Pēteris Ķeirāns (28-03-1886 - 18-10-1947) Latvian composer
Pēteris Ķeirāns mostly composed two- and threemovers.
The Ķeirāns theme is a threemover theme: the second white move gives a flight on a diagonal field and there must be at least 4 variations (star flight of the bK).
Ķeirāns, Pēteris
Die Schwalbe, 1934
Show Solution1.Bf2! ZZ
1...f6 2.Sde7 Kxf4 3.Sg6#
1...gxf4 2.Sf6 (3.Sxd7#) Kxf6 3.Bd4#
1...gxh4 (b3, bxa3) 2.Bxh4 (Be1) Kd4 3.Bf6 (Bc3)#
1...Bb8 2.Scxb6 Kxd6 3.Sc4#
Ķeirāns theme.
An interesting threemover:
Ķeirāns, Pēteris
Lettisches Turnier, 1930
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Kb7-b8 ! (2.Qc6*d5+ Bf3*d5 3.Se3*g4#)
1...Sh1-f2 2.Qc6-b7 (3.Qb7-g7#) 2...Sf2-e4 3.Qb7*d5#
1...Sa2-c3 2.Kb8-c7 (3.Qc6*d6#) 2...Sc3-e4 3.Qc6*d5#