January 2nd

Branko Atanacković (02-01-1928 - 14-03-1992) Serb composer

Živa Tomić & Branko Atanacković
[Thanks to Александр Никитин]

Atanacković, Branko & Abdurahmanović, Fadil
Probleemblad, 1963

h#4

b) Add white Bf6 c) Add white Rf6

4 + 12

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a) 1.Kf4 Sxd5+ 2.Ke4 Sxe7 3.Bd6 Sg8 4.Kd5 Sf6#
b) 1.e4 Bxd4 2.Kf4 Bc5 3.Ke5 Bxe7 4.Kd4 Bf6#
c) 1.Kg4 Rxe6 2.Kf5 Rxe7 3.Kg6 Rf7 4.Kh6 Rf6#

Three nice Rundlaufs - a remarkable technical achievement.

Alberto Witte (02-01-1910) Brazilian composer

Witte, Alberto
Brasilien-Meisterschaft, 1957
2^nd Place

#3

5 + 4

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1.Kd7 ! zugzwang
1...Bd1, Be2, Bf3, Bh3, Bh5 2.Bc2, Bd3, Be4, Bg4, Bg6 B~ 3.f5#
1...Bxf5+ 2.Kd8 B~ 3.f5#

Here a recent helpmate by Alberto Witte on PDB.

Julius Dohrn-Lüttgens (02-01-1893 -?) German composer

Biographical details can be found in Die Schwalbe, 01-03.1968 pg.3.

Julius Dohrn-Lüttgens
[Chess problems, HathiTrust Digital Library]

Dohrn-Lüttgens, Julius
Dedicated to H.P.Rehm
FEENSCHACH, 08-09/1960
2^nd Prize

h#3

4 solutions

7 + 4

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1. f1=R Rd2 2. Rb1 Sd4 3. Rxb4 Ra2#
1. f1=B Rb1 2. Bxd3 Rb3 3. Bb5 Ra3#
1. f1=Q Re1 2. Qf7 Re5 3. Qb3 Ra5#
1. f1=S Sf2 2. Sd2 Se4 3. Sb3 Sxc3#

Allumwandlung.

Dohrn-Lüttgens, Julius
Dedicated to A.H.Kniest
769 FEENSCHACH 08/1951

h#4

2 solutions

12 + 9

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1. 0-0-0 0-0-0 2. Rxd3 Rxd3 3. Rh7 Rd1 4. Rc7 Rd8#
1. 0-0 0-0 2. Rxf2 Rxf2 3. Ra7 Rf1 4. Rg7 Rf8#

Echo and multi-castling.

Nərminə Ruzicəng (02-01-1986) Azerbaijani composer (Narmina Ruzijang)

Narmina Ruzijang is a chess player, coach and composer. She composes direct mates. More information can be found on superproblem.ru together with three of her problems.

Ruzicəng, Nərminə
Фомичёв, Евгений Васильевич
MT E.Yusupov-95 2015
2^nd Prize

#2

vv

7 + 5

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1.♕e3? (2.♗f3#)
1...fxe4 2.♕×e4#
1...♘g4 2.♖×f5#
but 1...♖d4!

1.♗f3? (2.♕e3#)
1...♔xf4 2.♘g6#
1...♖d4 2.♕×d4#
but 1...♘g4!

1.♗d5! (2.♕d4#)
1...♔xd5 2.♕c5#
1...♖xd5 2.♕e3#

Themes Urania and Pseudo Le Grand.

Николай Семёнович Иванов (02-01-1914 - 15-10-2000) Russian composer (Nikolay Semenovich Ivanov)

Nikolay Ivanov
[Chess21.ru]

Nikolay Ivanov was a twomover and threemover composer. He offers the peculiarity of having been awarded in both Isayev Memorial Tourneys in 1933 and in 2000.
More information about his life and career can be found in Russian on chess21.ru or here together with five of his best problems.

Иванов, Николай Семёнович
1^st Prize
70 лет Вооруженным силам СССР, 1988

#3

10 + 8

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1. Sd8! (2. Qxc5+ Bxc5/Sxc5 3.Sc6#)
1... Sxe5 2. Qf6 (3. Sc6#)
and 2... cxb4 3. Rc4# or 2... Sxb4 3. Qf2#
1... Scxb4 2. Qa4 (3. Sc6#)
and 2... c4 3. Rxc4# or 2... Sxe5 3. Qa1#

The white Queen decisively pins a black Knight on the 2nd move.