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The Problemist, July, 2011 |
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Written by Michael McDowell
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Articles in the July issue included “Misadventures in composition” in which
Michael Lipton traced the steps in his reworking of a Mansfield matrix, “Robin
Matthews and the idea of theme”, the text of a talk given by Bob Burger at Harrogate,
and “Reinstatement” featuring an entertaining retro by Joaquim Crusats and
Andrey Frolkin. Awards covered three-movers for 2008 (judge: Harri Hurme) and Helpmates
in 2½ and 3 (judge: Ofer Comay). Browsing in the library examined “When the
pieces move!” the 1978 exposition of Vaux Wilson's MOE system. In the
Supplement Chris Feather's series on British helpmate composers covered C. E. Kemp,
David Shire's problem alphabet reached M for Mari, and Geoff Foster explained how to use
the Popeye solving program.
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Henry D'Oyly Bernard
Western Daily Mercury, 1903
Mate in 2
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Set 1…Kf5 2.e4
1.Ra1 (-)
1...Kf5 2.Qb1
1...d5 2.Bd3
1...e any 2.Sxd6
A mutate with one striking change following a pure Bristol line clearance.
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Friedrich Chlubna
1st HM., Probleemblad, 1971
Mate in 3
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1.Qc5 (>2.Sg6+ Bxg6 3.Qe5)
1...Qxc5 2.Se2+ dxe2 3.Bg3
1...Rxd1 2.Bg5+ Sxg5 3.Rh4
1...Re8 2.Rf5+ Bxf5 3.Sh5
A beautiful problem in which each defence removes a potential guard of a mating square,
allowing the pieces at g3, h4 and h5 to perform a cycle of sacrifices followed by mating moves
on the vacated square. In addition the other three white pieces are each captured during the
solution.
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Robin Matthews & Bob Burger
1st Prize, Chess Life, 1987
Mate in 5
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1.Kb2 (>2.Sc3+ Kf4 3.Rd4) Rh5
2.Rxb3 (>3.Rd4+ exd4 3.Sxg3) Bh4
3.Rdd3 (>4.Rxe3) Qg5
4.Kc2 Qg6
5.Rxe3
4...Qf4 5.Sc3
A series of White threats forces the black rook and bishop to the board edge where they are
incarcerated by the queen. The concluding zugzwang is not apparent in the diagram!
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