November 6th

Gustavus Charles Reichhelm (06-11-1839 - 30-11-1905) American composer

Gustavus Reichhelm
[Chess Archaeology]

Let's simply quote Edochess.ca:

From 1860-1870, he was the chess editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin; from 1871-1872, he edited The Chess Weekly; from 1872-1877, he wrote a column for the Intelligencer; from 1880-1900 he was a columnist for the Philadelphia Times; in 1881 he was editor of Brentano's Chess Monthly; from 1900-1905 he was a columnist for the North American. He also published a book, co-authored by Walter Penn Shipley, on the chess history of Philadelphia entitled, Chess in Philadelphia. He was a well known chess composer as well as a player.

He was specialized in long problems with systematic manoeuvres such as this one and tasks.

Reichhelm, Gustavus Charles
1913

#50

9 + 9

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1st step: capturing bPa5:
1. Ke1 Kb8 2. Kd1 Ka7 3. Kc1 Kb8 4. Kb2 Ka7 5. Kb3 Kb8 6. Ka4 Ka7 7. Kxa5
2nd step: capturing bPf3
7...Kb8 8. Kb4 Ka7 9. Kb3 Kb8 10. Kb2 Ka7 11. Kc1 Kb8 12. Kd1 Ka7 13. Ke1 Kb8 14. Kf1 Ka7 15. Kg1 Kb8 16. Kh2 Ka7 17. Kh3 Kb8 18. Kg4 Ka7 19. Kxf3
3rd step: forcing the advance of bPf4 to f3
19...Kb8 20. Kg2 Ka7 21. Kf1 Kb8 22. Ke1 Ka7 23. Kd1 Kb8 24. Kc1 Ka7 25. Kb2 Kb8 26. Ka3 Ka7 27. Kb4 Kb8 28. Kb5 Ka7 29. Ka5 Kb8 30. Ka6 f3
4th step: capturing bPf3
31. Ka5 Ka7 32. Kb4 Kb8 33. Kb3 Ka7 34. Kb2 Kb8 35. Kc1 Ka7 36. Kd1 Kb8 37. Ke1 Ka7 38. Kf1 Kb8 39. Kg1 Ka7 40. Kh2 Kb8 41. Kg3 Ka7 42. Kxf3
5th step: advancing wPf2 to win.
42...Kb8 43. Kg4 Ka7 44. f4 exf4 45. e5 f3 46. Kxf3 Kb8 47. e6 Ka7 48. e7 Kb8 49. e8=Q+ Ka7 50. Qa8#

Ростислав Николаевич Александров (06-11-1911 - 1947) Russian composer (Rostislav Nikolayevich Aleksandrov)

Rostislav Aleksandrov composed direct mates and endgame studies.
He became the editor of the composition section of "Shakhmaty v SSSR" in 1932. More details about him can be read in Y.Rossomakho's article about Aleksandrov published in 2004 in "Zadachy i Etyudy".

Александров, Ростислав Николаевич
«64» 1930 (448)

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4 + 5

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1. d6+ Ke6 2. d7 e3
{2... b5 3. d8=S+ Kd5 4. Rf5+ Kc4 5. Sd6+}
3. Rf8 Kxd7 4. Rf7+ Kc8 5. Sd6+ Kb8 6. Rf8+ Kc7 7. Sb5+ wins the Queen.

Євген Олександрович Рейцен (06-11-1935) Ukrainian composer (Evgen Oleksandrovich Reitsen)

Evgeny Reitsen
[Source]

Evgeny Reitsen is the chairman of the Ukrainian Chess Composition Comission, its delegate at the WFCC, the editor of the magazine Ukrainian Problemist and the organizer of the yearly Ukrainian Folks tourney. He is an International Judge in helpmates.

Рейцен, Євген Олександрович
Командное первенство Украины 1965
1^st Place

#3

12 + 12

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1.Bg2-h1 ! (2.Kf3-g2 ~ 3.Kg2-h3#)

1...a6xb5 2.Kf3-f2+ Kd5-c5 3.Kf2-e2#
1...Qa7xe7 2.Kf3-g3+ Kd5-d6 3.Kg3-h3#
1...Qa7-d7 2.Kf3-e2+ Kd5xe6 3.Ke2-d1#

Royal battery mates.
Secondary variations:
1...Qa7-c7 2.Qh2xc7 (3.Qc7-c6/Qc7-d7/Kf3-g3#)
1...Rf7xe7/Rf7-h7/Sh6-f5 Sg8xf6 3.Qh2-e5#

Jorge Marcelo Kapros (06-11-1955 - 27-08-2023) Argentinian composer and International Master

Jorge Kapros
[Source]

Jorge Kapros usually composed problems together with Jorge Lois.
For details about Jorge Kapros and examples of his works (alone or in collaboration with J.Lois) please refer to the Argentinian site problemistasajedrez.com.ar or more precisely their recently awarded works.

Kapros, Jorge Marcelo
Spiros Bikos MT, 1991
1^st Prize, 1990-1991

h#2

b) wSa4->b6

7 + 13

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a) 1. Kd3 Rf4 2. Qf5 Qd8#
b) 1. Kd4 Bf5 2. Qf4 Qxf6#
Pin mates. Orthogonal-diagonal correspondence.

Jean-Christian Galli (06-11-1947) French composer

Jean-Christian Galli
[Source: Echiquier Grand Sud]

Jean-Christian Galli is a Corsican chess player, several times Corsican chess champion. He has also written a chess manual for the Corsican Chess League.
In chess composition he is mostly known for his contributions to the French chess forum France-Echecs where he published his series and fairy problems as well as some proof games.
He recently composed some record-breaking Circe series problems, such as the problem below:

Galli, Jean-Christian
ChessProblems.ca, 2017

ser-h#43

Circe

4 + 1

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1.Kh1-g1 7.Kb1xa2[+wRh1] 19.Ka5xa4[+wPa2] 31.Kb2xa2 43.Ka5-a4 Rh1-a1#

Circuit of the black King (a2-b2-c2-d2-e3-e4-f5-e6-d7-c6-b5-b6-a5-a4 and back to a2 and back again to a4) with a remarkable economy.
Record breaker (14 moves longer than the former record by Branko Koludrovic).