11th December 2023

Selected by Michael McDowell

bernd ellinghoven and Hans Peter Rehm

1st Prize, feenschach, 1990

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Helpmate in 3
b) Move the white king to g2

The problem world suffered a great loss with the death of bernd ellinghoven on 13th November at the age of 70. A composer who gained the International Master title, bernd made a considerable contribution to the literature as editor of feenschach magazine for 30 years, printer of many other magazines, and editor and publisher (with the late Denis Blondel) of a number of FIDE Albums and the Edition FEE=NIX series of books.