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Daniele Guglielmo Gatti (6 November, 1987) is an Italian chess composer.
Biography
Born in Lombardy and later moved to Veneto, Gatti is a professional nurse working in home healthcare in the province of Treviso. In the field of international chess composition, he gained recognition after beginning to compose in 2015, initially focusing on selfmate problems, then spreading his activity to other genres.[1] He became widely known as the first chess composer to have achieved a complete Babson Task (all 4 thematic promotions) in a legal endgame study — a task considered virtually unachievable for over 140 years since its formulation by Joseph Ney Babson in 1884.[2]
Development
Gatti started from a scheme published in EG by Israeli-American composer Gady Costeff in October 2024, which displayed the theme in full but in an illegal position with intrusive pieces (three white Knights on the board). Costeff had already created that scheme in 2011 and spent over a decade secretly attempting to make it legal. In the end, he chose to publish the result of his efforts anyway, offering other composers a chance to take on the challenge. Costeff wrote in EG issue 238: “The position is unreachable by a single capture. For example, if Ph2 could start on g3, the position would be reachable. I composed this [setting] in 2011 and tried for a decade to make it legal. The pleasure of 45 years of research and learning is far more dear to me than any publication honours. I do not care at all if the study is left out of the award for being illegal. I do think it is interesting and readers would be interested in how a Babson may look.”[3]
After seeing Costeff’s attempt, Gatti worked on the scheme for around 45 days and finally succeeded in creating a completely legal and economical version, which he published in EG in January 2025, dedicating the result to Costeff.
Costeff's Failed Attempt
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Solution:
1... d1=Q 2. fxe8=Q! [+-]
1... d1=R 2. fxe8=R! [+-]
1... d1=B 2. fxe8=B! [+-]
1... d1=N 2. fxe8=N+! [+-]
While the solution is analytically correct, the position is illegal: only the h-pawn could have promoted into one of the three white Knights, which would involve an illegal move (jumping over h7) or excessive white captures. The position is also cluttered, and some plausible black defenses (e.g., 1... Nd6 or 1... Nc7) require hours of computer analysis to fully refute. Despite all these flaws, it was the first ever endgame study to show a full Babson Task, echoing a historical parallel with Pierre Drumare, who first realized the theme in a direct-mate problem in 1980 — also in an illegal setting.
The First Correct and Legal Babson Task Study
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Solution:
1... f1=Q 2. hxg8=Q! [+-]
1... f1=R 2. hxg8=R! [+-]
1... f1=B 2. hxg8=B! [+-]
1... f1=N 2. hxg8=N+! [+-]
For full solution, relate to the Babson Task's page in the section "Babson Task in an endgame study".
Gatti’s study, like Costeff’s, displays four thematic black promotions answered by four matching white promotions, achieving a complete Babson Task (4/4). However, this time the position is fully legal, more economical, and free of promoted or intrusive pieces, echoing what historically done by Leonid Yarosh in 1983, after having seen the Drumare's illegal attempt. No black first moves require deep or uncertain refutations.
In the editorial of EG issue 239, Gatti stated: “When I saw the diagram, I had what you could call a flash of insight. I realized that creating this incredible task was possible. I didn’t yet know how, but I knew it would become an obsession. The Babson Task had always fascinated me, and now that it seemed so close to being fully realized, I decided I would devote all my energy to achieving it, no matter how much time or personal effort it would take. The words of Gady, etched in my memory and guiding me through the process, were: ‘The easiest way to know if a legal Babson study exists is to compose one!’”
Reception and Criticism
The study was promptly republished by several magazines, blogs, and platforms, including UnoScacchista[4], the official Facebook page of the Italian Chess Federation, the podcast L’Infilata[5], and the magazine Best Problems n.115 [6]. Internationally, it received high praise from Ukrainian chess composer, critic, and international judge Serhiy Didukh on his blog Chess Study Art, where he described the result as a "chess miracle".[7] The study also appeared on ARVES (a site widely dedicated to endgame studies), SuperProblem.ru (in the “Tasks & Records” section published on 2025-06-25)[8], on Issue 173 of Swedish magazine Springaren and first issue of 2025 of Hungarian magazine Magyar Sakkvilag, and was analyzed also by GM Felix Blohberger, Austrian Chess Champion, in an instructional YouTube video.[9]
Curiosities and Awards
As an over-the-board player, Gatti holds a FIDE Classic Elo rating of 1798.[10]
He is the author of the theoretical-practical manual Professione Problemista - Avvicinamento alla composizione scacchistica, published by Messaggerie Scacchistiche in 2022 (reprinted in 2024).[11]
In 2018, he was awarded the title of National Master of Chess Composition by the Italian Chess Federation API.[12]
References
- ^ "www.arves.org - Gatti, Daniele 1987". arves.org. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ "Le mosse vincenti del sovramontino Gatti: è nel gotha mondiale del gioco degli scacchi". Corriere delle Alpi (in Italian). 2025-01-08. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ "www.arves.org - Babson Task by Gady Costeff". arves.org. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ AltriScacchisti (2025-01-28). "Dopo ben 141 anni un italiano ottiene il primo studio "Babson Task" corretto e legale". Uno Scacchista (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ scacchi, Infilata (2025-04-01). "Fare il problemista (con Daniele Gatti)". L’Infilata. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ "Antonio Garofalo Home Page". www.bestproblems.it. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ "Таск Бабсона – Chess Study Art" (in Russian). 2025-02-02. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ "SuperProblem". superproblem.ru. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ GM Felix Blohberger (2025-04-07). The Chess Problem That Took 140 Years to Solve. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Gatti, Daniele Guglielmo FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ "Professione Problemista - avvicinamento alla composizione scacchistica". Messaggerie Scacchistiche (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ "Accademia del Problema". www.accademiadelproblema.org. Retrieved 2025-06-28.