September 12th

Roland Lecomte (12-09-1925 - 02-10-2016) French composer

Roland Lecomte & Jean Morice
[Maroc-echecs]

Roland Lecomte was the editor of the chess column of the newspaper "Combat". He was an International Judge and a chess journalist for AFP.

Lecomte, Roland
StrateGems, 1999

h#3

4.1.1...

4 + 14

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1.Kd6-e6+ Kb8-a8 2.Se7-d5 b7-b8=Q 3.Sh6-f7 Qb8-c8#
1.Kd6-d7+ Kb8-a8 2.Be5-b8 Ka8xb8 3.Se7-c8 b7xc8=Q#
1.Kd6-c6+ Kb8-a8 2.Se7-d5 b3xa4 3.Rg7-c7 b7-b8=S#
1.Kd6-d5+ Kb8-a8 2.Se7-c8 b7xc8=Q 3.Bh1-e4 Qc8-c4#
4 different promotions of wPb7 depending on the square where the bK goes.

May 3rd

Carl Erik Israel Lind (03-05-1907 - 01-03-1989) Swedish composer

Carl Erik Israel Lind Problem, September 1969 [Thanks to Александр Никитин ]

Carl Erik Israel Lind mostly composed helpmates and help retractors.

A good starter to warm up:

Lind, Carl Erik Israel
Svenska Problemschackklubben 2^nd TT, 1938
Prize

h#2

2 solutions

2 + 5

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1.Sc8 dxc8=Q 2.b1=B Qc5#
1.b1=R d8=S 2.Rb5 Sc6#
Allumwandlung.

Something more challenging:

Lind, Carl Erik Israel
1.pl Sverige-Israel, 1986

h#2

b) wSd1->a5 c)=b) + wPe2->c2 d)=c) + wPb3->a3

6 + 10

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a) 1.Bd3-e4 Sd1xe3 2.Sg4-e5 Se3-c2#
b) 1.Re3-e4 Sa5-c4 2.Sg4-f2 e2-e3#
c) 1.Qd5-e4 c2-c4 2.Sg4-f6 Sa5-c6#
d) 1.Sc5-e4 a3xb4 2.Sg4-e5 c2-c3#
Four unpins on e4 of the bSg4 and four pin mates. Nice dual avoidance.