Note: In these solutions, those moves that
were required are given in bold type. All else is given for the
sake of completeness and for the interest of solvers. The symbol
'S' is used for knight.
William L. Barclay
Plain Dealer , 1956
Mate in 2
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1.Ra7? Bf6!
1.Kb1? Bh7!
1.Rd7! (-) (5)
1...Bg5~ 2.Re7#
1...Bf6 2.Sc7#
1...R~ 2.Rxd6#
1...Rxd7 2.Qxd7#
1...Bg8~ 2.B(x)f7#
1...S~ 2.Bf5#
J. Grande
1st commendation, The Problemist , 1974
Mate in 3
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1.Qb3!
1...~ 2.Se3+ Kf4/Kf6 3.Rxg4/Qf7#
1...Bxe2 2.Qh3+ Bg4 3.Qxg4#
1...Bf3 2.Se7+ Kf4/Kf6 3.e3/Qf7#
1...Ke6 2.Sc7+ Kd6/Kf5(f6) 3.Se8/Qf7#
1...Rg5 2.Rf7+ Ke6/Kg6 3.Rf6/Sf4#
L. A. Isaev
4th Prize, Izvestija , 1928-29
Mate in 3
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1.Qe7!
1...~ 2.Qxe6+ Kd4/Be5 3.Qc4/Qxe5#
1...Sxc3 2.Qb4+ Ke3/Bd4 3.Qf4/Re5#
1...Kd4 2.Rg4+ Be4/Kd5/Kxc3 3.Rd3/Bc6/Be1#
1...Bxe7 2.Bc6+ Kd4 3.Be5#
1...e5 2.Rg4+ Kd5/Kf5 3.Bc6/Qd7#
M. Kuznetsov
3rd Prize, Zadachi i Etyudy , 1999
Mate in 4
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1.Rf5!
1...~ 2.Sxg5+ Kd4 3.Se6+ Rxe6/Bxe6 4.Rd5/Bb6#
1...Rc6(d6) 2.Sg1+ Kd4 3.e3+ ~ 4.Se2#
1...Bxc4 2.Sh4+ Kd4 3.Rd5+ Bd5 4.Sf5#
1...Se3 2.Sd2+ Kd4 3.Rd3+ Sxd3 4.Bc3#
K. Flatt
2nd HM., Zurcher Illustrierte , 1932
Mate in 6
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1.Sb5! (> 2.Bd4#) Sc6 2.Sc3 (>3.Sd7#) Sb8
3.Se2 (>4.Bd4#) Sc6 4.Bd4+ Sxd4 5.Sg1 ~ 6.Sf3#
Th. Begheijn
3rd Prize, Tijdschrift , 1960
White to play and win
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1.Sc7 Rf6 2.b7 Rb6 3.Se6+ Kf7 4.Sd8+ Kf8
5.b3 Rb5 6.Se6+ Kf7 7.Sc5 Rb6 8.Se4 Kf8 9.Sd6
Eugene Fomichev
StrateGems , 2008
Selfmate in 3
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1.Qb8!
1...~ 2.Kb3+ Kd4 3.Rc4+ bxc4#
1...bxa4 2.Bd3 ~ 3.Bxb4+ Bxb4#
1...fxe4 2.Kxd2+ Kd4 3.Ke1+ Sd3#
Toma Garai
Die Schwalbe , 1992
Helpmate in 3 2 solutions
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1.Kxc5 Bxa7+ 2.Sxa7 c3 3.Sb5 Sd7#
1.Ke5 Bxd6+ 2.Sxd6 Kg4 3.Se4 Sc6#