Maurits Franken (09-10-1891 - ?) Dutch composer
Maurits Franken composed direct movers.
Franken, Maurits
British Chess Federation, 1927
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Qc8! (2.Qc2#)
1...Qxd5 2.Sc2#
1...Qxf5 2.Sf3#
1...Qxd4+ 2.Rxd4#
1...Qc7 2.Sc6#
1...Qb8+ 2.Sb5#
1...Sxe3 2.Sc3#
Black correction by the black Queen, which is unpinned by the key.
Аршавир Г. Таниелян (09-10-1910 - 1978) Bulgarian composer (Arshavir G. Tanielian)
Arshavir Tanielian was a chess player and composed direct mates.
He was the director of the section direct mates in 3 and more moves, non logical and non "model mates", for the retrospective FIDE Album 1914-1944.
Таниелян, Аршавир Г.
Themes 64, 1953
Show SolutionThe try 1.Ba5xc3? (2.Bc3-e1#) 1...e5-e4/e5xf4! logically explains the key:
1.Bb4-a5 ! (2.Ba5-d8+ Bh8-f6 3.Bd8xf6#)
1...Bh8-f6 2.Ba5xc3 (3.Bc3-e1#)
2...e5-e4/e5xf4 3.Bc3xf6#
Paul Diaconescu (09-10-1929 - 07-1997) Romanian composer
Paul Diaconescu was an excellent correspondence player (ICCF Grand Master in 1982) and an International Judge.
He was also the inventor of the twomover theme Diaconescu:
In the thematical defense, Black closes a white line and a black line. By his mating move, White closes a white line and opens another white line to the same square.
Here is a moremover by Diaconescu:
Diaconescu, Paul
problem (Zagreb) 1959 (1366)
Show Solution1.f2-f4 ! ZZ
1...e4xf3 e.p. 2.Rh4-d4+ Kd5-e6 3.Sc6-d8+ Ke6-e5 4.Ba8xf3 (5.Rd4-d5#) 4...c7-c6 5.Ba3-d6#
1...Kd5-e6 2.Sc6-e5 ZZ 2...c7-c5/c6 3.b5xc6 (ep.) Ke6-d5 4.c6-c7+ Kd5-e6 5.c7-c8=Q/B#
1...Kd5-c4 2.Sc6-d4 ZZ 2...c7-c5/c6 3.b5xc6 (ep.) Kc4-d5 4.c6-c7+ Kd5-c4 5.c7-c8=Q/R#
Two variations (Kc4 and Ke6) in echo and a 3rd variation with all active white pieces.
Валерий Алексеевич Иванов (09-10-1953) Russian composer (Valery Alekseyevich Ivanov)
Valery Ivanov composes mostly direct mate miniatures.
He has also published more than 60 articles about chess problems.
Иванов, Валерий Алексеевич
Серп и молот 1988
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1. Sc2! ZZ
1... Ke2 2. Qd5 Kf2 3. Qg2#
1... Kxc2 2. Qc3+ Kd1 3. Bg4#
1... Kc4 2. Bf1+ Kb3 3. Sd4#
1... Ke4 2. Qd2 ZZ 2... Ke5, Kf3 3.Qd4, Qe3#
Good key, star-flight of the black King. Model mates.
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