Michel Caillaud (born 10 April 1957) is a French chess problemist.
In 1993, Caillaud gained the title Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Compositions.[1] At 36 years of age, he was the youngest GM for Chess Compositions. He has 200.92 points in FIDE Albums.
Caillaud twice won the World Chess Solving Championship: 1987 in Graz and 2000 in Pula. In 2002, he gained the title International Solving Grandmaster.[2]
Examples
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Solutions
Proof game: 1.b4 h5 2.b5 Rh6 3.b6 Rc6 4.bxc7 Rxc2 5.cxb8=Q Rxd2 6.Qd6 Rxd1+ 7.Qxd1 or 1.b4 h5 2.b5 Rh6 3.b6 Rd6 4.bxc7 Rxd2 5.cxb8=B Rxc2 6.Bf4 Rxc1 7.Bxc1. This is the so-called Pronkin theme.
Second example:1.Nf3 Nc6 2.Ne5 Nxe5 3.Nxd7 Nb8.
Notes
editExternal links
edit- Problems at the PDB-Server
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110716080855/http://www.sitesled.com/members/wccc/album/solving/slides/13.html
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