Gerardus Hendrikus Drese (23-09-1902 - 09-08-1980) Dutch composer and International Master
Gerardus Drese composed direct mates and selfmates. 62 of his problems were compiled in the 5th issue of Dr. Niemeijer's series "
Probleemcomponisten".
He was an International Judge.
Drese, Gerardus Hendrikus
Ruy Lopez Chess Club Tourney, 1933-35
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Kb8-b7 ! (2.Qf3-d3+ Bf2-d4 3.Bb2-a3#)
1...Bf2-e3 2.Qf3-e4 (3.Qe4xe6#) 2...e6-e5/xd5 3.Ra5-d5#
1...Bf2-d4 2.Bf5xe6 ~ 3.Qf3-d5#
1...Bf2-c5 2.c6-c7 ~ 3.Qf3-c6#
1...Bf2-b6 2.Bb2xf6 (3.Bf6-e5/Bf6-e7#) 2...e6xf5 3.Qf3-d5#
Secondary variation:
1...Qg1-b1 2.Qf3-a3+ Bf2-c5 3.Qa3xc5#
Logical problem, black Bristol as a defense motive and black correction.
Drese, Gerardus Hendrikus
Probleemblad, 1951
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Sc6xa7 ! (2.Qa6-d6+ Rd5xd6#)
1...Qa4-d1/Qa4/c2/Qa4xd7/Qa4-c4 2.Qa6-a5+ Rd5xa5#
1...Qa4-b3/Qa4-c6+/Qa4-b5/Qa4-b4 2.Qa6-b7+ Qb3xb7#
1...Qa4xa3 2.Sa7-b5+ Rd5xb5#
1...Qa4xa6 2.d7-d8=Q/B+ Rd5xd8#
1...Rd5-~+ 2.Qa6-b7+ Bh1xb7#
1...Rd5-b5+ 2.Qa6-c6+ Bh1xc6#
1...Rd5-a5+ 2.Qa6-b7+/Qa6-c6+ Bh1xQ#
Rich battery and pin play.
Rafael Candela Sanz (23-09-1908 - 13-09-1993) Spanish composer
Rafael Candela Sanz was a chess player, International Judge for chess composition and chess composer. He composed direct mates, selfmates (see for instance this
s#3), helpmates, retro or fairy problems (especially
reflex mates such as this one).
Candela Sanz, Rafael
Problemas, 1963
3
rd Prize
Show Solution1.Bg7? (2.Kg5#) 1...Be3 2.Ke6# 1...h6 2.Kxg6# but 1...Bh2!
1.Sg5? (2.Se6#) 1...f4 2.Sf3# but 1...Qa2!
1.Sd8? (2.Se6#) 1...Qa2 2.Sxc6# 1...f4 2.Re4# but 1...g5!
1.Se5! (2.c3#) 1...g5 2.Sxf5# 1...Qa3 2.Sxc6# 1...f4 2.Sf3#
Somov theme in tries and solution.
Friedrich Burchard (23-09-1914 - 23-02-1994) German composer
Friedrich Burchard is a solver and composer of direct mate problems.
Burchard, Friedrich
Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1964 (1864)
Show Solution1.Rf3xf5 ! (2.Rf5-a5 ~ 3.Ra5-a1#)
1...c6-c5 2.Bg3-e5 and two variations:
2...f7-f6 3.Be5-f4 ! Kg1-f1/f2 4.Bf4-e3#
2...f7xe6 3.Rf5-f4 ! Kg1xh2 4.Rf4-f1#
Reciprocal Indians.
Vilém Kijonka (23-09-1915 - ?) Czech composer
Vilém Kijonka composes direct mates.
Kijonka, Vilém
Parallèle 50, 1947
Show Solution1.Ka8-b8 ! (2.Sb6-a8 h7xg6 3.Sa8-c7# model mate)
1...Se1-f3 2.Sb6-d7 Sf3xe5 3.Sd7-f6# model mate
1...c5-c4 2.Sb6-c8 h7xg6 3.d6-d7# model mate
1...Se1-d3/Rd2-e2 2.Sb6xd5 ~ 3.d6-d7/3.Sd5-f6/3.Sd5-c7#
Black obstructions enable White mates.
Model mates
Эдуард Яковлевич Лившиц (23-09-1938) Russian-Ukrainian composer and International Master (Eduard Yakovlevich Livshitz)
Eduard Livshitz composes direct mates.
Лившиц, Эдуард Яковлевич
Первенство УССР 1958
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Sd2? (2.Qb3#)
1...f5[c]/Qe6[c]/Qb6[a] 2.Sd3#[B]
1...f6[b]/Qc2[d] 2.Sc6#[A]
1...Qb1 2.Sc6#[A]/Qxb1#
but 1...c2!
1.Sd4? (2.Qb3#)
1...f6[b] 2.Sdc6#[C]
1...f5[c]/Qe6[c] 2.Sc2#[D]
1...Qc2[d] 2.Sxc2#[D]/Sdc6#[C]
1...c2 2.Qd2#
1...Qb1 2.Qxb1#/Sdc6#[C]
but 1...Qb6[a]!
1.Sc5! (2.Qb3#)
1...f5[c]/Qe6[c]/Qb6[a] 2.Scd3#[F]
1...f6[b]/Qc2[d] 2.Sa6#[E]
1...c2 2.Qd2#
1...Qb1 2.Sa6#[E]/Qxb1#
Zagoruiko.
Bastiaan Evert De Haas (23-09-1939) Dutch composer
Bas de Haas composes direct mates, helpmates and fairy problems. In 1998 he wrote an interesting article in Probleemblad (July-August issue) about Equihopper problems, which
Juraj Lörinc echoed on his website.
De Haas, Bastiaan Evert
Probleemblad, 1992
1
st Prize
Show SolutionIn the diagram position bEa1 guards e3 through hurdle c2 and prevents 1.Bxe3#
1.EQd6-h8 ? ZZ
1...f7-f5 2.EQh8-d2#
1...f7-f6 2.EQh8-d4#
1...EQc8-g6 2.EQh8-f4#
but 1...EQe7-g7 !
1.EQh5-b1 ? ZZ
1...f7-f5 2.EQd6-h4 #
1...f7-f6 2.EQd6-h6 #
1...EQc8-g6 2.Kd3-e4#
(1...EQa1-~ 2.Ba7xe3# ; 1...EQe7-c5 2.EQd6-b4#)
but 1...EQe7-g7 !
1.EQd6-f8 ! ZZ
1...f7-f5 2.Re1xe2# (bPf3 cannot capture Re2 because it is pinned by wEf8 - hurdle is bPf5)
1...f7-f6 2.EQf8-f4#
1...EQe7-g7 2.EQf8-h6#
1...EQc8-g6 2.EQf8-h4#
(1...EQa1-g5 2.Ba7xe3#)
Zagoruiko 3x3 on the three black defenses f7-f5, f7-f6, EQc8-g6.
(Aleksandr Petrovich Maksimovskikh)
Aleksandr Maksimovskikh has composed other 1,000 direct mates, helpmates and endgame studies. He is also an International Judge.
Максимовских, Александр Петрович
Молодой ленинец (Курган) 1972
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Sf3? ZZ but 1...Sxe2!
1.Sf7? (2.Sh6#) but 1...Rh8!
1.Se4? ZZ but 1...Rg5!
1.Se6? ZZ but 1...Rg6!
1.Sh7! ZZ
1...R~ 2.Qxg7#
1...Rg6 2.fxg6#
1...Rg5 2.fxg5#
1...Sf3 2.exf3#
1...Sxe2 2.Bxe2#
Black correction.
Максимовских, Александр Петрович
Молодой ленинец (Курган) 1976
1
st Prize
Show Solution1. Rc8+
{1. Rh2+ ? Kg8 2. Rg2+ Kf8 3. Rf2+ Ke8 4. Re2+ Kd8 5. Rc8+ Kd7 (5... Kxc8 ? 6. Rxc2+) 6. Rc7+ Kd6 7. Rc6+ Kd5 8. Rc5+ Kd4 9. Rc4+ Kd3 -+}
1... Kh7 2. Rc7+ Kh6 3. Rc6+ Kh5 4. Rc5+ Kh4 5. Rc4+ Kh3 6. Rc3+ Rd3 !!
{6... Kxg2 7. Rxc2+ }
7. Rh2+ Kg3
{7... Kxh2 8. Rxc2+; 7... Kg4 8. Rg2+}
8. Rg2+ Kf3 9. Rf2+ Ke3 10. Re2+ Kd4
{10... Kxe2 11. Rxc2+ Rd2 12. Rc1 Rd1 (12... Rb2 13. Ka3 Rb1 14. Rc2+) 13. Rc2+ Rd2 14. Rc1 =}
11. Rc4+ Kd5
{11... Kxc4 12. Rxc2+}
12. Rc5+ Kd6 13. Rc6+ Kd7 14. Rc7+ Kd8 15. Rc8+ =
An excellent example of "crazy Rook".
Сергій Комаров (23-09-1945 - 01-02-2008) Ukrainian composer (Sergiy Komarov)
Sergiy Komarov composes mostly helpmates.
Комаров, Сергій
Московский конкурс 1985
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1. Sd3 f4 2. e5 fxe5 3. Qc7 exd6 4. Sc5 dxc7 5. Sb7 Ra6#
1. Kb7 Kxg5 2. Kc6 Kf6 3. Kd5 Rg3 4. Ke4 Rxc3 5. d5 f3#
Long marches of the bK and wP in two solutions.
Jan Heribert Knöppel (23-09-1918 - 15-07-1995) Swedish composer and International Master
Jan Knöppel was an International Master and also a FIDE judge in his specialty, direct mates in two moves.
He was an editor for Springaren and Stella Polaris.
Knöppel, Jan Heribert
Eskilstuna-Kuriren 1952
Show SolutionSet play:
1...fxg6[a] 2.Be7#[A]
1...Sxg6[b] 2.Bg7#[B]
1...Kxg6 2.Rh6#
Tries:
1.Bh6? zz
1...fxg6[a] 2.Bg5#
1...Sxg6[b] 2.Bg5#/Bg7#[B]
but 1...Kxg6!
1.Rh3? zz
1...fxg6[a] 2.Rf3#
1...Kxg6 2.Rh6#
but 1...Sxg6[b]!
Real play:
1.Rh5! zz
1...fxg6[a] 2.Qe7#[C]
1...Sxg6[b] 2.Rf5#[D]
1...Kxg6 2.Rh6#
Changes mates and
mutate.
Knöppel, Jan Heribert
Springaren 1950
1st Prize
Show Solution1.Qd3! zz
1...c1=Q 2.g4! Qxf4/Qxg1 3.g5+ Qxg5#
or 2...Q~ 3.X:Q Rh8#
1...c1=R 2.gxh3! Rxg1 3.Bxg1 Rh8#
1...c1=B 2.g3! Bxf4 3.gxf4 Rh8#
1...c1=S 2.gxf3! Sa2 3.Bxa2 Rh8#
or 2...Se2 3.Rxe2/Qxe2/Sxe2 Rh8#
Secondary variation: 1...cxb1=~ 2.Qxb1
Black
Allumwandlung combined with
Albino: each black promotion is countered by a corresponding move of the white Pawn.
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