June 7th

Adolf Christian Bayersdorfer (07-06-1842 - 21-12-1901) German composer

Adolf Bayersdorfer and Arnold Böcklin
[Wikipedia]

In 1902 J. Kohtz and C. Kockelkorn wrote "Zur Kenntniss des Schachproblems : Kritiken und ausgewählte Aufgaben" about Bayersdorfer's chess problems. Adolf Bayersdorfer also edited the chess section of the "Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten" from 1888 until his death.

A classical moremover:

Bayersdorfer, Adolf Christian
Schachminiaturen, 1902

#5

3 + 3

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1.Ra8! c2 2.Sa7 Bd5 3.Sc6+ Ba2 4.Sa5 - 5.Sb3#
Critical move of the white Rook and battery creation (twice).

A miniature threemover:

Bayersdorfer, Adolf Christian
777 Chess miniatures in three, 1908

#3

5 + 2

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1.Ba1-d4 ! (2.Rh3-h4#)
1...g2-g1=Q/R 2.Rh3-h4+ Q/Rg1-g4 3.Rh4xg4#
1...Ke4-f4 2.Bd4-g1 Kf4-e4, Kf4-g5 3.Rh3-h4, Bg1-e3#
1...Ke4xd4 2.Ke6-f5 - 3.Rh3-d3#
Unexpectedly rich play for such a miniature, with a good sacrificial key.

Willem Nanning (07-06-1870 - 09-04-1932) Dutch composer

Willem Nanning composed direct mates.

Nanning, Willem
Schuld MT, 1921
2^nd Prize

#3

9 + 8

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1.Kh7-g6 ! ZZ
1...Bh2-g1/Bh2-g3 2.Bc8-a6 (3.Ba6-c4#)
1...Bh2xd6 2.Sd7-b6+ Kd5-e5 3.Qa4-a1/Qa4-d4# or 2...Kd5xc5 3.Qa4-c4#
1...Bh2-e5 2.Bc8-b7+ Kd5-e6 3.Sd7-f8#
1...Bh2-f4 2.Kg6-f7 (3.Bc8-b7#)
1...Sf2- 2.Qa4xe4+ Kd5xe4 3.Bc8-b7#
1...Sc1- 2.Qa4-b3+ Kd5-c6 3.Qb3-b7#
1...Rf1- 2.Kg6-f7 (3.Bc8-b7#)
A tough block threemover with many variations. The Bh2 variations are especially hard to spot, all the more so as the key exposes the white King to check.

Almiro Elias Zarur (07-06-1920 - 08-11-2021) Brazilian composer and FIDE Master

José Maia & Almiro Zarur, Rio 2009
[Maiakowsky]

Almiror Zarur was one of the founders of the UBP (Union of Brazilian Problemists) and one of the editors of the "Boletim da UBP". He is the author of the book "Xadrez Imaginário" (2009). He composed direct mates and helpmates - one example of each is shown below.

Zarur, Almiro Elias
Francisco V. Agarez M. T. 1959
1^st Prize

#2

12 + 12

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1.Qd7! (2.Qxd6#)
1...Kxc5 2.Kxe4#
1...Rf6 2.Re5#
1...Qh6 2.Qxf5#
1...Bxd7 2.Bb3#
1...Sxc5 2.Nb4#
1...bxc5 2.dxe4#

Zarur, Almiro Elias
Mário Figueiredo MT, Boletim da UBP, 1997
1^st Prize

h#2

2 solutions

7 + 12

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1.Sxf4 Bxf3+ 2.Qe5 Sd5#
1.Rxf4 Bxd3+ 2.Be6 Sg4#
Double-pin mates and exchange of functions between the two wSs.

Laurent Joudon (07-06-1961) French composer

Laurent Joudon is also International Judge for direct mates in 3 and more moves. He composed in all genres.
In 1989 he published (as a special issue of "Diagrammes") the booklet "Les multicoups de Hans-Peter Rehm".

Here is a good fairy problem of his, with the fairy piece Edgehog. The Edgehog was invented by John Driver in 1966. The edge of the board being the 28 squares a1-h1-h8-a8-a2, in short the Edgehog is a Queen that is allowed to move only to or from an edge square of the board (not both).

Joudon, Laurent
John E. Driver M.T. 1988
2^nd Prize

h#2

2 solutions a2, d1: Edgehog

3 + 5

{The Edgehog captures, moves and checks as Q, but only from/to square on edge of board}

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1.Bc5-d6 EHd1-b3 2.Sd5-f6 EHb3-h3#
1.Ke6-d6 EHa2-d2 2.Sd5-c7 EHd2-h6#
Two solutions in diagonal-orthogonal correspondence.

Peter Rösler (07-06-1961) German composer

Peter Rösler composes mostly proof games and fairy problems, with a preference for promotions. For instance he was the author of the proof game with the following stipulation: which game ends with 6.g7xf8=S# ? The answer is here.
He was the author of the first AUW with 3 pieces. 

Rösler, Peter
Problemkiste, 1985

h=4

4 + 5

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1.h2-h1=R e7-e8=S 2.Rh1-a1 h7-h8=Q 3.f2-f1=B Qh8xa1 4.Bf1-a6 Qa1xa6 =
Allumwandlung.