Paul Charles Morphy (22-06-1837 - 10-07-1884) American chess champion and composer
Paul Morphy is the unique champion who beat almost all European chess masters, returned to the United States and retired from chess. But he is also the composer of this trifle:
Morphy, Paul Charles
New York Clipper, 1856
Show Solution1.Ra6! ZZ
1...B~ 2.Rxa7#
1...bxa6 2.b7#
János Buglos (22-06-1923) Hungarian composer
János Buglos composes in many genres, but mainly direct mates.
Buglos, János
The Problemist, 1990
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Se5! (2.Qb3#/Qf3#/Qe4#/Qc4#)
1...Rxc5/bxc5 2.Qf3#
1...Bxe5 2.Qb3#
1...Se3 2.Qe4#
1...Sf2/Sc3 2.Qc4#
1...Sxb2/Sa5 2.Qf3#/Qe4#
1...e1Q/e1R 2.Qb3#/Qc4#
1...e1S 2.Qb3#/Qe4#/Qc4#
1...b5 2.Qb3#/Qf3#/Qe4#
1...Sxc5 2.Bxc6#
Karlstrom-Fleck.
Buglos, János
Sakkélet, 1990 (10/5544)
2
nd-3
rd Prize
Show Solution1.Sc8xa7 ! (2.b5-b6 [3.Rb4-b5#] 2...c4-c3 3.d2-d4#)
1...Bh3-c8 2.Sa7xc8 ZZ 2...Rg2-g1, c4-c3, d5-d4 3.Rd6xd5, d2-d4, e3xd4#
1...Bh3-d7 2.c6xd7 (3.Rd6-c6#) 2...d5-d4 3.e3xd4#
1...c4-c3 2.c6-c7 (3.Rd6-c6/d2-d4#) d5-d4 3.e3xd4#
1...Kc5-b6 2.c6-c7+ Kb6-c5, Kb6-a5 3.Rd6-c6, Rd6-a6#
Ljubomir Anastasov (22-06-1940) Macedonian composer
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L. Anastasov
[Thanks to Bosko Miloseski] |
Anastasov, Ljubomir
Schach-Echo, 1976
2
nd Prize
Show Solution1.Qb2-h8 Rg2-g5 2.Re7-g7 Qh3-g4#
1.Bb3-g8 Qh3xd3 2.Sd6-f7 Rg2-g4#
Critical moves, exchange of functions between wRg2 and wQh3, exchange of functions between half-pinned black units, pin mates.
Leonid Makaronez (22-06-1948) Israeli composer and International Master
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Leonid Lubashevski, Leonid Makaronez, Paz Einat, 2009
[Paz Einat] |
Leonid Makaronez is a well-known direct mate composer. He seems to enjoy composing problems in collaboration, with Semion Shifrin, L. Lyubashevsky, Mikhail Marandyuk .
Makaronez, Leonid
The British Chess Magazine
1
st Prize, ex aequo
Show Solution1.Qb3-c4 ! (2.d4-d5+ Ke4-e5 3.Qc4-d4#)
1...Re6xc6 2.Sf5-d6+ 2...Ke4-e3 3.Qc4-c3 + 3...Sf2-d3+, Rc6xc3 4.Qc3xd3, Sd6-f5#
1...Qe8xc6 2.Rf6xe6+ Ke4xf5 3.Qc4-c5+ Kf5xe6, Qc6-d5, Qc6xc5 4.Sh7xf8, Qc5xd5, Re6-f6#
1...Re6xf6 2.g5xf6 ~ 3.d4-d5+ Ke4-e5 4.Qc4-d4#
Two variations with switchback of white units.
Makaronez, Leonid
Thema Danicum, 2004
Prize
Show Solution1.Qh8-f6 ! (2.Qf6xf7+ Kd5-e5 3.Qf7-e8+ Ke5xf5 4.Qe8-e4#)
1...Sc2-d4 2.Rb6-d6+ Sb7xd6 3.Qf6-e5+ Kd5xe5 4.Rb5xc5#
1...Ra3-a4 2.Rb5xc5+ Kd5xc5 3.Rb6-b5+ Kc5xb5 4.Qf6-b6#
Double sacrifices in two variations.
Леонид Владимирович Ярош (22-06-1957) Russian composer
(Leonid Vladimirovich Yarosh)
Leonid Yarosh is the author of the first orthodox direct mate Babson task. The 'clean' version (captureless key) can be found below:
Ярош, Леонид Владимирович
Шахматы в СССР 1983
1
st Prize
Show Solution1. a7!
1... axb1=Q 2. axb8=Q Qxb2 3. Qxb3 Qxa1 4. Rxf4#
1... axb1=R 2. axb8=R Rxb2 3. Rxb3 Kxc4 4. Qa4#
1... axb1=B 2. axb8=B Be4 3. Bxf4 ad lib 4. Be3#
1... axb1=S 2. axb8=S Sxd2 3. Qc1 Se4, Sf1 4. Sc6, Rxf4#
This fourmover is the first Babson Task in which one side does not capture to promote.
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