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The Problemist, July 2007 |
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Written by Michael McDowell
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The July issue contained the latest update by Jeremy Morse of his
Chess Problems: Tasks and Records, and the text of a lecture by
David Shire on the two-movers of Marjan Kovacevic. Awards included
Selfmates for 2005 and the Brian Harley Award for two-movers covering
2003-04. John Rice reported on the meetings at Andernach and Messigny,
and reviewed Mike Prcic’s new collection of the work of Viktor
Chepizhny. Browsing in the library covered an article by J. W.
Allen on the development of the chess problem which was originally
published in BCM in 1903-04. In the Supplement John Rice
discussed two fairy pieces, the Princess and the Empress, while Steve
Giddins presented his choice of 8 books on composition to take to a
desert island.
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Marjan Kovacevic
v. 1st Prize=, Pula Internet Ty., 1997
Mate in 2
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Try 1.Qc1? (>2.Qf4)
1...Sac4 2.Sexd4
1...Sdc4 2.Sfxd4
1...Qc4!
Key 1.Re1! (>2.Re5)
1...Sac4 2.Sfxd4
1...Sdc4 2.Sexd4
1...Se4 2.exd4
1...Qa5, Qb5 2.Sfxd4
An astonishing reciprocal change with both thematic defences on the same square and both mates
on the same square. The imaginative mechanism repays close study.
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Charles Pelle
Chess, 1958
Mate in 2
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1.Qf5 (>2.Sb5)
1...Re4 2.Qd5
1...d6 2.Qe5
1...d5 2.Qd3
1...Sd6, Sc7 2.Qe5
1...Qe4, Qc6 2.Sxe2
1...Be5 2.Qxe5, Qd3
The Pelle theme requires that key, defence and mate should all be moves of a pinned piece
along the pin-line. Here the first two variations show the inventor of the theme doubling his
idea.
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Leonid Kubbel
150 Chess Studies, 1925
White to play and win
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1.c6! bxc6 (If 1…Qa1 2.Bf6+)
2.Bc7+ Kd4
3.Ba5! (>4.Bc3+ Kc5/Kxc4 5.d4+/d3+) Qxf2
4.Bb6+ c5
5.Bxc5+ Kxc5
6.Se4+ wins.
Taken from the 1963 book The Tactics of End Games, by Jenö Bán, Steve Giddins’ choice
as the best introduction to studies for the over-the-board player.
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