Jan Kotrč (23-08-1862 - 17-10-1943) Czech composer
Jan Kotrč lived in Vienna from 1900 until his death. He was a chess player and a specialist of the Bohemian threemover.
He was an editor of chess magazines "
Šach-Mat" (1884-1885), "
České listy šachové" (which he founded, 1896-1900) in Prague, and "
Arbeiter Schachzeitung" in the 1920s-1930s in Vienna. In 1910 he published with Karel Traxler "
Sachove Ulovy" containing their best works.
Kotrč, Jan
Шахматы 1929
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Bc5-e7 ! (2.Se4-d2+ e5-e4 3.Bf3xe4#)
1...Sb1-c3 2.Qa1xc3 (3.Se4-f6/Qc3-c5#)
1...Kd5-c6 2.Se4-f6+ e5-e4/Bf7-d5, Kc6-b6 3.Qa1-a6, Sf6-d7#
1...Kd5-c4/c7-c6 2.Qa1-a2+ Kc4-d4 3.Be7-c5#
1...c7-c5 2.Se4-d6+ e5-e4 3.Bf3xe4#
1...Bf7-h5 2.Se4-f6+ Kd5-c4 3.Bf3-d5#
Никтополион Павлович Кащеев (23-08-1914 - 1989) Ukrainian composer (Niktopolion Pavlovich Kashcheyev)
V. Kozhakin, Leonid Lyubashevski and Vitaly Shevchenko present Niktopolion Pavlovich Kashcheyev on page 29 of "
Запорожские миниатюры".
Niktopolion Kashcheyev has composed more than 2000 problems including several hundreds of miniatures. He initiated many persons from Zaporozhye to chess problems.
Кащеев, Никтополион Павлович
L'Italia Scacchistica, 1967
Show SolutionAn excellent key:
1.Sf8-e6 ! (2.Qa7-f7+ Kf6-e5 3.Qf7xf5#)
1...Kf6xg6 2.Qa7-g7+ Kg6-h5 3.Qg7-g5#
1...Kf6-e5 2.Qa7-e7 ZZ 2...Ke5-d5, f5-f4 3.Qe7-d6, Se6-c7#
Павел Александрович Мурашёв (23-08-1962) Russian composer and Grandmaster (Pavel Aleksandrovich Murashev)
Pavel Murashev started composing in 1978 and resumed this activity in 2007 after a 20-year break. He composes direct mates and helpmates, with a preference for #2.
Мурашёв, Павел Александрович
П. Аринушкин - 75, 2008
1
st Prize
Show Solution1. d4? (2. Rb6#) but 1... Rb3!
1... Bxd4 2. Sxd4#
1... Sb4 2. Sxb4#
(1... b5 2. Rxa6# 1... Bb5 2. Qxb5#)
1. Qc1! (2. Sb4, Sd4#)
1...Sac3 2. Sb4#
1... Bc5 2. Sd4#
1... Sc5 2. Rb6#
1... Sec3 2. Qh6#
1... Bc4 2. Bxb7#
Γεώργιος Γεωργόπουλος (23-08-1964) Greek composer (Georgios Georgopoulos)
Georgios Georgopoulos composes direct mates and has had excellent results, such as the 1st place in the 4th WCCT - section moremovers (see below).
Georgopoulos, Georgios
The Problemist, 1992
1
st HM
Show Solution1.Ra6-c6 ! (2.Rc6-c8#)
1...d7xc6 2.Sh2-g4 ! (3.Qh1-h6#)
2...Bb2-c1 3.Sg4-e3 (4.Sc5xe6/Qh1-h6#)
2...f6-f5 3.Sg4-e5 (4.Sc5xe6/Qh1-h6#)
1...Sb8xc6 2.Sh2-f3 (3.Qh1-h6#)
2...Bb2-c1 3.Sf3-d2 (4.Sc5xd7/Qh1-h6#)
2...f6-f5 3.Sf3-d4 (4.Sc5xd7/Qh1-h6#)
Novotny on four different square by the same piece.
Georgopoulos, Georgios
4
th WCCT C, 1989
1
st Place, 1989-1992
Show Solution1.Sd5! (2.a8=Q#) Qh4+ 2.Sgf6 Qh8+ 3.Se8 Qh4+ 4.Sdf6 Qh1 5.Bg2 Qxg2 6.Sd5
6...Qg5+ 7.Sef6 ! Qxf6+/Qxd5+/Qg8+ 8.SxQ (9.a8=Q#)
6...Qxd5+ 7.cxd5 Rc8+/Rc6 8.Kxc8/dxc6 (9.a8=Q#)
Martin Minski (23-08-1969) German composer and Grandmaster
Martin Minski is an endgame studies composer, one of the best of his generation. In EG 166 (October 2006), as a friend mentioned, you may read 3 pages of dialogue between Martin Minski and John Roycroft about endgame study composition, judging study tourneys, etc.
JMRW has put a fair number of his studies on
a dedicated page of his website.
He is the co-author with Gerd Wilhelm Hörning and Gerhard Josten of "
Wege zu Schachstudien" (2006).
Martin became an International Master in 2017.
Minski, Martin
2007
1
st Honorable Mention
Show SolutionThematic try:
1. Rh3+ ?! Rxh3 2. O-O-O Ra1+ ! {2... Rc6+ 3. Kb2 Rh2+ 4. Ka3 Ra6+ 5. Kb4 +-} 3. Kb2 Rxd1 4. f8=Q Rd2+ draws {or Rh2+})
Other tries:
1. O-O-O ? Rhc6+ ! ; 1. Kd1 ? Rhd6+! ; 1. O-O ?? Rag6#
Solution:
1. Ra3+ ! Rxa3 2. O-O ! Rg6+ 3. Kh2
{3. Kh1 ? Rh6+ 4. Kg2 Ra2+ 5. Kg3 Rg6+ 6. Kh3 Rh6+ 7. Kg4 loss of time: see main line after 5.Kg4}
3... Ra2+ 4. Kh3 Rh6+ 5. Kg4 Rh8 6. Re1+
{6. f8=Q ? Rg2+}
6... Kf2
{6... Kd3 7. Re8 ; 6... Kd2 7. Re8 }
7. Re8 +-
Identifying the reason why the thematic try fails and the solution work is one of the pleasures of the solver when tackling with this study.
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