November 12th

Арвид Иванови Куббель (12-11-1889 - 11-01-1938) Russian composer (Arvid Ivanovich Kubbel)

Arvid Kubbel
[Wikipedia]

Arvid Kubbel was Evgeny and Leonid Kubbel's brother and like them he was a chess player and composer. He composed problems and studies, mostly Bohemian threemovers.

Куббель, Арвид Иванович
Neue Leipziger Zeitung, 1933
2^nd Prize

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1.Se8-d6 ! (2.Qg4-g5+ Ke5-d4 3.Sc7-b5#)

1...Sg1-f3 2.Qg4-g7+ Ke5-f4 3.Sc7-d5#
1...Ke5-f6 2.Sc7-d5+ Kf6-e5 3.Qg4-e4#
1...Sd8-e6 2.Qg4-g3+ Ke5-f6, Ke5-d4, Se6-f4 3.Sc7-d5, c2-c3, Qg3-c3/Qg3-g7#
1...Sd8-f7 2.Sd6-c4+ Ke5-f6 3.Sc7-d5#

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