Chess Composers

The announcement of the Crisan-50 JT was published in Quartz-56 (page 943) . The full uncensored award can be downloaded here .

The draw pendulum is a retro specific element used in retractor problems. Based on the three fold repetition of the same position, White can...

Changed mates have been considered one of the most exquisite artistic expressions in two-movers. The reader may find an excellent presentati...

The Valladao task (thus named after Joaquim Valladão Monteiro ) is a mix of the three special moves: castling, en passant capture and [mino...

The en passant capture is, together with castling and promotion, one of the three special moves in chess. The special character of the en pa...

This post is dedicated to an interesting piece arrangement involving white King, Rook, Bishop and Knight(s) and black King in helpmate in 3....

On the occasion of Lev Loshinsky's coming centenary (Jan.17th), it may be profitable and instructive to return to a problem by Lev Loshi...