Carlo Borgatti (02-08-1879 - 05-12-1915) Italian composer
Carlo Borgatti composed threemovers.
Borgatti, Carlo
The Western Daily Mercury, 1915
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1.Se4-f2 !
(2.Bf5-e4+ Kd5xc5 3.Sf2-d3# or 2.Bc5-d6/Sf2-d3 ~ 3.Bf5-e4#)
1...e3-e2 2.Bf5-e4+
1...e3xf2 2.Bc5-d6 ~ 3.Bf5-e4#
1...Kd5-e5 2.Bf5-e4 (3.Bc5-d6/Sf2-d3#) 2...e3xf2/Ke5-f4 3.Bc5-d6#
1...Kd5xc5 2.Sf2-d3+ ~ 3.Bf5-e4#
1...Kd5-c6 2.Bf5-e4+ Kc6xc5 3.Sf2-d3#
Francisc Szalay (02-08-1896 - ?) Romanian composer
Francisc Szalay composed direct mates.
Szalay, F.
Revista Română de Şah, 1977 (3795)
Show Solution1.Sd6! ZZ
1...Kxf4 2.Qg3#
1...Kf6 2.Bc3#
1...Kd4 2.Qe4#
1...Kxd6 2.Qd5#
King Star flight in miniature.
Aleksandr Vasilyeviç Sarıçev (02-08-1909 - 07-12-1986) Russian-Azerbaijani composer and International Master (Aleksandr Vasilyevich Sarychev) and
Kirill Vasilyeviç Sarıçev (02-08-1909 - 12-02-1950) (Kirill Sarychev)
Aleksandr Sarychev composed mostly endgame studies, many of them in collaboration with his brother Kirill.
The
domination study awarded in Vechernaya Moskva 1930 is one of the best known of their efforts. Here is another famous one:
Sarıçev, Aleksandr Vasilyeviç & Sarychev, Kirill
Шахматный листок 1928 (336)
Commendation
Show Solution1. Kc8 !!
A very paradoxical move: in order to draw, the white King blocks his own pawn on the 7th rank !
1... b5 2. Kd7 !
Another paradoxical move: the white King moves back to d7! The threat is 3.c8=Q or 3.Kc6 attacking bPb5.
2...Bf5+ 3. Kd6 ! b4 4. Ke5 Kg4 5. Kd4 !
and now everything is clear: the wK can pursue the black Pawn.
Sarıçev, Aleksandr Vasilyeviç
Friendship-200 JT Achalgazdra Kommunisti, 1983
5
th Prize
Show Solution1. c6+ Kd8 2. c7+ Kxc7 3. Kb3 Bxc3 4. Kxc3 Sa4+
{4... Sd1+ 5. Kd2 Bh5 6. Bf7 Bg4 7. Be6 Sf2 8. Ke3! =}
5. Kb4 Bd1 6. Bf3 Bc2 7. Be4 Bd1 8. Bf3 Sb2 9. Kc3 positional draw
György (George) Grätzer (02-08-1936) Hungarian-Canadian composer
György Grätzer composes direct mates and endgame studies.
Grätzer, György
Magyar Sakkélet, 1957
Show Solution1. e7
{1. b3 ? a3 2. e7 Rxg3+ 3. Kxg3 Bxg6 -+ ; 1. g7 ? Rd8 -+}
1... Re3 2. g7 Ba2 3. b3 Bxb3 4. c4 Bxc4 5. Se6 !
{
Novotny}
5...Bxe6 6. e8=Q Bxg4+ 7. Kh4 Rxe8 8. g8=Q Rxg8 stalemate thanks to the sacrifice of the white Pawns of the Q-side.
Василь Дмитрович Ласій (02-08-1936) Ukrainian composer (Vasyl Dmitrovich Lasiy)
Vasyl Lasiy composes helpmates and selfmates.
Ласій, Василь Дмитрович
МК В.Брон-100, 2009
3
rd Commendation
Show Solution1.Qg6+! Ke5 2 Qe6+ Kd4 3.Qd7+ Ke5 4.d4+ cd3 5.Qe6+ Kd4 6.Qe3+ Kd5 7.Q:d3+ Ke5 8.Qd6+ Kpf5 9.Qe6+ Kg5 10.Rg3+ R:g3 11.Rc5+ Bd5 12.Qe5+ Kg6 13.Qg7+ Kf5 14.Bc8+ Qxc8#
Self pin during play.
Феликс Вульфович Россомахо (02-08-1937 - 13-08-2021) Russian composer and FIDE Master (Felix Vulfovich Rossomakho)
Felix Rossomakho learnt chess composition together with his brother Yakov under instructor B.N. Nazarov. His favourite stipulation was mate in 3, but he also composed moremovers.
Россомахо, Феликс Вульфович
Задачи и этюды 1999
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Rh2-h5 ! (2.c2-c3+ Kd4xe5 3.Qg4-f4#)
1...Bh1xe4 2.Se5-f3+ Kd4xd5 3.c2-c4#
1...Kd4xe5 2.Kb4-c4 (3.Qg4-f4#) 2...g6xh5, Rf8xe8 3.Qg4-f5, Bg7xf6#
1...Bg5-f4 2.Qg4-g1+ Kd4xe4, Bf4-e3 3.Sd5-c3, Qg1xe3#
1...Se6-f4 2.Se5-f3+ Bh1xf3 3.Qg4-g1#
1...Rf6-f4 2.Qg4-d1+ Kd4xe4 3.Qd1-d3#
Difficult and varied variations.
Philippe Robert (02-08-1938 - 17-04-2016) French composer and FIDE Master
Philippe Robert composed direct mates in two moves and was the two-mover editor of
Phénix magazine.
In a
short obituary on MatPlus, Michel Caillaud wrote that Philippe Robert was "
a surgeon by profession, deeply involved in humanitarian action. Every year, he spent long periods in Africa as a benevolent helping in hospitals. He actively participated in organizations "Médecins sans Frontières" (co-founder), "Terre des Hommes - France" (vice president) and "Enfance et Partage" (president)."
Robert, Philippe
The Problemist, 1996
3
rd Prize
Show Solution1.Sdf2? (2.Qxa1#[A]/Qd3#[B])
1...Bc3[b] 2.Qxc3#[C]
1...Bxc4[c] 2.Qd3#[B]
1...Bb2 2.Qd3#[B]/Qxb2#
1...exf2 2.e3#/Qd3#[B]
1...Rxc4 2.Qd3#[B]/Qc5#
1...Sf4 2.Qxa1#[A] but 1...Sxe4[a]!
1.Sb2? (2.Qc3#[C]/Qd3#[B])
1...Bxc4[c] 2.Qd3#[B]
1...Sf4 2.Qc3#[C]
1...Bxb2 2.Qd3#[B]/Qxb2#
1...Rxc4 2.Qd3#[B]/Qc5# but 1...Sxe4[a]!
1.Sb4? (2.Qd3#[B])
1...Sxe4[a] 2.Sc2#[D]
1...Bc3[b] 2.Qxc3#[C]
1...Bxc4[c] 2.Qxa1#[A] but 1...Sf4!
1.Sxe5[E]! (2.Qxa1#[A])
1...Sxe4[a] 2.Sf3#[F]
1...Bc3[b] 2.Qxc3#[C]
1...Bxc4[c] 2.Qd3#[B]
1...Kxe5 2.Qd6#
1...Rxc4 2.Qc5#
1...Bb2 2.Qxb2#
Levman,
Changed mates,
Le Grand,
Rudenko,
Barnes
Marcel van Herck (02-08-1948) Belgian composer
Marcel van Herck composes occasionally and is a good solver.
Van Herck, Marcel
L'Echiquier Belge, 1983
Show Solution1.Sd6 ! Kxd6 2.Kf5 Kd7 3.Kf6 Kxe8, Kd6 4.Bc6, Rd8#
Verner Skovlund Jensen (02-08-1927 - 23-06-1993) Danish composer
Verner Skovlund played the violin in the Danish Radio Entertainment Orchestra and the Royal Danish Orchestra.
He composed mostly selfmates and fairy problems and was "led into the mysteries" of chess problems by K.A.K.Larsen. For more details and for another brilliant series problem, see
this Problemskak webpage.
Jensen, Verner Skovlund
1
st Prize
Thema Danicum 1978
ser-h#3 | 4 solutions | 10 + 3 |
Show Solution1.c1=♕ 2.♕c5 3.♕×e3 f×e3=
1.c1=♘ 2.♘e2 3.♘g3 f×g3=
In the first pair of solutions, the promoted piece is captured.
1.c1=♖ 2.♖c7 3.♖×f7 f4=
1.c1=♗ 2.♗b2 3.♗×e5 f3=
In the second pair of solutions, the promoted piece is pinned.
All black promotions (
Allumwandlung) and all possible moves by the white pawn f2 (
Albino).
What does Van Herck' T-shirt say or mean? :)
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