December 22nd

Dawid Przepiórka (22-12-1880 - 27-08-1942 04-1940) Polish composer and FIDE Master

Dawid Przepiórka
[Wikipedia]

Dawid Przepiórka was a chess player and composed mostly strategic moremovers. A compilation of his compositions was published by Henri Weenink in 1932 "D. Przepiórka: a Master of Strategy".
He collaborated with the Polish magazine "Swiat sachowy" from 1926 to 1935.

Przepiórka, Dawid
Teplitz-Schönauer Anzeiger, 1921
1^st Prize

#3

7 + 8

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1.Qb2-c2 ! (2.Qc2-d3 ~ 3.Se3-c2#)

1...d5-d4 2.Se3-c4 (3.Qc2-d2#)
1...d5xe4 2.Bg2-f1 (3.Qc2-c3#) 2...Rf7xf1 3.Se3-g2#
1...Rf7-f3 2.e2xf3 (3.Qc2-f2#)
1...Sg7-f5 2.Se3-f1 (3.Qc2-d2#)
1...Rf7-f2 2.Sd1-b2 (3.Qc2-d1/Sb2-d3#)

Precise variations show the perfect cooperation between the white pieces.