November 8th

Heinrich Arthur Kirschner (08-11-1863 - 30-12-1936) German composer

Heinrich Kirschner was a chess player who composed direct mate miniatures.

Kirschner, Heinrich Arthur
Neue Leipziger Zeitung, 1934
1^st Prize

#4

4 + 3

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1.Bd8-a5 !
(with two threats: 2.Ba5-c3 [3.Qa3xb2#] and 2.Qa3-a1+ Kc1-c2 3.Be2-d1/Qa1-d1# or 2...Rb2-b1 3.Qa1-c3#)
1...Bh4-e1 2.Ba5-c3 (3.Qa3xb2#) 2...Be1xc3 3.Qa3-a1+ Kc1-c2, Rb2-b1 3.Qa1-d1, Qa1-c3#
1...Kc1-b1 2.Be2-d3+ Kb1-c1 3.Qa3-a1+ Rb2-b1 4.Qa1xb1#

Iuri Schost (08-11-1930) Georgian composer

Iuri Schost composed mainly twomovers.

Schost, Iuri
Червоний гірник 1961
1^st Prize

#2 v

7 + 10

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1.Ra4? (2.Qd3#)

1...Be4[a] 2.Qf2#[A]
1...e4[b] 2.Qd1#[B]
but 1...Rb4!

1.Qh7! (2.Sc2#)

1...Be4[a] 2.Qxa7#[C]
1...e4[b] 2.Qxh8#[D]
1...Rb2 2.Bxc3#

A pair of changed mates.

Юрий Николаевич Дорогов (08-11-1937 - 21-04-1991) Russian composer and FIDE Master (Yuri Nikolaevich Dorogov)

Yuri Dorogov composed endgame studies and was among the first recipients of the FIDE Master title in 1990. Jan Rusinek presented four of Dogorov's studies in The Problemist May 1994 p.338 and quoted an article dedicated to Dogorov's works in Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 6/1994.

Дорогов, Юрий Николаевич
Tidskrift för Schack, 1970
1^st-2^nd Prize

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7 + 4

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1.g4+!
Other tries such as 1.a8=Q? 1.Rb7? or 1.Qd1? fail, see the full solution here
1...Kh6!
1...Kxg4 2.Qg2+ Kh5 3.Qh3+ Kg6 4.Qh7+ +-
2.Qh2+!! Qxh2 3.Rb6+ Bf6+ 4.Rxf6+ Kg5+ 5.Bh4+! Qxh4+ 6.Kg7 е2 7.а8=Q е1=Q 8.Qb8!
8. Qc8? Qxe4 9. Rf5+ Kxg4 = 8. Qd5+? Kxg4 9. Rg6+ Kf4 10. Qf5+ Ke3 11. Qc5+ =; 8. Rg6+? Kf4 9. Qf8+ Kg3 10. Qd6+ Kg2 =
8...Qxe4
8... Qxg4 9. Rg6+ Kh4 10. Qh2+ Qh3 11. Rh6+ +-; 8... Kxg4 9. Rf4+ Kh3 10. Qc8+ Kg3 11. Rxh4 Kxh4 12. Qf5 +-
9. Qf4+! Qxf4 10.Rg6#
All pieces move to build a beautiful mate position with 2 active selfblocks by the black Queens, after the sacrifices of 2 white Queens and one white Bishop.