Vladimir Schiff composed mostly problems in three moves and many of them in collaboration with Loshinsky. He was also an International Judge.
He was also the problems editor of the magazine "64. Шахматы и шашки в массы".
This monumental threemover showing pericritical Novotny and Grimshaw is explained on Wikipedia (in Russian).
Here is another monument, of course reproduced in the FIDE Album:
Лошинский, Лев Ильич & Шиф, Владимир Иосифович
В.Платов МК 1954
1st Prize
В.Платов МК 1954
1st Prize
| #4 | 9 + 11 |
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Gyula Bebesi (05-05-1915 - 28-05-1991) Hungarian composer and FIDE Master
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| Gyula Bebesi [magyarsakkszerzok] |
Gyula Bebesi was a talented helpmate composer with a weakness for longer problems, although he also composed twomovers.
The compilation "Dr. Gyula Bebesi: 125 ausgewählte Schachprobleme" was made by Walter Fentze in 1985 (and luckily, the list of errata on the "die Schwalbe" website).
Bebesi, Gyula
7th TT Problem, 1954
1st Prize
7th TT Problem, 1954
1st Prize
| h#17 | 9 + 12 |
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Bebesi, Gyula
Magyar Sakkszövetség, 14th Nov 1962
1st Prize
Magyar Sakkszövetség, 14th Nov 1962
1st Prize
| h#2 | 2 solutions | 5 + 10 |
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Jaroslav Pospíšil (05-05-1934 - 08-10-2013) Czech composer
Jaroslav Pospíšil was a study composer. You may read his obituary for Jindrich Fritz in EG-80 (pp.437-8) and in the same EG issue page 442 a study of his awarded in Fritz-70 MT.
Pospíšil, Jaroslav
Averbach-80 JT EBUR, 2004
3rd Prize
Averbach-80 JT EBUR, 2004
3rd Prize
| = | 3 + 4 |
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Юрій Васильович Червонюк (05-05-1968) Ukrainian composer (Yuri Vasilovich Chervonyuk)
Yuri Chervonyuk too is an endgame study composer, but he also composes helpmates in collaboration with Ukrainian problemists.
Червонюк, Юрій Васильович & Ковриженко, Анатолій Володимирович
Akobia-70 JT 2007
1st Special Honorable Mention
Akobia-70 JT 2007
1st Special Honorable Mention
| + | 6 + 5 |
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Werner Schmoll (05-05-1949 - 06-07-2024) Austrian composer
harmonie 132 - 2016
A portrait of Werner Schmoll in German can be found on this Austrian problem site as well as more than 150 of his problems. He was a direct mate composer who sometimes benefited from Camillo Gamnitzer's advice. More about him can be found thanks to Peter Krug's contribution on Timenote as well as in Peter's comments below (thank you Peter!)
Gamnitzer, Camillo & Schmoll, Werner
Schach-Aktiv, 1987
3rd HM
Schach-Aktiv, 1987
3rd HM
| #3 | 11 + 11 |
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Werner Schmoll died on 6 July 2024 after a long illness. Werner (who worked as a commercial clerk at SIEMENS Linz until his retirement) remained successfully involved in chess as a player for many years: a member of SC Traun'67 – one of the most prestigious chess clubs in the country – since 1964, he was club champion several times and also twice Upper Austrian youth champion.
ReplyDeleteIn problem chess, he was one of the most prolific commentators for Schach Aktiv in the problem column. He composed in his own style and met regularly with Camillo Gamnitzer and Gerald Sladek. Werner Schmoll remained loyal to problem chess until the end.
https://www.problemschach.at/wersmo.htm
https://schach-nettingsdorf.at/wp/wir-trauern-um-werner-schmoll/
There is a beautiful explanation for why Werner Schmoll (died on 6 July 2024) valued problem chess so highly: "Apart from the artistic component, I am fascinated by the objectivity of the genre, because in artistic chess, only the search for truth ( = SOLUTION ) leads to the goal; in contrast, in match chess, which is also time-dependent, “good” or “less good” moves are used. It is not the luckier player, but the truth-loving player who “wins” in this profession!" (Comment by Werner Schmoll)
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ReplyDeleteHere is another picture with Werner Schmoll: https://at.pinterest.com/pin/733594226826529365/
ReplyDeleteIn this picture: left to right: Peter Siegfried Krug, Grandmaster Camillo Gamnitzer and Werner Schmoll.
Werner Schmoll was involved in chess and, above all, chess problems for a very, very long time and was well known as a solver of chess problems in German-speaking countries (especially Austria). I have written something about him on Timenote: https://timenote.info/de/Werner-Schmoll
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