January 10th

Espen Backe (10-01-1963) Norwegian composer

Espen Backe
Article about his book "Caïssas trollbundne"(2007)
[nettavisen.no]

Backe, Espen
6448 Sakkelet 5.-6.1998

h#3

b) Move f4 g3

3 + 5

Show Solution

a) 1.Qb2 Ba8 2.Qb7 Rg2+ 3.Kf3 Bxb7#
b) 1.Qb7 Rh8 2.Qh7 Bf3+ 3.Kh3 Rxh7#

Diagonal-orthogonal correspondence, critical moves.

Леонард Ильич Кацнельсон (10-01-1936) Russian composer and International Master (Leonard Ilitch Katsnelson)

Leonard Katsnelson, E. Leun and N. Kralin (Odessa 1984) [thanks to Сережа Ткаченко]

Кацнельсон, Леонард Ильич
Šahs, 1981 (18)
2^nd Honorable Mention

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7 + 3

Show Solution

1. g7 
{1. a3 Bc3 2. g7 Bxb2 -+
1. Bc6+ Kb4 2. g7 Qxf6 3. a3+ Kc5 4. g8=Q Kxc6 5. Qa8+ Kd7 6. Qxa5 Qf1+ =
1. Be4 Qg5}
1... Qxf6 
{1... Qg5 2. Bc6+ Kb4 3. a3+ Kc5 4. Ba4 Bd8 5. Bb3 }
2. a3!
{2. b3+ Ka3; now the threat is 3.g8=Q Qxg8 4.Bc6#}
2... Qf1+ 
{2... Qg6 3. g8=Q Qxg8 4. Bc6#}
3. Ka2 Qf7+ 4. Bd5! Qxd5+ 
{4... Qxg7 5. Bc6#}
5. b3+ Kb5 6. c4+ and wins.

Henri Rinck (10-01-1870 - 26-02-1952) French composer

Source: Wikipedia

Let's choose the following endgame from the numerous interesting works composed by Rinck:

Rinck, Henri
Bohemia, 25^th Dec 1906
1^st Prize

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4 + 5

Show Solution

1. Qb1 (2.Qb5+ Kd4 3.Qd5#)
1...Kd4 2. Qb3 (3.Qd5#)
2...Qxe4+ 3. Kd6 Qa8 4. Qe3+ Kc4 5. Qc3+ Kb5 6. Qb3+ Ka6 7. Qa4+ Kb7 8. Qb5+ Ka7 9. Kc7 and wins.

Илья Львович Шульман (10-01-1935 - 04-01-2010) Russian composer (Ilya Lvovich Shulman)

Илья Шульман / Ilya Shulman [Thanks to Александр Никитин]

Шульман, Илья Львович
Match: Latvia - Leningrad - Lithuania, 1983
1^st Place

h#2

2 solutions

5 + 8

Show Solution

1.f1=S f8=S 2.Sg3 Sg6#
1.f1=B f8=B 2.Bb5 Bd6#

Echo promotions, model mates, black self interference.