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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
October 31st
Rudolf Heinrich Willmers (31-10-1821 - 24-08-1878) Austrian composer
Rudolf Heinrich Willmers was widely known as a brilliant player - the trill was his specialty - and composer... for the piano (source), but he also composed chess problems. "Musicians and Chess" reports the following anecdote:
Which, of course, seems completely natural to chess solvers or composers.
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Rudolf Heinrich Willmers was widely known as a brilliant player - the trill was his specialty - and composer... for the piano (source), but he also composed chess problems. "Musicians and Chess" reports the following anecdote:
While playing Schumann's 'Carnival' in a piano recital in Copenhagen, Willmers stopped suddenly, wrote on his cuff, and then continued. He explained afterwards that he had been struggling for a week to solve a difficult problem when the solution came to him in a flash. 'I had to jot it down to get it out of my head and let me concentrate entirely on my playing.'
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1.Sb4-c6 ! (2.Qd8xe7#)
1...Ke6-d6 2.Sf6-e8+ Kd6xc6 3.Qd8xb8 (4.Qb8-b5#) 3...Sa8-b6/c7 4.Qb8-c7# or 2...Kd6-c5 3.Qd8-a5+ Kc5xc6 4.Qa5-b5#The excellent key played certainly an important role in obtaining the high award.
1...d7xc6 2.Sf6-d5 (3.Qd8xe7#) 2...c6xd5 3.Qd8xd5+ Ke6-f6 4.Qd5-f5#
1...Sb8xc6 2.Qd8xd7+ Ke6-e5 3.Qd7-f5+ Ke5-d6 4.Sf6-e8#
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