Benjamin S. Wash (26-07-1853 - 1906) American composer
Benjamin S. Wash composed direct mates. According to die Schwalbe, April 2006 A.C. White wrote in 1942 that Benjamin Wash had composed more than 1,000 problems. However White had lost the volume where these problems were recorded and only a small amount of those could be reconstructed. The remaining problems are good enough to make one wonder about the scope of Wash's works.
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Jacobus Peet (07-03-1831 - 24-04-1914) Dutch composer
Jacobus Peet is merely known for his "Kegelschach" compositions, where the black King is surrounded by all his pawns. The most challenging to solve, due to silent second white moves, seems to be:
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Jacobus Peet is merely known for his "Kegelschach" compositions, where the black King is surrounded by all his pawns. The most challenging to solve, due to silent second white moves, seems to be:
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1.Bg6! ZZ
1...e3 2.Qc7 (3.Qxd6, Qxc6#) 2...c3 3.Bd3 (4.Qxd6, Qxc6#)
1...c3 2.Qa2+ c4 3.Qa5+/Qa3 c5 4.Qa8#
1...d3 2.Qc3 ZZ 2...e3 3.Bxd3 (4.Qxc4#) 3...cxd3, e4 4.Qxd3, Bxc4#
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