April 29th

Josef Paclt (29-04-1845 - 10-02-1916) Czech composer

Josef Paclt belonged to the Bohemian school of composition. An example of Paclt's production:

Paclt, Josef
Světozor, 1884

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1.Rf5-f6 ! (2.Sc4-b6#)
1...Bh4xf6 2.Sc4-e3+ Kd5xe5 3.Qa2-d5+ Rd4*d5, Bb7xd5 4.Se3-f5, Se3-c4#
                             2...Kd5-d6 3.Se3-f5+ Kd6-c7 4.Qa2-a5#
1...Bb7-a6 2.Qa2-g2+ f4-f3 3.Qg2xf3+ Rd4-e4 4.Qf3xe4/Re1-d1#
Other variations are shorter.