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Sunday, March 31, 2013

K. T., 35 years ago

I found in scraps of an old newspaper more-mover compositions by a Greek composer unknown to me. K. T.. The Internet has info about a K. T., player of the oldest chess club of Greece (Piraeus Club of Chessplayers), born 31-05-1946.
If these compositions are actually by him, we would be glad to publish more of his work.

Problem-692
K. T.,
newspaper Eleftherotypia, 08-10-1977
rq2R3/pR1p2pb/3bP1k1/2p1pSPp/2K1P2P/8/8/8 (8 + 11)
Mate in 5 moves

Main variation : 1.Re7! Qh8! 2.Rexd7 Rg8 (if 2...Bf8 3.Rxg7+ Qxg7 4.Rxg7+ Bxg7 5.Se7#) 3.Rxa7! (Zugzwang) Bf8 4.Re7! Bxe7 5.Sxe7#


Comment by Alkinoos : Replacing bBh7 with bPh7 the problem has a solution in 6 moves :

1.Re7! [2.Rxg7#] Qh8 2.Rexd7 [3.Rxg7+ Qxg7 4.Rxg7#] Rg8 3.Rxd6 [4.Se7#] Re8 4.Rdd7 [5.Rxg7+ Qxg7 6.Rxg7#].

This problem is found to be mirror image of a composition by Kubbel, as you can see here : http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=65928
Problem-693
K. T.,
Eleftherotypia
8/8/4s2q/8/5p1p/8/3RR2K/2k5 (3 + 5)
Mate in 12 moves


1.Ra2! [2.Ra1# / Re1#] Kb1
2.Reb2+ Kc1
3.Rf2 [4.Ra1# / Rf1#] Kb1
4.Rad2 [5.Rd1# / Rf1#] Kc1
5.Rde2 [6.Re1# / Rf1#] Kd1
6.Rb2 [7.Rb1# / Rf1#] Kc1
7.Rfc2+ Kd1
8.Rg2 [9.Rb1# / Rg1#] Qg6
9.Rxg6 [10.Rg1#] Sg5
10.Rxg5 [11.Rg1#] Kc1
11.Rf2 [12.Rg1#]

(9…Kc1 10.Rf2 [11.Rg1#] Sg5 11.Rxg5 [12.Rg1#])
(8…Kc1 9.Rbe2 [10.Re1# Rg1#] Kd1 10.Ref2 [11.Rf1# / Rg1#] Ke1 11.Kg1 [12.Rf1#])

This problem is found to be mirror image of a composition by Maksimowitsch, as you can see here http://www.yacpdb.org/?id=188398