Friedrich Martin Palitzsch (25-10-1889 - 02-04-1932) German composer
Friedrich Palitzsch was a founding theoretician of the German Logical school. He created, explored and promoted the
Dresden theme: A good defence to a threat is eliminated (usually by means of a foreplan) and a bad defence by a different piece (not previously available) is introduced.
In 1917 he wrote "
Die Ablenkung, das Element der indirekten Kombination" which exposed the concepts of the neo-German school.
Palitzsch, Friedrich Martin
Svenska Dagbladet, 1929
Prize
Show Solution1.Bh3-f5 ! (2.Qe5-d6+ Kd8-e8 3.Bf5-g6#)
1...Bd1-h5 2.Qe5-e6 (3.Qe6-d7#) 2...Bh5-e8 3.Qe6-f6#
A simple and ingenious Roman theme. The bB is decoyed from its good guarding square (a4) and attracted to the worse square e8.
Palitzsch, Friedrich Martin
Dresdner Anzeiger, 1925
4
th Prize
Show Solution1.g3-g4 ! (2.Qd6-c6 [3.Sb5-d6#] 2...Re1-b1/Bh8-e5 3.Qc6xe6# or 2.c5-c6 [3.Qd6-c5#] 2...Re1-e5 3.Qd6xd4#)
1...Bh3-~/Bh8-f6/Bh8-g7 2.c5-c6 [3.Qd6-c5#] 2...Re1-e5 3.Qd6xd4#
1...Rh4xg4/h5xg4/ 2.Qd6-c6 [3.Sb5-d6#] 2...Re1-b1/Bh8-e5 3.Qc6xe6#
Александар А. Атанасијевић (25-10-1922 - 01-04-2007) Serbian composer (Alexandar A. Atanasijevic)
Alexandar Atanasijevic composed in all genres, but was especially fond of long problems - serial helpmates or selfmates.
Атанасијевић, Александар А.
Mat (Beograd) 1973
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1. g1=B 2. Bxh2 3. Bd6 4. h2 5. h1=B 6. Bf3 7. Bxg4 8. Be6 9. g4 10. g3 11. g2 12. g1=B 13. Bxb6 14. Bbc5 15. b5 16. b4 17. bxa3 18. a2 19. a1=B 20. Bxb2 21. Bbe5 22. b2 23. b1=B 24. Bc2 25. Bxa4 26. Bc6 27. a4 28. a3 29. a2 30. a1=B 31. Bad4 e4#
6 black Bishop promotions.
Roméo Bédoni (25-10-1927) French composer and FIDE Master
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Roméo Bédoni at Annecy chess club |
Roméo Bédoni is a prolific composer who enjoys fairy chess and frequently invents new forms of fairy conditions or pieces. He nevertheless composed orthodox direct mate problems.
In 1997 he published "
Problèmes d'Echecs en tous genres" which contains 201 problems and was
reviewed by Christian Poisson on his website. A sample of his problems are quoted in this book review.
Bédoni, Roméo
Europe Échecs, 1975
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Sg8-e7 ! (2.Qf5-f4 [3.Se7-f5#] 2...Sf7-~ 3.Qf4xe5#)
1...Qf1-~ 2.Qf5xe4+ Sf2xe4 3.Se7-f5#
1...Bg1-h2 2.Re3-d3+ ~xd3 3.e2-e3#
1...Ba4-~ 2.Rc6xc4+ b5xc4 3.Se7-c6#
1...Rc8-~ 2.Rc6-d6+ ~xd6 3.Se7-c6#
1...Rf8-e8/Rf8-h8 2.Qf5xe5+ Sf7xe5 3.Se7-f5#
6 evacuation sacrifices.
Bédoni, Roméo
Europe Échecs, 1965
Show Solution1.a7-a8=Q + !
1...Ka6-b6 2.b7-b8=Q+ Kb6-c5 3.c7-c8=Q+ Kc5-d4 4.Qb8-d6+ Kd4-e3 5.Qc8-e6+ Ke3-f2 6.Qa8-g2+ Qf1xg2#
3 white Queen promotions.
Michal Hlinka (25-10-1953) Slovak composer and International Master
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Michal Hlinka |
Michal Hlinka is a twomover and studies composer.
Some of his studies were selected by
JMRW on his website.
Hlinka, Michal
Van Reek-50 JT, 1995
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1. Ka5
{1. Rxd3 ? Kc6 ! 2. Ra3 Rb2 ! -+}
1... Rb3
{1... Rb2 2. Rxd3 Be7 3. Re3 ! Bd6 4. Re8 ! Kc6 5. Rc8+ =}
2. Ka4 Bf6 3. Rd5 Rc3 4. Kb4 Kc6 5. Rf5 !
{5. Rd8 ? Ra3 ! 6. Rd5 Be7+ -+}
5... Kd7
{5... d2 6. Rc5+ ! Kb6 7. Rb5+ Ka6 8. Ra5+ =}
6. c5 !
{6. Rxf6 ? d2 ! 7. Rf7+ Ke6 8. Rf1 Rc1 -+}
6... Bh8
{6... d2 7. Rd5+ = ; 6... Ke7 7. Rxf6 =}
7. Rh5 Bf6 8. Rf5 =
Andrzej Jasik (25-10-1969) Polish composer and FIDE Master
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Jan Rusinek, Stefan Parzuch, Eugeniusz Iwanow, Waldemar Tura and Andrzej Jasik, 2007
[Source: Szachy w moim życiu.] |
Andrzej Jasik composes mostly studies, but also occasionally direct mates or helpmates.
The interested reader may already know
his #14 which won the Time Krabbé-60 JT.
Jasik, Andrzej
Muradkhan Muradov-65 JT 2015
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Sb5!
[1.Kb8? would be premature: 1...Rd7 2.Sb5? Rxd2]
1... Bxb5
[1... Rd7 2.Bc3+ Kd5 (2... Kf5 3.gxf7 Rxf7 4.Sd6+) 3.Rd1+ Kc6 4.Sd4+ Kc7 5.gxf7 Rxf7 6.Se6+ Kc6 7.Sd8+ wins the bR]
2.Kb8
[2.Rxb5+? Ke6]
2... Rd7
[2... Re7 3.Re1+ Kf6 4.Bc3+ Kxg6 5.Rxe7]
3.Rxb5+ Ke4 4.Rb4+
[4.Kc8? Rxd2 5.gxf7 Rf2 6.Rxb7 g5]
4... Ke5
[4... Kd3 5.Kc8 Re7 6.Kd8 Re2 7.gxf7]
5.Bc3+ Ke6
[5... Kd6 6.Kc8 Rc7+ 7.Kd8 Rd7+ 8.Ke8 Re7+ 9.Kf8 fxg6 10.Rd4+]
6.Rb6+
[6.Kc8? Rd3! 7.Re4+ Kd5 8.gxf7 Rxc3+ 9.Kd8 Rf3=]
6... Ke7
[6... Kd5 7.Kc8]
7.Bb4+ Ke8 8.Rf6 Rd8+ 9.Kc7
[9.Kxb7? fxg6 ! =]
9... Rd7+ 10.Kb6 zz
A spectacular zugzwang position
10...fxg6 11.Rf8#
Or 10... gxf6 11.g7 +-
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