Сергей Михайлович Каминер (26-08-1908 - 02-11-1938) Russian composer (Sergey Mikhailovich Kaminer)
Sergey Kaminer composed endgame studies (and one helpmate). In 1937 he left a notebook with all his studies to his friend Mikhail Botvinnik, who revealed their existence in the 1950s after Stalin's death.
Rafael Kofman's 1981 book "
Izbrannye etjudy" contains Kaminer's 75 studies. And JMRW reproduces 30 of Kaminer's studies
on his website.
Каминер, Сергей Михайлович
«64» 1935 (679)
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1. Se7+ Kxc5
{1... Kd4 2. Sxc4}
2. Sb7+ Kd4
{2... Kb6 3. Bxc4 Kxb7 4. Bxe6}
{2... Kb4 3. Sd5+ Kb5 4. Sc3+ (4. Kc3 ? Kc6 ! 5. Bxc4 Kxb7=) 4... Kb6 (4... Kb4 5. Sa2+ Kb5 6. Kc3) 5. Bxc4 Sd4+ 6. Kd3 Sc6 7. Sa4+ Kxb7 8. Bd5 a5 9. Kc4 Ka6 10. Sc5+ Kb6 11. Sd7+ Ka6 12. Bxc6 and White wins; some might consider that this should be the main line of the study.}
3. Sc6+ Kd5 4. Bf3#