Michel Caillaud

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] He was with 36 years of age 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 Caillaud gained the title International Solving Grandmaster.^[2]

Examples

Probleemblad, May/June 1999

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Position after White's 7th move. How did the game go? (2 solutions)

Comm. Andernach TT, 1993

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

SPG in 3.0 (Andernach chess)

Solutions

Proof game: 1.b4 h5 2.b5 Rh6 3.b6 Rc6 4.bc7 Rxc2 5.cb8Q Rxd2 6.Dd6 Rxd1+ 7.Qxd1 or 1.b4 h5 2.b5 Rh6 3.b6 Rd6 4.bc7 Rxd2 5.cb8B Rxc2 6.Bbf4 Rxc1 7.Bxc1. This is so called Pronkin theme.

Second example:1.Sf3 Sc6 2.Se5 Sxe5 3.Sxd7 Sb8.

External links

• Problems at the PDB-Server
• http://www.sitesled.com/members/wccc/album/solving/slides/13.html

Notes

1. ^ Grandmasters of the FIDE for Chess Compositions
2. ^ International Solving Grandmasters

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