Joel Fridlizius (31-12-1869 - 06-01-1963) Swedish composer
Joel Fridlizius was a school teacher, a very good chess player, composer and editor of the chess column of the newspaper "Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfarts-Tidning" (
source).
He was specialized in Bohemian threemovers and his best-known work is reproduced below (St. Petersburger Zeitung 1898).
Some of his works can be found in "
370 Udvalda Svenska Schackproblem" by Johan August Ros, 1901 (source of the information and games by J.Fridlizius on
ChessGames.com).
Fridlizius, Joel
St. Petersburger Zeitung, 1898
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Rc3-f3 ! (2.Qh1-h4+ g5xh4 3.Rf3-f4#)
1...Be2xf3 2.Qh1-a1+ Kd4-e4, Kd4xc4 3.Qa1-e5, Sd5-e3#
1...Be2xc4 2.c2-c3+ Kd4-e4, Kd4xd5 3.Sd5-f6, Rf3-f6#
1...Kd4xc4 2.Rf3-f4+ g5xf4 3.Qh1-e4#
1...Sa5xc4 2.Rf3-d3+ Be2xd3 3.c2-c3#
1...f7-f5 2.Qh1-a1+ Kd4xc4,Kd4-e4 3.Sd5-e3,Rf3-e3#
1...Be2-d3 2.Rf3xd3+ Kd4xc4 3.Sd5-e3/Qh1-e4#
Model mates and mutual sacrifices of wQ (on h4) and wR (on f4).
Fridlizius, Joel
Trollhättans Schacksällskap, 1918
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Qc8-e8 ! (2.Qe8-g6 [3.Qg6xg5#] 2...Ke5xd5,Ba8xd5 3.Qg6-e4, d3-d4#)
1...Ke5xd5 2.Se6-f4+ Kd5-d4, g5xf4 3.Qe8-h8, Qe8-e4#
1...Ba8xd5 2.d3-d4+ Ke5-f5/Ke5-e4/Ke5-f6 3.Qe8-g6#
1...Ba8-c6 2.Qe8-h8+ Ke5xd5, Ke5-f5 3.Se6-c7, g2-g4#
Model mates.
Fridlizius, Joel
Zlatá Praha, 1908
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Qf5-h7 ! (2.Sb5-d4+ Kb4-a5/Kb4-c5 3.Qh7-a7#)
1...Sg5xh7/Sg5-f7 2.Sb5-c7+ Kb4-a5,Kb4-c5 3.Rb8-b5,Sc7-e6#
1...a3-a2 2.Qh7-a7 (3.Qa7-a3/Sb5-a3/Sb5-d4/Sb5xd6/Sb5-c7#)
1...c3-c2 2.Qh7-c7 (3.Qc7-c3/Sb5-c3/Sb5-d4/Sb5xd6/Sb5-a7#)
1...Kb4xb3 2.Sb5xd6+ Kb3-a4,Kb3-a2 3.Qh7-a7,Qh7-b1#
(1...Kb4-a5/Kb4-c5 2.Qh7-a7+ /2.Qh7-c7+ )
Model mates.
Bruno Kantorowicz (31-12-1885 - 07-04-1983) German-Dutch composer
Bruno Kantorowicz was a dentist. He migrated to the Netherlands in the 1930s and was later known as a Dutch composer in the book "
64 Nederlandse componisten" presenting 64 Dutch composers (source:
Die Schwalbe).
Kantorowicz, Bruno
Probleemblad, 1977 (8023)
Show Solution1.Sg1xe2 ! (2.Se2xf4 [3.Rd6-e6/Sf4-~#] 2...Sf6xe4 3.Rd6-d5#)
1...f3xe2 2.Qa1-a5+ Bb6xa5/Bb6-c5 3.c3xd4# or 2...Sf6-d5 3.Qa5xd5#
1...d4xc3 2.Bh2xf4+ Ke5xe4 3.Sf5-g3#
1...Ke5xe4 2.Se2-g3+ Ke4-d3 3.Re1-d1#
1...Sf6-d5/Sf6-e8 2.Rd6xd5+ Ke5-e6/Ke5xe4 3.Se2xf4#
1...Sf6-g4 2.Se2xd4 (3.Rd6-d5/Rd6-e6/Sd4xf3/Sd4-c6#) 2...Bb6xd4 3.c3xd4#
Donald A. Smedley (31-12-1933 - 12-10-2020) British composer and FIDE Master
Don Smedley was a Grandmaster of both bridge and double-dummy problems;
here you may read that "
England's Don Smedley is our leading Grand Master Problemist. He composed several very fine problems in the 1970s before return to his first love, chess problems".
Smedley, Donald A.
The Problemist, 1992
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Qh6-h5 ! (2.Qh5xf5 [3.Rc4-d4/Se2xf4#] 2...d3xe2,Sd8xe6 3.Rc4-d4, Qf5-e4#)
1...f7xe6 2.Rc4xf4 (3.Ba6-c4#) 2...e5-e4/Bf5-e4 3.f3xe4# or 2...e5xf4 3.Se2xf4#
1...Re8xe6 2.Rc4-e4 (3.Ba6-c4#) 2...Bf5xe4 3.Se2xf4#
Smedley, Donald A.
4
th WCCT G1, 1989
3
rd Place, 1989-1992
Show Solution1.Rxe7? (2.Se6 f2#)
1... Sc1/Sxd4/Qxd4 2.Be4/Rc7/Re2 Sd3/f2/fxe2#
1... Rxb1+/f2+ 2.Qf1+/Sf3 Rxf1/Qxf3#
but 1... Rxa2!
1.Bg6! (2.Sf5)
1... Sc1/Sxd4/Qxd4 2.Re4/Be8/Rg1 Se2/f2/Qxg1#
1... Rxe1+/f2+/Rxa2 2.Qf1+/Sf3/Rg1 Rxf1/Qxf3/Rxh2#
Grimshaw, critical moves (1.Rxe7? and 1.Bg6!), changed play after 1... Sc1/Sxd4/Qxd4.
Mikael Grönroos (31-12-1955) Finnish composer
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Mikael Grönroos
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Mikael Grönroos was the direct mates editor for the Finnish magazine "
TEHTÄVÄNIEKKA" and has been its helpmate editor in the past as well.
Grönroos, Mikael
Suomen Tehtäväniekat, 1995
1
st Prize
Show Solutiona) 1.Qc3 Rd7 2.Se3 Bd5 3.Kd3 Be4#
b) 1.Bc2 Bg8 2.Sb4 Rd5 3.Kxb3 Rd3#
Diagonal orthogonal correspondence, reciprocal batteries.
Grönroos, Mikael
The Problemist, 1999
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Qg2 Bg5 2.a2 Kg8 3.a3 Kf8 4.a4 Bxe7 5.a5 Ke8 6.a6 Kd8 7.Ka7 Kxc7 8.Qa8 Bxc5#
This problem was quoted by Vaclav Kotesovec in his article "
Shift of groups of pawns in chess problems". The slow wK march and bP swift are notable.
Ivan Kiss (31-12-1963) Slovak composer and FIDE Master
Ivan Kiss is a twomover composer.
The
Kiss theme is a cyclic twomover theme named after Ivan Kiss:
1.A? 1...a, b 2.B, C#
1.B! 1...a, b 2.C, A#
Kiss, Ivan
Nedeľná Pravda, 16
th Nov 1983 (1621)
1
st-2
nd Prize, 1983-1984
Show Solution1.Bf6[C]? (2.c4#)
1...Bd3 [a] 2.Rxd3#[A]
1...Bxf6+[b] 2.Sxf6#[B]
but 1...Qe4!
1.Rd3[A]! (2.c4#)
1...Bxd3[a] 2.Sf6#[B]
1...Bf6+[b] 2.Bxf6#[C]
Kiss cycle.
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