December 2nd

Eustachy Wolański (02-12-1904 - 17-09-1969) Polish composer

Eustachy Wolański composed direct mates, helpmates and selfmates.

Wolański, Eustachy
Polski Zadaniowiec, 1929
1^st HM

s#2

Setplay

11 + 10

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Set play:
1...Ra7xb7 2.Qd8xa8 g3-g2#
1...Ba8xb7 2.Rg5xe5+ Ke4xe5#
1.Qd8-b6 ! ZZ
1...Ra7xb7 2.Qb6-b1+ Rb7xb1#
1...Ba8xb7 2.Qb6xe3+ Ke4xe3#
Changed variations and mates.

Hansjörg Schiegl (02-12-1937) German composer

Joachim Reiners & Hansjörg Schiegl, 1978
[Wikimedia]

Hansjörg Schiegl is a fairy and retro composer and the co-author with Erich Bartel of "Krumme Hunde" (1970). He has been an active collaborator of the German chess problem magazines "feenschach", "Diagramme und Figuren", etc.

Schiegl, Hansjörg
Krumme Hunde, 1^st Dec 1970 (38)

s#18

BlackFollowMyLeader

4 + 6

BlackFollowMyLeader: Black is obliged to move to that square that a white piece has left in its previous move.

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1.Bg5 Rf4 2.Bf6 Rg5 3.Bg7 Rf6 4.Bf8 Rg7 5.Be7 Rf8 6.Bd8 Re7 7.Bc7 Rd8 8.Bb8 Rc7 9.Ba7 Rb8 10.Bb6 Ra7 11.Ba5 Rb6 12.Bb4 Ra5 13.Ba3 Rb4 14.Bb2 Ra3 15.Bxe5 Rb2 16.Bd4 Be5 17.Bg1 Bd4 18.O-O-O Ra1#
A long staircase trip by the wB and the two bRs.

Jan Rusinek (02-12-1950) Polish composer and Grandmaster

Jan Rusinek, 1991
[Wikipedia]

Jan Rusinek composes mostly endgame studies and is the editor of the studies column of the Polish magazine "Szachy". His best known study is quoted on Wikipedia and a selection of his works was made by JMRW.
He also successfully composes direct mates and selfmates and is an International Judge.

Rusinek, Jan
4^th WCCT F, 1989
1^st-3^rd Place, 1989-1992

s#3

12 + 14

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1.Be3-f2 ! (2.g3-g4+ Kf5-f4 3.Bf2-e3+ Sc2xe3#)

1...Bb4-c5 2.Qh4-e4+ d5xe4 3.Sc4-e3+ Sc2xe3#
1...g6-g5 2.Qh4-h7+ Kf5-g4 3.Sc4-e3+ Sc2xe3#
1...Sd7-e5 2.e2-e4+ d5xe4 3.Sf3-d4+ Sc2xd4#
1...Ra8xe8 2.Qh4-f4+ Kf5-e6 3.Sf3-d4+ Sc2xd4#

Rusinek, Jan
WCCT 3, 1984
2^nd Place

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6 + 4

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1.Sf2 Qxf2 2.Se2+ Kxd1 3.Sc3+ Kc1
{3...Ke1 4.Rh1+ Qf1 5.Bh4#}
4.Rh1+ Qe1 5.Be7 d1=Q 6.Bg5+ Qed2
{6...Qdd2 7.Rxe1#; 6...Qe3 7.Bxe3#}
7.Se2#

Rusinek, Jan
Tidskrift för Schack, 1974
1^st Prize

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8 + 9

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1. f4+ Kh6 ! 2. Bf8 ! a1=Q !
{2... Qxa7 3. Kh4 ! +-}
3. Qxa1 Qc8 ! 4. Qa6 ! Qc3+ ! 5. Qd3 !
{5. Kh4 ? Qe1+ =}
5... Qc8
{5... Qxd3+ 6. Kh4 +-}
6. Qc4 ! Qxf8 7. Qxe6+ Rg6 8. g5+ Kg7 9. h6+ Rxh6 10. gxh6#
Multiple Queen sacrifices to deflect the black Queen.

Василь Юрійович Марковцій (02-12-1971) Ukrainian composer and International Master (Vasyl Yuryovich Markovtsiy)

Vasyl Markovtsiy
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Vasyl Markovtsiy composes mostly twomovers.

Марковцій, Василь Юрійович
Wola Gułowska, 2001
3^rd Prize

#2 vv

9 + 10

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1.Bxg7? (2.Red4#[A])

1...Sxc4[a] 2.Qd4#[B]
1...e5[b] 2.Sf6#[C]
1...Bc3 2.Sf4#
but 1...Be3!

1.Qa6? (2.Re5#[D])

1...Sxc4[a] 2.Qxc4#[E]
1...e5[b] 2.Qd6#[F]
1...Bf4/Bxc3 2.Sxf4#
1...d6 2.Be6#
but 1...Rb5!

1.Qh1! (2.Rf4#)

1...Sxc4[a] 2.Re5#[D]
1...e5[b] 2.Red4#[A]
1...Bxc3 2.Sf4#

Zagoruiko.