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I was
born April 29, 1959 in the Bremerton, WA, naval hospital. I grew up
in San Diego where my father was stationed for most of his naval
career. In 1974, my family moved to Oregon where I have resided ever
since. I had an aptitude for mathematics and I studied engineering in
college, but never graduated.
Presently, I am employed in the aerospace industry where my duties
involve inspecting, measuring, and testing investment castings. My
father taught my four brothers and I to play chess when we were
children. In 1977, I won the Oregon Junior Championship. In 1986, I
became the only member of the Oregon City Chess Club to win the Oregon
City Open Tournament. Not bad results for someone who never studied
openings. All my chess study time was spent composing.
Favorite
genre: Endgame studies.
Favorite
themes: Themes? What are those? I like studies with few pieces and
plenty of interesting content. The interesting content may include
stalemates, skewers, and mutual zugzwangs.
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Richard Becker
3rd Prize
Chess Life 1983 (v)
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White to play and win (4+4) C+ |
7q/1p6/1K1p2P1/7k/8/8/2Q3P1/8
Solution:
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1.g4+ Kh6 [1...Kxg4 2.g7 wins; 1...Kg5 2.Qf5+ Kh6 3.g5+ wins] 2.Qh2+
Kg7 3.Qb2+ Kg8 4.Qb3+ d5 5.Qxd5+ Kg7 6.Qf7+ Kh6 7.g7 [7.g5+? Kxg5
8.g7 Qd8+ 9.Kxb7 Kh6 =] 7...Qd8+ 8.Kxb7 Qg5 9.Ka6! (zz) [ 9.g8S+? Qxg8
10.Qxg8 stalemate] 9...Qxg4 [9...Qd8 10.g5+ Qxg5 11.g8S+ wins] 10.g8S+
Kg5 11.Qf6+ Kh5 12.Qh6#
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Richard Becker
2nd Commendation
Chess Life 1985
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White to play and win (3+4) C+ |
7q/3Q4/p2B4/1p1k4/8/1K6/8/8
Solution:
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1.Bh2+! Ke4 2.Qg4+ Kd5 [2...Kd3 3.Qf3+ Kd2 4.Bf4+ Ke1 5.Qg2 Qc8 6.Bg3+
Kd1 7.Qf1+ Kd2 8.Bf4#] 3.Qf5+ Kc6 4.Qe6+ Kb7 5.Qd7+ Ka8 6.Qd5+ Ka7
7.Qf7+ Ka8 8.Qf3+ Ka7 9.Qf2+ Kb7 10.Qg2+ Kb6 11.Qg1+ Kc6 12.Qh1+ Kd7
13.Qd5+ Ke7 14.Bd6+ Kd7 15.Be5+ and wins
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Richard Becker
2nd Prize
Chess Life 1988
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White to play and win (4+3) C+ |
8/8/P5k1/4P3/8/2R4K/2p2r2/8
Solution:
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1.Kg3!
[1.Kg4? Kf7=; 1.a7? c1Q 2.Rxc1 Ra2 3.Rc7 Kf5 4.Re7 Kf4! (zz)] 1...Re2
2.Kf4 [2.a7? Re3+ 3.Rxe3 c1Q= ] 2...Kf7 [2...Rh2 3.Ke4 Rh4+ (3...Re2+
4.Kd5 Kf5 5.a7 wins) 4.Kd5 Ra4 5.Rxc2 Ra5+ 6.Rc5 Rxa6 7.Rc6+ wins]
3.Kf5 [3.a7? c1Q 4.Rxc1 Ra2 5.Rc7+ Ke6=] 3...Rf2+ [ 3...Ke7 4.a7 Rf2+
5.Ke4 c1Q 6.Rxc1 Ra2 7.Rc7+ Ke6 8.Kd4 wins] 4.Ke4 Ke6 5.a7 c1Q 6.Rxc1
Ra2 7.Rc6+ Kd7 8.Rh6 Rxa7 9.e6+ [9.Rh7+? Ke6 10.Rxa6 stalemate]
9...Kd6 10.e7+ Kd7 11.d8Q+ Kxe8 12.Rh8+ and wins
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Richard Becker
Chess Life, 2000
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White to play and draw (3+3) C+ |
6q1/3R2P1/4k1K1/6p1/8/8/8/8
Solution:
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1.Rd3!
[ 1.Rd1? Qf7+ 2.Kh6 Qf6+ 3.Kh7 Qf5+ 4.Kh8 Qh3+ wins; 1.Ra7? Qe8+
2.Kxg5 Qb8 is a theoretical win] 1...Qf7+ 2.Kh6 Pg4 [2...Qf6+ 3.Kh7
Qf5+ 4.Kh8=] 3.Rd4 [3.Rg3? Qf4+ 4.Kg6 Qe4+ 5.Kh6 Kf6 wins] 3...Qf6+
4.Kh7 Qh4+ 5.Kg6 Qf6+ 6.Kh7 Qf5+ [6...Qf7 7.Kh6 Kf5 8.Rxg4
Kxg4 9.g8Q+
Qxg8 stalemate] 7.Kh6 Kf7 8.g8Q+ Kxg8 9.Rxg4+ Kf8 [9...Qxg4 stalemate]
10.Rg8+ Ke7 11.Rg7+ Kf6 12.Rf7+ Kxf7 stalemate
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