2.Sf2#(B) <br /> 1...Kxd5 2.Qb7#(C)<br /> [1...Bxd5/Rxd5 2.Sf2#]<br /> but 1...Rc3!</blockquote><b>1.Qb7!(C)</b> (2.Sf2#(B)) <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq">1...Rf7+(a) 2.Sf6#(A) <br /> 1...Kxd3 2.Qb1# <br /> 1...Bxd3/Rxd3 2.Sc3# </blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;">[1...Rg7 2.Sf6#(A)/Sc3# dual]</span><br /> Le Grand, pseudo Le Grand.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-25th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-9041445371632718572012年12月23日 19:56:00 +00002020年09月20日T04:38:05.548-07:00AfanasyevDecemberGiebelHildebrandLasker Em.MazelMilošeskiDecember 24th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Eduard Mazel</b> (24-12-1859 - 27-12-1943) Czech composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrpu2-YHEPxt8RGEmhLZ_8g9Acg5xPFDmqcSJmFPEmQULeeRcSpuNUtOWgYsCb4oTKATwEhUUqjcr9Pq-L-fNu_kkuH_D7j1H8tkYHY9NljnfqcXR522v3N9_MAQ6tG9RaNaoQds_snQ/s1600/24.12+Eduard+Mazel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrpu2-YHEPxt8RGEmhLZ_8g9Acg5xPFDmqcSJmFPEmQULeeRcSpuNUtOWgYsCb4oTKATwEhUUqjcr9Pq-L-fNu_kkuH_D7j1H8tkYHY9NljnfqcXR522v3N9_MAQ6tG9RaNaoQds_snQ/s320/24.12+Eduard+Mazel.JPG" width="268" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eduard Mazel<br /> [<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/CzechChessComposers.jpg">Wikimedia</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Eduard Mazel composed direct mates in the Bohemian style.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Mazel, Eduard</b><br /> Paleček, 1882 (38)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=115670" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1p6/1P1pN3/3N1p1p/P1k2p1P/Pp3Q2/n2p1pP1/1BnrbK2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">10 + 13</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1241212', 'displayText1241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1241212" style="display: none;"><b>1.g2-g3 !</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1...Sa2-~ 2.Qf3(x)c3+ Kc4xd5 3.Se6xf4/Se6-c7# <br /> 1...b3-b2 2.Qf3-d3+ Sc1xd3 3.Bb1xa2# <br /> 1...f4xg3 2.Qf3-c3+ Sa2xc3 3.Sd5-e3#</blockquote></div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Emanuel Lasker</b> (24-12-1868 - 11-01-1941) German composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-M9qx03NZM8XlyPZaGThHU4Bx2JE8sIrXsh5kC33XXv-vLiljV5_hgkbSojVj-wbI8PM9NNBX2Lr4F9owLvFfy0sPD9NLosPcKEt-PsPbDLMVDKrN8B6QQKOImTY_UO8A_pfjSRHqOgk/s1600/24.12+Emanuel_Lasker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-M9qx03NZM8XlyPZaGThHU4Bx2JE8sIrXsh5kC33XXv-vLiljV5_hgkbSojVj-wbI8PM9NNBX2Lr4F9owLvFfy0sPD9NLosPcKEt-PsPbDLMVDKrN8B6QQKOImTY_UO8A_pfjSRHqOgk/s320/24.12+Emanuel_Lasker.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emanuel Lasker<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker">Wikipedia</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Emanuel Lasker was a mathematician and also one of the very best chess players ever, World Champion for 27 years.<br /> He also played bridge and Go. He wrote many chess books (for instance "<i>Lasker's Manual of Chess</i>") and his "<i>Lasker's Chess Magazine</i>".<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Lasker, Emanuel</b><br /> Lasker's Chess Magazine, 1906<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=167463" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5b2/6n1/2bp1p2/7p/R2N1k2/5N2/5PQ1/K7" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2241212', 'displayText2241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2241212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Sh4!</b> (2.Sxc6#/Sg6#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Ke5/d5/Sf5/Se6/Bd5/Bb5/Bxa4 2.Sg6# <br /> 1...Be8 2.Sc6#<br /> 1...Be4 2.Qg3# <br /> 1...Bf3/Bxg2 2.Sdxf3# </blockquote><a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Fleck">Karlström-Fleck</a> theme.<br /> </div><br /> A didactic endgame showing how to win in this position:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Lasker, Emanuel</b><br /> Deutsches Wochenschach, 1890<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=281409" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?K7/2P4R/8/k7/8/8/2r4p/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3241212', 'displayText3241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3241212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Kb7 Rb2+ 2. Ka7 Rc2 3. Rh5+ Ka4 ! 4. Kb7 Rb2+ 5. Ka6 Rc2 6. Rh4+ Ka3 7. Kb6 Rb2+ 8. Ka5 Rc2 9. Rh3+ Ka2 10. Rxh2 ! </b>wins by pinning the black Rook.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Геoргій Вaсільевіч Aфaнaсьеў</b> (24-12-1909 - 26-03-1971) Belarusian composer</span> (Georgyi Vasilyevich Afanasyev)<br /> <br /> Let's quote <a href="http://www.arves.org/arves/images/PDF/EG_PDF/eg26.pdf">his obituary from "<i>EG 26</i>"</a>, October 1971 (page 14) from materials provided by Evgeny Dvizov (or in German <a href="https://deacademic.com/dic.nsf/dewiki/2376987">here</a> as mentioned by Peter Krug): <br /> "<i>Georgy Afanasiev published his first study in 1927 in the magazine "<i>64</i>" . During 45 years of composing activity he published about 110 studies, of which 60 were in collaboration with E.I. Dvizov from about 1965 onwards.</i>"<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Афaнaсьеў, Геoргій Вaсільевіч</b><br /> Советский воин 1950<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=276710" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3k4/N1b3K1/4P3/3rp3/8/6N1/8/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4241212', 'displayText4241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4241212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Sc6+ Ke8 2. Sh5 Bd8 3. Kg8 Rd7 4. e7 !</b> <br /> {<a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Novotny">Novotny</a>} <br /> <b>4...Rxe7 </b><br /> {4... Bxe7 5. Sg7#} <br /> <b>5. Sf6#</b><br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alexander Hildebrand</b> (24-12-1921 - 03-08-2005) Swedish composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rMLbu6eyPiHFbuIErVy49maVkvtIq61j9OeY8ZPTPlH47jpYTUsB-neO6gEC3ZsGlYgXW1hmjVePtHLG2dPkWaW7QvS1ENfIpXP4GiUHS6WmBsjsCZM2ecAVcD_LpR8sa3fE-H99KM8/s1600/24.12+Hildebrand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rMLbu6eyPiHFbuIErVy49maVkvtIq61j9OeY8ZPTPlH47jpYTUsB-neO6gEC3ZsGlYgXW1hmjVePtHLG2dPkWaW7QvS1ENfIpXP4GiUHS6WmBsjsCZM2ecAVcD_LpR8sa3fE-H99KM8/s1600/24.12+Hildebrand.jpg" width="204" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexander Hildebrand<br /> [© Hannu Harkola]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hildebrand">Alexander Hildebrand</a> was born in Estonia and became Swedish in 1944. He was an International Judge. He collected chess-themed stamps.<br /> He composed endgame studies and problems. He was the editor of the studies column of "<i>Tidskrift för Schack</i>" and of "<i>Stella Polaris</i>".<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Hildebrand, Alexander</b><br /> Червоний гірник 1983<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=287617" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/k1P1P3/4r3/b1K5/8/8/3RN3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5241212', 'displayText5241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5241212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Sd3 Rxe6</b> <br /> {1... Bxd1 2. Sxe5 Kb6 3. Kd5 Kc7 4. e7 Bh5 5. Ke6 Be8 6. Kf5 Kd6 7. Kf6 +-} <br /> <b>2. Sc5+ Ka5 3. Rb1! Rxc6 4. Rb8 Rc7 5. Ra8+ Kb6 6. Ra6#</b><br /> White sacrifices the two advanced pawns to obtain an attack on the ill-placed black King.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Hildebrand, Alexander</b><br /> Springaren, 1955<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=195692" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3Q3B/k3pP1R/P4P1p/3P3R/4p3/4p3/p1B1P3/rb2K3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">11 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6241212', 'displayText6241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6241212" style="display: none;"><b>1. d6! </b><br /> <blockquote>1... exf6 2. f8=R+ Kxa6 3. Rxf6 Bxc2# <br /> 1... exd6 2. f8=B+ Kxa6 3. Bxd6 Bxc2# <br /> 1... e6 2. f8=S+ Kxa6 3. Sxe6 Bxc2# <br /> 1... e5 2. f8=Q+ Kxa6 3. Qe8 Bxc2# <br /> (1... Kxa6 2. Ra5+ Kb7 3. Bxe4 Bxe4#)</blockquote>Conjugated <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Pickaninny">Pickaninny</a> and <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#AUW">Allumwandlung</a> with battery play.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gerd Giebel</b> (24-12-1933 - 26-05-2004) Brazilian composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCOuS_cdv-y1GXTMktVFL_gqnnvukSF0u8Rb0JiwXSYcfh-_dsu685VwXRX1E-L8VY_WmW0W79L3CzbzRP_CRdG5Js2yQQFSiNfrk0bPpOraI-2H8oAWkndaI07K-abmin5QavdTBxbM/s1600/24.12+gerd+giebel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCOuS_cdv-y1GXTMktVFL_gqnnvukSF0u8Rb0JiwXSYcfh-_dsu685VwXRX1E-L8VY_WmW0W79L3CzbzRP_CRdG5Js2yQQFSiNfrk0bPpOraI-2H8oAWkndaI07K-abmin5QavdTBxbM/s1600/24.12+gerd+giebel.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gerd Giebel<br /> [<a href="http://www.oproblemista.com.br/giebel.htm">oproblemista</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Gerd Giebel composed direct mates. He was the captain of the Brazilian composing team for the WCCT and translated chess works from German to Brazilian Portuguese. More details about him can be found on <a href="http://www.oproblemista.com.br/giebel.htm">oproblemista</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Giebel, Gerd</b><br /> Mirador, Sep 2004 (i024)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=255411" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?k7/8/1Kp5/2P5/1p6/1p1Ppp1p/pP4pB/QR1R4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7241212', 'displayText7241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7241212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Rg1</b> ZZ <br /> 1... f2 2. Rbf1 e2 3. Qe1 and mate at the next move in a very peculiar Zugzwang position.<br /> (1... e2 2. Rbe1 f2 3. Rxe2)<br /> Nice line clearances by the Rooks and Queen.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Boško Milošeski</b> (24-12-1945) Macedonian composer and FIDE Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9W_M3mESjV-pei3PVzG0wkM5mWrDNyRaeIRW8QP4-jyj2b4_Ff8hv6jtAofuGMo-UTrNcDOJ8gv1vIZGCHoXOSdCavNOwXDeHZ0FCUyabYUYIets3xgGbOCzbntZHsc_cQgVa75Qm48/s1600/24.12+BoskoMiloseski.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9W_M3mESjV-pei3PVzG0wkM5mWrDNyRaeIRW8QP4-jyj2b4_Ff8hv6jtAofuGMo-UTrNcDOJ8gv1vIZGCHoXOSdCavNOwXDeHZ0FCUyabYUYIets3xgGbOCzbntZHsc_cQgVa75Qm48/s320/24.12+BoskoMiloseski.JPG" width="243" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boško Milošeski</td></tr> </tbody></table>Boško Milošeski composes in all genres and until now has published more than 1250 problems. He is an International Judge and, since <a href="http://www.wfcc.ch/meetings/decisions2013/">Batumi 2013 WCCC</a>, FIDE Master for Chess Composition.<br /> <br /> Here are two of his recent successes at the Olympic tourneys 2008 and 2012:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Milošeski, Boško</b><br /> Dresden Olympic Tourney, 2008<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=348319" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?rn5k/1RpppK2/8/b7/8/5p2/3p1p2/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#7</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">2 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8241212', 'displayText8241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8241212" style="display: none;">This is a logical problem with thematic try:<br /> 1.Rb1? (2.Rh1#) d1=Q 2.Rxd1 Be1 3.Rd5 Ra5! doesn't work because the black Rook can defend.<br /> <b>1.Rb5! </b>(2.Rh5#) c5 2.Rxc5? avoiding the first rank fails too: 2... d5! 3.Rxd5 e5! 4.Rxe5 Ra7+! (that black Rook is a pest).<br /> <b>1.Rb5!(2.Rh5#) c5 2.Rb1!! (3.Rh1#)</b><br /> After the obstruction of the 5th rank is made, White returns to the initial plan.<br /> <b>2...d1=Q 3.Rxd1 Be1 4.Rd5 (5.Rh5#) e5 5.Rxe5 </b><br /> The black Rook can not intervene: the 5th rank is closed and the 7th rank as well.<br /> <b>5...Bd2 6.Rh5+ Bh6 7.Rxh6#</b><br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Milošeski, Boško</b><br /> London Olympic Tourney, 2012<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=348320" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/6P1/8/2PB4/R1R5/1K2p1p1/1ppppprp/1kqbrnbn" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#13</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 16</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9241212', 'displayText9241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText9241212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ka3! Ka1 2.Kb4+ Kb1 3.Ra2! Kxa2 4.Rc3+ Ka1 5.Ra3+ Kb1 6.Ba2+ Ka1 7.Bb1+! Kxb1 8.Ra2! Kxa2 9.g8Q+! Ka1 10.Qa8+ Kb1 11.Ka3 Ka1 12.Kb3+ Kb1 13.Qa2#</b><br /> Comments by judge Jorg Kuhlmann:<br /> <i>Three thematic sacrifices on a2, two of them quiet, plus a ‘similar’ mating move to a2 with six white pieces are a wonderful performance. 3.Ra2, 6.Ba2+ (after 4.Rc3+) and 8.Ra2 keep Black busy and show clearances for Qa8-a2 and Qg8-a2 plus a line-opening for Bd5-a2.</i><br /> </div><br /> A study and a fairy problem show that Boško Milošeski can readily compose in many genres:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Milošeski, Boško</b><br /> WCCT 2, 1981<br /> 17<sup>th</sup> Place<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=285935" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?7k/4r2b/4PPP1/8/7K/8/8/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText10241212', 'displayText10241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText10241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText10241212" style="display: none;"><b>1. f7 Rxf7</b> <br /> {1... Kg7 2. gxh7 Rxf7 3. exf7 +-} <br /> <b>2. exf7 Bg8 3. f8=R!</b><br /> {3. f8=Q ? stalemate} <br /> <b>3... Kg7 4. Re8 </b><br /> {4. Rd8 ? Kh6 5. Rd6 (5. Kg4 Be6+) 5... Bb3 6. Kg4 Bc2 wins the pawn and draws} <br /> <b>4... Kh6 </b><br /> <b>{4... Bb3 5. Kg5 +-} <br /> 5. Kg4 Bb3 6. Kf5 Bc2+ 7. Kf6</b> +-<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Milošeski, Boško</b><br /> 5<sup>th</sup> WCCT, 1<sup>st</sup> Mar 1995<br /> 6<sup>th</sup> Place, 1993-1996<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=306838" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/rPK1p1b1/R3PB1P/5pP1/1p6/8/nq6/kn3Rr1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">3 solutions<br /> <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/condus.html#Andernach">AndernachChess</a><br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/condus.html#Andernach">Andernach Chess</a>: <br /> On making a capture, a unit (except a King) changes colour (more exactly, it takes the colour of the opposite side: a neutral piece moved by White becomes black...).<br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText11241212', 'displayText11241212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText11241212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText11241212" style="display: none;">1.Rxg5(bR) Rxb1(bR) 2.Rh1 Rg1# <br /> 1.Bxh6(wB) Bxb2(bB) 2.Bh8 Bg7# <br /> 1.Rxb7(wR) Rxa2(bR) 2.Ra8 Ra7# <br /> Specific Andernach manoeuvres and pin mates.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-24th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-21344098506516247312012年12月22日 21:19:00 +00002021年11月14日T07:16:15.114-08:00DecemberHenriksenLindnerRimkusTeichmannDecember 23rd<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Richard Teichmann</b> (23-12-1868 - 12-06-1925) German composer</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ppPdDZ7r7Dewgyr9FmnZlNqXN1dwu77UF62VwWQR5Ivd-Loh9QgUpYMOrfAjiaugVyMbJcTi6As0w0zmHR0p9SJJ7tuEvaxetq2xxTE7NJebfKaqMG-EoP3zFJZi6xubpzUCVK3v69Q/s1600/23.12+Richard_Teichmann_%2528circa_1900-1910%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ppPdDZ7r7Dewgyr9FmnZlNqXN1dwu77UF62VwWQR5Ivd-Loh9QgUpYMOrfAjiaugVyMbJcTi6As0w0zmHR0p9SJJ7tuEvaxetq2xxTE7NJebfKaqMG-EoP3zFJZi6xubpzUCVK3v69Q/s320/23.12+Richard_Teichmann_%2528circa_1900-1910%2529.jpg" /></a><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> Richard Teichmann<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Teichmann">Wikipedia</a>] </span></td></tr><br /> </div><br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Teichmann">Richard Teichmann</a> was a strong player at the beginning of the 20th century. <br /> <a href="http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter17.html#4057._Quiz_question">Edward Winter notices</a> that his birthday was erroneously given as December 24th, but was corrected in various obituaries published in Germany, for example "Deutsches Wochenschach" 21 June 1925.<br /> He also composed direct mates, sometimes in collaboration with <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-24th.html">Emanuel Lasker</a> or with <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.ro/2012/03/march-5th.html">Maximilian Feigl</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Teichmann, Richard</strong><br /> Reprodukce, 1908<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=122657"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3K2b1/1Npp4/8/PP1k4/P5Pn/P4pb1/1B3n1r/1B3Q2"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">10 + 9</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6231212', 'displayText6231212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6231212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6231212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qf1-c1 !</b> (2.Bb1-a2+ Kd5-e4 3.Sb7-c5#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Sf2-d3 2.Qc1-c4+ Kd5xc4 3.Bb1-a2# <br /> 1...Kd5-e6 2.Qc1-c6+ Ke6-f7 3.Qc6-f6# or 2...d7-d6/d7xc6 3.Bb1-a2#<br /> Two wQ sacrifices.<br /> 1...Sf2xg4 2.Qc1-d1+ Rh2-d2 3.Qd1-b3# or 2...Kd5-e6 3.Qd1xd7# <br /> 1...Bg3-d6 2.Qc1-g5+ Sh4-f5/Kd5-e6/Kd5-c4/Bd6-e5 3.Qg5xg8# <br /> (1...d7-d6 2.Qc1-c6+ Kd5-e6 3.Bb1-a2#)<br /> Many variations, in the then fashionable style.</blockquote></div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thorleif Cammillo Henriksen</b> (23-12-1881 - 03-02-1944) Norwegian composer</span><br /> <br /> Thorleif Henriksen composed direct movers and studies. He was a Good Companion composer.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Henriksen, Thorleif Cammillo</b><br /> The Brisbane Courier, 6<sup>th</sup> Dec 1919 (2140)<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=10285" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?b5r1/2pN4/5N1B/K1Q1P1q1/2p2kP1/p1n1n3/4P2P/6rB" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">10 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1231212', 'displayText1231212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1231212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1231212" style="display: none;"><b>1.e6!</b> (2.Qe5#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Scd5 2.Qd4# <br /> 1...Bd5 2.Qxc7# <br /> 1...Sed5 2.Qf2#<br /> Three indirect unpinnings are followed by three different mates by the wQ.<br /> Secondary variation: 1...Sxg4 2.Sh5#</blockquote></div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Henriksen, Thorleif Cammillo</b><br /> De Maasbode, 1916<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=47840" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2B4n/rp4Qp/1p4n1/pK2N3/3pkp2/2R5/3pp3/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 12</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2231212', 'displayText2231212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2231212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2231212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Se5-g4 !</b> (2.Qg7-e5+ Sg6xe5 3.Sg4-f6#) <br /> <blockquote>1...d4-d3 2.Rc3xd3 (3.Qg7-d4/Sg4-f2#) 2...Ke4xd3 3.Bc8-f5#<br /> 1...d4xc3 2.Qg7xc3 (3.Sg4-f6#) 2...Ke4-d5, f4-f3 3.Qc3-d3, Qc3-c4# <br /> 1...f4-f3 2.Qg7-c7 (3.Sg4-f6#) 2...d4-d3/d4xc3 3.Qc7-c4# or 2...Sg6-e5 3.Qc7xe5#<br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1...Ke4-d5 2.Qg7-d7+ Kd5-e4 3.Qd7-f5# (2.Rc3-d3 dual)</span><br /> Model mates.</blockquote></div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Henriksen, Thorleif Cammillo</b><br /> Svenska Dagbladet, 1929<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=293888" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/8/8/2b2N2/2k1p1BR/3p3K/7n" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">=</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 5</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3231212', 'displayText3231212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3231212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3231212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Be1! dxe1=Q</b> <br /> {1... dxe1=R!? 2. Sg2 Sf2 3. Rxe3+ = }<br /> {1... Kc2 2. Rxe3 d1=Q 3. Kxh1 =} <br /> <b>{1... Kd4 2. Bxd2 exd2 3. Rh8 and 4.Rd8 will win the Q back} <br /> 2. Rxe3+ Qxe3 3. Sd5+ Bxd5 </b>stalemate.<br /> The short and effectful solution is interesting also by its side variants.<br /> </div><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>László Lindner</b> (23-12-1916 - 21-08-2004) Hungarian composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKxVyUjnGudTobVGW2ymk8BJRtIf9zpgeWcedtfa36drzAjwkUOnwLwhOpvwrSbvOyYD9Afu9Z7jCJoQFvevHhN5OvwpzcRU5SnFf7LSLeO32HLcrJdlgdCrvqXFqgm-qA5HXJZUhrkI/s1600/23.12+LindnerLaszlo1999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKxVyUjnGudTobVGW2ymk8BJRtIf9zpgeWcedtfa36drzAjwkUOnwLwhOpvwrSbvOyYD9Afu9Z7jCJoQFvevHhN5OvwpzcRU5SnFf7LSLeO32HLcrJdlgdCrvqXFqgm-qA5HXJZUhrkI/s1600/23.12+LindnerLaszlo1999.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">László Lindner, 1999<br /> [<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Lindner">Wikipedia</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> László Lindner was a great specialist of helpmates but also composed in other genres. He initiated the sub-commission for computer matters of the PCCC (now WFCC) - more about his chess computer activities on <a href="http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3+Lindner">ChessProgramming Wiki</a>.<br /> He was an International Judge. <br /> <br /> He wrote many books about chess composition, such as "<i>Mattbilder eines Lebens</i>" (2nd version Zoltan Laborczi 2002) which can be <a href="http://www.magyarsakkszerzok.hu/lindner_laborczi.pdf">read here</a> or "<i><a href="http://www.nightrider-unlimited.de/angebot/aeltitel/lindner.htm">Mattbilder eines lebens Schachliche Selbstbiographie in drei Sätzen nicht nur für Könner - 66 Jahre Schachkomposition</a></i>". <br /> More about him on <a href="http://www.magyarsakkszerzok.hu/lindner_l.htm">magyarsakkszerzok</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Lindner, László</b><br /> Themes 64, 1984<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=44144" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/QKp1Rp2/1pn5/brpbN3/3k4/1q2rP2/3p3B/4n3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 13</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4231212', 'displayText4231212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4231212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4231212" style="display: none;">1.Ba5-c3 Qa7-a4+ 2.Bd5-c4 Re7-d7# <br /> 1.Ba5-b4 Qa7-a1 + 2.Re3-c3 Bh2-g1#<br /> Self pins, pin mates, exchange of functions wR/wB.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Lindner, László</b><br /> diagrammes, 1980<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=45113" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1b6/1r3rq1/3n1Nn1/8/1R6/4PkP1/1K2b1p1/3N4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2 2 solutions</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">b) wSd1-&gt;h1<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5231212', 'displayText5231212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5231212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5231212" style="display: none;">a) <br /> 1.Sg6-e5 Sf6-e4 2.Qg7xg3 Se4-d2# <br /> 1.Rb7-e7 Rb4-b3 2.Re7xe3 Rb3xe3# <br /> b) <br /> 1.Qg7-h6 Sf6-g4 2.Qh6xe3 Sg4-h2#<br /> 1.Sd6-b5 Rb4-g4 2.Bb8xg3 Rg4xg3# <br /> Two pairs of similar solutions (selfblock by bQ and mate by wS vs capture of wP and mate by wR)<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mečislovas Rimkus</b> (23-12-1942 - 08-02-2019) Lithuanian composer</span><br /> <br /> Mečislovas Rimkus composed in almost all genres but mainly helpmate moremovers.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Rimkus, Mečislovas</b><br /> Probleemblad, 1976<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=300596" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/r7/2Kb3r/3Np3/4P1kP/3P1pp1/1q6" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">3.1.1...<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7231212', 'displayText7231212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7231212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7231212" style="display: none;">1. Rg6 Se6 2. Kf3 Kd6 3. Rg3 Sd4# <br /> 1. Rg5 Sf5 2. Kf3 Kxd5 3. Rg3 Sd4# <br /> 1. Qb8 Sb5 2. Kf3 Kb4 3. Qg3 Sd4#<br /> The wS shields the wK so that he can play a tempo move, while the black piece manoeuvres in two moves to g3. An interesting problem, in spite of the repeated 2nd black move.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-23rd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-77714031834888293412012年12月21日 21:31:00 +00002025年01月08日T04:48:53.201-08:00ChekhoverDecemberIglésiasKrummKrätschmerLincolnPrzepiórkaRuthTavarianiDecember 22nd<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dawid Przepiórka</b> (22-12-1880 - <strike>27-08-1942</strike> 04-1940) Polish composer and FIDE Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHouVvliOBw2tgELBUo0gpfX0akYnd0HHCC6Nynz0QsG66Wd6yAbXQjmjQCHG7F8L1WzkUcKzkHcax2p3xqWnRlWfjP45DUUraY5kN2dy47-FwZbSjdF6UVEuW_6W7jzQlh7c-a2D2Ws/s1600/22.12+Dawid_przepiorka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHouVvliOBw2tgELBUo0gpfX0akYnd0HHCC6Nynz0QsG66Wd6yAbXQjmjQCHG7F8L1WzkUcKzkHcax2p3xqWnRlWfjP45DUUraY5kN2dy47-FwZbSjdF6UVEuW_6W7jzQlh7c-a2D2Ws/s320/22.12+Dawid_przepiorka.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dawid Przepiórka<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Przepi%C3%B3rka">Wikipedia</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Dawid Przepiórka was a chess player and composed mostly strategic moremovers. A compilation of his compositions was published by Henri Weenink in 1932 "<i>D. Przepiórka: a Master of Strategy</i>". <br /> He collaborated with the Polish magazine "<i>Swiat sachowy</i>" from 1926 to 1935.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Przepiórka, Dawid</b><br /> Teplitz-Schönauer Anzeiger, 1921<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=47792" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5n2/4prn1/4p3/p2p4/4P3/4N3/1Q2P1B1/K2Nk3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1221212', 'displayText1221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1221212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qb2-c2 !</b> (2.Qc2-d3 ~ 3.Se3-c2#) <br /> <blockquote>1...d5-d4 2.Se3-c4 (3.Qc2-d2#) <br /> 1...d5xe4 2.Bg2-f1 (3.Qc2-c3#) 2...Rf7xf1 3.Se3-g2# <br /> 1...Rf7-f3 2.e2xf3 (3.Qc2-f2#) <br /> 1...Sg7-f5 2.Se3-f1 (3.Qc2-d2#)<br /> 1...Rf7-f2 2.Sd1-b2 (3.Qc2-d1/Sb2-d3#)</blockquote>Precise variations show the perfect cooperation between the white pieces.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Виталий Александрович Чеховер</b> (22-12-1908 - 11-02-1965) Russian composer and International Master</span> (Vitaly Alexandrovich Chekhover)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xDoGVOLwRIRzDlZH4esM9eV3gkA5LdThIhvGuB9wBfU6Irhv84-jsbsahU8-BkTxme9ZFC1L5FY4stLUe-Sre6ptgrV2VHhzzPtQMvD4u9fTqYaSONToZmqUOYEvbNihjAu7FZKen60/s1600/22.12_Chekhover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xDoGVOLwRIRzDlZH4esM9eV3gkA5LdThIhvGuB9wBfU6Irhv84-jsbsahU8-BkTxme9ZFC1L5FY4stLUe-Sre6ptgrV2VHhzzPtQMvD4u9fTqYaSONToZmqUOYEvbNihjAu7FZKen60/s320/22.12_Chekhover.jpg" width="211" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vitaly Chekhover<br /> [<a href="http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/kakula/post144819835/">liveinternet.ru</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Chekhover">Vitaly Chekhover</a> was a pianist, a chess player and composer of endgame studies.<br /> He was an International Judge and wrote with Yuri Averbakh "<i>Comprehensive Chess Endings: Knight Endings</i>" and "<i>Comprehensive Chess Endings: Queen v. Rook/Minor Piece Endings</i>".<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Чеховер, Виталий Александрович</b><br /> Bulletin UdSSR-Championat, 1947<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=318443" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/5KR1/8/8/5P2/3pp3/2k5/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">=</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2221212', 'displayText2221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2221212" style="display: none;">Two tries:<br /> 1. Kg6? d2 2. Rd7 e2 <br /> 1. f5? d2 2. Rg2 Kd3 <br /> <b>1. Kf8!</b> and two variations:<br /> <blockquote>1...d2 2. Rd7 e2 3. Rxd2+ Kxd2 4. f5 e1=Q 5. f6 = <br /> 1...e2 2. Re7 Kc3 3. f5 d2 4. Rxe2 d1=Q 5. f6! Qxe2 6. f7 =</blockquote></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>რევაზ თავარიანი</b> (22-12-1922 - 06-11-1996) Georgian composer and FIDE Master</span> (Revas Tavariani)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLzF9y_TU4WrqzuFUIQApWZiLg8JrPMF6byXjLDxW2UfscE55SmOnVj2U3X7y9PZdLSEwnLvrx_bePXq7Hp1agLx8QsTll9vreTbkdm9op7jSd5pGjlyp8LwbJd5IuI7KIa4cGMIGWkE/s1600/22.12+tavariani.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLzF9y_TU4WrqzuFUIQApWZiLg8JrPMF6byXjLDxW2UfscE55SmOnVj2U3X7y9PZdLSEwnLvrx_bePXq7Hp1agLx8QsTll9vreTbkdm9op7jSd5pGjlyp8LwbJd5IuI7KIa4cGMIGWkE/s1600/22.12+tavariani.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Revas Tavariani<br /> [<a href="http://akobiachess.gol.ge/Geo_Composers.html">Akobia</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Revas Tavariani composed direct mates and endgame studies. He was an International Judge.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Tawariani, Rewas</b><br /> Lelo, 1958<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=104606" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2R1K3/1p1N1p2/3k4/8/2p2N2/4R3/b1rP4/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3221212', 'displayText3221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3221212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ke8-d8 !</b> (2.Sd7-f6 ~ 3.Sf6-e8#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Ba2-b3 2.Sd7-c5 ~ 3.Sc5xb7# <br /> 1...Rc2-c3 2.Sd7-e5 ~ 3.Se5xf7#</blockquote>Black self interferences. After 1...Rc3, 2...c3 is no longer possible. Similarly after 1...Bb3, 2...Rb2 no longer controls b7.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Tawariani, Rewas</b><br /> Chavchavadze MT, 1987<br /> Special Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=275009" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/2K5/3p2p1/5p2/8/4p1P1/3B1kP1/5B2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 5</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4221212', 'displayText4221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4221212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Bxe3+ </b><br /> {1. Bc1 ? Kxf1 2. Bxe3 Kxg2 3. Bf4 g5 =} <br /> <b>1... Kxf1 </b><br /> {1... Kxe3 2. Bc4 Kf2 (2... Kd4 3. Bf7) 3. Bd5 Kxg3 4. Kxd6 g5 5. Ke5 f4 6. Bf3 g4 7. Ke4 gxf3 8. gxf3 +-} <br /> <b>2. Kxd6 Kxg2 3. Bf4 Kf3 4. Ke5 Kg4 5. Kf6 g5</b> <br /> {5... Kh5 6. Be5 +-} <br /> <b>6. Ke5! gxf4 7. gxf4</b> +- <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Emiliano F. Ruth</b> (22-12-1922 - 01-02-2009) Argentinian composer</span><br /> <br /> Emiliano Ruth composes fairy problems.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Ruth, Emiliano F.</b><br /> The British Chess Magazine, 1972<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=298432" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5NR1/Ppp2pp1/b1Pk1P1q/1P1P2PN/3K4/1pn3p1/2p3Qb/1B3nB1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top"><a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/enonce.html#sh">ser-h</a>=27</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">13 + 13</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> Series-help-stalemate in 27 moves.<br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5221212', 'displayText5221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5221212" style="display: none;">1.c1=B 2.Bb2 3.Ba1 4.b2 5.Sa4 6.Sb6 7.Sa8 8.b6 9.Bc8 10.Bh3 11.Bxg2 12.Bh1 13.g2 14.Sg3 15.Sxh5 16.Sf4 17.Sg6 18.Sh8 19.g6 20.Qxf8 21.Qe8 22.Qxc6 23.Kd7 24.Bd6 25.Be7 26.Bd8 27.Kc8 dxc6=<br /> A difficult series.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ralf Krätschmer</b> (22-12-1957) German composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYd59ytSo3PbPHaDulQTg1Q0yzwIIeVAV9cv029x_CZAVcu3VX4x0eS0GJemdXTSRhlwORKIMHdbAPvl-SMqMWohZIc-XE0DZZ53Q4SHVFkV-ctD1ohQBNfuLQCB6D-GudWm-SSVy4Sbg/s1600/22.12+Kr%25C3%25A4tschmer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYd59ytSo3PbPHaDulQTg1Q0yzwIIeVAV9cv029x_CZAVcu3VX4x0eS0GJemdXTSRhlwORKIMHdbAPvl-SMqMWohZIc-XE0DZZ53Q4SHVFkV-ctD1ohQBNfuLQCB6D-GudWm-SSVy4Sbg/s1600/22.12+Kr%25C3%25A4tschmer.png" width="324" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ralf Krätschmer<br /> [<a href="http://superproblem.ru/doc/tourneys/other/2017/tt_logical_uncastling_award_eng.pdf">superproblem.ru</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.berlinthema.de/Eigene1.htm">Ralf Krätschmer</a> composes mostly moremovers, but also fairy problems. <br /> His favourite theme is the <a href="http://www.berlinthema.de/Berlinthema.htm">Berlin theme</a> and his website bears the theme's name. (Berlin theme: In the try, White fails because Black can mate faster.)<br /> Erik Zierke has selected and commented many of Ralf's best problems in the 126-page "<a href="http://www.berlinthema.de/AUSWAHL_RK_20121124.pdf"><i>AUSGEWÄHLTE SCHACHPROBLEME VON RALF KRÄTSCHMER</i></a>" (2nd version 2012) and his problems published in 2012 can be found <a href="http://www.berlinthema.de/Probleme%202012.htm">on this page</a>. The following problems are probably not his best, but they are representative of his centers of interest.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Krätschmer, Ralf</b><br /> 3° K.Winsener Rochade Thematurnier, 1991<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=63794" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4NRBk/4p3/3p4/5P2/1b6/2p1pP2/b1P1P3/R3K3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6221212', 'displayText6221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6221212" style="display: none;">1.0-0-0 ? (2.Rd1-h1#) Bb4-a3# ! Berlin theme.<br /> <b>1.f3-f4 !</b> (2.Bg8-f7+ Kh8-h7 3.Bf7-g6+ Kh7-h6 4.Rf8-h8#) <br /> 1...Ba2xg8 2.0-0-0 ! (3.Rd1-h1#) 2...Bb4-a3+ 3.Kc1-b1 ~ 4.Rd1-h1#<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Krätschmer, Ralf</b><br /> Problem Online, 28<sup>th</sup> Apr 2006 (I0003)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=330052" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/4p3/3BK3/2PB4/6rp/5P1b/6kr" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top"><a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/enonce.html#hs">hs#</a>4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7221212', 'displayText7221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7221212" style="display: none;">1.Ke4 Kg2 2.Be5 Bg1 3.Kd4+ Kh2 4.Be4 Bxf2#<br /> Platzwechsel between white pieces and between black pieces.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yosha Iglésias</b> (22-12-1987) French composer</span><br /> <br /> Yosha Iglésias (formerly known as Joachim Iglésias) is a <a href="https://yoshachess.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">chess trainer</a> who composes sporadically in all genres and used to publish problems on <a href="http://france-echecs.com/">France-Echecs forum</a>. Yosha's problems are usually solver-oriented.<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Iglésias, Yosha</strong><br /> France-échecs, 2006<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=274741"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2R5/8/b7/8/8/p6K/P3pRpp/7k"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">+</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">4 + 6</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8221212', 'displayText8221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8221212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Rc1+ e1=Q 2. Rxe1+ Bf1 3. Rfxf1+ </b><br /> {3. Rexf1+ ? g1=S+ 4. Kg4 stalemate; or 3. Rb1 ? g1=B } <br /> <b>3... g1=S+ 4. Kg4 Kg2 5. Rf5 ! h1=Q 6. Rh5</b> captures the bQ and wins.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Caillaud, Michel &amp; Iglésias, Joachim</strong><br /> J. Lois-60 JT, 2006<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=324474"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?rn4rN/ppp1kp1p/3p2n1/2b5/8/q1P4P/P1PPPP1P/R1BQKBNR"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">PG 16.0</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">16 + 13</td></tr> </table></div><br /> Shortest Proof Game in 16 moves.<br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9221212', 'displayText9221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText9221212" style="display: none;">1.Sc3 g5 2.Sd5 g4 3.Sxe7 g3 4.Sg6 Bc5 5.Sf3 d6 6.Rg1 Bh3 7.gxh3 Se7 8.Bg2 Rg8 9.Bh1 g2 10.Rf1 g1=Q 11.Sh8 Qg3 12.Bg2 Sg6 13.Rh1 Qf6 14.Sg1 Qa3 15.Bf1 Qfc3 16.bxc3 Ke7 <br /> Switchback of the white Kingside. Notice the Rook tempo on White's 6th move. <br /> </div><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Robert A. Lincoln</b> (22-12-1937 - 19-10-2017) American composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE522G7ifVSH63dNQeN8ULCewlzG7hYuck_hwztcZmQ8EzTA4RXXJX_ukDgKnkljbU5LrBgNe9H1qWM4IMRuREHjEN0fhCJnVHIPuF8V4AdL_gctwDjaRQ7UaJtPoILFtbQAa8BtMfaZw/s1600/22.12+Lincoln.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE522G7ifVSH63dNQeN8ULCewlzG7hYuck_hwztcZmQ8EzTA4RXXJX_ukDgKnkljbU5LrBgNe9H1qWM4IMRuREHjEN0fhCJnVHIPuF8V4AdL_gctwDjaRQ7UaJtPoILFtbQAa8BtMfaZw/s1600/22.12+Lincoln.png" width="406" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Lincoln<br /> [<a href="http://superproblem.ru/archive/probl/Linkoln2017.jpg">superproblem.ru</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Robert Lincoln mostly composed miniature twomovers. He published two books on this topic: "Fun with Chess Miniatures: 540 Puzzles for Novice and Expert" and "More Fun with Chess Miniatures". He held a regular column for Chess Life and was also a regular contributor of the chess problem magazine StrateGems.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Lincoln, Robert</strong><br /> The Problemist, 2001<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=161943"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/8/2b3Q1/8/1n5K/4N1P1/7k"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">4 + 3</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText10221212', 'displayText10221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText10221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText10221212" style="display: none;">Set play:<br /> 1...Sd4 2.Qc1#<br /> 1...Bg1 2.Sg3#<br /> <br /> Tries: <br /> 1.g3/g4? (2.Qd5#) 1...Sd4 2.Qc1# but 1...Sd2!<br /> 1.Qg3? (2.Qh2#) 1...Bd6 2.Qe1# but 1...Bg1!<br /> 1.Qe5? (2.Qh2#) 1...Bg1 2.Sg3# but 1...Bd6!<br /> 1.Qh4? (2.Kg3#) 1...Bg1, Bd6/Be7 2.Sg3, Qe1# but 1...Bf2!<br /> <br /> <b>1.Qf4!</b> (2.Qh2#) 1...Bg1, Bd6 2.Sg3, Qf1#<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hans-Christoph Krumm</b> (22-12-1931 - 14-06-1994) German composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_iD8ie2jz-6lplERf69NFp-GkNcTJ7L8a4mYWtHO3daQQFWjPjX6TP4uGNuFkAxNxkK5hkC6P7T5eWqtxkQYO0QWIZvRD7CIFpPpUZPSWewjfJXQ0mOwJUl2zgyowvDpxSXolVBVluLuT4YqFEzuIcFMPB5MKAdGKNdCSQI-zZ6c42EbNrRNrutyMEtj/s449/22.12%20Krumm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_iD8ie2jz-6lplERf69NFp-GkNcTJ7L8a4mYWtHO3daQQFWjPjX6TP4uGNuFkAxNxkK5hkC6P7T5eWqtxkQYO0QWIZvRD7CIFpPpUZPSWewjfJXQ0mOwJUl2zgyowvDpxSXolVBVluLuT4YqFEzuIcFMPB5MKAdGKNdCSQI-zZ6c42EbNrRNrutyMEtj/s320/22.12%20Krumm.png"/></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hans-Christoph Krumm<br /> [<a href="https://www.dieschwalbe.de/download/archivalien/Fragebogen_1960_scan.pdf" target="_blank">Die Schwalbe Fragebogen 1960 page 89</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Hans-Christoph Heinz Otto Krumm was a meteorologist. He developed an interest for chess problems thanks to Schach-Expreß and Herbert Grasemann. <br /> He was a top solver for most German chess magazines for decades and attracted many chess players to chess composition. Not long after he took over Herbert Grasemann's column in Deutsche Schachblätter, he died in an accident. More about his life and three interesting problems of his can be found in <a href="https://www.dieschwalbe.de/schwalbe297.htm#hck">Thomas Brand's article in die Schwalbe</a>.<br /> He composed direct mates, helpmates and selfmates. <br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Krumm, Hans-Christoph Heinz Otto</strong><br /> Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1972<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=92704"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/4B3/3Np3/3kN3/3P3n/4P2b/5K2"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#6</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">6 + 4</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText11221212', 'displayText11221212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText11221212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText11221212" style="display: none;"><b>1.♘b4!</b> (2.♘c2#)<br /> 1...♔e3 2.♘c2+ ♔f4 3.♔g2 (4.e3#)<br /> 3...♗g1 4.e3+ ×ばつe3 5.♘b4 (6.♘d5#)<br /> A nice circuit by ♘d5.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-22nd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-44923686471141621842012年12月20日 21:02:00 +00002023年02月26日T03:46:18.134-08:00DeDecemberGlynnGrasemannMarceilNixDecember 21st<span style="font-size: large;"><b>John Gilbert Nix</b> (21-12-1843 - 17-02-1911) American composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTZ9_c7nW6Mt5tDsRZ5XTP0eg0z9UXhdmUYvbFOeEHZFFHyKC6KuNldxfEi0waHzRag6ZIENHkirf7RCPLvTrViw3OSFQC2aPL4cXeCwqEfmrzc-DrzsLKEop1JumCrGi8dSdxriFKa4/s1600/21.12+John+Gilbert+Nix.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTZ9_c7nW6Mt5tDsRZ5XTP0eg0z9UXhdmUYvbFOeEHZFFHyKC6KuNldxfEi0waHzRag6ZIENHkirf7RCPLvTrViw3OSFQC2aPL4cXeCwqEfmrzc-DrzsLKEop1JumCrGi8dSdxriFKa4/s320/21.12+John+Gilbert+Nix.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Gilbert Nix sent this photo, inscribed 'At my daily work', on a postcard to <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-3rd.html">Alain White</a>.<br /> [<a href="http://cplorg.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4014coll20/id/187/rec/17">Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> John Nix composed direct mates and selfmates.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Nix, John Gilbert</b><br /> Dufresne: Sammlung leichterer Schachaufgaben (2. Teil)<br /> 1882 (96)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=274055" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/B7/3p3p/pQ5p/P3p1kP/1R6/8/7K" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1211212', 'displayText1211212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1211212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1211212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rb3-h3 !</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1...Kg4-f4 2.Ba7-e3+ Kf4-g4 3.Qb5-d7# <br /> 1...e4-e3 2.Qb5-f1 (3.Qf1-f3#) <br /> 1...Kg4xh3 2.Qb5-f5+ Kh3xh4/g3 3.Ba7-f2# <br /> 1...d6-d5 2.Qb5-d7+ Kg4-f4 3.Ba7-b8#</blockquote>Sacrifice key and nice mates.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>James Joseph Glynn</b> (21-12-1847 - 07-03-1925) Australian composer</span><br /> <br /> James Glynn was a direct mover composer. He wrote "<i>The Problem Art in Australia</i>" (1896) which can be <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwvQcGTwTbpCNzZjNGRkY2EtZmM1NS00MWZiLTgxNDAtZjU5NzFhNzU2ODVl/edit?hl=en&amp;authkey=COubnK8K">read on the Internet thanks to OzProblems</a>. <br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Glynn, James Joseph</strong><br /> The British Chess Magazine, 1882<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=200308"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5n2/Q4K2/1B1p4/4kppR/7N/3r1B2/8/8"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">6 + 6</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2211212', 'displayText2211212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2211212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2211212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bg1!</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1...Kf4/gxh4 2.Bh2# <br /> 1...Rd2/Rd1/Rd5/Re3 2.Qe3# <br /> 1...Rd4/Rc3/Rb3/Ra3/Rxf3 2.Qxd4# <br /> 1...d5 2.Qc7#/Qb8# <br /> 1...Sf8-~ 2.Sxg6# <br /> 1...f4 2.Rxg5# <br /> 1...g4 2.Rxf5#</blockquote></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keshab Das De</b> (21-12-1900 - 08-04-1960) Indian composer</span><br /> <br /> Keshab Das De composed mostly helpmates, but also direct mates or retro and fairy problems.<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >De, Keshab Das</strong><br /> Feenschach, 1960<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=322013"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1K4BB/4p3/8/8/8/1P6/7k/8"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">h#5</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">4 + 2</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3211212', 'displayText3211212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3211212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3211212" style="display: none;">1.Kh2-g3 Bh8-b2 2.Kg3-f4 Bb2-a3 3.Kf4-e5 b3-b4 4.Ke5-d6 Kb8-c8 5.e7-e5 b4-b5 #<br /> <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-22nd.html">Herlin</a> manoeuvre.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>André Marceil</b> (21-12-1902 - 15-05-1969) French composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8CWtJw1yN4nHCSKKZ1aedte2EBcXR4kd86YqmcawDOO9xJuALCy7AUq6GPzBjP-QPwN_Zv5xKRoxtDzAyI9An-QqSSkUA-x7QGVd16StXMv-Rm6DENivY-uGU1H6_qnIMjhSQRcxhFstmsbAeQpy1IOQO5--hZQi8TiHVmyyqLqsNm6lBgFO_Qw_Zw/s602/21.12%20Marceil.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8CWtJw1yN4nHCSKKZ1aedte2EBcXR4kd86YqmcawDOO9xJuALCy7AUq6GPzBjP-QPwN_Zv5xKRoxtDzAyI9An-QqSSkUA-x7QGVd16StXMv-Rm6DENivY-uGU1H6_qnIMjhSQRcxhFstmsbAeQpy1IOQO5--hZQi8TiHVmyyqLqsNm6lBgFO_Qw_Zw/s320/21.12%20Marceil.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">André Marceil<br /> [<a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k10391716/f32.item" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cahiers de l’Echiquier Français 1934 n°4</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZ9QdnLAdbmq9C6BJorU_BXmI10BniwuJdoZ2A1kK6G9PBHI0i6OucFX52MBZbMVVZxDS78-gypcBbiER_RsXNMrOiv_J_AyEAvw945iwd_LVySIcxRQ24fzGRudVWwkPxMZprKsxGzoVSIkHxQOFTOIyFdsEe-i1VJJGKvbNXolKvWbOucwcNHTSRg/s3508/21.12%20Marceil,%20Subtilites..jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="2480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZ9QdnLAdbmq9C6BJorU_BXmI10BniwuJdoZ2A1kK6G9PBHI0i6OucFX52MBZbMVVZxDS78-gypcBbiER_RsXNMrOiv_J_AyEAvw945iwd_LVySIcxRQ24fzGRudVWwkPxMZprKsxGzoVSIkHxQOFTOIyFdsEe-i1VJJGKvbNXolKvWbOucwcNHTSRg/s320/21.12%20Marceil,%20Subtilites..jpeg"/></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">André Marceil - Les subtilités du problème d'échecs<br /> [Thanks to Alain Pallier]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> André Marceil composed direct mates. He wrote "<i>Les subtilités du problèmes d'échecs</i>" (1935) and was the problem columnist for "<i>L'Echiquier</i>".<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Marceil, Andre</strong><br /> Salut Public, 1929<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=104738"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2nr4/8/1p6/8/1P2R3/3kp3/4N2p/3K3B"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#4</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 6</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4211212', 'displayText4211212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4211212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4211212" style="display: none;"><b>1.b5!</b> (2.Ra4/Rb4 [3.Be4#] 2...Rd4 3.Rxd4#)<br /> 1...Rd5 2.Ra4! (3.Be4#) <br /> 2...Sd6 3.Rb4! and mate follows:<br /> 3...R-~ 4.R(x)d4# or 3...Sc4 4.Rb3# or 3...S-~ Be4#<br /> Critical move and tempo move by the white Rook.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Herbert Grasemann</b> (21-12-1917 - 21-06-1983) German composer</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvSijm5tvYwMtte3CLJZwsdlVJJcQAJUOaz4LRbgzAwzP2JJcmThrI5QYZMwtTrCbm1uMbwV0Xmjs7CNCNVIJoN74CGwvzqHqNprebHUjS-mzX12rTeuOBwIizNlI5lGBQBiRn6V4RQA/s1600/21.12+grasemann+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="186" width="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvSijm5tvYwMtte3CLJZwsdlVJJcQAJUOaz4LRbgzAwzP2JJcmThrI5QYZMwtTrCbm1uMbwV0Xmjs7CNCNVIJoN74CGwvzqHqNprebHUjS-mzX12rTeuOBwIizNlI5lGBQBiRn6V4RQA/s320/21.12+grasemann+1.jpg" /></a><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Herbert Grasemann<br /> [<a href="http://www.chessnc.com/biography/person-1395.html">Chessnc.com</a>] </span></td></tr><br /> <br /> </div><br /> <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Grasemann">Herbert Grasemann</a> was a specialist of strategic direct mates in three and more moves. He was the editor of the problems column of "<i>Deutsche Schachblätter</i>" from 1962 until 1983. He published many chess problem books: "<i>Problemschach</i>" in two volumes (volume 1 <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2R4SBE7r8AtcE5heHh3LUVqYUE">here</a>, volume 2 <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2R4SBE7r8AtdVJKeFJJQk5tWjA">here</a>), "<i>Problem-Juwelen</i>". The compilation of his works "<i>Logische Phantasien</i>" was published in 1986 by W. Dittmann, A. Geister and Dieter Kutzborski.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rnDa-1ley_mc1H6cGUkvNiEucA8uvOzTrr_NNMfMRS3T1j6GOGdH4w2Bv7n9QxUrVwwZ1Ai4rHgads5ssbmwVZCSPYGm7v1AxYxDZTzum36_HEzc1D3yz7VpkBUZbmklb7O2VR7ZcqVO2N6OIRzIcXIDv2e73ZL7gw1bS_8VdeuwDFSD6m44wsdLjQ/s3508/21.12%20Grasemann%20new.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rnDa-1ley_mc1H6cGUkvNiEucA8uvOzTrr_NNMfMRS3T1j6GOGdH4w2Bv7n9QxUrVwwZ1Ai4rHgads5ssbmwVZCSPYGm7v1AxYxDZTzum36_HEzc1D3yz7VpkBUZbmklb7O2VR7ZcqVO2N6OIRzIcXIDv2e73ZL7gw1bS_8VdeuwDFSD6m44wsdLjQ/s320/21.12%20Grasemann%20new.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">["Logische Phantasien" - thanks to Alain Pallier]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> He was an International Judge and often used the pseudonym "Arne Mangs".<br /> More about him can be read <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Grasemann">on Wikipedia</a> or on <a href="http://www.berlinthema.de/Grasemann.htm">Berlinthema.de</a>.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F2ipYkhZs_luo9oAdJoG-WSZOHydxj7pz31_qYnF4Twx2rvRcjZ4lrg9eCWzk5A4q5xKhyJOqrhqwVDCzP5hJp-reUPZmq5b1fCV0tTZ43pkuImImXj51jXe224yZvJEWnYW9iDWzJc/s1600/21.12+Grasemann.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F2ipYkhZs_luo9oAdJoG-WSZOHydxj7pz31_qYnF4Twx2rvRcjZ4lrg9eCWzk5A4q5xKhyJOqrhqwVDCzP5hJp-reUPZmq5b1fCV0tTZ43pkuImImXj51jXe224yZvJEWnYW9iDWzJc/s320/21.12+Grasemann.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://www.zvab.com/displayBookDetails.do?itemId=182880139&amp;b=1">Source</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> His article "<i>Ökonomische Nachtwächter</i>" can be read on <a href="http://www.berlinthema.de/nacht.htm">Berlinthema.de</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Grasemann, Herbert</strong><br /> Schach-Express, 1949<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=104764"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/8/Kp6/pQ6/P1BB4/k6r/3r3n"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#4</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">5 + 6</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5211212', 'displayText5211212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5211212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5211212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bd3-e4 !</b> ZZ<br /> <blockquote>1...Sh1-g3/Rh2-g2 2.Be4-h7 ~ 3.Bh7-g8+ Rd1-d5 4.Bg8xd5# <br /> 1...Rh2-f2 2.Be4-g6 ~ 3.Bg6-f7+ Rd1-d5, Rf2xf7 4.Bf7xd5, Qb4-b2# <br /> 1...Rh2-e2 2.Be4-f5 ~ 3.Bf5-e6+ Rd1-d5, Re2xe6 4.Be6xd5, Qb4-b2#<br /> 1...Rd1-d3 2.Be4xd3 (3.Bd3-b1#) 2...Rh2-c2 3.Bd3xc2 (4.Qb4-b2/Bc2-b1#)</blockquote>Similar moves by the wBd3 to decoy the black Rook of the 2nd rank.<br /> </div><br /> One of his most famous problems:<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Grasemann, Herbert</strong><br /> Deutsche Schachhefte, Jun 1950 (41)<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=63622"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/8/7N/8/8/4P2p/3QKn1k"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">#4</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">4 + 3</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6211212', 'displayText6211212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6211212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6211212" style="display: none;">1.Ke1-f2? is too strong: stalemate.<br /> <b>1.Qd1-d5+ !</b> Kh1-g1 2.Qd5-h1+ ! Kg1xh1 3.Ke1-f2 ! Sf1-~ 4.Sh5(x)g3# <br /> An amazing Queen sacrifice logically motivated.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-21st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-52985415432709624172012年12月19日 21:29:00 +00002024年04月11日T11:38:19.675-07:00DecemberGrigorianHuberKaul K.TimoninDecember 20th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Karl Kaul</b> (20-12-1906 - 21-04-1985) German composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjsuPxlUbrtCc_vKIHAAE7OoTUTsOAHsutDb9wgDFnawDOR4GPAf5NBkwg224AON8WLlMattpd092I87jVOD6nt2zOMb2oOL1AjYVIm-BKvGyuxoz23lhwkEGKUmiotK3lx1acEmFqWGDytpE7rM_t9pNddysFquIfhTMh5-vF9jodGiPJp0q1-t5uSXm/s454/20.12%20Kaul.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjsuPxlUbrtCc_vKIHAAE7OoTUTsOAHsutDb9wgDFnawDOR4GPAf5NBkwg224AON8WLlMattpd092I87jVOD6nt2zOMb2oOL1AjYVIm-BKvGyuxoz23lhwkEGKUmiotK3lx1acEmFqWGDytpE7rM_t9pNddysFquIfhTMh5-vF9jodGiPJp0q1-t5uSXm/s320/20.12%20Kaul.png"/></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karl Kaul<br /> [<a href="https://www.dieschwalbe.de/download/archivalien/Kartothek_A-K_scan.pdf">Kartothek A-K page 156</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Karl Kaul composed direct mates and selfmates.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Kaul, Karl</b><br /> Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1961<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=136627" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/5kP1/3P1N2/8/7Q/7K/6B1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 1</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1201212', 'displayText1201212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1201212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1201212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Sf5-e7 !</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1...Kf6-g7 2.Qh3-h8+ Kg7xh8 3.Bg1-d4# <br /> 1...Kf6xe7 2.Qh3-e6+ Ke7-d8, Ke7-f8 3.Bg1-b6, Qe6-f7# <br /> 1...Kf6-g5 2.Bg1-d4 Kg5-f4 3.Qh3-f5# <br /> 1...Kf6-e5 2.Qh3-e6+ Ke5-f4 3.Qe6-f5#</blockquote>Nice sacrificial and flight-giving key, star-flight of the black King.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Albert Abramovich Grigorian</b> (20-12-1925 - 2009) Armenian composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03-KhDsY4__QA2R6Pjdic5SFJLqh-qGBWAC9VjK9ndhW6VO9xh5bJLPoXU19kwSA1Ds5hYJ68-fV4t66-nYQO4sW9Z_63DYfpGraK0e9-9N-1r0zdOzTP5A3YpR3cQ5KUnM3-HGaWoWY/s1600/20.12+Grigorian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03-KhDsY4__QA2R6Pjdic5SFJLqh-qGBWAC9VjK9ndhW6VO9xh5bJLPoXU19kwSA1Ds5hYJ68-fV4t66-nYQO4sW9Z_63DYfpGraK0e9-9N-1r0zdOzTP5A3YpR3cQ5KUnM3-HGaWoWY/s1600/20.12+Grigorian.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Albert Grigorian<br /> [<a href="http://www.popovgl.narod.ru/probl_v/V_Grigorian.html">Grigory Popov</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Albert Grigorian composed direct mates, helpmates and series movers and was a prolific composer.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Grigorjan, Albert Abramowitsch</b><br /> Rochade Europa, May 2009 (2381)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=329014" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3b4/8/8/4np2/4k3/3pP1p1/6P1/7K" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">ser-#23</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2201212', 'displayText2201212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2201212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2201212" style="display: none;">1.Kg1 2.Kf1 3.Ke1 4.Kd2 5.Kc3 6.Kb4 7.Kb5 8.Ka6 9.Kb7 10.Kc8 11.Kxd8 12.Ke7 13.Kf6 14.Kg5 15.Kh4 16.Kxg3 17.Kf2 18.g4 19.g5 20.g6 21.g7 22.g8=S 23.Sf6#<br /> An almost closed circuit by the white King. Excelsior. Minor promotion.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Владимир Ильич Тимонин</b> (20-12-1939 - 03-08-2011) Russian composer and FIDE Master</span> (Vladimir Ilich Timonin)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQs91JW8uvPkhelYoKwDAQhoK-vPAkh4NOsp5_XANgR_UpT0faT9k81B7iqUh2sxl39KkkzvB1e4xN0ibWPlyB3QJ6OeMWVHofjar8DzCbRsrM0BEQBRrYEWaJhMrrKJqS29FPgF_BD8/s1600/20.12+Timonin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQs91JW8uvPkhelYoKwDAQhoK-vPAkh4NOsp5_XANgR_UpT0faT9k81B7iqUh2sxl39KkkzvB1e4xN0ibWPlyB3QJ6OeMWVHofjar8DzCbRsrM0BEQBRrYEWaJhMrrKJqS29FPgF_BD8/s320/20.12+Timonin.jpg" width="230" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vladimir Timonin<br /> [<a href="http://www.popovgl.narod.ru/probl_v/V_Timonin.html">Grigory Popov</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Vladimir Timonin was specialized in threemovers.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Тимонин, Владимир Ильич</b><br /> Всероссийский конкурс 1964<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=100224" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?b1BR4/b1B1K1p1/3N4/4k2p/1r2P2p/1r2P2n/Q4p2/5n2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3 v</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 11</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3201212', 'displayText3201212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3201212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3201212" style="display: none;">Set play:<br /> <blockquote>1. ... Bxe3 2. Sb5+ Kxe4 3. Qxa8# <br /> 1. ... Rxe3 2. Sb7+ Kxe4 3. Qd5# </blockquote><b>1. Qe2!</b> (2. Qf3 [3. Se8, Sb7, Sf7, Sb5, Sf5, Sc4, Qf5#]) <br /> <blockquote>1. ... Rxe3 2. Sb5+ Kxe4 3. Sc3# <br /> 1. ... Bxe3 2. Sb7+ Kxe4 3. Sc5#</blockquote>Reciprocally changed variations. Siers battery. Selfpinning. Remote selfblock.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Eric Huber </b>(20-12-1971) French-Romanian composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <ul><li>Born and raised in France, moved to Romania at 26 and was initiated into chess composition by <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-9th.html" target="_blank">Valeriu Petrovici</a>. </li> <li>IM in solving, International Judge in fairy problems, collaborator of some magazines: the Romanian "<i>Buletin Problemistic</i>", <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-6th.html">Paul Răican</a>'s "<a href="http://quartz.chessproblems.ca/" target="_blank"><i>Quartz</i></a>", the international "<a href="http://matplus.net/start.php" target="_blank"><i>Mat Plus</i></a>" edited by Milan Velimirovic, and the early "<i>e4 e5</i>". </li> <li>Specialized in fairy problems and frequent co-author with <a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-26th.html" target="_blank">Vlaicu Crişan</a>.</li> <li>Wrote with the same accomplice Vlaicu Crişan "<a href="http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/09/WCCC2012.html" target="_blank">Aurora - A Collection of 100 Chess Problems by Yoshikazu Ueda</a>".&nbsp;</li> <li>Organizes and judges with Vlaicu the yearly Tzuica Tourney, dedicated to <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/enonce.html#hs" target="_blank">helpselfmates</a>. </li> <li>Recklessly started a blog dedicated to chess composers in January 2012 but miraculously survived the ordeal - at least until the end of 2012.</li> </ul><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Huber, Eric</b><br /> Quartz, 2001<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=348195" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?K7/p7/r7/B7/4P3/5k2/2R1b3/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">hs#4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/condus.html#Cirmar">MarsCirce</a><br /> b) bRa6-&gt;e8<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4201212', 'displayText4201212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4201212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4201212" style="display: none;">a) 1.Be1 Kf2 2.e5 Bf1 3.Bc3+ Ke1 4.Rc1+ Ra1# <br /> b) 1.Rd2 Rc8 2.Kb7 Ke3 3.Ka6 Bb5 4.Rd4+ Rc1# <br /> Specific batteries and pins, exchange of roles.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Huber, Eric</b><br /> Die Schwalbe 206<sup>th</sup> TT, 2011<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=348196" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/6R1/2PP2p1/BB4b1/6kn/3r4/2R3bK" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 solutions<br /> Take &amp; Make<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top"><br /> </td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"><br /> </td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top"><br /> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div><a href="http://sanguis.home.xs4all.nl/chess/andernach2006.html">Take &amp; Make</a>: <br /> When capturing, the capturing piece must make an additional move, like the piece captured. If this extra move isn't possible, then the capture is illegal. Checks are orthodox. Pawns may never appear on the bottom rank (1st rank for white, 8th rank for black). The move isn't finished until after the extra move has been made. Rebirths, promotions, etc, occur after the extra move.<br /> <br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5201212', 'displayText5201212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5201212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5201212" style="display: none;">1.Bxc5-c6 Bxd2-h2+ 2.Kxh2-c7 dxc6-a8=Q# <br /> 1.Rxd5-d6 Rxg1-f2 2.Kxf2-f8 cxd6-d8=S# <br /> Zilahi, exchange of functions.<br /> Cycle of capturing units: bBg1xwPc5xbRd2xwPd5xbBg1<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-20th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-27324104745605809332012年12月18日 20:24:00 +00002015年01月27日T12:19:01.885-08:00DecemberKalashnikovOstruhPreinfalkSchönholzerSickingheDecember 19th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Johanna Ignatia Jacobia Sickinghe-Nepveu tot Ameijde</b> (19-12-1858 - 03-03-1942) Dutch composer</span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Sickinghe">Johanna Sickinghe</a> was historically the second female chess composer after Edith Baird. She used the pseudonym Jowes. More about her on <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Sickinghe">Wikipedia</a>.<br /> Harold van der Heijden published the article "Mrs. Jowes" in EG 168.<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Sickinghe-Nepveu Tot Ameijde, Johanna Ignatia Jacobia</strong><br /> Groene Amsterdammer, 1917 (77)<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=288815"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?r7/4N2p/p6b/8/4K2k/5Q2/8/6q1"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">+</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">3 + 6</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1191212', 'displayText1191212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1191212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1191212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Sf5+ Kg5 2. Qf4+ Kf6 3. Qd6+ Kf7 4. Qd5+ Kf6 </b><br /> {4... Kg6 5. Qe6+ +- ; 4... Ke8 5. Qxa8+ +-}<br /> <b>5. Qc6+ Kf7 ! 6. Sxh6+ Ke7 </b><br /> {6... Kf8 7. Qxa8+ Ke7 8. Sf5+ Kf6 9. Qf8+ +-; 6... Kg7 7. Sf5+ Kf8 (7... Kf7 8. Qd5+ ; 7... Kh8 8. Qf6+ Kg8 9. Sh6#) 8. Qxa8+ etc +-}<br /> <b>7. Sf5+ Kd8 </b><br /> {7... Kf7 8. Qd7+ Kg8 9. Qe6+ Kf8 10. Qf6+ Kg8 11. Sh6#} <br /> <b>8. Qd6+ Kc8 9. Se7+ Kb7 10. Qc6+ Kb8 11. Qc8+ Ka7 12. Qc7#</b> <br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Anton Preinfalk</b> (19-12-1911 - 15-02-2011) Slovenian composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCYXUCeu62kElS1rquDO8CuKDzcZnBxKrj0R033lX9OF8IgvkFkXN7CkrJ3j7u9JeHDRogz8ZGmWv-6upuP25bAWu7MyX63jDtfv3IkEcoPs_Wa8w1ILiYe-j_xcuKZsVQdYo7GDEHKQ/s1600/19.12+preinfalk_2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCYXUCeu62kElS1rquDO8CuKDzcZnBxKrj0R033lX9OF8IgvkFkXN7CkrJ3j7u9JeHDRogz8ZGmWv-6upuP25bAWu7MyX63jDtfv3IkEcoPs_Wa8w1ILiYe-j_xcuKZsVQdYo7GDEHKQ/s1600/19.12+preinfalk_2003.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anton Preinfalk, 2003 <br /> [<a href="http://www.sah-zveza.si/novice/podatki/?nid=1375">sah-zveza</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <a href="http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Preinfalk">Anton Preinfalk</a> was a chess player who also composed direct mate and helpmate problems. <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Preinfalk, Anton</b><br /> Jugoslawisches Turnier, 1956<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Commendation<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=184050" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?kN3B1R/NpKp4/1P1P4/2p5/B7/R7/6qP/7b" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3 vv</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">10 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2191212', 'displayText2191212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2191212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2191212" style="display: none;">1.Sb8-c6 ? Qg2-g8 !<br /> 1.Sa7-c6 ? Qg2-b2 !<br /> <b>1.Sa7-b5 !</b> (2.Ba4-d1/Ba4-c2/Ba4-b3#)<br /> 1...Qg2-b2 2.Kc7-c8 (3.Sb5-c7#) Qb2xb5 3.Ba4xb5# <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Andreas Schönholzer</b> (19-12-1937) Swiss composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PxIFtJ8p9_p_rFXiRqIybxaur8nif5uojwHTqED2xvdbBpiDryTfYTlYqOFiVEnw2xHpQF34IfGm9mZgO9-ne_0GdEn-FwAkqdfbp1B17GJBAgsRYBemxTLoupuZc-hjmcnb4ycsrYw/s1600/19.12+schoenholzer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PxIFtJ8p9_p_rFXiRqIybxaur8nif5uojwHTqED2xvdbBpiDryTfYTlYqOFiVEnw2xHpQF34IfGm9mZgO9-ne_0GdEn-FwAkqdfbp1B17GJBAgsRYBemxTLoupuZc-hjmcnb4ycsrYw/s1600/19.12+schoenholzer.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andreas Schönholzer<br /> [<a href="http://www.berlinthema.de/schoenh.htm">Berlinthema.de</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Andreas Schönholzer has published a selection of his problems "<a href="http://www.berlinthema.de/schoenh.htm" target="_blank"><i>100 Schachprobleme - Andreas Schönholzer</i></a>" (2007). He composes direct mates and helpmates.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Schönholzer, Andreas</b><br /> Probleemblad, 1970<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=22788" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/K7/n1p2B1b/2R1n2r/1prkN3/N4B2/1p2Q3/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2*</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3191212', 'displayText3191212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3191212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3191212" style="display: none;">Set play:<br /> <blockquote>1...Bg5/Rh4/Rh3/Rh2/Rh1 2.Bxe5#[A] <br /> 1...Bd2/Bg7/Bf8/Rg5 2.Qxd2#[B] <br /> 1...Be3 2.Qxc4# <br /> 1...Rc2 2.Sxc2# </blockquote><b>1.Sg5! </b>(2.Rxc4#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Sxc5 2.Bxe5#[A]<br /> 1...Rxc5 2.Qd2#[B]<br /> 1...Kc3 2.Qe3# <br /> 1...Kxc5 2.Qxe5# <br /> 1...Rc3/Rc2/Rc1 2.Se6# </blockquote>Transferred mates, Grimshaw.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Schönholzer, Andreas</b><br /> Wola Gulowska, 2004<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=348108" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?K7/3p2p1/2R2pn1/Rr2pkp1/2Nqb3/b6r/8/1BB1n3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">b) bPe5-&gt;g4</td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 13</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4191212', 'displayText4191212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4191212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4191212" style="display: none;">a) 1. Qd3 Ra4 2. Bf3 Se3# <br /> b) 1. Qe5 Ba2 2. Rb4 Sd6#<br /> Unpinning, pin mates, self interference, indirect battery.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Boris Ostruh</b> (19-12-1953) Slovenian composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYejoDFvamXpEhe8__jiekyFagoEoJjXqS3hx8Eh5EUrg4ijePsNLOjKqihea6n0GNmrvRLxaR-1gTwovHWFtISOZweNXW2c9z-N8PX6mvzc6uGfU-dASgrkyduJEY_7bGby2DWKRqzs/s1600/19.12+Ostruh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYejoDFvamXpEhe8__jiekyFagoEoJjXqS3hx8Eh5EUrg4ijePsNLOjKqihea6n0GNmrvRLxaR-1gTwovHWFtISOZweNXW2c9z-N8PX6mvzc6uGfU-dASgrkyduJEY_7bGby2DWKRqzs/s320/19.12+Ostruh.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boris Ostruh<br /> [<a href="http://www.goja.sk/Flash_01/p44.htm">Jan Golha</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Boris Ostruh composes in all genres. <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Ostruh, Boris</b><br /> Slovenian Championship, 1992<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Place<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=304711" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/2p5/p1Ppr3/P1Rr4/2K1kp2/2b5/2p2n1p/Bq3n1b" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">2 solutions</td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 14</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5191212', 'displayText5191212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5191212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5191212" style="display: none;"><blockquote class="tr_bq">1.Bc3-f6 Ba1-e5 2.Ke4xe5 Rc5-b5 3.Sf2-e4 Rb5xd5# <br /> 1.Rd5-f5 Rc5-e5+ 2.Ke4xe5 Ba1-b2 3.Bh1-e4 Bb2xc3#</blockquote>Bristol, waiting move, sacrifice, diagonal-orthogonal correspondence. <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Валерий Адольфович Калашников</b> (19-12-1961) Russian composer</span> (Valery Adolfovich Kalashnikov) <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IQUkoEChBr7FowbVwBwmhf_4kdfrHsM5d_opb37ogslKpkUM1o1EzGzsijqAczi1fFgI1mqW5oOKu_mnMFZBAuSz7dc3yY7GzQDdH_nG6PuiShZllAgnEkMgifwnSHkp5Q3z5wjRTMY/s1600/19.12+Kalashnikov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="241" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IQUkoEChBr7FowbVwBwmhf_4kdfrHsM5d_opb37ogslKpkUM1o1EzGzsijqAczi1fFgI1mqW5oOKu_mnMFZBAuSz7dc3yY7GzQDdH_nG6PuiShZllAgnEkMgifwnSHkp5Q3z5wjRTMY/s320/19.12+Kalashnikov.jpg" /></a><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Valery Kalashnikov<br /> [<a href="http://akobiachess.gol.ge/study_composers_6.html">Akobia</a>]</span></td></tr><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><br /> Valery Kalashnikov composes direct mates and studies.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Калашников, Валерий Адольфович &amp; Панкратьев, Александр Николаевич</b><br /> The Problemist, 2001 (827)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=289897" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/8/B7/5p2/1b1BP2K/3pp1p1/1N1k4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6191212', 'displayText6191212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6191212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6191212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Sc3+ Ke1</b> <br /> {1...Kc1 2.Sxe2+ Kd1 3.Kxg2} <br /> <b>2.Kxg2 fxe3 3.Bxe2 ! </b><br /> {3.Sxe2 ? Bc2 4.Ba6 Be4+ 5.Kg3 Bb7 ! =} <br /> <b>3...d1=Q 4.Bxd1 Bxd1 5.Sd5+ Ke2 6.Sf4#</b><br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Калашников, Валерий Адольфович</b><br /> EG (magazine) 2005<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=289813" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/4p1B1/n3pN1q/1R6/R3K3/2p5/6k1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">=</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7191212', 'displayText7191212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7191212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7191212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Ra1+ Qd1 2. Rg4+ Kh2 </b><br /> {2... Kf1 3. Sg3+ Ke1 4. Se2 Sc4+ 5. Rxc4 Qxa1 6. Rxc2 =} <br /> <b>3. Rh4+ Kg2 4. Rg4+ Qxg4 5. Sh4+ Qxh4</b> <br /> {5... Kh3 6. Rh1+ Kg3 7. Rg1+ Kh3 8. Rh1+ Kg3 9. Rg1+ = } <br /> <b>6. Be4+ Qxe4+ 7. Kxe4 Sb3 8. Re1 Kf2 9. Rh1 Kg2</b> <br /> {9... Sd2+ 10. Kd3 Sf1 (10... Sf3 11. Rc1) 11. Kxc2 e4 12. Rh6} <br /> <b>10. Re1</b> draw<br /> White and Black sacrifices.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-19th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-22925838341642947842012年12月17日 20:50:00 +00002022年09月29日T13:31:39.404-07:00DecemberFrankensteinRetterSchreckvan der HeijdenVătărescuDecember 18th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Edward Nathan Frankenstein</b> (18-12-1839 – 13-03-1913) British composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6bHLPzoOKJATfCL7Cmbsf2bFOZpDvOk8kGXxeRSYNdc5GwNDYhtT891CLivnlzRtpIT60qbT_rtR1-3ZLCIh9q1HCnWorFeck2Zo8C-hKZcTnT7QZVMvDu4AiBrUou1jhvjEYGjihXs/s1600/18.12+Frankenstein_Edward_Nathan-C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6bHLPzoOKJATfCL7Cmbsf2bFOZpDvOk8kGXxeRSYNdc5GwNDYhtT891CLivnlzRtpIT60qbT_rtR1-3ZLCIh9q1HCnWorFeck2Zo8C-hKZcTnT7QZVMvDu4AiBrUou1jhvjEYGjihXs/s1600/18.12+Frankenstein_Edward_Nathan-C.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edward Nathan Frankenstein<br /> [<a href="http://www.newinchess.com/Frankenstein__Edward_Nathan-ip-124443.html">New in Chess</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Edward Nathan Frankenstein was a chess player and composed direct mates and selfmates. His best works was reproduced in "<i>The Chess Problem - A treatise on problems of all kinds, with 400 examples by H. J. C. Andrews, E. N. Frankenstein, B. G. Laws, and C. Planck.</i>" (1887).<br /> <br /> A good warm-up for solvers:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Frankenstein, Edward Nathan</b><br /> English Chess Problem, 1948<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=50447" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4Q3/7p/2p1bN2/2P1k1n1/K3p3/4Np2/8/2B5" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1181212', 'displayText1181212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1181212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1181212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Sf6-d5 !</b> (2.Qe8-h8/Bc1-b2#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Ke5-d4 2.Qe8-h8+ Kd4-d3, Kd4xc5 3.Sd5-f4, Bc1-a3# <br /> 1...c6xd5 2.Qe8-h8+ Ke5-f4 3.Qh8-b8#</blockquote></div><br /> Something more serious:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Frankenstein, Edward Nathan</b><br /> The Bohemian, 1887<br /> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=230390" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3b3r/7q/6p1/4Pp2/1pN1Nk1P/2p4K/n1Q3BR/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2181212', 'displayText2181212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2181212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2181212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Sc5 !</b> (2. Qd1/Qe2 ~ 3. Qg4+ fxg4#)<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq">1... Sc1 2. Sd3+ Sxd3 3. Qf2+ Sxf2#<br /> 1... Qh5/Qb7 2. Qf2+ Qf3+ 3. Qg3+ Qxg3#<br /> 1... Qd7,Qf7 2. Se6+ Qxe6 3. Qe4+ fxe4#<br /> 1... Bxh4 2. Qf2+ Qg5 3. Qxh4+ Qxh4# </blockquote>A fine set of variations.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Paul Vătărescu</b> (18-12-1928) Romanian-Israeli composer</span><br /> <br /> Paul Vătărescu was editor of the twomover of the magazine "<i>Revista de Sah</i>" since 1948.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Vătărescu, Paul</b><br /> Baja CC, 1954<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=55308" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?n7/1b1B4/qp1PR1PN/p1b1N2p/Q1pppk1P/8/1P3B2/6KR" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">12 + 11</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3181212', 'displayText3181212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3181212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3181212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rh1-h3 !</b> (2.g6-g7 [3.Se5-g6#])<br /> <blockquote>1...c4-c3 2.Bf2-e3+ d4xe3 3.Rh3-f3# <br /> 1...d4-d3 2.Rh3-f3+ e4xf3 3.Se5xd3# <br /> 1...e4-e3 2.Se5-d3+ c4xd3 3.Bf2xe3# <br /> Secondary variation: 1...Bc5xd6 2.Re6-f6+ Kf4xe5 3.Rf6-f5#</blockquote>Good play and exploitation of the third-pin on the 4th rank.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Manfred Schreck</b> (18-12-1954) German composer</span><br /> <br /> Manfred Schreck composes direct mates and helpmates.<br /> <br /> Let's rest a little with two miniatures:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Schreck, Manfred</b><br /> Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 2002<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=162830" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1p6/k1N5/N1R5/1K6/8/8/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 2</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4181212', 'displayText4181212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4181212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4181212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rc5-b5 ! </b><br /> <blockquote>1...b7-b6 2.Kb4-c4 2...b6xa5 3.Kc4-c5 a5-a4 4.Rb5-b6# <br /> 1...b7xc6 2.Rb5-b7 c6-c5+ 3.Kb4xc5 Ka6xa5 4.Rb7-a7#</blockquote>Sacrifice of each white S.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Schreck, Manfred</b><br /> Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 1995<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=154868" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/4Q3/Rnk5/3p4/2P5/8/2K5/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5181212', 'displayText5181212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5181212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5181212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qe7-d8 ! </b>ZZ<br /> <blockquote>1...d5-d4 2.Ra6xb6+ Kc6-c5 3.Qd8-c7# <br /> 1...d5xc4 2.Ra6xb6+ Kc6-c5 3.Qd8-d6# <br /> 1...Kc6-c5 2.Qd8xb6+ Kc5xc4 3.Ra6-a4# <br /> 1...Kc6-b7 2.Ra6xb6+ Kb7-a7 3.Qd8-b8#</blockquote>Four different mates. <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Harold van der Heijden</b> (18-12-1960) Dutch composer and FIDE Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6_JlOCrqN7TrqmYZNNkj7F6XINo5n4lgN4mevIMcPfczv6OVYj1DefKlLtyaVIC3DquZt7SY0DAmUrz1xuQA_OvFjzk8N74FY_tSqtjWqPu3QNp1IBhytBQPUKxgdqQqkGxMtTVXFNA/s1600/18.12+HvdH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6_JlOCrqN7TrqmYZNNkj7F6XINo5n4lgN4mevIMcPfczv6OVYj1DefKlLtyaVIC3DquZt7SY0DAmUrz1xuQA_OvFjzk8N74FY_tSqtjWqPu3QNp1IBhytBQPUKxgdqQqkGxMtTVXFNA/s320/18.12+HvdH.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harold van der Heijden<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_van_der_Heijden">Wikipedia</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Harold van der Heijden composes endgame studies. His collection of endgame studies is probably the largest collection in the world (counting over 73,000 studies as of July 2008 and currently over 75,000) and he is often consulted by study judges concerning possible anticipations. He is an International Judge himself.<br /> The HvdH endgame study database can be purchased from <a href="http://www.hhdbiv.nl/detail">his personal website</a>. <br /> <br /> He was editor (1989) and later chief editor (1993) of the magazine EBUR of the Dutch endgame circle ARVES. Since 2007 and the merger of EBUR with EG, he has been chief editor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EG_%28magazine%29">EG</a>.<br /> <br /> More about him can be learnt <a href="http://www.hhdbiv.nl/personal" target="_blank">on his personal site</a>.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Van Der Heijden, Harold</b><br /> Probleemblad, 2001 (44)<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=289501" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?3N3b/3p2k1/6P1/2K2p2/8/8/8/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">=</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6181212', 'displayText6181212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6181212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6181212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Sf7 </b><br /> {1. Kd6 ? f4 ; 1. Kd5 ? Kxg6; 1. Sb7 ? Kxg6 2. Kd5 Kg5 3. Sd6 f4 ! 4. Ke4 Kg4 5. Sc4 Bc3 6. Kd3 d5 7. Sb6 d4} <br /> <b>1... Kxg6 ! </b><br /> {1... f4 2. Kd4} <br /> <b>2. Sxh8+ Kf6 </b><br /> {2... Kg7 3. Kd5 ; 2... Kg5 3. Kd5} <br /> <b>3. Kd4 ! </b><br /> {3. Kd6 ? f4; 3. Kd5 ? d6 ! 4. Kxd6 f4 -+ or 4. Kd4 Kg7 5. Ke3 d5 ! 6. Kf4 d4 -+} <br /> <b>3... d6 </b><br /> {3... f4 4. Ke4; 3... Kg7 4. Ke5} <br /> <b>4. Kd5 Kg7 5. Ke6 ! f4</b> <br /> {5... Kxh8 6. Kxf5} <br /> <b>6. Sf7 f3 7. Sxd6 f2 8. Sf5+ Kg6 9. Se3/Sg3</b> =<br /> </div><br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Van Der Heijden, Harold</b><br /> ЮК Ю.Рослов-40, Задачи и этюды 2003<br /> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=277124" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/8/8/8/5K2/1r6/k2P3P/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">=</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 2</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7181212', 'displayText7181212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7181212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7181212" style="display: none;">In order to understand the solution, one must first look at the tries. They make clear where White fails:<br /> <b>1. h4 ?</b> Rh3 2. Kg5 Kb3 3. h5 Kc4 4. h6 Kd5 5. Kg6 (5. d4 Ke6 6. d5+ Kf7 and Black controls everything) 5... Ke6 6. Kg7 Ke7 7. h7 Rg3+ 8. Kh8 (8. Kh6 Kf7 9. h8=S+ Kf6) 8... Kf7 9. d4 Re3 10. d5 Re8# : <i>after 8...Kf7 White would be stalemated if he hadn't kept his d-pawn.</i><br /> <b>1. d4 ?</b> Rh3 2. d5 Kb3 3. d6 Kc4 -+<br /> Finally, <b>1. Kg4 ?</b> Rb1 ! 2. h4 Kb3 3. h5 Kc4 4. h6 Kd5 -+<br /> <br /> Hence something paradoxical is necessary: <br /> <b>1. d3 ! </b>sacrificing one of the pawns <b><br /> 1... Rxd3 </b><br /> {1... Rb1 2. h4 ! Kb3 3. h5 Rh1 4. Kg5} <br /> {1... Rb4+ 2. Kg5 (2. d4 ? Kb3 3. h4 Kc4 4. h5 Kd5)} <br /> {1... Rb5 2. h4 Kb3 3. Kg4 Kc3 4. h5 Kd4 5. h6 Ke5 6. h7 Rb8 7. Kg5 Ke6 8. Kg6} <br /> <b>2. h4</b><br /> {2. Kg4 ? Kb3} <br /> <b>2... Kb3</b> <br /> {2... Rh3 3. Kg4} <br /> <b>3. h5</b> <br /> {3. Kg4 ? Kc4} <br /> <b>3... Kc4 </b><br /> {3... Rh3 4. Kg4} <br /> <b>4. h6 </b><br /> {4. Kf5 or Kd5 5. h6 !} <br /> <b>4... Kd5 5. Kf5 ! </b><br /> {5. Kg5 ? Ke6 ! 6. Kg6 Rg3+ 7. Kh7 Kf7 -+} <br /> <b>5... Rh3 </b><br /> {5... Rf3+ 6. Kg6 Ke6 7. Kg7 !} <br /> <b>6. Kg6 Ke6 7. Kg7 !</b> <br /> {7. h7 ? Rg3+} <br /> <b>7... Rg3+ 8. Kf8 ! Rh3 9. Kg7 Ke7 10. h7 Rg3+ 11. Kh8 Kf7</b> =<br /> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yosi Retter</b> (18-12-1934 - 20-08-2022) Israeli composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIOQx-47ngj96DVceFEYFLQvDomcxkDQPAa2-Av6K8qhBtW2KlxElve3YZrl8PWNmhPGvjxFGl0z4F_ZHEUPF3oRWj53AUDJt_yau5eKvOrWStyJdRi2xRaTn-j9cTpWc4qPEful4cYs/s1600/16.01+Arieh+Grinblat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="218" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIOQx-47ngj96DVceFEYFLQvDomcxkDQPAa2-Av6K8qhBtW2KlxElve3YZrl8PWNmhPGvjxFGl0z4F_ZHEUPF3oRWj53AUDJt_yau5eKvOrWStyJdRi2xRaTn-j9cTpWc4qPEful4cYs/s320/16.01+Arieh+Grinblat.jpg" /></a><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Yosi Retter - Arieh Grinblat - Mark Erenburg<br /> [<a href="http://www.rubriky.net/photoalbum/izrael.htm">rubriky.net</a>] </span></td></tr><br /> </div><br /><br /> Yosi was one of the best Israeli composers, an International Master of chess composition, a very versatile composer in many fields but mainly two-movers and three-movers. <br />Yosi was also a strong solver participating several times in the Israeli teams to WCSC (winning 2nd place in 1985).<br />Yosi served for many years in the managerial team of the Israeli Chess problem society and promoted in israel several composing competitions for young composers.<br /> As Marjan Kovacevic noted <a href="https://matplus.net/start.php?px=1661086709&amp;app=forum&amp;act=posts&amp;fid=gen&amp;tid=264&amp;pid=23551" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">on Mat Plus Forum</a>, Yosi Retter's "skills in constructing most difficult thematic combinations were amazing".<br /> More about him can be read in <a href="http://www.variantim.org/Variantim%2087.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Variantim 87, August 2022</a>.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Retter, Yosi</b><br /> Match Israel - Sweden, 1986<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Place<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.yacpdb.org/?id=57171" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/4KBBP/nPpPpNp1/2p1k2p/2pr3N/2P2RP1/1r3q2/1b6" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3 v</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">11 + 12</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8181212', 'displayText8181212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8181212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8181212" style="display: none;">Try:<br /> <b&g×ばつg6?</b> (2.h8=♘ ~ 3.♘f7#) <br /> 1...♘b4/♘c7 <b>a</b> 2.♘e8+ <b>A</b> ♔e4 3.♘(×ばつ)c7# <br /> ×ばつb6 <b>b</b> 2.♘d7+ <b>B</b> ♔d5 ×ばつb6# <br /> ×ばつg3 <b>c</b> 2.♘g4+ <b>C</b> ♔d5 3.♘e3# <br /> ×ばつd6 <b>d</b> ×ばつh5+ <b>D</b> ♔d5 3.♘f4# <br /> but 1...♖g4! refutes the try.<br/> <br/> Actual play:<br /> <b&g×ばつe6!</b> (2.h8=♘ ~ 3.♘f7#) <br /> 1...♘b4/♘c7 <b>a</b> 2.♘d7+ <b>B</b> ♔e4 ×ばつc5# <br /> ×ばつb6 <b>b</b> 2.♘g4+ <b>C</b> ♔e4 ×ばつf2# <br /> ×ばつg3 <b>c</b> ×ばつh5+ <b>D</b> ♔e4 ×ばつg3# <br /> ×ばつd6 <b>d</b> 2.♘e8+ <b>A</b> ♔e4 ×ばつd6# <br /> <br/> <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#siers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Siers battery</a> and fourfold <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#lacny" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lacny cycle</a>. </div><br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Retter, Yosi</b><br /> Y. Blaustein MT, 1976<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.yacpdb.org/?id=43398" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2b4b/8/2R5/3K1p2/rp3B2/kr6/pnp5/6q1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2 4 solutions</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 11</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9181212', 'displayText9181212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9181212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText9181212" style="display: none;"><br /> 1.♘d3 ♖c3 2.♘e1 ♗c1# <br /> 1.♖a7 ♗c1 2.♖b7 ♖a6# <br /> 1.♖e3 ♖a6 2.b3 ♗d6# <br /> 1.♖g3 ♗d6 2.♖g7 ♖c3# <br /> <br/> Cycle of White moves and black line closing. </div><br /> <br />http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-18th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-56159960973095793062012年12月16日 19:59:00 +00002022年09月25日T09:55:07.172-07:00AvniBakharevDecemberGrubertKopninRoscherDecember 17th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Willy Roscher</b> (17-12-1900 – 23-12-1957) German composer</span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Roscher" target="_blank">Willy Roscher</a> learnt the game of chess during WWI as a soldier.<br /> He was a chess historian and had a large collection of chess books and knowledge about the history of chess literature and chess composition. He was the editor of the "<i>Arbeiter-Schachzeitung</i>" and composed direct mates.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Roscher, Willy</b><br /> Schach (magazine) 1954 (1867)<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=174732" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1b4Q1/3pKnRr/P2pnP2/pB1k4/1P4N1/5P2/1pN1R3/q3r1B1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">12 + 11</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1171212', 'displayText1171212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1171212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1171212" style="display: none;"><b>1.a7! </b>(2.a8Q/B#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Bxa7 2.Qa8# <br /> 1...Sd4 2.Sce3# <br /> 1...Sed8/Sc5/Sc7 2.Rg5# <br /> 1...axb4 2.Sxb4#<br /> 1...Se5 2.Sge3#<br /> 1...Sfd8 2.Rd2#</blockquote>Sacrifice, <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Somov">Somov</a> B2.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Алексей Григорьевич Копнин</b> (17-12-1918 – 17-06-1991) Russian composer and International Master</span> (Alexey Grigoryevich Kopnin)<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJcUcx6_A1SeNrkAiheAkVqPSnMmvo9ozfMfWSOW6AgCrYRDRY3dv0wUalat_TURe6KucFBquxi3Eu3PibWteqqX0MxzarrhzN2GJ7bfxaK1lX8to0Ug2anHZb_h_0EUT06LUwFe8hww/s1600/17.12+Kopnin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJcUcx6_A1SeNrkAiheAkVqPSnMmvo9ozfMfWSOW6AgCrYRDRY3dv0wUalat_TURe6KucFBquxi3Eu3PibWteqqX0MxzarrhzN2GJ7bfxaK1lX8to0Ug2anHZb_h_0EUT06LUwFe8hww/s1600/17.12+Kopnin.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexey Kopnin<br /> [<a href="http://www.book-chel.ru/ind.php?what=card&amp;id=843" target="_blank">book-chel.ru</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <a href="http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" target="_blank">Alexey Kopnin</a> was the editor of chess problem columns in newspapers, an International Judge and a composer of endgame studies and problems.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Копнин, Алексей Григорьевич</b><br /> Шахматы в СССР 1947<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=13069" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2b2q2/K1P1p3/p3rn2/2QB3R/3r1kp1/3pb1RP/5P1P/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 11</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2171212', 'displayText2171212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2171212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2171212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Be4! </b>(2.Qf5#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Sg8/Sxh5/Sh7/Se8/Sd5/Sd7 2.Rxg4# ; 1...Sxe4 2.fxe3# <br /> 1...Rd5/Rdd6/Rd7/Rd8/Rc4/Rb4/Ra4 2.Qxe3# ; 1...Rdxe4 2.Rf5# <br /> 1...Re5/Red6/Rc6/Rb6 2.Qxe5# ; 1...Rexe4 2.Qg5#</blockquote>Three black corrections. Flight giving key.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Копнин, Алексей Григорьевич</b><br /> Ceskoslovensky Sach, 1985<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=347941" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/4R3/B1r1PK2/1N6/k7/p1p5/2b5/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">5 + 5</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3171212', 'displayText3171212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3171212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3171212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Ra7 Re6+ 2.Kxe6 Bb3+ 3.Kd6 c2 4.Kc5! c1=Q+ 5.Sc3+ Qxc3+ 6.Bc4+ Qa5+ 7.Bb5#</b><br /> A nice combination ending with 6 consecutive checks.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Копнин, Алексей Григорьевич</b><br /> Friendship-200 JT Achalgazdra Kommunisti, 1983<br /> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=275128" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1k5K/p1N3p1/8/8/4r3/8/2R5/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4171212', 'displayText4171212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4171212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4171212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Sa6+ Ka8 2. Rb2 Re8+ 3. Kh7 Rc8 4. Rb1 g5 5. Kg7 g4 6. Kf7 g3 7. Ke7 g2 8. Kd7 g1=Q 9. Rxg1 Rc6</b> <br /> {9... Rh8 10. Sc7+ Kb7 11. Rb1# ; 9... Rc2 10. Sc7+ Kb7 11. Rb1+ +-} <br /> <b>10. Rg8+ Kb7 11. Rb8+ Kxa6 12. Kxc6</b> wins.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Harald Grubert</b> (17-12-1948) German composer</span><br /> <br /> Harald Grubert composes mostly helpmates.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Grubert, Harald</b><br /> Schweizerische Schachzeitung, 1989 (13192)<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=347926" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?6R1/7b/6p1/1npk2Kn/8/4p3/3PrP2/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">b) bSh5-&gt;e1<br /> c) bSb5-&gt;b2<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5171212', 'displayText5171212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5171212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5171212" style="display: none;">a) 1. Ke4 f4 <b>A</b> 2. Rf2 Rd8 <b>B</b> 3. Rf3 d3# <b>C</b><br /> b) 1. Ke5 Rd8 <b>B</b> 2. Bg8 d3 <b>C</b> 3. Be6 f4# <b>A</b><br /> c) 1. Kd4 d3 <b>C</b> 2. Rc2 f4 <b>A</b> 3. Rc3 Rd8# <b>B</b><br /> Cycle of white moves ABC-BCA-CAB.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><b><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">אמציה אבני (Amatzia Avni</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">) (17-12-1954) Israeli composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTEcojsPFUHBxLYXwX_K451zzBqeLljE2HjDme4RALYBWWFL1PwksPftWKIPBJy0gWN1gCX-ZLOpoP-TOn-TAdEE0PARNd5Rp1V-hHOjQm-twH8cBbNlVKUl9sq6r2BRjTZHnKoCrLjE/s1600/17.12+Amatzia+Avni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTEcojsPFUHBxLYXwX_K451zzBqeLljE2HjDme4RALYBWWFL1PwksPftWKIPBJy0gWN1gCX-ZLOpoP-TOn-TAdEE0PARNd5Rp1V-hHOjQm-twH8cBbNlVKUl9sq6r2BRjTZHnKoCrLjE/s1600/17.12+Amatzia+Avni.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amatzia Avni<br /> [<a href="http://www.chessville.com/Avni/teamwork.htm" target="_blank">Chessville</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Amatzia Avni is an endgame studies composer and a psychologist. He is FIDE Master both in composition and in o.t.b. chess.<br /> He wrote "<i>Creative Chess</i>" (1997) which discusses the characteristics and processes of creativity and proposes techniques to develop one's creativity in chess.<br /> <br /> His best known study is this amazing combination:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Avni, Amazia</b><br /> Israel Ring Tourney, 1978<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=286590" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5R1b/2n5/8/3P4/6p1/3k4/6K1/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6171212', 'displayText6171212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6171212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6171212" style="display: none;"><b>1. d6 Be5 2. d7 Se6 3. Re8 Sf4+ 4. Kg3 Bc7 5. d8=Q+ Sd5+</b><br /> {Black counted on this intermediary check to draw; 5...Bxd8 6.Rxd8+ Ke4 7.Re8+ Kf5 8.Rf8+ wins the bS. But... } <br /> <b>6. Re5!!</b><br /> {Difficult to see, but terribly efficient. Now if 6...Bxe5+ 7.Kxg4 and White wins the game.} <br /> <b>6... Bxd8 7. Rxd5+</b> wins the bB.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Avni, Amazia</b><br /> Guanabara Ann, 1981<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=285889" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5b2/8/8/1p6/8/1K6/BP2n3/k5B1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">=</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7171212', 'displayText7171212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7171212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7171212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Be3 Be7 2. Bb1 </b><br /> {2. Bh6 ? Sd4+ (2... Bc5 ? 3. Bg7 Sc1+ 4. Kc2 Sxa2 5. b4+) 3. Kc3 b4+ ! 4. Kxd4 Kxa2 5. b3 Kxb3 6. Bd2 Bf6+ 7. Kd3 Bc3 8. Bg5 Ka2 9. Be7 b3 -+ <br /> 2. Bd2 ? Bc5 3. Bc3 Sc1+ 4. Kc2 Sxa2 5. b4+ Sxc3 6. bxc5 Sd5 -+} <br /> <b>2... Kxb1 3. Bc5 Sc1+ 4. Ka3 Bxc5+ </b><br /> {Forced, else 5.Kb4 wins bPb5}<br /> <b>5. b4 !</b> and if Black moves Bc5, White is stalemated.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Александр Викторович Бахарев</b> (17-12-1956) Russian composer and International Master </span>(Alexander Viktorovich Bakharev)<br /> <br /> Alexander Bacharev composes mostly direct mates.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Бахарев, Александр Викторович</b><br /> JT Kozjura, 2001<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=109494" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1pp5/4R1p1/3k1P2/8/KP6/1n2Nn2/1BR5" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8171212', 'displayText8171212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8171212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8171212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bb1-a2 !</b> (2.b3-b4+ Sb2-c4+ 3.Ba2xc4#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Sb2-c4+ 2.Rc1xc4 (3.Se2-f4/Se2-c3#) <br /> 1...b7-b5 2.Rc1-c5+ Kd5xc5 3.b3-b4# <br /> 1...c7-c5 2.Rc1-c4 (3.Se2-f4/Se2-c3#) 2...Sb2xc4+ 3.b3xc4#</blockquote></div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Бахарев, Александр Викторович</b><br /> МК П.Дубинин, Горьковская правда 1987<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=109495" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2R5/1p6/1p1B2N1/1B6/4k1Kp/2pprNp1/8/b5r1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9171212', 'displayText9171212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9171212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText9171212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bd6-c5 !</b> (2.Bb5-c4 [3.Rc8-e8/Sf3-g5#]) <br /> <blockquote>1...c3-c2 2.Sf3-d2+ Ke4-d5 3.Bb5-c4# <br /> 1...Re3xf3 2.Rc8-e8+ Ke4-d5 3.Re8-e5# <br /> 1...Ke4-d5 2.Sg6-f4+ Kd5-e4 3.Rc8-e8# <br /> 1...b6xc5 2.Sf3-g5+ Ke4-d4/d5 3.Rc8-d8#</blockquote>Model mates.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-17th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-17471205596935294242012年12月15日 21:29:00 +00002018年09月13日T13:32:58.999-07:00DecemberErdősHenneberger H.HeuäckerHumeLiderPredragDecember 16th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>George Hume</b> (16-12-1862 - 14-01-1936) British composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ9Y1bqQRkXJ339z41Gt70r4jE8RM2tbZ-HTbG_CQEPxwIFyjxjxIEC1QLXPXRd4L7UZr5Zput0bFbU6lpOT7RRh1muYtWLgNaqK1g5_SQmJLATvKjN7aWwy1LuKsBkco-UacwO6qPSg/s1600/16.12+G.Hume+-+Changing+Fashions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZ9Y1bqQRkXJ339z41Gt70r4jE8RM2tbZ-HTbG_CQEPxwIFyjxjxIEC1QLXPXRd4L7UZr5Zput0bFbU6lpOT7RRh1muYtWLgNaqK1g5_SQmJLATvKjN7aWwy1LuKsBkco-UacwO6qPSg/s1600/16.12+G.Hume+-+Changing+Fashions.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Hume<br /> [Changing Fashions; Scan by M. McDowell]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_0jAiDP9fw55Z7ZW00CqeAbp_TRIccJAZTKq_MKis5aVugyamHA3E62GohlofnPsIMPpA-D4jXDVJgB_MRC290IIy4hIxH-f2HeLBoa-20M79LkY9Ep01-7g2QpzplCgRlUv61DAPQw/s1600/16.12+Hume.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_0jAiDP9fw55Z7ZW00CqeAbp_TRIccJAZTKq_MKis5aVugyamHA3E62GohlofnPsIMPpA-D4jXDVJgB_MRC290IIy4hIxH-f2HeLBoa-20M79LkY9Ep01-7g2QpzplCgRlUv61DAPQw/s320/16.12+Hume.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://chessantiquarian.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=591">Chess Antiquarian</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> George Hume was one of the main actors of the "<i>Good Companion</i>" Chess Club. He collected twomovers and used this collection to detect anticipations. <br /> He participated to the edition of many books of the White Christmas Series such as "<a href="http://problem64.beda.cz/silo/white_hume_changing_fashions_1925.pdf">Changing Fashions</a>", "<a href="http://problem64.beda.cz/silo/white_valves.pdf">Valves and Bi-Valves</a>", "<a href="http://problem64.beda.cz/silo/white_hume_flights_of_fancy_1919.pdf">Flights of Fancy in the Chess World</a>" or "<a href="http://problem64.beda.cz/silo/white_hume_the_good_companion_two-mover_1922.pdf">The Good Companion Two-Mover</a>" published in 1922. <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Hume, George</b><br /> Good Companions (April Complete Blocks) 1922<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=39877" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1p6/1P2R3/2kp4/1r1N4/BPN5/pnK5/Q7" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2*</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1161212', 'displayText1161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1161212" style="display: none;">Set play:<br /> <blockquote>1...Kxd4 2.Qg1# <br /> 1...Sb2~ 2.Sa4# </blockquote><b>1.Sxa2!</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1...Kxd4 2.Qg1# <br /> 1...Sb2~ 2.Bxb4# <br /> 1...Sd3 2.Qc3#</blockquote><a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Mutate">Mutate</a>.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Hume, George</b><br /> Brighton Society, 1897<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=46863" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4RR2/1p6/b3r3/qr3p2/1pK1kP2/PQ2p2N/4B3/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2161212', 'displayText2161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2161212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Be2-g4 !</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq">1...e3-e2 2.Bg4xf5+ Rb5xf5# <br /> 1...b4xa3 2.Qb3-b1+ Rb5xb1# <br /> 1...Qa5-d8/Qa5xa3 2.Qb3-d3+ Qxd3# <br /> 1...Qa5-b6 2.Re8xe6+ Rb5-e5/Qb6xe6# <br /> 1...Qa5-a4 2.Qb3-c2+ Qa4xc2# <br /> 1...f5xg4 2.Sh3-g5+ Rb5xg5# <br /> 1...Re6-e5/Re6-e7/b7-b6 2.Re8xR+ or 1...Re6xe8 2.Rf8xe8+ and 2...Rb5-e5# <br /> A spectacular block problem.</blockquote><br /> This <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=259498">complete block s#2</a> is also interesting.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Hume, George</b><br /> Bristol Mercury, 1893<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=90876" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?7N/4p2p/4R2p/2P1Kbkr/4R2p/5Q1p/3r3P/2B5" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3161212', 'displayText3161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3161212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qf3-f1 !</b> ZZ <br /> <blockquote>1...Bf5-g4 2.Re6-g6+ h7xg6 3.Qf1-f6+ e7xf6# <br /> 1...Bf5xe4 2.Qf1-g1+ Be4-g2 3.c5-c6 Kg5-g4# <br /> 1...Bf5-g6 2.Qf1-g2+ h3xg2 3.Re4-g4+ Kg5xg4# <br /> 1...Bf5xe6 2.Qf1-a6 Be6-~ 3.Qa6-f6+ e7xf6#</blockquote></div><br /> Another good exercise for solvers:<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Hume, George</b><br /> Chess Monthly, 1895<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=194496" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2N1R2q/1PR3p1/6P1/1N1k1pPP/3b1K2/Br6/B1P5/2rQ4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">13 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4161212', 'displayText4161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4161212" style="display: none;"><b>1.b7-b8=S !</b> (2.Rc7-d7+ Kd5-c4 3.Qd1-f1+ Rc1xf1#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Rc1xc2 2.Sb5-c3+ Rc2xc3 3.Qd1-f3+ Rc3xf3# <br /> 1...Rc1xd1 2.Sc8-e7+ Kd5-e6 3.Sb5xd4+ Rd1xd4# <br /> 1...Qh8xe8 2.Rc7-c5+ Kd5-e6 3.Rc5-e5+ Bd4xe5# <br /> 1...Qh8-f8 2.Qd1-h1+ Rc1xh1 3.Re8-e5+ Bd4xe5#</blockquote>Amazingly, two pairs of variations.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Géza Erdős</b> (16-12-1885 - 07-1961) Hungarian composer</span><br /> <br /> Géza Erdős composed direct mates.<br /> More information about him can be found on <a href="http://sakk-magazin.hu/4si">http://sakk-magazin.hu/4si</a> (search for "Erdős Géza").<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Erdős, Géza</b><br /> Österreichische Schachzeitung, 1953<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=186192" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?n7/7p/1p2pK2/1N1N1bR1/P3k2P/1P2p1B1/2PbB3/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">10 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5161212', 'displayText5161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5161212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Kf6-f7 !</b> (2.Sd5-f6#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Ke4xd5 2.Be2-f3+ Kd5-c5 3.Bg3-d6# <br /> 1...Bf5-g6+ 2.Kf7-g7 (3.Rg5-e5/Sd5-f6#) 2...Bd2-c3+ 3.Sd5xc3# <br /> 1...e6xd5 2.Rg5xf5 (3.Rf5-e5/Be2-d3#) 2...Ke4xf5 3.Sb5-d6#</blockquote>It is worth noticing that 1.Kf6-g7? fails on 1...e6xd5! 2.Rg5xf5 Bd2-c3+! and this is why the Lepuschutz-type key 1.Kf6-f7 exposing the white King to check actually works. <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Paul Heuäcker</b> (16-12-1899 - 10-07-1969) German composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIg4SvBFfK_VjfxYV0ozHOlkgYEWFs177hxkarlIkjT83lQp_waAXUcoliZ04pxQKD98eLR8n4wZoxPLyr559dUoLbj2QWbDsaYQMpP1FTmdylwzNSgva7a9ABdnXtKlXxcdh9xs4VQg/s1600/16.12+Paul_Heu%25C3%25A4cker_1960_Hessen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIg4SvBFfK_VjfxYV0ozHOlkgYEWFs177hxkarlIkjT83lQp_waAXUcoliZ04pxQKD98eLR8n4wZoxPLyr559dUoLbj2QWbDsaYQMpP1FTmdylwzNSgva7a9ABdnXtKlXxcdh9xs4VQg/s320/16.12+Paul_Heu%25C3%25A4cker_1960_Hessen.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Heuäcker<br /> [<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heu%C3%A4cker">Wikipedia</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Paul Heuäcker was an endgame study composer. <br /> In 1989 Gerald Braunberger wrote "<i><a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Phantasie_im_Endspiel.html?id=ZeLDAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y">Phantasie im Endspiel - Paul Heuäckers Schachstudien</a></i>". <br /> Paul Heuäcker is most known for this study, which has become a classic: <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Heuäcker, Paul</b><br /> Neue Freie Presse, 5<sup>th</sup> Jan 1930 (44)<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=293767" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1B6/8/7P/4p3/3b3k/8/8/2K5" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6161212', 'displayText6161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6161212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Ba7 ! Ba1 2. Kb1 Bc3 3. Kc2 Ba1 4. Bd4 !! Bxd4 </b><br /> {4...exd4 5.Kd3 blocks the pawn and wins}<br /> <b>5. Kd3 ! Ba1 6. Ke4</b> blocks the pawns on another square and wins. <br /> Doubled sacrifice of the wB.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Heuäcker, Paul</b><br /> New Statesman {and Nation} 1953<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=294704" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?n7/6qr/7R/6R1/3p3p/3K4/8/2k5" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7161212', 'displayText7161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7161212" style="display: none;">White starts by an attack to the black King:<br /> <b>1. Rc6+ Kd1 2. Rf6 ! Qe7 ! 3. Rg1+ Qe1 4. Ra6 Rc7 5. Ra1+ Rc1 </b><br /> {A little picture for this symmetrical position of the bK sandwiched by his loyal forces}<br /> <b>6. Rxc1+ Kxc1 7. Rxe1+ Kb2</b> <br /> {Now White must continue to play precisely to win the bS}<br /> <b>8. Re7! h3 9. Rb7+ Kc1 10. Rb8 ! Sc7 11. Rc8</b> wins the bS and the game.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hans Henneberger</b> (16-12-1916 - 31-08-2006) Swiss composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzgRHnf8IkzUidU27DDI_ibW85BMfVuPUvc9pu8Lv8EQcS3obmmCwqg-cIRcSrupz7vjHrLRFoly9tv3X_g3hXJQVLttScM-RGz9RVENvdFDjRBZrFMgi_rCyvpaS31yMxIIzlXjrgSQ/s1600/16.12+Henneberger+H.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzgRHnf8IkzUidU27DDI_ibW85BMfVuPUvc9pu8Lv8EQcS3obmmCwqg-cIRcSrupz7vjHrLRFoly9tv3X_g3hXJQVLttScM-RGz9RVENvdFDjRBZrFMgi_rCyvpaS31yMxIIzlXjrgSQ/s1600/16.12+Henneberger+H.png" width="367" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hans Johner (left) with Hans Henneberger (right) at a chess solving competition in Zürich<br /> [<a href="http://www.kunstschach.ch/docs/ssz/SSZ%201975.pdf">SSZ 1975</a>, page 267]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiMFQXhJkSBOlZmZ3t9ZtNr9R8qrC4ANqncaIyWlLxx7iT2H6Llj8rI-wRVP7coHHhJrJPXxIhiAHk1VxAeuuds2zcVMZlvNL9jo2FG2rlAc5KKucqs6wVFX7Xl8rJEop8FAGF-osZjU/s1600/16.12+schweizer-schachkompositionen-1976-1986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiMFQXhJkSBOlZmZ3t9ZtNr9R8qrC4ANqncaIyWlLxx7iT2H6Llj8rI-wRVP7coHHhJrJPXxIhiAHk1VxAeuuds2zcVMZlvNL9jo2FG2rlAc5KKucqs6wVFX7Xl8rJEop8FAGF-osZjU/s1600/16.12+schweizer-schachkompositionen-1976-1986.jpg" /></a></div><br /> Hans Henneberger wrote the book "<i>Kunstschach in der Schweiz</i>" in 1980 (Swiss problems published between 1966-1976).<br /> He was the problem columnist of the "<i>Schweizerische Zeitung</i>" during the periods 1946-1949 and 1967-1990.<br /> <br /> <div style="width:258px;text-align:center;letter-spacing:-0.07em;"><strong >Henneberger, Hans</strong><br /> 1234 Modern End-Game Studies, 1938 (595)<br /> <br /> <a style="border-bottom:none;" href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=347900"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?7N/5P1k/4K3/8/8/8/6r1/7N"></a><table width="258px"><tr> <td style="text-align:left;border-bottom:none;" valign="top">+</td><td style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none;">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" style="text-align:right;border-bottom:none;">4 + 2</td></tr> </table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8161212', 'displayText8161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8161212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Sg3! </b><br /> {1.f8Q? Re2+ 2.Kd6 Rd2+ 3.Kc6 Rc2+ 4.Kb5 Rb2+ 6.Ka4 Ra2+ draw}<br /> <b>1...Rxg3 2.f8=Q Re3+ 3.Kd6 Rd3+ 4.Kc6 Rc3+ 5.Kb5 Rb3+ 6.Ka4</b> +- <br /> {6...Ra3/Rb4+ 7.Qxb4 lifts the stalemate}<br /> </div><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Валентин Викторович Лидер</b> (16-12-1939) Russian composer and FIDE Master </span>(Valentin Viktorovich Lider)<br /> <br /> Valentin Lider is a twomover composer.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Лидер, Валентин Викторович</b><br /> Шахматы в СССР 1975<br /> Special Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=14857" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1rB5/1Pk5/Q1N5/3p1N2/2nK4/8/8/2R5" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText10161212', 'displayText10161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText10161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText10161212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Rb1?</b> ZZ<br /> 1. ... Ra8 2. bxa8=S# <br /> 1. ... Rxc8 2. bxc8=Q# <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1. ... Sb6/d6/a5/e5/a3/e3/d2 2. Q(x)b6# </span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">but 1. ... Sb2! </span><br /> <b>1. Qa7!</b> ZZ <br /> 1. ... Ra8 2. bxa8=Q# <br /> 1. ... Rxc8 2. b8=S# <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1. ... Rxb7 2. Qxb7# </span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1. ... Kxc6 2. Qc5# </span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1. ... Sb6 2. Qxb8# </span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1. ... Sd6/a5/e5/a3/e3/b2/d2 2. Q(x)a5#</span><br /> Reciprocally exchange promotions and changed mates after black defences.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Лидер, Валентин Викторович</b><br /> The Problemist, 1978<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=14866" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1QRbq1B1/R6r/2PN4/1bkN4/2Pn3p/3PP3/8/1K6" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">11 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText11161212', 'displayText11161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText11161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText11161212" style="display: none;"><b>1.c7!</b> (2.Qb6#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Kc6 2.cxd8S# <br /> 1...Kxd6 2.cxd8Q#/cxd8R# <br /> 1...Sc6 2.Sb7# <br /> 1...Qc6 2.Se4# <br /> 1...Bc6 2.Qb4#</blockquote>Two flights giving key, <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Levman">Levman</a>.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nikola Predrag</b> (16-12-1959) Croatian composer and FIDE Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pdC5VPvdU5pkhvmzP38mHElKX6n3O7HYGoNtvfn1BnXDDQODbhJuPaqbRiBn4wfpji51YLHfHaRh7dFJ-dyUmQtZ4ZyUwh1-47IwwdqikC0qtv5eJ13K8s5BVMZjIQG30_AVcdvG-L0/s1600/16.12+nikola+predrag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pdC5VPvdU5pkhvmzP38mHElKX6n3O7HYGoNtvfn1BnXDDQODbhJuPaqbRiBn4wfpji51YLHfHaRh7dFJ-dyUmQtZ4ZyUwh1-47IwwdqikC0qtv5eJ13K8s5BVMZjIQG30_AVcdvG-L0/s320/16.12+nikola+predrag.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nikola Predrag</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Nikola Predrag composes in all genres. He is the co-founder of the on-line magazine ProblemOnline [unfortunately broken link]. <br /> He is also a solver (FM) and member of the Croatian team.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Predrag, Nikola</b><br /> Modor MT, 2001<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=308616" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2n1B1bB/b5K1/1PN5/pQ6/p1Pr3p/1n6/1k6/R1R5" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 9</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText12161212', 'displayText12161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText12161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText12161212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Sc6-e5 ! </b>(2.Ra1-b1+ Kb2-a2/a3 3.Qb5xa4#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Rd4-d7+ 2.Kg7-f8 ! (3.Se5-d3/Se5xd7#)<br /> 1...Rd4-g4+ 2.Kg7-h6 ! (3.Se5-d3/Se5xg4#)<br /> 1...Sc8xb6 2.Kg7xg8 (3.Se5-d3#) 2...Rd4-g4+ 3.Se5xg4# <br /> 1...Bg8-h7 2.Kg7xh7 (3.Se5-d3#) 2...Rd4-d7+ 3.Se5xd7#</blockquote>Two pairs of similar variations.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Predrag, Nikola</b><br /> ЮК М.Матренин-64, 2012<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> HM<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=340928" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2q5/8/3P3R/1P1kP3/6B1/B1R2P2/8/3K4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">2 solutions</td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 2</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText13161212', 'displayText13161212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText13161212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText13161212" style="display: none;">1.Qxg4 Rh4 2.Qe6 Rc5# <br /> 1.Qxc3 Bb2 2.Qc5 Be6#<br /> <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Zilahi">Zilahi</a> in an original setting.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-16th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-12120367214921127992012年12月15日 09:01:00 +00002024年04月13日T13:59:58.817-07:00BarryDecemberFicaKniest P.KrobshoferOganesyanSeiderSenecaWesselsDecember 15th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Henry William Barry</b> (15-12-1878 - 21-04-1933) American composer</span><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.dieschwalbe.de/personalia204.htm">Henry William Barry</a> was a violin teacher of Irish descent. He was the problem editor of the "American Chess Bulletin" during 25 years.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Barry, Henry William</b><br /> La Stratégie, 1901<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=1655" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?6B1/1p2b1p1/1Bk1N2R/8/pnN2p2/8/b1P4K/3Q4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#2</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1151212', 'displayText1151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1151212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qg4!</b> (2.Sd4#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Kd5 2.Sg5# <br /> 1...Kd7 2.Sxg7# <br /> 1...Kb5 2.Sc7#</blockquote></div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Oswald von Krobshofer</b> (15-12-1883 - 08-03-1960) German composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO6gI-nlGCySxGtCrhWEPSY_49EXz7oYQzmhtbHh3DdXEv1YSAgabxqNrAlCIXs95DJZ_f3LqhaUMB81X_cTN89IBrAXTNOdhglp-K4LpFqgP9XUgdXDB2rd9Ll_Z5u7gmrk6VN5mYJQlqLKhQ_ZNVaH_-2Iblk9V-C4sBNTkxa8o3-fSPW1KlCIC0ZZD/s448/15.12%20Krobshofer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO6gI-nlGCySxGtCrhWEPSY_49EXz7oYQzmhtbHh3DdXEv1YSAgabxqNrAlCIXs95DJZ_f3LqhaUMB81X_cTN89IBrAXTNOdhglp-K4LpFqgP9XUgdXDB2rd9Ll_Z5u7gmrk6VN5mYJQlqLKhQ_ZNVaH_-2Iblk9V-C4sBNTkxa8o3-fSPW1KlCIC0ZZD/s320/15.12%20Krobshofer.png"/></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oswald von Krobshofer<br /> [<a href="https://www.dieschwalbe.de/download/archivalien/Kartothek_A-K_scan.pdf" target="_blank">Kartothek A-K page 182</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_von_Krobshofer">Oswald von Krobshofer</a> was a <a href="http://www.askart.com/askart/k/oswald_krobshofer/oswald_krobshofer.aspx">painter</a>, graphician and chess composer.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Von Krobshofer, Oswald</b><br /> Die Schwalbe, Mar 1954<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=192530" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4r2N/8/4r3/6R1/2NP1pB1/5p1p/2P1k2P/1R4K1" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2151212', 'displayText2151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2151212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rb1-f1 ! </b>(2.Bg4xf3#) <br /> 1...Re6-e3 2.Sh8-g6 (3.Sg6xf4#) 2...Re8-e4 3.Rg5-e5 ZZ and Black has a painful choice:<br /> 3...Re3-~, Re4xe5 4.Sg6xf4# or 3...Re4xd4 4.Bg4xf3#<br /> Secondary variation: 2...Re8-f8 3.Rg5-e5 (4.Bg4xf3#) <br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Camil Seneca</b> (15-12-1903-28-06-1977) Romanian-French composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IE3JhIY_ThI-Q0zjTGrltG812BfrtaALkEqt2K-ap959zC-CIyHCElTy5OflFt8ZvbnunGUWCKo-pljE4BIB1ygDTY4hAYsTo0HlRm7Th-4VNPixZcTsXK3U2Nj7IbpvOQWQ7F6GB7c/s1600/15.12+Camil+Seneca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IE3JhIY_ThI-Q0zjTGrltG812BfrtaALkEqt2K-ap959zC-CIyHCElTy5OflFt8ZvbnunGUWCKo-pljE4BIB1ygDTY4hAYsTo0HlRm7Th-4VNPixZcTsXK3U2Nj7IbpvOQWQ7F6GB7c/s320/15.12+Camil+Seneca.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camil Seneca<br /> [<a href="http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/seneca.htm" target="_blank">HERITAGE des ECHECS FRANCAIS</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.dieschwalbe.de/personalia204.htm" target="_blank">Camil Seneca</a> was an excellent player and composer. He collaborated with almost all French chess press, was chess editor for numerous newspapers (for "<i>Le Figaro</i>" from 1951 until 1977) and published many books, of which "<i>Les Echecs</i>" (1974), "<i>150 problèmes d'échecs</i>" and "<i>200 problèmes d'échecs</i>" (1975).<br /> He founded the chess problem magazine "Thèmes-64" and was an International Judge.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Seneca, Camil</b><br /> Neue Leipziger Zeitung, 1927<br /> 1st Prize <br /> v. Die Schwalbe, 2003<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=199318" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?5b2/3N4/2r3p1/p1p3p1/k1Kp2Pp/3B3P/1p3B2/nN6" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#5</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 11</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3151212', 'displayText3151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3151212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bg1!</b> ZZ <br /> 1...Ra6,Re6 2.Bh2 Ra6,Rc6 3.Bxg6! (threatens 4.Be8 ~ 5.Sb6#) 3...Rxg6 4.Bd6! (Novotny) 4...Bxd6, Rxd6 5.Sb6/Sxc5#<br /> The second Novotny is still harder to detect: <br /> 1... Be7 2.Bh2 Bd8! <br /> Now 3.Bxg6? does not work, because of 3...Bb6!! 4.Be8 Ba7! <br /> Hence 3.Be4! (4.Bxc6#) Rc8 4.Bc7! second Novotny 4...Bxc7, Rxc7 5.Sxc5, Sb6#<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Peter Kniest</b> (15-12-1914 - 15-12-1993) German composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wzP0zwWyR_vNB4-UJkteS0hSfO1hsUqve2i5VJOWdWp17jYtR1V-5hNpk-udv_0F0o6H5n43Y2gvAdg_Up_igv5A6NtDsuyhPe4ZR1tOKVJtXlOnZgftPpRo7yWBeXAF55SmpA_DmNc/s1600/15.12.+Peter_Kniest_1984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wzP0zwWyR_vNB4-UJkteS0hSfO1hsUqve2i5VJOWdWp17jYtR1V-5hNpk-udv_0F0o6H5n43Y2gvAdg_Up_igv5A6NtDsuyhPe4ZR1tOKVJtXlOnZgftPpRo7yWBeXAF55SmpA_DmNc/s320/15.12.+Peter_Kniest_1984.jpg" width="235" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Kniest<br /> [<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kniest" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Peter Kniest was Albert Kniest's brother and the editor of many German magazines, especially the most important fairy magazine of the world, "<i>Feenschach</i>". He wrote the series of books "<i>Caissa's Schloßbewohner</i>" (1983-1991).<br /> <br /> He composed in all genres with a preference for fairy problems and was an International Judge.<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Kniest, Peter</b><br /> Die Schwalbe, 1940<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=92218" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/3p2N1/8/3k4/3P1n2/2K5/8/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">SetPlay<br /> </td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 3</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4151212', 'displayText4151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4151212" style="display: none;">Set play: 1. ... Sg7-f5 2.Sf4-e6 Kc3-d3 3.d7-d6 Sf5-e7# <br /> 1.Kd5-d6 d4-d5 2.Sf4-g6 Kc3-d4 3.Sg6-e7 Sg7-e8#<br /> Chameleon echo mates.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Kniest, Peter</b><br /> Schach-Echo, 1970<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=92226" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?6k1/6p1/1p6/1P6/2p1p3/p6p/P1p1P2P/K3Q3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#4</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"> Set play</td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 8</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5151212', 'displayText5151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5151212" style="display: none;">Set play: 1... Qe1-b4 2.c2-c1=Q+ Qb4-b1 3.Qc1-h6 Qb1xe4 4.Qh6-h7 Qe4-e8#<br /> 1.Kg8-f8 Qe1-b1 2.c2-c1=R e2-e3 3.Rc1-f1 Qb1-d1 4.Rf1-f7 Qd1-d8#<br /> Changed promotions. <br /> Pelle move and critical move by the white Queen on the first rank.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Shlomo Seider </b>(15-12-1933 - 12-09-1991) Israeli composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cbgmv_DXiv201UI_Y291GkxxuPGld09tYdpMN1rSdcee1BghOlZ_odVXoLgfX9X7zSbuWToqX-Nsfii4iXrpiSmbURHY-qprYqe7D-MdAzBSPMkIk3127TYiHi_2WM7A5xb0XrWP9QI/s1600/15.12+Shlomo+Seider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cbgmv_DXiv201UI_Y291GkxxuPGld09tYdpMN1rSdcee1BghOlZ_odVXoLgfX9X7zSbuWToqX-Nsfii4iXrpiSmbURHY-qprYqe7D-MdAzBSPMkIk3127TYiHi_2WM7A5xb0XrWP9QI/s320/15.12+Shlomo+Seider.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shlomo Seider <br /> [<a href="http://shlomoseider.netau.net/">Shlomo Seider website</a>]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Shlomo Seider was an International Judge and composed in all genres with equal success.<br /> Theodor Tauber wrote the book "<i>As in All Arts: Selected Chess Problems of Shlomo Seider</i>" in 1996.<br /> <br /> His family has dedicated <a href="http://shlomoseider.netau.net/">a site to his memory</a> and to chess problem friends. His problems can be seen <a href="http://shlomoseider.netau.net/problemsAndSolutions.htm">on this page</a>. Some of his articles can be read <a href="http://shlomoseider.netau.net/articles.htm">on that site</a>: <br /> <ul><li>"<a href="http://shlomoseider.netau.net/delayedAndRevealedEffects.htm">Delayed and Revealed Effects</a>" Variantim 1988</li> <li>"<a href="http://shlomoseider.netau.net/smallStyleGrandStyle.htm">Small Style - Grand Style</a>", Variantim 1991</li> <li>"<a href="http://shlomoseider.netau.net/onCompositionAndIdeology.htm">On Composition and Ideology</a>" Haproblemai 1976</li> <li>"<a href="http://shlomoseider.netau.net/eachThematicPlayHasItsValue.htm">Each Thematic Play Has Its Value</a>", Die Schwalbe 1971</li> </ul><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Seider, Shlomo</b><br /> Die Tat, 1964<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=57400" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2Q4q/pp4r1/5r2/1p2p1B1/1pB1P3/kP2N3/P2Rp3/1K2nb2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 12</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6151212', 'displayText6151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6151212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rd2-d6 !</b> (2.Se3-c2+ Se1xc2 3.Bg5-c1#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Rf6-f4 2.Rd6-a6+ b7xa6 3.Qc8xa6# <br /> 1...Rg7xg5 2.Bc4-g8 (3.Qc8-c1#) 2...Se1-d3 3.Se3-c2#<br /> 1...Qh8-h6 2.Bc4-f7 (3.Qc8-c1#) 2...Se1-d3 3.Se3-c2#</blockquote></div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Seider, Shlomo</b><br /> Schach-Echo, 1978<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=98918" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1p6/1P3p2/1P3P2/Npk1p3/3pP3/1P1P4/3K4" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">h#5</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;">b) wSa4-&gt;wBa4</td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">8 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText6151212', 'displayText6151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText6151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText6151212" style="display: none;">a) 1.Kb3 Sc5+ 2.Kxb2 Sxd3+ 3.Kb3 Sc5+ 4.Kc4 Sa4 5.Kd3 Sb2# <br /> b) 1.Kc5 Bc2 2.Kxb5 Bxd3 3.Kc5 Bc2 4.Kc4 Ba4 5.Kd3 Bb5#<br /> <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Kniest" target="_blank">Kniest</a> theme. The black King captures a white pawn on the square from where the white piece will mate him.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alexander Fica </b>(15-12-1947) Czech-Slovak composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMWHuXDxhqcZxstNHCgyXn5oj7f45ejT6uNGbn_sTKNNsQILeI8l6X4MGTLKug7GXtAOqG4XBxVa-Shrxq3dLk4JOSrU7Bqlp3DGDyejOdcTIvtFTpWLyM-iWDKSKfGjpENVJ2mEgLfo/s1600/15.12+alexander+fica.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMWHuXDxhqcZxstNHCgyXn5oj7f45ejT6uNGbn_sTKNNsQILeI8l6X4MGTLKug7GXtAOqG4XBxVa-Shrxq3dLk4JOSrU7Bqlp3DGDyejOdcTIvtFTpWLyM-iWDKSKfGjpENVJ2mEgLfo/s320/15.12+alexander+fica.jpg" width="252" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexander Fica<br /> [<a href="http://www.rubriky.net/pravda/foto/fica.php" target="_blank">rubriky.net</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Alexander Fica composes direct mates and helpmates. <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Fica, Alexander</b><br /> Pravda 1973-1974 (153)<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=50505" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2Q5/1K4pb/pp1p2r1/3BkNNn/8/3p2p1/2p3n1/2B2r2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 13</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText7151212', 'displayText7151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText7151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText7151212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Sf5-e3 !</b> (2.Qc8-c3+ Ke5-f4 3.Sg5-h3#) <br /> <blockquote>1...Rf1xc1 2.Sg5-f3+ Ke5-f4 3.Se3g2# <br /> 1...Rf1-f7+ 2.Sg5xf7+ Ke5-f6 Ke5-d4 3.Qc8-c4# <br /> 1...Rf1-f4 2.Bc1-b2+ Rf4-d4 3.Qc8-f5# <br /> 1...Sg2xe3 2.Bc1-b2+ Ke5xd5, Ke5-f4 3.Qc8-c6, Sg5-h3# <br /> 1...Ke5-f6 2.Sg5-f7 (3.Qc8-e6/Qc8-d8#) <br /> 1...Ke5-d4 2.Qc8-c4+ Kd4-e5 3.Bc1-b2# <br /> 1...Rg6xg5 2.Bc1-b2+ Ke5-f4 3.Se3xg2#<br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(1...Rf1-h1 2.Sg5-f3+ or 2.Sg5-f7+ dual)</span></blockquote>Complex Bohemian threemover without white pawn.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Martin Wessels</b> (15-12-1969) German composer and FIDE Master</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAIEUl3vc9HqfblG6dzfhpvWPpr8-h2tgERnDk1PODU9QjKXwmPWTQ8zsmuGy3FQ0lpT6CSfSBhl0kFA2YilcfQMf0okBAdqYrnVWMkkS46zjdOlGWsuh5BPcCigaY3qs5ijerwtl9Es/s1600/15.12+Martin_Wessels-Behrens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="150" width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAIEUl3vc9HqfblG6dzfhpvWPpr8-h2tgERnDk1PODU9QjKXwmPWTQ8zsmuGy3FQ0lpT6CSfSBhl0kFA2YilcfQMf0okBAdqYrnVWMkkS46zjdOlGWsuh5BPcCigaY3qs5ijerwtl9Es/s320/15.12+Martin_Wessels-Behrens.jpg" /></a><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Martin Wessels-Behrens<br /> [<a href="http://www.ifm.hs-osnabrueck.de/36699+M5e74c095361.html">Institut für Musik der Hochschule Osnabrück</a>] </span></td></tr><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><br /> Martin Wessels is a music composer and pianist. He has composed mostly direct mates and is the threemover editor of "Die Schwalbe". <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Wessels, Martin</b><br /> Brehmer MT, 1998<br /> 3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=227192" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?1B5q/n2B1b1N/r1n4p/Qp2r3/2Rpk1p1/RN2P1K1/1P2pP2/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">11 + 12</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText8151212', 'displayText8151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText8151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText8151212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Qe1 !</b> (2.Qb1+ A Kd5 3.Rc5# C) <br /> <blockquote>1...Kd5 2.Rc5+ C Kd5-e4 3.Sd2# D <br /> 1...Qf8 2.Sd2+ C Kd5 3.Sf6# E<br /> 1...Qxb8 2.Sf6+ E Kd3 3.Sa5# F<br /> 1...Kd3 2.Sa5+ F Ke4 3.Qh1# G<br /> 1...bxc4/Bxc4 2.Qh1+ G Kd3 3.Qb1# H </blockquote>8-fold cycle of 2nd and 3rd white moves.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Алексей Сергеевич Оганесян</b> (15-12-1985) Uzbek-Russian composer and FIDE Master</span> (Alexey Sergeyevich Oganesyan)<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgIG6c1N54FduO6c0h5Gd0Q4XIrt5Q-D-dWUNOvgI7xX0Fk8Lt-Hea4DC5kxyxvYiiRPX7InGjiqVPmlRAsnj2xZK-_zWhe-wbqT4uGEak-0v_GWu1Z_kSW7fTA2Sak1TUQDsjGaAQCo/s1600/15.12+Oganesjan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="270" width="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgIG6c1N54FduO6c0h5Gd0Q4XIrt5Q-D-dWUNOvgI7xX0Fk8Lt-Hea4DC5kxyxvYiiRPX7InGjiqVPmlRAsnj2xZK-_zWhe-wbqT4uGEak-0v_GWu1Z_kSW7fTA2Sak1TUQDsjGaAQCo/s1600/15.12+Oganesjan.jpg" /></a><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Aleksey Oganesyan<br /> [<a href="http://superproblem.ru/archive/probl/Oganesjan.html">SuperProblem.ru</a>] </span></td></tr><br /> <br /> </div><br /> Alexey Oganesyan was born in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and now lives in Russia.<br /> He started composing in 1998 with endgame studies and three- and moremovers. He favors geometrical motives. Nowadays, he also composes fairy problems (search <a href="http://juliasfairies.com/problems/search/">here</a> for his problems published on <a href="http://juliasfairies.com/">Julia's Fairies</a>).<br /> He is also the editor and director of the quick composing tourneys and the editor of fairies in the Informal Tourney for the Russian website <a href="http://superproblem.ru/index-en.html">Superproblem.ru</a> and that's indeed a lot of work.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Оганесян, Алексей Сергеевич</b><br /> Julia's Fairies (788) 2015<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=390525" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/1P6/p7/k1r5/n1p5/4p3/1Pp5/R3K3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">hs#4.5</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">4 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText9151212', 'displayText9151212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText9151212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText9151212" style="display: none;">1...c1=S! 2.b8=R! (b8=Q?) Sb3 3.Rb7! (tempo) Sd2 4.0-0-0 Rc6! (tempo) (Rc7? Rc8?) 5.b4+ cxb3 e.p.#<br /> <a href="http://christian.poisson.free.fr/problemesis/themes.html#Valladao">Valladao</a> task with a tempo move for each side.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-15th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216259311544523720.post-56463128151614131052012年12月13日 21:41:00 +00002022年09月25日T09:52:01.627-07:00DecemberKlírTimmanWerner D.December 14th<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Antonín Klír</b> (14-12-1864 - 29-01-1939) Czech composer</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGLmGfwYfbpQ425e9AYlOsIpmQFUM6S8RieogoaV_HdiBEkgbskyh8y6RznLuBePsHjbiEnyWOam0w3VOklo-jH7BOLkAgtSZXuNOvwmre6Yzr7pb9KfzmJtqSi_pBibnucziS8AKxew/s1600/14.12+Klir_Antonin_1925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGLmGfwYfbpQ425e9AYlOsIpmQFUM6S8RieogoaV_HdiBEkgbskyh8y6RznLuBePsHjbiEnyWOam0w3VOklo-jH7BOLkAgtSZXuNOvwmre6Yzr7pb9KfzmJtqSi_pBibnucziS8AKxew/s320/14.12+Klir_Antonin_1925.jpg" width="243" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antonín Klír 1925<br /> [<a href="http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Kl%C3%ADr" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>]&nbsp; </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> Antonín Klír was a Bohemian-style composer.<br /> More about him on<a href="http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Kl%C3%ADr"> Wikipedia</a> (but his chess problem activity is not mentioned).<br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Klír, Antonín</b><br /> Časopis českých šachistů 1907 (252)<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=114031" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?6N1/1QKp3n/8/5k2/n1R1R2P/2Pp4/3r1r2/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#3</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 7</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText1141212', 'displayText1141212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText1141212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText1141212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Rc4-c6 !</b> (2.Rc6-f6+ Sh7xf6 3.Sg8-e7# or 2.Rc6-d6 [3.Sg8-e7#]) <br /> <blockquote>1...Rf2-f4 2.Sg8-h6+ Kf5xe4 3.Rc6-e6# <br /> 1...Kf5xe4 2.Rc6-c4+ Ke4-~ 3.Qb7-e4# Switchback of wRc4</blockquote>Battery play.<br /> </div><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jan Hendrik Timman</b> (14-12-1951) Dutch composer and FIDE Master in composition</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBGDesTPqaWA7qCnimXhD3aSvt1zDxem6XiyvCyoWuCsAlKr1GmYpjR6zXTKg0fKwaADTK1hE9QBFYOKnJkSxHLyJOOi3T-7-TJ6WCndlocdB4WDA5DfiSDGwr4z-KSfCLC01n7XEWiQ/s1600/14.12+Timman_Jan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBGDesTPqaWA7qCnimXhD3aSvt1zDxem6XiyvCyoWuCsAlKr1GmYpjR6zXTKg0fKwaADTK1hE9QBFYOKnJkSxHLyJOOi3T-7-TJ6WCndlocdB4WDA5DfiSDGwr4z-KSfCLC01n7XEWiQ/s320/14.12+Timman_Jan.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan Timman<br /> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Timman">Wikipedia</a>] </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Jan Timman was and still is a top player (o.t.b. GM and World no.2 at the beginning of the 1980s), but he is also an endgame studies composer and has always expressed interest for chess composition.He is one of the chief editors of the magazine "<i>New In Chess</i>". He recently wrote the remarkable book "<i>The Art of the Endgame - My Journeys in the Magical World of Endgame Studies</i>".<br /> His selected studies are presented on <a href="http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Timman/base.htm">JMRW's website</a>. <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Timman, Jan Hendrik</b><br /> Chess Life and Review, 1982<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=277446" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?4k3/8/1r6/8/3KB3/5R2/6bb/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">=</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">3 + 4</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText2141212', 'displayText2141212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText2141212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText2141212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Re3 Bg1 2. Bxg2+ Kd7 3. Bf1 Rd6+ </b><br /> {3... Kc7 4. Bc4 Rc6 5. Bf7 Rf6 6. Ke5 =} <br /> <b>4. Ke4 Re6+ 5. Kf3 Rxe3+ 6. Kg2</b> and White wins back the black Bishop.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Timman, Jan Hendrik</b><br /> Nunn-50JT, 2005<br /> 6<sup>th</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=285711" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?7K/4r2P/2n3P1/p2b3B/7p/1kP4P/7P/8" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">+</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">7 + 6</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText3141212', 'displayText3141212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText3141212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText3141212" style="display: none;"><b>1. g7 Re8+ ! </b><br /> {1... Re5? 2. Bd1+ Kxc3 3. g8=Q +-} <br /> <b>2. Bxe8 Se7 3. c4</b> <br /> {The reason for this move, instead of the immediate 3.g8=Q?, will be revealed on the last move of this study} <br /> <b>3... Bxc4 </b><br /> {3... Kxc4 4. g8=Q Bxg8 5. Bf7+ Bxf7 6. Kg7 Bd5 7. h8=Q wins}<br /> <b>4. g8=Q ! Bxg8 </b><br /> {4... Sxg8 5. Kg7 +- } <br /> <b>5. Bf7+ ! </b><br /> {5. hxg8=Q+ ? Sxg8 6. Kxg8 Kc3 =}<br /> <b>5... Bxf7 6. Kg7 Sg6 </b><br /> {6... Bc4 7. h8=Q +-}<br /> <b>7. Kxf7 Sh8+ 8. Kg7 a4 9. Kxh8 a3 10. Kg8 a2 11. h8=Q</b> and wins, thanks to the long diagonal that was opened by the 3rd move.<br /> More detailed solution on <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=285711">YACPDB</a>.<br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_89U5kmn1gSO018mvvybr5onr_L6l6IILcjiB3wBgOj7MmaJZsyJ__hBDWDL3GAgbELqn__7WPfEmO9AP57edCL-7Oc2Y9dK31Kn6zvYX0RuO2AzKdAF2U0CUMlDbiSCXOD2KMl1CHTCP/s1600/nn.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dieter Werner</b> (14-12-1957) Swiss-German composer and International Master</span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNCQKwOY0uxqosm60NnWtVQ5pk2UUr7shOHlS4bqQxL0h4iKCGthbkg7S3CvWDGV1AFrP-TthMa5wJsm2DDf7-gLCBwvXprUX0RwPefUWOII3VFxBVYWbSeOt5vVLxlEkL_w4F60PijE/s1600/14.12+Dieter+Werner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNCQKwOY0uxqosm60NnWtVQ5pk2UUr7shOHlS4bqQxL0h4iKCGthbkg7S3CvWDGV1AFrP-TthMa5wJsm2DDf7-gLCBwvXprUX0RwPefUWOII3VFxBVYWbSeOt5vVLxlEkL_w4F60PijE/s1600/14.12+Dieter+Werner.jpg" width="543" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dieter Werner (left) with Thomas Maeder<br /> [<a href="http://problemschach.de/harmonie/h127.pdf">harmonie 127</a>, page 94]</td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> Dieter Werner is a direct mate composer who also ventures into the genres of selfmates, helpmates and fairy problems.<br /> His award of the Werner-50 JT can be read on <a href="http://www.dieschwalbe.de/schwalbe237.htm#werner">dieschwalbe.de</a>. <br /> <br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Werner, Dieter</b><br /> H.P.Rehm-60 JT, Die Schwalbe, 2004 (208/)<br /> 2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=233859" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?8/6b1/p2pBn2/R2p1p2/RP1pkP2/3Np3/1B2Pp2/5K2" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">#5</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">9 + 10</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText4141212', 'displayText4141212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText4141212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText4141212" style="display: none;"><b>1.Bb2-a1 !</b> ZZ<br /> 1...Bg7-h8 2.Ra4-a2 ~ 3.Ra2-c2 ~ 4.Rc2-c4 (5.Rc4xd4#) <br /> 4...Sf6~, dxc4 5.Be6xd5, Be6xf5#<br /> The necessary waiting move forces the black Bishop to go to the corner and allows the long detour Ra4-a2-c2-c4.<br /> </div><br /> <div style="letter-spacing: -0.07em; text-align: center; width: 258px;"><b>Werner, Dieter</b><br /> harmonie 13 TT, 2006<br /> 1<sup>st</sup> Prize<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=347766" style="border-bottom: none;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yacpdb.org/xfen/?2n1R3/8/5B2/1N5B/2pN4/1ppkp3/bp2p3/1qb1K3" /></a><br /> <table style="width: 258pxpx;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: left;" valign="top">s#10</td><td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;"></td> <td style="border-bottom: none; text-align: right;" valign="top">6 + 11</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><br /> <a onclick="toggle('toggleText5141212', 'displayText5141212', 'Show Solution');"id="displayText5141212"><font COLOR=#e03070>Show Solution</FONT></a></p><div id="toggleText5141212" style="display: none;"><b>1. Bg5 ! </b>(2. Re3+ Bxe3#) <br /> 1... Qc2! 2. Sc6 (3. Bxe2+ Qxe2#) <br /> 2... Qb1! 3. Sbd4 Qc2 4. Re5 (5. Sb4+ Kxd4 6. Sc6+ Kd3 7. Bxe2+) <br /> 4... Sa7 5. Se6 Qb1 6. Scd4 Dc2 7. Bf4 ~ 8. Sc5+ Kxd4 9. Se6+ Kd3 10. Bxe2+ Qxe2#<br /> Complicated manoeuvres by the wS and pendulating bQ.<br /> </div>http://chesscomposers.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-14th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)0

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