June 17th

Radu Drăgoescu (17-06-1914 - 07-12-1999) Romanian composer

Radu Drăgoescu
[radudragoescu.com [broken link]]

Radu Drăgoescu selfportrait
[radudragoescu.com [broken link] ]

Radu Drăgoescu was a painter and composed chess problems in all genres, with a predilection for selfmates and helpmates. He wrote many articles for "Buletin Problemistic" and for "Planeta Sah".
Valeriu Petrovici and Marian Stere published a book about Radu Drăgoescu's works ("Radu Drăgoescu", 2004) and his family had created a website in his memory [radudragoescu.com - broken link].

Drăgoescu, Radu
The British Chess Magazine, 1991
1^st Prize

#3

10 + 13

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1. Sb3! (2. Qd5+ Bxd5/Sfxd5/Sexd5 3. Sc5#)

1... Be~ 2. Qc4+ Sxc4 3. Sd4#
1... Bd5! 2. Qxe7+ Rxe7 3. Sc5#
1... Sf~ 2. Qxe5+ Bxe5 3. Rxe5#
1... Sfd5 2. Qc6+ bxc6 3. Sc5#

Clearance sacrifices by the white Queen, black correction by bB and bS.

Drăgoescu, Radu
Revista Română de Şah, Jan 1987

h#2

2 solutions

8 + 8

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1. Re3-g3 Rb3-f3 [A] 2. Bc4-d5 Be2-b5# [B]
1. Bc4-a6 Be2-b5 [B] 2. Re3-e5 Rb3-f3# [A]
Line closing, pin mates, interversion of white moves.