Dinu Ioan Nicula (07-01-1968) Romanian solver, composer and editor
Nicula, Dinu Ioan & Huber, Eric
Shakhmatnaya Poeziya, 2006
3
rd Comm.
Show Solution1.Qe2 Sf3 2.Re7 Qd3 3.Qe5+ Sxe5#
1.Qg4 Se2 2.Ra4 Kc5 3.Qb4+ Bxb4#
Pelle moves by the wQ, Black battery play, indirect unpin.
Paul Keres (07-01-1916 - 05-06-1975) Estonian o.t.b. GrandMaster and composer
Keres, Paul
Schackvärlden, 1934
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Rh4! (2.Rb4#)
1...Ne7 2.Nc5#
1...c5 2.Bxa4#
1...Re4 2.Qb1#
1...Rxe6+ 2.Bxe6#
1...Be4 2.Nd4#
Grimshaw,
Java themes.
Artúr Havasi (07-01-1864 - 09-1939) Hungarian composer
Havasi, Artur
6079 Fairy Chess Review 08/1944
Show Solution1. Kc5 Ra8 2. Kb4 Rxh8 3. Ka3 Rh1 4. Qb4 Ra1#
wR
circuit, 4 corners.
Hans Johner (07-01-1889 - 02-12-1975) Swiss composer
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Hans Johner (left) with Hans Henneberger (right) at a chess solving competition in Zürich
[SSZ 1975, page 267] |
Hans Johner was
Paul Johner's younger brother, accomplished musician (viola and violin) and International Master in practical play. He was also a chess composer.
Odette Vollenweider dedicated a book to his chess carrier, focusing mostly on his chess problems but also analyzing twenty of his best games: "
Kostbarkeiten der Problemkunst" (1966) written under the pseudonym Gabriel Baumgartner. The book in German can be read and downloaded
here.
Johner, Hans
Deutscher Schachbund 1918
1st Prize
Show Solution1.Sh7-f6 ! with a triple threat:
2.Sf6-h5 (3.Sh5-f4#) 2...Sd4-e2 3.Qe4xc4#
2.Sf6-e8 (3.Se8-c7#) 2...Sd4-b5 3.Qe4xc4#
2.Sf6-d7 (3.Sd7xc5#) 2...Sd4-b3 3.Qe4xc4#
1...Bc4-a2 2.Sf6-d7 (3.Sd7xc5#) 2...Sd4-b3 3.Qe4-c4#
1...Bc4-f1 2.Sf6-h5 (3.Sh5-f4#) 2...Sd4-e2 3.Qe4-c4#
1...Bc4-a6 2.Sf6-e8 (3.Se8-c7#) 2...Sd4-b5 3.Qe4-c4#
Secondary variation:
1...e7xf6/g7xf6 2.e5xf6+ Ke6xf6/Ke6-d6 3.Qe4-e5 #
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