December 19th

Johanna Ignatia Jacobia Sickinghe-Nepveu tot Ameijde (19-12-1858 - 03-03-1942) Dutch composer

Johanna Sickinghe was historically the second female chess composer after Edith Baird. She used the pseudonym Jowes. More about her on Wikipedia.
Harold van der Heijden published the article "Mrs. Jowes" in EG 168.

Sickinghe-Nepveu Tot Ameijde, Johanna Ignatia Jacobia
Groene Amsterdammer, 1917 (77)

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3 + 6

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1. Sf5+ Kg5 2. Qf4+ Kf6 3. Qd6+ Kf7 4. Qd5+ Kf6
{4... Kg6 5. Qe6+ +- ; 4... Ke8 5. Qxa8+ +-}
5. Qc6+ Kf7 ! 6. Sxh6+ Ke7
{6... Kf8 7. Qxa8+ Ke7 8. Sf5+ Kf6 9. Qf8+ +-; 6... Kg7 7. Sf5+ Kf8 (7... Kf7 8. Qd5+ ; 7... Kh8 8. Qf6+ Kg8 9. Sh6#) 8. Qxa8+ etc +-}
7. Sf5+ Kd8
{7... Kf7 8. Qd7+ Kg8 9. Qe6+ Kf8 10. Qf6+ Kg8 11. Sh6#}
8. Qd6+ Kc8 9. Se7+ Kb7 10. Qc6+ Kb8 11. Qc8+ Ka7 12. Qc7#

Anton Preinfalk (19-12-1911 - 15-02-2011) Slovenian composer

Anton Preinfalk, 2003
[sah-zveza]

Anton Preinfalk was a chess player who also composed direct mate and helpmate problems.

Preinfalk, Anton
Jugoslawisches Turnier, 1956
3^rd Commendation

#3 vv

10 + 6

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1.Sb8-c6 ? Qg2-g8 !
1.Sa7-c6 ? Qg2-b2 !
1.Sa7-b5 ! (2.Ba4-d1/Ba4-c2/Ba4-b3#)
1...Qg2-b2 2.Kc7-c8 (3.Sb5-c7#) Qb2xb5 3.Ba4xb5#

Andreas Schönholzer (19-12-1937) Swiss composer

Andreas Schönholzer
[Berlinthema.de]

Andreas Schönholzer has published a selection of his problems "100 Schachprobleme - Andreas Schönholzer" (2007). He composes direct mates and helpmates.

Schönholzer, Andreas
Probleemblad, 1970
1^st Prize

#2*

7 + 9

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Set play:

1...Bg5/Rh4/Rh3/Rh2/Rh1 2.Bxe5#[A]
1...Bd2/Bg7/Bf8/Rg5 2.Qxd2#[B]
1...Be3 2.Qxc4#
1...Rc2 2.Sxc2#

1.Sg5! (2.Rxc4#)

1...Sxc5 2.Bxe5#[A]
1...Rxc5 2.Qd2#[B]
1...Kc3 2.Qe3#
1...Kxc5 2.Qxe5#
1...Rc3/Rc2/Rc1 2.Se6#

Transferred mates, Grimshaw.

Schönholzer, Andreas
Wola Gulowska, 2004
1^st Prize

h#2

b) bPe5->g4

6 + 13

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a) 1. Qd3 Ra4 2. Bf3 Se3#
b) 1. Qe5 Ba2 2. Rb4 Sd6#
Unpinning, pin mates, self interference, indirect battery.

Boris Ostruh (19-12-1953) Slovenian composer

Boris Ostruh
[Jan Golha]

Boris Ostruh composes in all genres.

Ostruh, Boris
Slovenian Championship, 1992
1^st Place

h#3

2 solutions

5 + 14

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1.Bc3-f6 Ba1-e5 2.Ke4xe5 Rc5-b5 3.Sf2-e4 Rb5xd5#
1.Rd5-f5 Rc5-e5+ 2.Ke4xe5 Ba1-b2 3.Bh1-e4 Bb2xc3#

Bristol, waiting move, sacrifice, diagonal-orthogonal correspondence.

Валерий Адольфович Калашников (19-12-1961) Russian composer (Valery Adolfovich Kalashnikov)

Valery Kalashnikov
[Akobia]

Valery Kalashnikov composes direct mates and studies.

Калашников, Валерий Адольфович & Панкратьев, Александр Николаевич
The Problemist, 2001 (827)

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5 + 6

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1.Sc3+ Ke1
{1...Kc1 2.Sxe2+ Kd1 3.Kxg2}
2.Kxg2 fxe3 3.Bxe2 !
{3.Sxe2 ? Bc2 4.Ba6 Be4+ 5.Kg3 Bb7 ! =}
3...d1=Q 4.Bxd1 Bxd1 5.Sd5+ Ke2 6.Sf4#

Калашников, Валерий Адольфович
EG (magazine) 2005

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5 + 6

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1. Ra1+ Qd1 2. Rg4+ Kh2
{2... Kf1 3. Sg3+ Ke1 4. Se2 Sc4+ 5. Rxc4 Qxa1 6. Rxc2 =}
3. Rh4+ Kg2 4. Rg4+ Qxg4 5. Sh4+ Qxh4
{5... Kh3 6. Rh1+ Kg3 7. Rg1+ Kh3 8. Rh1+ Kg3 9. Rg1+ = }
6. Be4+ Qxe4+ 7. Kxe4 Sb3 8. Re1 Kf2 9. Rh1 Kg2
{9... Sd2+ 10. Kd3 Sf1 (10... Sf3 11. Rc1) 11. Kxc2 e4 12. Rh6}
10. Re1 draw
White and Black sacrifices.

Neal Turner (19-12-1948) Finnish composer

Neal Turner
[WFCC Zoom meeting June 16th 2021]

Neal Turner is the Finland delegate for the WFCC. He composes direct mates, helpmates and fairy problems, with a predilection for royal Grasshoppers.

Turner, Neal
The Problemist, 1989
3^rd Prize

h#3

4 solutions

5 + 8

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1.♕d1 ♗×c7 2.♕f3 ♘e5+ 3.♔f4 ♘×f7#
1.♕b5 ♗a1 2.♕d5 ♘b2+ 3.♔d4 ♘a4#
1.♗e6 ♗g3 2.♕d5 ♘f4+ 3.♔e5 ♘e2#
1.♗d5 ♗×f6 2.♕c4 ♘e5+ 3.♔d4 ♘d7#
4 solutions in echo, where the initial B-S battery is fired, another B-S battery is created and the second battery is also fired.

An exemple of his fairy problems:

Turner, Neal
The Problemist Supplement, March 2014

hs#3

2 solutions Neutral King e5

2+4+1

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1.♘a7 n♔d6 2.♖c5 ♕b4 3.♘c8+ n♔×c5#
1.♖f4 d5 2.♘d6 ♕g3 3.♘f7+ n♔×f4#
Two perfect echo mates.