April 16th

Esteban Puig y Puig (16-04-1878 - 29-01-1940) Spanish player and composer

Esteban Puig y Puig
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Esteban Puig y Puig did not compose many problems, but he was a very good player. He founded the first Spanish chess column ("La Noticias") in 1909.  He was the first president of the SEPA (Spanish Problemists Association) and of the Catalan Chess Federation.
He wrote "Apuntes críticos sobre la obra 150 fins de partie de Mr. Henri Rinck, con una disertacion crítica sobre esta clase de composiciones" about Rinck's studies in 1908. In composing he favoured the "Good Companion" style.

Puig Y Puig, Esteban
4^th Concurso Nacional Español, 1920
1^st Prize

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1.Rd8! (2.Qd3#)

1...Re4 2.Qc8#
1...Sde4 2.Qf1#
1...Sge4 2.Qe6#
1...e4 2.Qd5#

(1...Rd4 2.Rc8#; 1...Qc3 2.Sa3#)