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| Leonid Isaev [Задачи и этюды 5/1928] |
Leonid Isaev was a twomover composer and is considered as one of the creators of the modern twomover, with Barulin.
He collaborated with many magazines, such as "Задачи и этюды" (Zadachy i etyudy) "Шахматы" (Shakhmati) or "64", and wrote a few problem books like "Шахматная задача" (1925), "300 шахматных задач" (1933).
Исаев, Леонид Антонович
Задачи и этюды 1928
1st Prize, 1927
Задачи и этюды 1928
1st Prize, 1927
| #2 | 7 + 14 |
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Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24-11-1900 - 29-12-1969) German composer
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| Kurt Richter [Chess Notes] |
Kurt Richter was a German o.t.b Master and writer. He also composed direct mates.
Richter, Kurt
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 1935
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 1935
| #3 | 6 + 5 |
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Josip Pernarić (24-11-1946) Croatian composer
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| Josip Pernarić [pzrdig] |
Josip Pernarić composes in all genres.
Pernarić, Josip
Persijanow-50 JT, 2006
2nd Prize
Persijanow-50 JT, 2006
2nd Prize
| h#4 | 3 + 13 |
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Adrian Storişteanu (24-11-1956) Canadian composer
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| Adrian Storişteanu [The Globe and Mail] |
Adrian Storişteanu is a software specialist and inventor of patents. He composes helpmates and fairy problems. He was part of the editing team of the late "Canadian Chess Chat". He edited a column dedicated to Circe Chess; one of his interesting points of view concerning fairy chess can be read in "Canadian Chess Chat May-August 1984". The article can be viewed here.
He has recently been interested in constructional tasks such as the 5b quoted by Jeff Coakley in his Chess Cafe column. Adrian also wrote a program to check Triple Loyds (source: Jeff Coakley).
(In a Triple Loyd, the solver's task is to place the black king on the board to achieve the goals A. Black is in checkmate; B. Black is in stalemate; C. White has a mate in one.)
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Gabriel Nedeianu (24-11-1960) Romanian composer
Gabriel Nedeianu is a helpmate and fairy composer. He invented the fairy piece named Dolphin, which combines the powers of the Grasshopper and the Kangaroo and can be seen in the following helpmate:
Nedeianu, Gabriel
harmonie, Sep 2001 (67/715)
harmonie, Sep 2001 (67/715)
| h#2 | a8, c8: Kangaroo d3: Grasshopper e2: Dolphin b) Rotate 270 | 5 + 7 |
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Wilfried Neef (24-11-1963) German composer
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| Wilfried Neef |
Wilfried Neef composes long direct mates, selfmates and endgame studies... and also helpmates, as Manfred has kindly reminded us (see this h#3.5, die Schwalbe 1994).
Neef, Wilfried
Schach-Aktiv
4th Prize
Schach-Aktiv
4th Prize
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Dear Eric,
ReplyDeleteWilfried Neef also composes helpmates. 78(!) of them can be found in PDB, including E193 FIDE Album 1992-1994 and E277 FIDE Album 2001-2003.
Best regards, Manfred
Thank you Manfred !
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