Michel Caillaud

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

Chess composition

In 1993, his PCCC granted the title of Grand Master for chess composition. As a 36 - year-old he was then the youngest, who had received this item. Since 1993 he is also International Jury of the PCCC for retrospective tasks. At the World Championships of Chess Composition ( WCCT ), he finished third in the World Cup, along with Jean -Marc Loustau the 1st place in three Zügern and 3rd place, 2nd Department of the fairy chess. At the 6th World Cup he was judge at the fairy chess. Of all chess composers he has worked with 200.92 the third most points from all FIDE albums from 1914 to 2000.

Solving chess problems

The World Cup in solving chess problems he won twice: in 1987 in Graz and 2000 in Pula. Since 2002, he is wearing a grandmaster title for solving chess problems. His current Elo rating in solving chess problems is 2563 (as of July 1, 2012), so that it is ranked 18 in the world rankings. His previous highest score number was 2636th

Composition examples

Solution:

In the left diagram can 4.bxc7 the position after 1.b4 2.b5 h5 T6 3.b6 Tc6 4.bxc7 TXC2 5.cxb8D TXD2 6.Dd6 TXD1 7.Dxd1 or 1.b4 h5 2.b5 3.b6 T6 Td6 be txd2 5.cxb8L TXC2 6.Lbf4 TXC1 7.Lxc1 emerged. In both cases the Pronkin - topic shows: A figure in which was converted, draws on the original field of the captured piece.

In the right diagram, the fairy-tale condition is specified (named after the annual meeting in Andernach chess composition ) Andernachschach. It changes a stone hitting another stone, the color. For example, if a white knight takes a black pawn, the knight is black. The position is reached after the moves 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.Se5 Sxe5 3.Sxd7 Sb8. Here, the Springer has changed twice its color. After 2 .. Sxe5 a white and a black jumper after 3.Sxd7 thus was written on the box.