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The Problemist, January, 2011 |
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Written by Michael McDowell
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The January issue featured a full appreciation of the late Lu Citeroni. John Nunn related
how solving a problem suggested to him a reconstruction which might increase the solver's
enjoyment, and Geoff Foster attempted to encourage the solving of fairy problems. John
Rice presented a selection of awardwinners from the composing tourneys at the Crete WCCC,
while Browsing in the library covered the 1980 collection of the work of Matti
Myllyniemi. Awards included fairies for 2007 (judge: Vlaicu Crisan), selfmates and
reflexmates 2008 (Klaus Wenda), and more-movers 2008 (Jakov Vladimirov). In the Supplement
John Rice showed some early longer helpmates, and David Shire discussed problems revolving
around king play.
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Matti Myllyniemi
Schach-Echo, 1970
Mate in 2
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1.g5 (>2.Qg1)
1...Re6 2.f4
1...Be6 2.Sc6
1...e6 2.gxh6
Cyclic interferences. The rook interferes with the bishop, the bishop with the pawn, and the
pawn with the rook. Three white batteries fire.
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Eeltje Visserman
1st Prize, Probleemblad, 1954
Mate in 2
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1.Kb8!
1...Kd4 2.Sxc6
1...Kf4 2.Qc7
1...Kd6 2.Sb7
1...Kf6 2.Sd7
Tries 1.Kd8? Kd4!, 1.Kc7? Kf4!, 1.Kb7? Kd6! and 1.Kd7? Kf6!
Mates are set for all four moves of the black king, and White simply needs to play a waiting
move with his king, however four of his five moves prevent each of the set mates in turn,
three because of occupation of a mating square and the fourth because of self-pin of the
mating piece.
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Hermann Weissauer
Schach-Echo, 1973
Mate in 4
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1.Rd1!
1...a3 2.Se5 dxe5 3.Sf5+ any 4.d6
1...Kf7 2.Rf1+ any 3.Rhf8 any 4.R1f7
An entertaining puzzle for the solver to unravel.
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