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The Problemist, November, 2009 |
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Written by Michael McDowell
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The November issue featured a full report by Paul Valois on the activities at the 52nd
World Congress of Chess Composition, held in Rio de Janeiro in October. Judgments included
the Brian Harley Award for 2003-05, won jointly by Peter Olszewski and John Rice,
threemovers for 2006 and fairies for 2002. Browsing in the library covered S. S.
Blackburne’s Terms and Themes of Chess Problems, published in 1907. In the
Supplement Bob Lincoln discussed “White pawn promotion in the miniature”,
while David Shire examined echoed play in the two-mover.
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Milan Vukcevich
4th HM., Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 1997
Mate in 2
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Try 1.Bc4? (>2.e3)
1...Sc2 2.Qd5
1...bxc4 2.Se6
1...e3 2.Rf4
1...Re1!
1.Rc5! (>2.Be3)
1...Sc2 2.Rhd5
1...bxc5 2.Sf5
1...e3 2.Qf4
To quote David Shire: “The geometrical elements generate echoed play of such clarity
that no further explanation is needed.”
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Georges Legentil
2nd Prize, L'UTF, 1944
Mate in 4
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Try 1.Kxf3? Sg5+!
Try 1.Kg3? Be1!
1.Bc6 (>2.Re4) d2
2.Kg3 (>3.Sg4) Bf5
3.Qd8 (>4.Qxc7) Ba5
4.Qxd4
Black is induced to block the f6 rook, allowing the queen to unpin. A relatively
straightforward but pleasant problem from the WCSC at Rio.
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F. A. L. Kuskop
Canterbury Times, pre-1907
Mate in 3 (b) all pieces one square south-west
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(a) 1.Bf1 e5 2.Bd3 exf4 3.e5
(b) 1.Re4 dxe4 2.d4 e3 3.Bd3
1...d4 2.Bh3 gxh3 3.g4
A lightweight with unusual twinning by the leading New Zealand composer of his day.
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