Michel Caillaud (born 10 April 1957) is a French chess problemist. In 1993, Caillaud gained the title Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Compositions. At 36 years of age, he was the youngest GM for Chess Compositions. He has 200.92 points in FIDE Albums. Caillaud twice won the

World Chess Solving Championship The World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) is an annual competition in the solving of chess problems (also known as chess puzzles) organized by the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), previously by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of ...

: 1987 in Graz and 2000 in Pula. In 2002, he gained the title International Solving Grandmaster.International Solving Grandmasters
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Examples

Solutions Proof game: ''1.b4 h5 2.b5 Rh6 3.b6 Rc6 4.bxc7 Rxc2 5.cxb8=Q Rxd2 6.Qd6 Rxd1+ 7.Qxd1'' or ''1.b4 h5 2.b5 Rh6 3.b6 Rd6 4.bxc7 Rxd2 5.cxb8=B Rxc2 6.Bf4 Rxc1 7.Bxc1''. This is the so-called Pronkin theme. Second example:''1.Nf3 Nc6 2.Ne5 Nxe5 3.Nxd7 Nb8''.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20110716080855/http://www.sitesled.com/members/wccc/album/solving/slides/13.html Living people French chess players 1957 births International Judges of Chess Compositions Chess composers Grandmasters for chess composition International solving grandmasters Chess double grandmasters {{France-chess-bio-stub