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| Edouard Pape on the Eiffel Tower American Chess Bulletin, sept. 1921 [mjae.com] |
Edouard Pape composed more than 2000 problems, most of them twomovers in the "Good Companions" style - he was vice-president of the Good Companions. He wrote a chess-themed novel "La variante F.VIII du Gambit Camulogène". The Pape theme requests the double en-passant capture of the same white pawn.
Pape, Edouard
Good Companion, 1917
1st Prize
Good Companion, 1917
1st Prize
| #2 | 7 + 10 |
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Григорий Леонтьевич Попов (18-04-1950) Russian composer and International Master (Grigory Leontievich Popov)
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| Grigory Popov |
Grigory Popov is a moremover composer with many recent successes. He was 7th in the moremovers section in WCCI 2004-2006. Here is a sample of his talent:
Попов, Григорий Леонтьевич
Московский конкурс 2010
3rd Prize
Московский конкурс 2010
3rd Prize
| #7 | 6 + 9 |
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Попов, Григорий Леонтьевич
Gafarov-70 MT, Uralsky Problemist, 2006
3rd Prize
Gafarov-70 MT, Uralsky Problemist, 2006
3rd Prize
| #12 | 9 + 10 |
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Попов, Григорий Леонтьевич
Шахматная поэзия 2009
2nd Prize
Шахматная поэзия 2009
2nd Prize
| #14 | 9 + 11 |
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Margus Sööt (18-04-1980) Estonian composer
Margus Sööt is a chess player and solver who sometimes composes. He is also the studies editor of the Swedish magazine "Springaren".
Sööt, Margus
49th PCCC, Vodka Ty, 2006
Comm.
49th PCCC, Vodka Ty, 2006
Comm.
| #3 | 4 + 3 |
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Frideswide Fanny Rowland née Beechey (18-04-1843 - 25-02-1919) Irish composer
Frideswide Rowland was a strong chess player and composer.
She published her first chess problem anthology "Chess Blossoms" in 1883 and other chess books later. For more details about her chess career, this article on Chess.com is quite exhaustive.
She composed direct mates in 2 or 3 moves and was the first woman to win a prize in an international problem tourney, for this problem.
Rowland, Frideswide F.
The Irish Sportsman, 1885
1st Prize
The Irish Sportsman, 1885
1st Prize
| #2 | 9 + 6 |
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Solaiappan Manikumar (18-04-1980 - 18-08-2025) Indian composer
One of the leading next generation Indian composers, Solaiappan Manikumar was a highly regarded Neonatology doctor. Manikumar began as a solver in the 1990s and only started composing seriously around 2015. His main interest was in helpmates, both orthodox and fairy, though he tried his hand in other genres too.
Here's an orthodox #3, composed with CGS Narayanan, that was selected for the 2019-21 FIDE Album (B143).
Manikumar, S.
JT Stefan Milewski - 80, 2023
5th-6th HM
JT Stefan Milewski - 80, 2023
5th-6th HM
| h#2 | b) bKd4->e4 | 12 + 6 |
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