William W. Greenwood (28-12-1836 - 11-07-1922) British composer
William Greenwood was a Good Companion composer. He composed mostly direct movers, but also selfmates.
Greenwood, William W.
English Chess Problems, 1876
Show Solution1.Qa2-a6 ! ZZ
1...Ke4-f5 2.Qa6-e2 Kf5-g5 3.Qe2-h5#
1...Ke4-e5 2.Qa6-f6+ Ke5-e4 3.Sd5-~#
1...Ke4-d4 2.Qa6-d6 (3.Sd5-e3/Sd5-b6#) 2...Kd4-c4 3.Qd6-b4#
1...Ke4-f3 2.Qa6-g6 ~ 3.Qg6-g2#
Greenwood, William W.
The British Chess Magazine, Jan 1916
Show Solution1. Rc2! (2. Sxe3+ Sxe3#)
1... Sa7/Sa5 2. Be6+ dxe6#
1... Rxh5 2. Rxf6 Kxf6#
1... Rb3 2. Qd3+ Rxd3#
1... Qxd1 2. Qxf3+ Qxf3#
A modern conception.
Alfred Wilhelm Theodor Arnell (28-12-1849 - 07-07-1922) Swedish composer
Alfred Arnell wrote with Sørensen an anthology of Nordic composer "
Nordiske Skakproblemer Fra Tiden 1858-78" (1879). He composed direct mates.
Arnell, Alfred Wilhelm Theodor
Nordisk Skaktidende, 1877
Show Solution1.Ba7-b8 ! ZZ
1...g4-g3 2.Bb8xc7 g5-g4 3.Rf6-f4#
1...Sc7-~ 2.Rf6-f4+ g5xf4 3.Sd5-f6#
1...Sc7xe6 2.Rf6xe6+ Ke4-f5/Ke4xd5 3.Re6-e5#
1...Sc7-e8 2.Rf6-f3 (3.Rf3-e3#) 2...g4xf3+ 3.g2xf3#
Black correction.
Rudolf L'Hermet (28-12-1859 - 25-11-1945) German composer
Rudolf L'Hermet was the editor of the chess column of the "Magdeburgische Zeitung", the newspaper of his birth city. He composed mostly twomovers.
L'Hermet, Rudolf
Italian Chess Association, 1928
2
nd Place
Show Solution1.Qb8-f4 ! (2.Qf4-c1+ Ka3xa4, Ka3-a2 3.Qc1-a1, Ba4-b3# or 2.Ba4-b3 ~ 3.Qf4-c1#)
1...Ka3-a2 2.Ba4-b3+ K~ 3.Qf4-c1#
1...Ka3-b2 2.Qf4-c1+ Kb2-a2 3.Ba4-b3#
1...b4-b3 2.Ba4xb3 ZZ 2...Ka3-b2, b5-b4 3.Qf4-c1, Qf4-c1#
1...b5xa4 2.Qf4-d2 b4-b3 3.Sa5-c4#
1...Ka3xa4 2.Qf4-d4 (3.Qd4-a1#) 2...Ka4xa5 3.Qd4-a7#
More variations than expected.
Hermanis Matisons / Hermann Mattison (28-12-1894 - 16-11-1932) Latvian composer
Hermann Mattison was an endgame studies composer. His studies, generally deceptively simple positions with a hidden solution, were compiled by T.Whitworth in "Mattison's Chess Studies" (1987).
Brian Stephenson's article published in "
CHESS" in October, 2007 may be an interesting read.
54 of Mattison's studies can be found
on Gilles Jobin's website and JMRW has made another selection, assorted with the usual paintings,
on his website.
The initial version of the below study was cooked, as G.Ettl commented, but V.Vlasenko corrected it with the following version:
Matisons, Hermanis
Шахматный листок 1927 (238)
1
st Prize
Show Solution1. Sf7+
{1. a7 ? Re8 2. Sf5 Be5 3. b6 Ra8 ! 4. Sd4 Bb8 5. Sb5 Kg8 6. Kc2 Kf8 7. Kb3 Ke8 8. Kc4 Kd8 9. Kd5 (9. Kc5 Kd7 10. d3 Bh2 11. Sd4 Bd6+ 12. Kb5 Bb8 13. Ka6 Bxa7 14. bxa7 Kc7 =) 9... Kd7 10. Kc5 Bh2 11. Sd4 Bb8 12. Sc6 Bxa7 13. bxa7 =}
1... Kg8 2. a7 Re8 3. Sd6 Rd8 4. Sf5 !
{4. b6?! is the thematic try and fails due to 4... Bd4 5. Sc8 Rxc8 6. b7 Rc1+ ! 7. Kxc1 Bxa7 =}
4... Bf8 5. b6 Bc5 6. Se7+ ! Kf8 7. Sc8 ! Rxc8 8. b7 and now 8...Rc1+ is impossible due to the obstruction of the c-file caused by the black Bishop: White wins.
Марк Филиппович Гордиан (28-12-1900 - 13-04-1961) Ukrainian composer (Mark Filipovich Gordian)
Mark Gordian composed in all genres but specialized in fairy problems and was one of the very rare Soviet fairy composers.
He was also the father of IM
Yuri Gordian.
Гордиан, Марк Филиппович
The Chess Amateur, 1930
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1.Qd1-d4 ! (2.Qd4-b6#)
1...Bb4-d6 2.Ne1-b7#
1...Bb4-c5 2.Na2xc6#
1...Bb4-a5/Bc6-b7/Bc6-a8 2.Qd4-h8#
1...Bc6-e8 2.Qd4-f6#
1...Bc6-d7 2.e6-e7#
1...Rc4-c5 2.Ng4-h6# 2.Qd4-f6 #
1...Rc4xd4 2.Ng4-h6#
The half-pin of the black Bishops on the line of the white Nightrider c2 is exploited in 5 variations.
Petar Ivanić (28-12-1915 - 03-06-1987) Yugoslav composer
Petar Ivanić was an International Judge and composed in all genres.
Two problems by him have been selected on Chess-Giraffe [broken link].
Ivanić, Petar
Match: Serbia - Slovenia
, 1980
1
st Place
Show Solution1.Rh4-h2 ! ZZ
1...Kg6-f5 2.c7-c8=B+ Kf5-g6 3.Bc8-h3 Kg6-h5 4.Bh3-f5#
Indian
Ivanić, Petar
Frankfurter Notizen, 1965
Show Solution1. Ka7 2. Kb8 3. Kc8 4. Kd8 5. Ke7 6. Ke6 7. Kf5 8. Ke4 9. Kd3 10. Kc4 11. Kb3 12. Kxa3 13. Kb3 14. Kc4 15. Kd3 16. Ke4 17. Kf5 18. Ke6 19. Ke7 20. Kd8 21. Kc8 22. Kb8 23. Ka7 24. Ka6 Ra1#
Move length record sh#24.
Megchiel Schrader (28-12-1926 - 08-06-2011) Dutch composer
Megchiel Schrader composed direct mates.
Schrader, Megchiel
Het Belgisch Schaakbord (L'Echiquier Belge) 1999-2000
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Sc1-b3 ! (2.Sa8xb6+ Rb7xb6 3.Sb3-a5#)
1...Re4xd4 2.Rd2-c2+ Bf5xc2,Kc4-d3 3.Qh7xc2,Rh5-h3#
1...e5xd4 2.Bc6-b5+ Kc4-d5 3.Qh7-d7#
1...Bb6xc7 2.Sa8xc7 (3.Bc6-d5/Sb3-a5#)
1...Qh8xa8 2.d4xe5 (3.Bc6-b5/Bc6-d5#) 2...Re4-d4 3.Rd2xd4#
Matison:
ReplyDeleteHier gibt es eine Korrektur von (Correction de V Vlassenko) sTb6->e6 wKd1
Thanks ! The corrected version has been put in replacement of the cooked initial version.
DeleteDear Eric,
ReplyDeleteaccording to http://www.emanuellasker.nl/rubriek-friesch-dagblad/661-de-rubriek-van-dolf-wissmann16112012 the year range of the award of the Schrader #3 is 1999-2000.
Please note the wrong order of mating moves in the line 1...Re4xd4 2.Rd2-c2+ Bf5xc2,Kc4-d3 3.Rh5-h3,Qh7xc2#, too.
Thank you Manfred, both have been taken care of !
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