Chess Composers: July 8th

Karl Kaiser (08-07-1867 - 03-07-1934) German composer

Karl Kaiser composed direct mates.
He was part of the Arbeiterschach movement. More details about his activity in this movement can be read in this "die Schwalbe" Personalia.

Kaiser, Karl
Deutscher Arbeiter-Schach-Bund, 1922
1^st Prize

7 + 11

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Дмитрий Фёдорович Петров (08-07-1909 - 09-05-1987) Russian composer (Dmitri Fyodorovich Petrov)

Dmitri Petrov was an endgame studies composer.

Петров, Дмитрий Фёдорович
Вечерний Новосибирск 1973
1^st Prize

5 + 5

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Árpád Földeák (08-07-1917 - 13-07-2004) Hungarian composer

Árpád Földeák
[magyarsakkszerzok]

Árpád Földeák, International Judge in 1964, composed preferably long direct mates or helpmates.
Here is a shorter, but not less hard helpmate in three:

Földeák, Árpád
Christmas Card, 1950

h#3

5 + 9

If White could play, he would mate in three: 1.Ke1/Ke2 2.Kf1 3.Rxb3#
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Сергей Николаевич Осинцев (08-07-1960) Russian composer and International Master (Sergey Nikolayevich Osintsev)

Sergey Osintsev
[popovgl.narod.ru]

Sergey Osintsev is a successful endgame studies composer. More of his studies can be seen on jmrw's website. One of his most spectacular works is the following win study:

Осинцев, Сергей Николаевич
Шахматная неделя 2003
1^st Prize

7 + 7

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Uwe Karbowiak (08-07-1962) German composer and International Master

Uwe Karbowiak is a composer of logical moremovers. He received the title of FIDE Master of Chess Composition at the 2014 Congress at Berne.

He was drawn to chess composition by his good friend Rupert Munz, a composer of logical moremovers as well.
He organizes a biannual meeting of German composers known as the Zweikönigstreffen (mentioned on his blog by Siegfried Hornecker).

Here are two examples of his talent, in order of growing difficulty:

Karbowiak, Uwe
Schach in Schleswig-Holstein, 2012 (39)
1^st Prize