April 17th

Marcel Aschenazi (17-04-1924 - 18-02-1997) Romanian-American composer

Marcel Aschenazi enjoyed new ideas in #2 and #3 and in heterodox problems.
You may be interested in his twomover composed in collaboration with Virgil Nestorescu or in this threemover.

Aschenazi, Marcel
2^nd WCCT, 1980
2^nd Place, 1980-1983

#3

14 + 11

Show Solution

1.Kf1-e2 ! (2.Qa1-h1+ Kd5-d4 3.Rb5xb4/Qh1-e4#)

1...Ra6xe6+ 2.Bf4-e5 (3.Qa1-d4#) 2...Sd7xe5 3.Sc8-b6#
1...Rh6xe6+ 2.Bf4-e5 (3.Qa1-d4#) 2...Sd7xe5 3.Sh7-f6#
1...Qe8xe6+ 2.Bf4-e3 (3.Qa1-d4#) 2...Bf8-g7 3.Sc8-e7#

(1...Sb7-d6 2.c5xd6+ Sd7-c5 3.Rc7xc5/Rb5xc5/Qa1-e5#)

April 1st

Віталій Іванович Шевченко (01-04-1939 - 07-04-2022) Ukrainian composer (Vitaly Ivanovich Shevchenko)

Vitaly Shevchenko was a journalist who mostly composed moremovers in collaboration with other Ukrainian composers but had lately a preference for helpmates, such as he displayed on his website [broken link]. You may find an example of a successful joint helpmate below.
Vitaly Shevchenko was also the editor of two chess problem magazines "Козацька Шахівниця" (Kozatska Shakhivnitsya) and "Приазовський Літопис" (Priazovsky Litopis).
He wrote many books and was the author of over 800 problems.

Колесник, Микола Іванович & Шевченко, Віталій Іванович
ЮК М.Гершинский-70, 2006
1^st Prize

h#3

b) wSg3->g8

6 + 9

Show Solution

a) 1. Qxc3 Sxb1 2. Qxb4 Sc3 3. Kc5 Sge4#
b) 1. Sxa3 Bxd2 2. Sxb5 Bf4 3. Kc6 Se7#

Reciprocal captures.