Michel Caillaud is a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 chess problemist.

In 1993 Caillaud gained the title Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Compositions. He was with 36 years of age the youngest GM for Chess Compositions. He has 200.92 points in FIDE Album

FIDE Album

The FIDE Albums are publications of the world chess governing body, FIDE, via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions , containing the best chess problems and studies of a certain period ....

s.

Caillaud twice won the World Chess Solving Championship

World Chess Solving Championship

The World Chess Solving Championship is an annual competition in the solving of chess problems organised by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions ....

: 1987 in Graz and 2000 in Pula. In 2002 Caillaud gained the title International Solving Grandmaster.

Examples

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