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

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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.