September 13th

Josef Křivohlávek (13-09-1919 - 17-03-2015) Czech composer

Michel Caillaud and Josef Křivohlávek
[YouTube]

Josef Křivohlávek published "Šachové úlohy:výběr 1953-88". He demonstrated his showmanship at Marianka 2011.
Recently, as mentioned in a comment by Ivan Skoba, a book containing 139 selected problems of Josef Křivohlávek was published.

Křivohlávek, Josef
ÚV ČSTV, 1979
1^st Prize

#3

8 + 7

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1.Sc2-b4 ! (2.d3-d4+ Qc5xd4/Rd5xd4 3.c3xd4#)
1...Rd5xd3 2.c3-c4+ Rd3-c3, Rd3-d4, Ra6xa1 3.Ba1xc3, Sb4-d3, Sb4-c6#
1...Ra6xa1 2.Sb4-c6+ Qc5xc6 3.d3-d4#
Exploitation of a halfpin.

Klaus Wenda (13-09-1941) Austrian composer and Grandmaster

Klaus Wenda, with Odette Vollenweider and Reto Aschwanden

Klaus Wenda is a former president of PCCC (FIDE Permanent Commission for Chess Composition, now WFCC) and received his certificate of Grandmaster in composition in 2010 at his summer home: photos here.
with Friedrich Chlubna "Problempalette: Schachprobleme österr. Autoren aus den Jahren 1901-1970" (Austrian Problems) in 1972 and "Problempalette II, Volume 2" 1991.
He composes in all genres.

Wenda, Klaus
Arbeiter-Zeitung, 1976 (1073/v)
1^st Prize

s#9 v

9 + 7

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1. Bf5? Kg5 2. Be6+ Kf6! and the black King gets out of the corner.
1. Re7! Kg5 2. Rg7+ Kh6 3. Rd7 Kg5 4. Rd5+ Kh6 5. Bf5 Kg5 6. Be6+ Kh6 7. Rg5 Kxg5 8. f4+ Kh6 9. Bxb3 Bxb3#
Battery creation and play, stalemate avoidance.

Wenda, Klaus
The Problemist, 1986
1^st Prize

-8 & s#1

Madrasi Proca Retractor

12 + 4

Madrasi: Mutually attacking black and white units of the same type (kings excluded) paralyse each other, so that they may no longer move or give check. The paralysis may be removed, for example by interference (in the case of line pieces), or by capture of either of the paralysed units.

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1. g5xf6 e.p. f7-f5 2. Qf3-a8 g7-g6 3. a5xb6 e.p. b7-b5
The black pawn structure excludes any possibility of promotion of white pawns, because of the Madrasi condition: if a white pawn had reached the 6th rank, he would have been paralyzed.
4. Qe3xf3 e4xf3e.p.
The black f-pawns are doubled and all white officers are on the board: since the promotions are excluded, the only possibility is that a white Pawn has been captured. Due to Madrasi rules, it can only be through en passant capture.
5. f2-f4 e5-e4 6. Qc1xe3 d4xe3 e.p.
Forced, as shown earlier.
7. e2-e4 d5-d4 8. Qe3xRc1 & s#1: 1. Qb3+ Kxb1# unparalyzes the black Rook c1.

Bruno Fargette (13-09-1948) French composer and FIDE Master

Bruno Fargette
[SSZ 1969, page 149]

Bruno Fargette was the editor of the French magazine "Thèmes 64", after his brother François. He is also an International Judge.
Some of his problems have been selected on Chess-Giraffe [broken link].
One of his most famous problems is this very hard miniature. Here is another easier one:

Fargette, Bruno
Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1969 (2631)
1^st Prize

#8

6 + 6

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1.Bc8! Bb3 2.Bb7 Ba2/Bc4 3.Bc6 Bb3! 4.Bb5+! Bc4 5.Bd7 Bb3! 6.Bc8! Ba2/Bc4 7.Bh3 ~ 8.Bf1#
Tempo manoeuvre to force the black Bishop to go to the wrong field (c4 or a2).

Hanspeter Suwe (13-09-1948) German composer

Hanspeter Suwe is the editor of the castling magazine "König & Turm" wholly dedicated to castle.

Suwe, Hanspeter
Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1971

#6

8 + 11

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1.Rc6-c2 ! (2.Bc7xb6+ Rh6-c6 3.Rc2xc6#)
1...Rh6-h2 2.Sc1-e2 (3.Bc7xb6#)
2...Rh2xe2 3.Rc2-c6 (4.Bc7xb6#)
3...Qe3-h6 4.Bf5-e6 (5.Rg8xe8/Bc7xb6#)
4...Re2xe6 5.Bc7xb6+ Re6xc6 6.Rg8xe8# or 4...Qh6xe6 5.Rg8xe8+ Qe6xe8 6.Bc7Xb6#
Wurzburg-Plachutta.

Jean-Marc Loustau (13-09-1958) French composer and Grandmaster

Jean-Marc Loustau
[Akobia]

Jean-Marc Loustau may be known mostly for his fairy direct mates, but he composes successfully in all genres.
One of his very recent fairy twomovers can be seen, with his comments and Juraj Lörinc's comments, on JuliasFairies.

Loustau, Jean-Marc
Ideal-Mate Review, 1984
1^st Prize

h#4

SetPlay

4 + 5

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1...Sg3-h5 2.Be4xd3 Kf4-g3 3.Kd4-e4 f2-f4 4.d5-d4 Sh5-f6#
1.Kd4xd3 Sg3-h1 2.d5-d4 Kf4-g3 3.Be4-d5 f2-f4 4.Kd3-e4 Sh1-f2#
White and Black cyclic Platzwechsel (wK,P,S and bK,P,B).

Jean-Marc Loustau composed many problems in collaboration with other composers, especially French ones: Michel Caillaud, Jacques Rotenberg or the recently departed Denis Blondel. Here is one of Jean-Marc and Denis' fairy problems:

Loustau, Jean-Marc & Blondel, Denis
Probleemblad, 1985
3^rd Prize

#2

c8, c7, f7, a6, d6, e6, e4, g4, c3, f3, g3, h3: Orphan

11 + 8

The Orphan moves only as the opposite piece that threatens to capture it.
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1.Rg2-h2 ! ZZ
1...f2-f1=Q 2.Of3xc3# (wOc3 is protected by bQf1->wOh3->bOg4->wOe6->bOc8->wOc7; 2.Oc7xc3+? Oc8xc3!)
1...f2-f1=S 2.Sa3-c2# (c4 is guarded by wOd6: bSf1->wOg3->bOe4->wOd6)
1...f2-f1=R 2.Oc7xc3# (wOc3 is protected by wOf3, attacked by bRf1; 2.Of3xc3+? Kd4-e3!)
1...f2-f1=B 2.Sb4-c6# (flights c4 and d4 are guarded by wOa6: chain f1-h3-e6-c8-a6)
1...f2-f1=O 2.Rh2-d2# (the promoted black Orphan cannot interfere with the black Rook).
Elegant Allumwandlung.

Raimo Sailas (13-09-1945 - 17-07-2020) Finnish composer

Raimo Sailas, 2015
[© Hannu Harkola]

Raimo Sailas was very well known in Finland, since he has been in high positions, serving the Republic of Finland. At one time he was the budget chief in the Ministry of Finance. Obviously his demanding job is the reason to the fact that he has composed a rather small number of problems.
As a composer he was especially remembered for his 1^st Place in the helpmate section of the Friendship Match 1962-64 (a sort of predecessor to WCCT-competitions).
A jubiliar tourney was organized for his 70^th birthday and its interesting award can be read here.

Sailas, Raimo
Schach-Echo, 1974
2^nd Prize

h#3

b) wPd4<->bQe5

5 + 6

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a) 1.♖×d4 ♖e8 2.♕e7 ♗×e7 3.♖d3 ♗c5#
b) 1.♗×e5 ♗a7 2.♕b6 ♖×b6 3.♗f4 ♖e6#
A rich strategic mix of Indian reciprocal batteries, Pelle move by the black Queen, orthogonal-diagonal transformation combined with white and black switchbacks.