January 12th
Arnoldo Ellerman (12-01-1893 - 21-11-1969) Argentinian composer and International Master
Ellerman, Arnoldo
Good Companion, May 1916
2 nd Prize, ex aequo
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Show Solution1...g3 2.Qxf3#
1...Sd1/Se2/Sb1/Sb5/Sxa2/Sca4 2.Qe4#
1...Se4 2.Qxe5#/Qxe4#
1...Qf2/Qxf1 2.Qxe5#/Qf7#
1...Qf4 2.Qxe5# 1.Qc6! (2.Sg7#)
1...dxc6/d6 2.Be6#
1...d5 2.Qe6#
1...Scd5 2.Qxc2#
1...Sb5 2.Qe4#
1...g3 2.Qxf3#
1...Sbd5 2.Qxd7#
1...Qf4 2.Qf6#
Indirect unpin, Pelle move, changed mates. |
François Fargette (12-01-1943) French composer
Fargette, Francois
Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1967
2 nd Prize
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Show Solution1.Rc6! (2.Ra6#)
1...Rg6 2.Rc4 (3.Rxa4#)
2...Rg4 3.d4 (4.Rxa4#)
3...Rxd4 4.Rc6 (5.Ra6#)
4...Rd6 5.Rc5#
Roman theme, white switchback. |
Elmar Bartel (12-01-1960) German composer
Bartel, Elmar & Bartel, Erich
113 Variant Chess 03/1992
1 st Prize
b-d) Fers f1 --> a3/b7/f8
White Fers f1, Black royal Gnu d1
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Show Solutiona) 1.rGNe3+ Ke4+ 2.rGNg4 Kf3+ 3.rGNh1 FEg2#
b) 1.rGNe3+ Kd4+ 2.rGNc2+ Kc3+ 3.rGNa1 FEb2#
c) 1.rGNa2 FEc8 2.rGNb5 Kc6+ 3.rGNa8 FEb7#
d) 1.rGNf2 Ke6 2.rGNg5+ Kf6+ 3.rGNh8 FEg7# |
Chameleon echo mates,
ideal mates, 4 corners
Ken Cameron has been composing fairy chess problems since 1984. He has had a preference for Grasshoppers since the 1980s. Here is a more recent problem featuring Double-Grasshoppers:
Cameron, Ken
Problem Observer, 2004
2 nd Prize
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Show Solutiona) 1...DGd1-f4 2.c5 DGa7-e3 3.d6 Bd1 4.Kd5 Bf3#
b) 1...Bc1 2.c6 DGd1-f5 3.Ke5 DGa7-e4 4.Kd6 Bf4#
Chameleon echo mates |
Пётр Степанович Печёнкин (12-01-1919 - 1993) Russian composer (Piotr Stepanovich Pechionkin)
Piotr Pechionkin composed direct mates and selfmates as well as endgame studies.
Печёнкин, Пётр Степанович
Шахматы в СССР 1964
4 th Prize
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Show SolutionSet play:
1...Se3[a] 2.R3xd4#[A]
1...Se5[b] 2.R5xd4#[B]
1...dxc3 2.Qa4#/Qc4#
Try:
1.Rf5? (2.Bd5#)
1...Se3[a] 2.Rxd4#[D]
1...Se5[b] 2.Rf4#[C]
1...e6/e5 2.Sf6#
but 1...Sxc3!
1.Rf3! (2.Qd3#)
1...Se3[a] 2.Rf4#[C]
1...Se5[b] 2.Rxd4#[D]
1...Sf2/Sb2 2.Qe2#
Zagoruiko.
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Thanks Eric !
ReplyDeleteIt's a neat touch highlighting
Chess Problemists' birthdays. I did try a number of years ago to collect same, but didn't know
how to go about it ! Now it's been done for me !
Yours ever,
Ken.
No need to collect the birthdays: it has been done on the wiki site "Chess Composers in Various Alphabets":
ReplyDeletehttp://www.franziska-iseli.ch/cgi/twiki/bin/view/PCCC/ComposersNamesInVariousAlphabets
It is not complete yet and new collaborators are welcome.
Dear Eric
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!!
I found some photos of Arnoldo Ellerman to attachments.Send me your e-mail to send you them.
My website is the following:
http://papaveri48.blogspot.com/
My e-mail is the following:
degrand1@otenet.gr
Awaiting your news soon
Best Regards,
Carlo