August 13th

François Paul Loquin (13-08-1799 - 02-08-1877) French composer

François Paul Loquin was a chess player and published many direct mate problems between 1843 and 1875, in "Le Palamède", "La Régence" etc. Some biographical details can be found on the French website problemiste.fr.

Loquin, François Paul
Le Palamède, 1842

#3

3 + 1

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1.Bg3-b8 ! (2.Ka6-b6 ZZ Kc8xb8 3.Rd1-d8#)
1...Kc8xb8 2.Rd1-c1 ZZ Kb8-a8 3.Rc1-c8#
Good sacrificial key, chameleon echo mates between threat and play.

August 3rd

Henry Augustus Loveday (03-08-1815 - 09-01-1848) British-Indian composer

Henry Loveday is famous for having composed and sent to Howard Stauton, the then director of the "Chess Player's Chronicle", the famous Indian problem below:

Loveday, Henry Augustus
The Chess Player's Chronicle, Feb 1845

#4

8 + 5

The problem was cooked and the most current version is the following:

Loveday, Henry Augustus
The Chess Player's Chronicle (v) 1845

#3

8 + 5

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1.Bh6-c1 ! ZZ
1...b6-b5 2.Rd1-d2 ZZ 2...Ke4-f4 3.Rd2-d4#
The Indian theme is composed by 1. a critical move of a white long range piece (here the Bishop) beyond a critical square (here d2) 2. the interference of this piece by another piece on the critical square, thus offering the bK a flight.

Loveday understood the importance of his idea and published another extraordinary work in 1846.

Loveday, Henry Augustus
The Chess Player's Chronicle, 1846

#3

6 + 3

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1.Rd6-d1 ! ZZ
1...g5-g4 2.Bh6-d2 ~ 3.Bd2-a5#
This time the Bishop interferes the Rook.