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The Problemist, March 2007 |
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Written by Michael McDowell
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The March issue contained a report on the Final of the 2006-2007 Winton
Capital British Chess Solving Championship, won by World Champion Piotr
Murdzia, with runner-up John Nunn taking the British title. Articles
included James Quah on the Roman Theme and Michael Lipton on “Multiple
pins of the black queen in miniature three-movers”, while in the
Supplement Ian Watson discussed “Superhuman Studies” and
John Rice explained the Dombrovskis theme and presented a selection of
the work of the late Italian composer Guido Cristoffanini. There were
full obituaries of Aurel Karpati and Marcel Segers. The award for
helpmates in 2½ and 3 moves (judge Rolf Wiehagen) was published.
Browsing in the Library covered The Danish Wizard, the 1963 collection
of the work of Knud Hannemann.
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Fadil Abdurahmanovic
2nd Prize, The Problemist, 2005
Helpmate in 2½: 2 solutions
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1...Ra6 2.Qxg6 Rxg6 3.Kc3 Rg3
1…Bg8 2.Qxb3 Bxb3 3.Ke4 Bc2
Attractive and harmonious solutions in which the existing batteries are
destroyed and a new indirect battery created from the original rear pieces.
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Knud Hannemann
3rd Prize, Nederlandsch-Indische Schaakbond, 1929
Mate in 3
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1.Rb1 (>2.Rc1+ Kb3 3.Rc3, Rxd3)
1...Rc6 2.Sge4 (>3.Rb4)
1...Bc6 2.Be7 (>3.Rb4)
1...Sc6 2.Rd5 (>3.Rc5)
1...c6 2.Sf3 (>2.Sxe5)
A superb problem in which each defence at c6 interferes with two pieces
and obstructs a third, and each continuation exploits all three errors.
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Gady Costeff
The Problemist, March 2007
White to play and win
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1.O-O-O+ g1Q
2.Rxg1+ Kxg1
3.Kb2 dxe4
4.f4! exf3 e.p.
5.exf3 Kf2
6.f4 Kf3
7.f5 Kf4
8.f6 Kf5
9.f7 Kg6
10.f8R wins
If 1…Kh2 2.Kb2 dxe4 3.Kxa2 Kh3 4.Kb3 Kxh4 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 h4 7.Kxe4 h3 8.Rg1 Kh4 9.Kf3 h2 10.Kxg2 hxg1+ 11.Kxg1 wins
If 4.f3? e3 5.f4 Kf2 6.f5 Kxe2 7.f6 Kd2 8.f7 e2
A very light setting of the Valladao theme, combining the three
“odd” moves of chess, castling, en passant and underpromotion.
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