November 18th

Harold Maurice Lommer (18-11-1904 - 17-12-1980) British-Spanish composer and International Master

Harold Lommer
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Harold Lommer was born in England from German parents and moved to Spain after WWII. He wrote "1234 Modern End-Game Studies" with M.A. Sutherland in 1938 and a sequel "1357 End-Game Studies. The best chess compositions 1935-1973" in 1975. More details about him can be found (in Spanish) on Ajedrez365.
He composed problems and studies.

Lommer, Harold Maurice
Journal de Genève, 1933
1^st Prize

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8 + 7

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1.gxh7+!

1....Qxh7 2.exf8=Q#
1....Kh8 2.exf8=R+ Kxh7 3.gxh5 wins
1....Kg7 2.exf8=B+ Kxh7 3.gxh5 wins
1....Kxh7 2.exf8=S+ Kg8 3.gxh5 wins
1....Kf7 2.exf8=Q+ K~ 3.gxh5(+) wins

White Allumwandlung in a study. The difficult task explains the ugly key.

Lommer, Harold Maurice
Feenschach, 1966

h#8

2 + 5

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1. c1=S Kb1 2. Sd3 exd3 3. d1=B d4 4. g1=R d5 5. Rg4 d6 6. Ba4 d7 7. Kb3 d8=Q 8. Rb4 Qd3#
Mixed-colour Allumwandlung.