May 3rd

Carl Erik Israel Lind (03-05-1907 - 01-03-1989) Swedish composer

Carl Erik Israel Lind Problem, September 1969 [Thanks to Александр Никитин ]

Carl Erik Israel Lind mostly composed helpmates and help retractors.

A good starter to warm up:

Lind, Carl Erik Israel
Svenska Problemschackklubben 2^nd TT, 1938
Prize

h#2

2 solutions

2 + 5

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1.Sc8 dxc8=Q 2.b1=B Qc5#
1.b1=R d8=S 2.Rb5 Sc6#
Allumwandlung.

Something more challenging:

Lind, Carl Erik Israel
1.pl Sverige-Israel, 1986

h#2

b) wSd1->a5 c)=b) + wPe2->c2 d)=c) + wPb3->a3

6 + 10

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a) 1.Bd3-e4 Sd1xe3 2.Sg4-e5 Se3-c2#
b) 1.Re3-e4 Sa5-c4 2.Sg4-f2 e2-e3#
c) 1.Qd5-e4 c2-c4 2.Sg4-f6 Sa5-c6#
d) 1.Sc5-e4 a3xb4 2.Sg4-e5 c2-c3#
Four unpins on e4 of the bSg4 and four pin mates. Nice dual avoidance.

April 27th

John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby (27-04-1861 - 26-12-1920) British composer

John Thursby
[findgrave.com]

Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby was president of the National Chess Congress in 1904 (more details about him here, thank you Peter!)
John Thursby published a collection of his own problems in 1883 entitled "Seventy Five Chess Problems": it can be downloaded here.

Thursby, John Ormerod Scarlett
Holyoke Transcript, 1881
3^rd Prize, (Set)

#2*

7 + 6

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Set play:
1...Bg3/Bh2/Be3 2.Re4# pin mate

1.Rc3! ZZ

1...Kd4 2.Qh8# pin mate
1...d4 2.Rc5# switchback and pin mate
1...Bg3/Bh2/Be3 2.Re3#