Sunday, December 30, 2012

December 31st

Joel Fridlizius (31-12-1869 - 06-01-1963) Swedish composer

Joel Fridlizius
[ChessGames]

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" (source).
He was specialized in Bohemian threemovers and his best-known work is reproduced below (St. Petersburger Zeitung 1898).
Some of his works can be found in "370 Udvalda Svenska Schackproblem" by Johan August Ros, 1901 (source of the information and games by J.Fridlizius on ChessGames.com).

Fridlizius, Joel
St. Petersburger Zeitung, 1898
1st Prize


#3 8 + 9

Show Solution
1.Rc3-f3 ! (2.Qh1-h4+ g5xh4 3.Rf3-f4#)
1...Be2xf3 2.Qh1-a1+ Kd4-e4, Kd4xc4 3.Qa1-e5, Sd5-e3#
1...Be2xc4 2.c2-c3+ Kd4-e4, Kd4xd5 3.Sd5-f6, Rf3-f6#
1...Kd4xc4 2.Rf3-f4+ g5xf4 3.Qh1-e4#
1...Sa5xc4 2.Rf3-d3+ Be2xd3 3.c2-c3#
1...f7-f5 2.Qh1-a1+ Kd4xc4,Kd4-e4 3.Sd5-e3,Rf3-e3#
1...Be2-d3 2.Rf3xd3+ Kd4xc4 3.Sd5-e3/Qh1-e4#
Model mates and mutual sacrifices of wQ (on h4) and wR (on f4).

Fridlizius, Joel
Trollhättans Schacksällskap, 1918
1st Prize


#3 9 + 4

Show Solution
1.Qc8-e8 ! (2.Qe8-g6 [3.Qg6xg5#] 2...Ke5xd5,Ba8xd5 3.Qg6-e4, d3-d4#)
1...Ke5xd5 2.Se6-f4+ Kd5-d4, g5xf4 3.Qe8-h8, Qe8-e4#
1...Ba8xd5 2.d3-d4+ Ke5-f5/Ke5-e4/Ke5-f6 3.Qe8-g6#
1...Ba8-c6 2.Qe8-h8+ Ke5xd5, Ke5-f5 3.Se6-c7, g2-g4#
Model mates.

Fridlizius, Joel
Zlatá Praha, 1908
1st Prize


#3 6 + 8

Show Solution
1.Qf5-h7 ! (2.Sb5-d4+ Kb4-a5/Kb4-c5 3.Qh7-a7#)
1...Sg5xh7/Sg5-f7 2.Sb5-c7+ Kb4-a5,Kb4-c5 3.Rb8-b5,Sc7-e6#
1...a3-a2 2.Qh7-a7 (3.Qa7-a3/Sb5-a3/Sb5-d4/Sb5xd6/Sb5-c7#)
1...c3-c2 2.Qh7-c7 (3.Qc7-c3/Sb5-c3/Sb5-d4/Sb5xd6/Sb5-a7#)
1...Kb4xb3 2.Sb5xd6+ Kb3-a4,Kb3-a2 3.Qh7-a7,Qh7-b1#
(1...Kb4-a5/Kb4-c5 2.Qh7-a7+ /2.Qh7-c7+ )
Model mates.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

December 30th

Friedrich Beck (30-12-1906 - ?) German composer

Friedrich Beck composed mostly twomovers.

Beck, Friedrich
Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1944
3rd Prize


#2* 6 + 8

Show Solution
Set play:
1...Rb2/Rb1/Rb4/Rbc3/Rbe3/Rbf3 2.Bd5#[A]
1...Qg1/Qc1 2.Qh6#[B]
1...Rg4/Rgf3/Rge3/Rgc3/Rh3 2.Qd6#[C]
1.Rd4! (2.Rd6#)
1...Rbd3 2.Bd5#[A]
1...Qd1 2.Qh6#[B]
1...Rgd3 2.Qd6#[C]
1...Sb5/Sc4 2.Rc4#
Transferred mates.

Friday, December 28, 2012

December 29th

Joseph Alonzo Potter (29-12-1837 - 30-07-1859) American composer

Joseph Alonzo Potter, Scientific American Supplement, 1878年07月27日
[Chess Archaeology]


According to these Proceedings:
[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.

Potter, Joseph Alonzo
American Chess-Nuts, 1868 (3-moves / 664)


#3 5 + 5

Show Solution
1.Ra6-f6 ! (2.Qf2-g2+ Sg5-f3 3.Qg2xf3#)
1...Sh5-f4 2.Kb7-c6 (3.Qf2-e3#) 2...Sf4-g2/Sf4-d5 3.Qf2-f5#
1...Sh5xf6 2.Qf2xf6 ZZ Ke4-d5, Sg5~ 3.Qf6-c6, Qf6-f3#
1...Ke4-d5 2.Qf2-b6 (3.Qb6-c6#) 2...Kd5-c4 3.Sc2-e3# or 2...e5-e4 3.Qb6-d4/Qb6-b5#

Thursday, December 27, 2012

December 28th

William W. Greenwood (28-12-1836 - 11-07-1922) British composer

William Greenwood was a Good Companion composer. He composed mostly direct movers, but also selfmates.

Greenwood, William W.
English Chess Problems, 1876


#3 5 + 1

Show Solution
1.Qa2-a6 ! ZZ
1...Ke4-f5 2.Qa6-e2 Kf5-g5 3.Qe2-h5#
1...Ke4-e5 2.Qa6-f6+ Ke5-e4 3.Sd5-~#
1...Ke4-d4 2.Qa6-d6 (3.Sd5-e3/Sd5-b6#) 2...Kd4-c4 3.Qd6-b4#
1...Ke4-f3 2.Qa6-g6 ~ 3.Qg6-g2#

Greenwood, William W.
The British Chess Magazine, Jan 1916


s#2 9 + 16

Show Solution
1. Rc2! (2. Sxe3+ Sxe3#)
1... Sa7/Sa5 2. Be6+ dxe6#
1... Rxh5 2. Rxf6 Kxf6#
1... Rb3 2. Qd3+ Rxd3#
1... Qxd1 2. Qxf3+ Qxf3#
A modern conception.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

December 27th

Frank W. Martindale (27-12-1854 – 27-10-1909) American composer


Frank W. Martindale
[Chess problems, HathiTrust Digital Library]

Frank Martindale learnt the rules of chess at 17 and the next year already published a book including 100 of his problems ("Chess Problems", O.A.Brownson, Dubuque Chess Journal, 1872).

Martindale, Frank W.
Maryland Chess Review, 1874


#3 6 + 4

Show Solution
1.Bc4xe6 ! (2.f3-f4+ Ke5-e4 3.Qd2-e3#)
1...d7-d5 2.Qd2-b4 (3.f3-f4#) 2...d5-d4 3.Qb4-b8#
1...d7xe6 2.Qd2-d8 Ke5-f5/f4 3.Qd8-f6#
Sacrifice key with two Queen variations.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

December 26th

Joseph Ney Babson (26-12-1852 - 20-12-1929) American composer

Joseph Babson
[ChessProblem.net]


Joseph Babson, 1882
[Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery]
Thanks to P.Hoffmann and Z.Kornin for the link

Joseph Babson composed mainly selfmates.
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 "Sons of Babson" is well remembered by chess problem aficionados and can be read here.

Babson, Joseph Ney
American Chess Bulletin, 1925


s#3 14 + 9

Show Solution
1.f7-f8=B !
1...h2-h1=Q 2.h7-h8=Q (3.Qh8xh1 ~#) 2...Qh1xg2 3.Qh8xc3+ Sb1xc3#
1...h2-h1=S 2.a7-a8=S Sh1-g3 3.Bc7xg3 ~#
1...h2-h1=R 2.h7-h8=R followed by the capture of the promoted black Rook and mate.
1...h2-h1=B 2.a7-a8=B Bh1xg2 3.Ba8xg2 ~#
Babson task.
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.

Monday, December 24, 2012

December 25th

William Anthony Shinkman (25-12-1847 - 25-05-1933) American composer

William Shinkman
[Wikipedia]

William Shinkman was a very prolific composer (more than 3,500 problems), 672 of them in "The Golden Argosy" which can be downloaded and read from here.
His surprising and paradoxical keys owed him the surname of "the Wizard of Grand Rapids". He composed many classics.
More about him on ChessProblem.net by Gary Kevin Ware.

Shinkman, William Anthony
Huddersfield College Magazine, Oct 1877
1st Prize


#2 5 + 4

Show Solution
1.Ba4! ZZ
1...d6 2.Sbc7#
1...f6 2.Sdc7#
1...f5 2.Qg8#
1...Kxd5 2.Bb3# !
1...e4 2.Qxe4#
Ambush, flight-giving key and switchback of the white Bishop.

Shinkman, William Anthony
St. John's Globe, 1890
1st Prize


#3 5 + 6

Show Solution
1.Kh4-g5 ! (2.Qh5-f3+ Ke4-e5 3.Qf3-f5#)
1...Bf1xg2/Bf1-e2 2.Qh5-e2+ Ke4-d5 3.Sc2xb4#
1...Bf1-d3/Ke4-e5 2.Qh5-e8+ Ke4-d5 3.Sc2-e3#
1...Ke4-d5 2.Qh5-f7+ Kd5-e5/e4, Kd5-c6 3.Qf7-f5, Sc2-d4#
1...Ke4-d3 2.Qh5-d1+ Kd3-c4, Kd3-e4 3.Sc2-a3, Qd1-d4#
1...d6-d5 2.Qh5-h7+ Ke4-e5 3.Qh7-e7#
Complex of model mates after a superb key.

Shinkman, William Anthony
Deutsche Schachzeitung, Sep 1893


#4 5 + 2

Show Solution
1.Ba8-h1 ! ZZ
1...Kg1xh1 2.Ke3-f2 h4-h3 3.Kf2-f1 h3-h2 4.Sg4-f2#
1...h4-h3 2.Bh1-g2 ! ZZ and now two possibilities:
2...h3-h2 3.Sg4-e5 ~ 4.Se5-f3#
2...h3xg2 3.Se1-f3+ Kg1-h1, Kg1-f1 4.Sg4-f2, Sg4-h2#
The second Bishop sacrifice 2.Bh1-g2! is the high point of the problem.

Shinkman, William Anthony
Sunny South, 1891
2nd Prize


s#3 7 + 8

Show Solution
1.Rh7-h8 ! (2.e7xd8=B+ Kc7xc8 3.Qd5-c6+/Qd5-b7+ Bg2xQ#)
1...e6xd5 2.e7xd8=Q+ Kc7-c6 3.Sc8xa7+ Qa3xa7#
1...Kc7xc8 2.e7xd8=R+ Kc8-c7 3.Qd5-b7+ Bg2xb7#
1...Sd8-c6 2.e7-e8=S+ Kc7xc8 3.Qd5xc6+ Bg2xc6#
White Allumwandlung.
Secondary variations:
1...Bg2-f1/Bg2-h3 2.Qd5xd8+ Kc7-c6 3.Sc8xa7+ Qa3xa7#
1...Sg8xe7 2.Bf6-e5+ Kc7xc8 3.Qd5-b7+ Bg2xb7#

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