9th March 2026

Selected by Michael McDowell

Michael Keller and Dieter Kutzborski

3rd HM, Freie Presse, 1992

4B3/4p3/S3K3/1p1p4/2kP1bSR/Rp6/1P2P3/8

Mate in 3

Quite a simple problem for two such famous composers, but crystal clear in idea and construction. It was dedicated to another all-time great, Siegfried Brehmer, for his 75th birthday.

The solution will appear here on Friday 13th March 2026.