Stěpán Zimmermann (22-10-1867 - 19-08-1938) Czech composer
Stěpán Zimmermann composed direct mates, mostly in three moves, in the Bohemian style.
Zimmermann, Stěpán
Plzeňské listy, 1890
Show Solution1.Kf8-e8 ! (2.Re4xe5+ Kd5-d6/c4 3.Qe3-c5#)
1...f5xe4 2.b2-b4 (3.Qe3-c5#)
1...Bg2xe4 2.b2-b4 (3.Qe3-c5#) 2...Be4-~ 3.Qe3xd3#
1...Kd5-d6 2.Qe3-b6+ Kd6-d5 3.Qb6-c6#
1...f7-f6 2.Qe3-b6 (3.Qb6-c6#) 2...Bg2xe4/f5xe4 3.Bd7-e6# or 2...Kd5xe4 3.Bd7-c6#
José Mugnos (22-10-1904 - 01-05-1982) Argentinian composer
José Mugnos was a remarkable porteño composer of analytical studies.
Here you can find one of his best studies (Chess, 1943-1944) with a black desperado Rook and two very convincing variations.
He wrote with Oscar Carlsson "
Finales artisticos razonados" (1976).
Mugnos, José
El Ajedrez Americano, 1941
Show Solution1. f4
{1. f7 ? Ra8 2. Kc6 Rf8 3. Kd5 Rxf7 4. Ke4 Kc3 5. f4 Kc4 6. Ke5 Kc5 7. f5 Re7+ -+}
{1. Kc4 ? Ra6 ! 2. Kd4 Rxf6 3. Ke4 Kc3 4. f4 Kc4 5. Ke5 Rf8 6. f5 Kc5 7. Ke6 Kc6 8. f6 Re8+ -+}
{1. Kc5 ? Ra6 2. f7 Rf6 3. Kd5 Rxf7 ! -+}
1... Ra8
{1... Ra7 2. Kc6 (2. Kc4 Rd7 3. f5 Kd2 4. Kc5 Ke3 5. Kc6 Rd8 ! 6. Kc7 Rd5 ! -+) 2... Rf7 (2... Kd3 3. Kd6 ! Ke4 4. Ke6 Ra6+ 5. Ke7 Kf5 6. f7 Ra7+ 7. Ke8 Ke6 8. f5+ =) 3. Kd6 Rxf6+ 4. Ke5 =}
{1... Kd3 2. f7 Ra8 3. Kc6 Rf8 4. Kd6 Rxf7 5. Ke5 =}
2. Kc6 !
{2. Kc5 ? Rd8 ! -+}
2... Rd8 3. f7 !
{3. Kc7 ? Rd4 4. f5 Rd5 -+ ; 3. f5 ? Kd3 4. f7 Ke4 5. Kc7 Rf8 -+}
3... Kd3 4. Kc7 Rf8 5. Kd6 ! Rxf7 6. Ke5 Re7+ !
{6... Kc4 7. f5 Kc5 8. Ke6 Rf8 9. f6 Re8+ 10. Kd7 Ra8 11. f7 Kd5 12. Ke7 Ra7+ 13. Kf6}
7. Kd5 !!
{7. Kd6 ? Ra7 ! 8. f5 (8. Ke5 $2 Ra5+) 8... Ke4 -+; 7. Kf6 ? Ra7 -+}
7... Ra7 8. f5 Ra5+ 9. Ke6 Ke4 10. f6 Ra6+ 11. Ke7 Ke5 12. f7 Ra7+ 13. Ke8 Ke6 14. f8=S+ draw
Denis M. Saunders (22-10-1930 - 06-2009) Australian composer
Denis Saunders' profile was
made by Geoff Foster on OzProblems. He started composing late, but rapidly became the best Australian threemover composer.
Geoff Foster compiled 72 of his problems in "
The Wizard of Oz - A selection of chess problems by Denis Saunders" (1999).
Saunders, Denis M.
The Problemist, 1989
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Qh8-b8 ! (2.Qb8-g3 ~ 3.Qg3-d3#)
1...h5-h4 2.Sd4-b5 ! and Black is surprisingly in Zugzwang.
(Secondary variation: 1...Bb4-e1/d2/c3 2.Qb8xb7 (3.Qb7xa6/Rc6xc5#) 2...Qc5xc6 3.Qb7xc6#)
Saunders, Denis M.
The Problemist, 1995
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Qg6-g8 ! (2.Qg8xc4 [3.Qc4-d5#] 2...e7-e6 3.Qc4xc5#)
1...Bc4xg8 2.h7xg8=Q (3.Qg8-d5#) 2...e7-e6 3.Qg8xb8#
1...Bc4-f7 2.Qg8xb8+ Ke5-e6 3.Sh5-g7#
1...Rg4xg5 2.Be3xf4+ Ke5-d4 3.e2-e3#
1...Bc4-a2 2.Ra3xa2 (3.Qg8-d5#) 2...e7-e6 3.Qg8xb8#
1...Bc4-b3 2.Ra3xb3 (3.Qg8-d5#) etc
Miloslav Vanka (22-10-1941) Czech composer
Miloslav Vanka composes essentially direct mates. He is a FIDE Master for solving and a chess trainer.
Vanka, Miloslav
Československý šach, 1957
2
nd HM
Show Solution1.Rh6-d6 ! (2.Sc6-b4+ Kb6-a5 3.Rd6-a6# or 2.Ba3-b4 (3.Sc6-~#) 2...d7xc6 3.Rd6xc6#)
1...Kb6-a6 2.Sc6-b4+ Ka6-a5 3.Rd6-a6#
1...d7xc6 2.Ba3-b4 (3.Rd6xc6#)
Francisc Rduch (22-10-1886 - 17-05-1942) Romanian-Polish composer
Francisc Rduch was born in Lemberg in Poland and lived most of his life in Cernăuți in Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine). He was deaf and worked as a librarian (
archivist) at the Cernăuți University.
He composed direct mates, mostly hard-to-solve threemovers, and collaborated with the magazine "Revista Română de Șah"
from 1926 until 1942.
His obituary by Milu Milescu was published in
Revista Română de Șah 02-1948, page 62.
Rduch, Francisc
Trollhättans Schacksällskap, 1925
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.♖d7! ZZ
1...♔×d7 2.♘f8+ ♔c8/♔d8/♔e8 3.♕a8#
1...♗f1/♗e2 2.♕a8 (3.♕e8#) 2...♔×d7 3.♘f8#
(Exchange of White 2nd and 3rd moves in the first two variations)
1...♗a2/♗b3 2.♕d2 (3.♖e7/♕d6#) 2...♔×e5 3.♕e1#
1...♗d3 2.♖×d3 ♔×e5 3.♕e1#
1...♗×b5 2.♖d3! and three sub-variations: 2...♗×d3 3.♘f8#, 2...♔×e5 3.♕e1# or 2...♗~ 3.♘g5/♘f8/♕d5/♖d6#
(Secundary variation: 1...♔×e5 2.♕c3+/♕a1+)
The last variation is intentionally difficult for solvers.
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