Benjamin S. Wash (26-07-1853 - 1906) American composer
Benjamin S. Wash composed direct mates. According to
die Schwalbe, April 2006 A.C. White wrote in 1942 that Benjamin Wash had composed more than 1,000 problems. However White had lost the volume where these problems were recorded and only a small amount of those could be reconstructed. The remaining problems are good enough to make one wonder about the scope of Wash's works.
Wash, Benjamin S.
The Nashville Daily American, 1887
Prize
Show Solution1.Re7?/Qb7? both fail on 1...Bb5!
1.Rf7! (2.Rf5#)
1...Bc4 2.b4#
1...Bb5 2.Qf8#
1...Sb6/Sc7 2.Qxb6#
Otto Trinks (26-07-1901 - 28-10-1945) Austrian composer
Otto Trinks composed moremovers. He was, with J. Halumbirek, he was one of the pioneers of the modern strategic school. His few problems were of high quality.
Trinks, Otto
Chemnitzer Tageblatt, 1926
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Sg8-e7 ! (2.Se7xd5#) and the bQ, although it has many possible squares, cannot avoid the mate:
1...Qd5-a2 2.c3-c4 ! (3.Se7-d5/Rc1-f1#)
2...Qa2xc4 3.Rc1-f1+ Qc4xf1 4.Se7-d5#
2...Ba6xc4 3.Se7-d5+ Bc4xd5 4.Rc1-f1#
1...Qd5-b3 2.Sb2-c4 ! (3.Bg7xe5/Se7-d5/Rc1-f1#)
2...Qb3xc4 3.Rc1-f1+ Qc4xf1 4.Se7-d5#
2...Ba6xc4 3.Se7-d5+ Bc4xd5 4.Rc1-f1#
1...Qd5-d7 2.Rh6-d6 ! (3.Bg7-h6/Se7-d5#)
2...Rb6xd6 3.Se7-d5+ Rd6xd5 4.Bg7-h6#
2...Qd7xd6 3.Bg7-h6+ Qd6xh6 4.Se7-d5#
Three
Plachuttas.
There are more interesting and thematical interference variations:
1...Qd5-g8/Qd5-f7 2.Rh6-e6 ! (3.Bg7xe5/Se7-d5#) 2...Qg8xe6 3.Bg7-h6+ Qe6xh6 4.Se7-d5#
1...Qd5-a8/Qd5-b7 2.Rh6-c6 ! (3.Bg7-h6/Se7-d5#) 2...Qa8xc6 3.Bg7-h6+ Qc6xh6 4.Se7-d5# (2...Qb7xe7 3.Bg7-h6+)
1...Qd5-d2 2.Sb2-d3+ ! Qd2xd3 3.Rc1-f1+ Qd3xf1 4.Se7-d5#
1...Qd5-a5 2.b4-b5 ! (3.Se7-d5/Rc1-f1#) 2...Qa5xb5 3.Rc1-f1+ Qb5xf1 4.Se7-d5#
Miomir Nedeljković (26-07-1932 - 03-03-2003) Serbian composer
Miomir Nedeljković composed in all genres.
Nedeljković, Miomir
die Schwalbe, 1999
3
rd Prize
Show Solution1.Qd6? ZZ but 1...S8e7!
1.Bd6? (2.Be5+ Sxe5#) but 1...gxh4!
1.Bc5! ZZ
1...gxh4 2.Qf4+ Sxf4#
1...S8e7 2.Bxe7+ Sxe7#
1...b4 2.Bxd4+ Se5#
1...bxc5 2.Rxf2+ Sf4#
Harry Goldsteen (26-07-1939 - 05-06-2021) Dutch composer
Harry Goldsteen (left) and Tim Krabbé
[© Tim Krabbé]
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Harry Goldsteen composed retro problems of renowned depth. In 2000 Tim Krabbé wrote about Harry Goldsteen, in his usual pleasant style, on Chess Cafe and you may
read this article here.
Thomas Brand wrote
this blog post as an obituary.
He composed
this monster in collaboration with Guus Rol but here is a less difficult problem (be warned though, it is a tough retro):
Goldsteen, Harry
diagrammes, 1989
Super Prize
After A. Frolkin
Show Solution1.exf8=Q/R#
Retro-moves:
R 1. ... Sh7-f8+ 2. Be8xRf7 Rf8xSf7 3. Se5-f7 Rf7-f8+ 4. Sc4-e5 Rf8xSf7 5. Sh6-f7 Rf7-f8+ 6. Sa3-c4 Rf8xSf7 7. Sg5-f7 Rf7-f8+ 8. Sb5-a3 Rf8xSf7 9. Se5-f7 Rf7-f8+ 10. Sc7-b5 Rf8xSf7 11. Sb5xQc7 Qc8-c7 12. Qd8-d7 Qc7xSc8 13. Bd7-e8 Re8-f8 14. Sf5-h6 Rf8-e8 15. Sh6-f7 Rf7-f8+ 16. Qf8-d8 Qd8-c7 17. Be8-d7 Kc7-b8 18. Sa3-b5+ Bb8-a7 19. Sa7-c8 Kc8-c7 20. Sb5-a7+ Bc7-b8
Earlier in the game Black captured a7xPb6, c6xRd5, d7xRc6, e7xBd6, h7xPg6, and White promoted on a8, c8, d8, h8.
Gerd Prahl (26-07-1942) German composer
Gerd Prahl composes direct mates, helpmates and selfmates.
Prahl, Gerd
Die Schwalbe, 1977 (2290)
Show Solution1.Bb5! (2.Bd3#) Ba6 2.Ba4 (3.Bc2+ Bd3 4.Bxd3#) Rc6 3.Bd1 [4.Bf3#]
3...Rc3 4.Sf6+ Kf4 5.Sxd5+ Ke4 6.Sxc3+ Kf4 7.Sd5+ Ke4 8.Bf3#
3...Be2 4.Bxe2 (5.Bd3,Bf3#) Rc3 5.Sf6+ Kf4 6.Sxd5+ Ke4 7.Sxc3+ Kf4 8.Sd3#
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