July 24th

Edward Dunsany (24-07-1878 - 25-10-1957) Irish writer and composer

Edward Dunsany
[Wikipedia]

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany was a famous fantasy writer who inspired H.P. Lovecraft or J.R.R. Tolkien, but he was also a chess player and chess composer interested in retro problems.
He invented a fairy variant called Dunsany's Chess.

Dunsany, Edward
The Week-End Problems Book, 1932

#4

8 + 16

This problem is not what it seems...
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The position of bKd8 and bQe8 implies that the board must be rotated by 180 degrees!
The solution is then: 1. Sc6 ! Sf3 2. Sb4 Se5 3. Qxe5 4. Sd3#