Norbert Kovács (16-05-1874 -24-05-1946) Hungarian composer
Dr. Norbert Kovács composed about 500 problems and was specialized in fairy problems. In 1926 he wrote with Neukomm and Schor "
Feladvany-Műszotar", a collection of problem chess terms.
Kovács, Norbert
Magyar Sakkvilág, 1933
3
rd Prize
Show Solution1.Qb7 ! (2.Qxh1#)
1...Bxb7 2.Bxf6 (3.Bxg5#) 2...Rc6 3.Sf3#
1...Rc6 2.Qxa8 (3.Qh8#) 2...Bf3, Rc8 3.Sxf3, Qxh1#
1...B~ 2.QxB and 3.Qh1/Sf3#
Hard to guess which piece will give mate in this helpmate:
Kovács, Norbert
Tijdschrift vd NSB, 1927
Show Solution1.Bc1 a4 2.Bf4 axb5 3.c1=B bxc6 4.Bce3 c7#
The white Bishop-Pawn battery is a surprise, since the pawn is blocked in the diagram position.
Eric Duncan McQueen (16-05-1908 - 12-1971) British-Australian composer
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Eric Duncan McQueen
[source: The Problemist, July 2010] |
Eric McQueen went to Australia with the
Big Brother Movement. Bob Meadley and Geoff Foster discussed this composer in "
The Problemist", July 2010 and this
article can be read online thanks to our Australian friends of OzProblems.com.
He composed, it seems, only twomovers. The most famous one is:
Mcqueen, Eric Duncan
Melbourne Leader, 1934
Show Solution1.Bh2! (2.Rg7#)
1...Rxh8+ 2.Rg8#
1...Rh6 2.Rg6#
1...Rh5 2.Rg5#
1...Rh4 2.Rg4#
1...Rxh3 2.Rgxh3#
1...Rf7 2.Kxf7#
1...Re7+ 2.Kxe7#
1...Rd7 2.Kxd7#
1...Rc7 2.bxc7#
1...Rb7 2.Qd8#
1...Rxa7 2.bxa7#
Twelve variations by the black Rook - a task. The position is very elegant for this content.
Zoran Janev (16-05-1961) Macedonian composer
Zoran Janev plays the violin and composes chess problems.
Janev, Zoran
Probleemblad, 2001

Reflexmate in two.
Show Solution1.Rd6 ! (2.Rxd4 Qxd4#)
1...Rb2 2.Rf3 Re2#
1...d2 2.Re2 d1=S#
1...Bxb4 2.Be2 Bd2#
1...Bxd6 2.Bf3 Bf4#
Double Grimshaw, on e2 and f3.
Secondary variation: 1...Rxd6+/Rd5+ 2.bxc5 Qd4#
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