9th November 2020

Selected by Michael McDowell

Edgar Holladay

5th Prize, British Chess Magazine, 1955

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Mate in 3

A three-mover by Edgar Holladay (1925-2003), who played a significant role in promoting chess problems in the United States as problem editor of the American Chess Bulletin and co-founder of the U.S. Problem Bulletin.