Michel Caillaud

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Michel Caillaud, 2009 at the Sant'Ambrogio meeting in Milan

Michel Caillaud (born April 10, 1957 ) is a French chess composer .

Chess composition

In 1993 the PCCC awarded him the title of Grand Master in Chess Composition . At the age of 36, he was the youngest to receive this title. Since 1993 he has also been the PCCC's international judge for retrospective tasks . At the World Championships in Chess Composition (WCCT), he and Jean-Marc Loustau took 1st place in three-moves and 3rd place, 2nd division in fairytale chess at the 3rd World Championships . At the 6th World Championship he was a judge in fairy tale chess. Of all chess composers, he has the third most points with 200.92 from all FIDE albums from 1914 to 2000.

Solving chess problems

He won the world championship in solving chess problems twice: 1987 in Graz and 2000 in Pula . Since 2002 he has had the title of grandmaster for solving chess problems. His current Elo rating for solving chess problems is 2563 (as of July 1, 2012), which puts him in 18th place in the world rankings. His highest rating to date was 2636.

Composition examples

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Probleemblad , May / June 1999
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Position after White's 7th move. How did this position come about? (2 solutions)

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Comm. Andernach TT , 1993
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SPG in 3.0 (Andernachschach).

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Solution:

In the diagram on the left, the position can be changed to 1. b4 h5 2. b5 Rh6 3. b6 Rc6 4. bxc7 Rxc2 5. cxb8D Txd2 6. Qd6 Rxd1 + 7. Qxd1 or 1. b4 h5 2. b5 Rh6 3. b6 Rd6 4. bxc7 Rxd2 5. cxb8L Rxc2 6. Bbf4 Rxc1 7. Bxc1 . In both cases the Pronkin theme is shown: A piece that has been converted moves to the original space of the captured piece.

The right diagram shows the fairytale condition Andernachschach (named after the annual chess composition meeting in Andernach ). A stone that hits another stone changes color. For example, if a white knight beats a black pawn, the knight becomes black. The position arose after the moves 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. Ne5 Nxe5 3. Nxd7 Nb8 . The jumper changed his color twice. After 2.… Nxe5 there was a white knight and after 3. Nxd7 a black knight on the respective square.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grandmasters of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (English)
  2. ↑ International Judges for Chess Compositions (English)
  3. ↑ International Solving Grandmasters (English)
  4. ↑ Solvers' ratings July 1st 2012 ( Memento from March 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Caillaud, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French grand master of chess composition
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1957