September 22nd

Martin Gohn (22-09-1895 - 1957) Romanian composer

Martin Gohn composed mainly moremovers and endgame studies.

Gohn, Martin
Deutsches Wochenschach, 1917 (1519)

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3 + 3

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1. Kf5 !
{1. Kf6 ? Kg8 2. e5 Bc7 3. e6 Bd8+ ! 4. Kf5 f6 5. Kg6 Kf8 6. h4 Ke7 7. Kf5 Ba5 -+}
1... Bd6
{1... Bc7 2. e5 Bd8 3. e6 f6 4. Kg6 Kg8 5. h4 ! =}
2. e5 Be7 3. e6 f6 4. Kg6 Kg8 5. h3 !
{Festina lente 5.h4? would lose a tempo in comparison with the solution}
5... Bd8 6. h4 Be7 7. h5 Bd8 8. h6 Be7 9. h7+ Kh8 10. Kf7 Bd8 11. Ke8 Ba5 12. Kf7 =

Gohn, Martin
Revista Română de Şah, 1947

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6 + 6

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1. f3+ and there are two echo variations:

• 1... Kg5 2. c7 ! Rc5 3. e7 Ba4 4. Sd4 Rc1

{4... Rxc7 5. Se6+ Kf5 6. Sxc7 !}
5. Sc6 !
{Novotny}
5... Bxc6
{5... Rxc6 6. e8=Q !}
6. c8=Q +-

• 1... Kh4 2. e7 Re5 3. c7 Bf5 4. Sxf4 Re1

{4... Rxe7 5. Sxg6+ +-}
5. Se6 !
{Novotny ; 5. g4 ? Rxe7 6. Sxg6+ Bxg6 7. c8=Q Re2+ wins back the Queen}
5... Rxe6
{5... Bxe6 6. e8=Q ! }
6. c8=Q ! +-

გია ნადარეიშვილი (22-09-1921 - 03-10-1991) Georgian composer and Grandmaster (Gia Antonovich Nadareishvili)

Gia Nadareishvili
[Wikipedia]

Gia Nadareishvili was a famous endgame studies composer and co-founder, with John Roycroft and others, of PCCC (Permanent Commission for Chess Composition).
He wrote some books about chess studies: "Этюд глазами гроссмейстеров" (a compilation of studies commented by o.t.b. Grandmasters, 1982) or "Шахматный этюд в Грузии" (compilation of studies by Georgian authors, 1975) or "Избранные этюды" (125 studies by himself, 1970).

Nadareischwili, Gia
Achalgazdra Kommunisti, 1954
1^st Special Prize

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3 + 3

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1. Bg1 Kg3 2. Sc6 ! Kg2
{2... f5 3. Sd4 Kg2 4. Se2 (4. Sxf5 ? Kxg1 5. Sh4 Kf2 -+) 4... Kf3 (4... Kf1 5. Sf4) 5. Sd4+ =}
3. Bd4 ! h2
{3... f5 4. Be5 =}
4. Bxf6 h1=Q 5. Bb2 Qh5 6. Sd4
{White has built the Karstedt fortress}
6... Qa5+ 7. Kb1
{7. Kb3 ? Kf2 8. Kc2 Qa2 -+}
7... Qa4 8. Ba1 =

Nadareischwili, Gia
Achalgazdra Kommunisti, 1957
1^st Special Prize

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4 + 3

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1. Sc6+ Kd7
{1... Kc8 2. Ra7 Sd4+ 3. Kb6 ; 1... Ke8 2. Ra8+ Kf7 3. d7 d1=Q 4. d8=Q Qe2+ 5. Kb6 Qe3+ 6. Kc7 Qf4+ 7. Qd6 +-}
2. Ra7+ !
{2. Se5+ ? Ke6 ! =}
2... Kxd6
{2... Ke6 3. d7 d1=Q 4. d8=Q +-}
3. Ra8 Sd4+ ! 4. Sxd4 d1=Q 5. Rd8+ Kc7
{5... Ke7 6. Sc6+ +-}
6. Se6+ wins the black Queen +-

Ulrich Ring (22-09-1943) German composer

Ulrich Ring composes in all genres - direct mates, helpmates, retro problems.
Here are two of his helpmates:

Ring, Ulrich
feenschach, 1984
1^st Prize

h#3

2 solutions

4 + 13

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1.c2xd1=R Re1xe5 2.Bb1-e4 Kg5xg4+ 3.Kd2-e1 Re5xe4#
1.f2xe1=B Bd1xg4 2.Rf1-f3 Kg5-g6+ 3.Kd2-d1 Bg4xf3#
Zilahi (the mating unit in one solution is captured in the other solution).
Diagonal-orthogonal correspondence and critical moves (1...Rxe5 and 1...Bxg4) followed by Maslar.

Ring, Ulrich
feenschach, 1986
1^st Prize

h#7

2 + 7

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1. Bh7 Ke3 2. Kg6 Kxd3 3. Bbg8 Ke4 4. Kf7+ Kd5 5. Bf5 Kc6 6. Ke6 d4 7. Bf7 d5#
Double Indian (1.Bh7 & 2.Kg6, 3.Bbg8 & 4.Kf7) with two same-coloured Bishops.