Josef Drnek (03-07-1875 - 03-05-1941) Czech composer
Josef Drnek was a Bohemian composer. Miroslav Soukup compiled 60 problems of his and an interview of Drnek in "
Josef Drnek - Otavské perly" (1940) and the book can be downloaded and
read from here.
Michal Dragoun compiled almost all Drnek's work (321 problems) in "
Josef Drnek Galerie českých skladatelu".
Drnek, Josef
J.Chocholouš-MT, 1931
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1.Rb2-d2 ! (2.Sd3-c5+ Ba7xc5 3.e2xf3#)
1...Ke4-d5 2.Sd3-b4+ Kd5-e4 3.e2xf3#
1...Ba6xd3 2.Qc1-c4+ ~ 3.e2xf3#
1...Ba7-d4 2.Qc1-c6+ Rd8-d5 3.e2xf3#
1...Rd8xd3 2.Qc1-c6+ Rd3-d5, Ke4-d4 3.e2xf3, e2-e3#
1...Rd8-d4 2.Sd3-f2+ Ke4-d5 3.e2-e4#
1...f3xe2 2.Sd3-c5+ Ba7xc5 3.Qb1-h1#
Paul Weyl (03-07-1894 - 10-08-1974) German composer
Paul Weyl was a chess composer from Leipzig.
Weyl, Paul
Skakbladet, 1911
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.h7-h8=R !
1...e5-e4 2.Rh8-a8 ZZ Kd4-e5 3.Qb4-b8+ Ke5-f6 4.Qb8-h8+ Kf6-g6 5.Ra8-g8#
A splendid
Brunner-Turton (2.Ra8 3.Qb8 4.Qh8) followed by a
Bristol (5.Rg8).
Secondary variations:
3...Ke5-d4 4.Sc5-a4 ZZ 4...Sc4-~, Sc4-e5 5.Qb8-h8, Qb8-a7/Qb8-b6#
3...Sc4-d6 4.Qb8-h8+ Ke5-f4 5.Qh8-h2#
Thomas Charles Donald Ricketts (03-07-1896 - 15-12-1979) British composer
Thomas Ricketts was specialized in three- and moremovers and composed many problems with quiet moves and model mates. He was president of the British Chess Problem Society in 1969-70.
His problems are a good training for the performance solver:
Ricketts, Thomas Charles Donald
British Chess Federation, 1959
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Qe1-e6 ! (2.Qe6-f6+ Kd4-e3 3.Qf6-f2#)
1...Bd3-b1/Bd3-c2/Bd3-b5+/Bd3-h7/Bd3-g6/Bd3-f5 2.Sd6-b5+ Kd4-d3 3.Qe6-e2#
1...Bd3-f1/Bd3-a6 2.Qe6-d5+ Kd4-e3,Kd4-c3 3.Qd5-e4,Qd5-d2#
1...Bd3-e2 2.Rg2xe2 (3.Qe6-c4/Qe6-e3#) 2...Kd4-c3, Sa8-b6 3.Qe6-c4,Qe6-e3#
1...Bd3-e4+/Bd3-c4 2.Qe6xe4+ Kd4-c3 3.Sd6-b5/Qe4-c4#
1...Kd4-c3 2.Qe6-e5+ Kc3-b4 3.Qe5-c5#
Unexpectedly many variations.
Ricketts, Thomas Charles Donald
The Problemist, 1967
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1.Bf7-a2 ! ZZ
1...g2-g1=~ 2.Qg4xg1 (3.Qg1xe3#) 2...Kc3xd4, Re3-d3 3.Bc1-b2, Sd4xe2#
1...Kc3xd4 2.Qg4-f5 (3.Qf5-c5/Qf5-f6#)
1...h4-h3 2.Qg4xh3 (3.Sd4xe2/Qh3xe3#) 2...Kc3xd4 3.Qh3-h8#
1...d7-d5/d6 2.Qg4-c8 (3.Sd4xb5#) 2...Kc3xd4 3.Qc8-h8#
Surprising echo variations where the wQ pins the bBc6 or bRe3 and threatens the echo pin mate Sd4xe2 / Sd4xb5. The key is perfectly mysterious.
Gerd Rinder (03-07-1935 - 20-01-2022) German composer and FIDE Master
Gerd Rinder was a strong solver and composed in all orthodox genres.
Three of his best direct mates are presented on
his Wikipedia page. Gerard Ettl presented a #4 by Gerd Rinder on his Youtube Channel: see
here.
Rinder, Gerd
Deutscher Schachverband, 1961
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1.Be4-a8 ! (2.Qh7-b1#)
1...Ke1-f1 2.Qh7xh3+ ~ 3.Qh3-h1#
1...e5-e4 2.Qh7xe4 (3.Qe4-b1#) 2...Ke1-f1/Bh3-f5 3.Qe4-h1#
1...g7-g6 2.Qh7-b7 (3.Qb7-b1#) 2...Ke1-f1/Bh3-f5 3.Qb7-h1#
Everything is almost in the first move, but it is sufficient for a pleasant solving.
Rinder, Gerd
Die Schwalbe, 1998
Show Solution1. Bb8!
{threatens 2.Rf6#; 1. Be5? Bxf4; 1. Bc7? Sd6 2. Rxd6 Kxf4 3. Kxg6 Kxf3 4. Rd3+ Ke4 5. Rxb3 Bxc7 }
1... Sd6 !
{
Novotny}
2. Rxd6
{2. Bxd6 b1=Q 3. Bc7 Qb2+ 4. Be5 Qxe5+ 5. fxe5}
2... Kxf4 3. Kxg6
{3. Rb6+ Ke3 4. Rxb3+ Bd3 5. Ba7+ Kxf3 6. Rxd3+ Ke2 7. Rb3 Be5+ 8. Kg6 Kd2}
3... b1=Q+
{or 3... Kxf3 4. Rd3+ Ke4 5. Rxb3 +-; or 3... Ke3 4. Rd1 Bxb8 5. Bd5 +-}
4. Rd3#
A short but lively endgame study.
Микола Олексійович Пархоменко (03-07-1937) Ukrainian composer (Mykola Oleksyovich Parkhomenko)
Mikola Parkhomenko lives in Vinnytsia and has a massive output of direct mates.
Пархоменко, Микола Олексійович
Шахматы в СССР Jan 1984 (1)
Special HM
Show Solution1.Re5? (2.Qf2#[A])
1...a5 2.Qxa5# but 1...Ka7[a]!
1.Re7[B]? ZZ
1...Ka7[a] 2.Qf2#[A] but 1...a5!
1.Qf2[A]! (2.Re5#/Ra3#)
1...Ka7[a] 2.Re7#[B]
1...Ka5 2.Ra3#
1...a5 2.Re6#
Urania,
Reversal.
Hartmut Brozus (03-07-1942) German composer
Hartmut Brozus composes in all orthodox genres - direct mates, selfmates, helpmates, with a preference for longer problems.
Brozus, Hartmut
Die Schwalbe, 2005 (12669)
4
th HM
Show Solution1.Qf4+! Rf7 2.Qb4+ Re7 3.d8=R+ Kf7 4.Qf4+ Kg6 5.Rg8+ Rg7 6.Qf5+ Kh6 7.Qh7+ Rxh7#
1.d8=Q+! Kf7 2.Qh5+ Rg6 3.Rf5+ Ke6 4.Qd5+ Ke7 5.Rf7+ Ke8 6.Rh7 Kf8 7.Qg8+ Rxg8#
Echo mates and different promotions in each solution. This selfmate certainly reminds the connaisseur of some long selfmates by Andrey Selivanov.
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