August 31st

William Bone (31-08-1810 - 14-12-1874) British composer

William Bone composed direct mates and selfmates.
He wrote "One Hundred Original Positions" and was a friend of George Walker's (see Szén, July 9th)

Bone, William
Le Palamède, 1838

s#12

4 + 2

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1. Rf6 ! Kc4 2. Bg2 Kd3 3. Kf4 Kc4 4. Rf5 f6 5. Kf3 Kd3 6. Kf2 Kc4 7. Ke1 Kd3 8. Rf4 Ke3 9. Rd4 f5 10. Qa1 f4 11. Qd1 f3 12. Bf1 f2#

Bone, William
1904

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7 + 9

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1. Se6+ ! Kd5 2. Sc7+ Kc5 3. Sa6+ Kd5 4. Rd3+ Qxd3 5. Sb4+ Kc5 6. Sxd3+ Kd5 7. Sb4+ Kc5 8. Sa6+ Kd5 9. Sc7+ Kc5 10. Se6+ Kd5 11.c4#
Logical manoeuvre to get rid of the bQ.