January 8th

Franz Pachl (08-01-1951) German composer and Grand Master

Pachl, Franz
2.pr Die Schwalbe, 1979

h#2

b) Exchange e2 c4

9 + 13

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a) 1.Qf4 Rg1 2.Kg4 Se3#
b) 1.Qd5 Ra6 2.Ke6 Sd4#

Anticipatory self-pin, triple-pin mates, model mates.

Pachl, Franz
3.pr Schach-Echo, 1988

h#2

2.1.1.1

6 + 4

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1.Rxf4 Rf5 2.Rf2 d4#
1.Bxd3 Bc4 2.Be2 fxe5#

Pelle moves, white battery play, black direct self-pin, model mates.

Pachl, Franz
3.pr Schach-Aktiv, 1987

h#2

2.1.1.1

7 + 11

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1.Se2 Sxb4 2.Be4 Sxd5#
1.Sc3 Sxg2 2.Rb7 Sxf4#

Orthogonal-diagonal correspondence, battery play, self-interference, indirect self-pin, pin mate.

Hauke Reddmann (08-01-1961) German composer

Reddmann, Hauke
Die Schwalbe, 1986
1^st Prize

#2

12 + 11

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1.Be5? (2.Qf4#/Qf5#)

1...Bxe4 2.Nxe4#/Qf4#
1...Rxf6 2.Bxf6#
1...Qxe5/Qd7 2.Qf4#
1...Bxe5 2.Qf5#
but 1...Qf1!

1.Bc7? (2.Nf7#/Qf4#)

1...Bd5 2.Qf4#/Qf5#
1...Rxc7 2.Qf4#
1...Bxc7 2.Nf7#
1...Qf5 2.Rxf5#/Qxf5#
but 1...Rxf6!

1.Bd6! (2.Ne6#/Qf4#)

1...Bd5 2.Qf4#/Qf5#
1...Re7/Rxd6 2.Qf4#
1...Qf5 2.Rxf5#/Qxf5#
1...Bxd6 2.Ne6#

Grimshaw, Novotny

Анатолій Миколайович Хандурін (08-01-1953) Ukrainian composer (Anatoly Mikolayovitch Khandurin)

Постніков, Олександр Борисович & Хандурін, Анатолій Миколайович
Buletin Problemistic, 1993
2^nd Prize

#2 vvvv

c8, d8, c6, g4, e2: Grasshopper a5, h5, f1: Nightrider

10 + 11

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1.Qf2? (2.Nf4#) A but 1...Gf3! a
1.Nb2? (2.Qf4#) B but 1...Rd3! b
1.Bc5? (2.Ne3#) C but 1...Rd4! c
1.Nc7? (2.Be3#) D but 1...Rd5! d

1.Kh7! (2.g8=N#)

1...Gf3 a 2.Nf4# A
1...Rd3 b 2.Qf4# B
1...Rd4 c 2.Ne3# C
1...Rd5 d 2.Be3# D
1...Rd7 2.Gxe6#

Dombrovskis, anti-battery.

Robert Fortune (08-01-1905) South-African composer

Fortune, Robert
British Chess Federation, 1950
2^nd Prize

#3

10 + 9

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1.Ba5! (2.Bb4+ Kd4 3.Sf3#)

1...Rxe5 2.Qf4 (3.Bb4#) 2...Re4 3.Bb6#
1...Re3/Rf2 2.Q(x)e3+ Kxd6 3.Bb4#
1...Kxd6 2.Qf4 (3.Bb4#) 2...Ke7 3.Sg6#
1...Kd4 2.Sf3+ Kc5 3.Bb4#
1...Bxe5 2.Qd8 (3.Qb6#) 2...Kxd6 3.Bb4#
1...Bxg5 2.Sf3 ~ 3.Bb4#

Anti-Reversal, exchange of White's 2nd and 3rd move, model mates.