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2023-2024 – The Postal Round Problems and Solutions

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.

(1) Hrvoje Bartolovic & Gerhard Jensch

4th Prize, Problem (Zagreb), 1964

8/1R3p1K/Q3B3/5p2/6b1/b1B1p3/S1k5/s6R

#2

(2) Alex Casa

1st Prize, Probleemblad, 1952

Q1s5/3S4/6r1/3p2p1/3Pk1Kp/1P2p3/1Br1P3/3R4

#3

(3) Victor Melnichenko & Valentin Rudenko

1st Comm., StrateGems, 2005

1s2R3/2S5/3bBp2/1Kp1p3/1p1Pkpp1/3S4/3PPQ1s/3r4

#3

(4) V Kirillov, & Mikhail Mishko

Shakhmatna misl, 2004

1B6/p5S1/P4p1p/3k1p2/2R2p2/1B2b3/1P1p4/3K4

#4

(5) Manfred Zucker

Comm., Freie Presse, 1980

8/6p1/5p2/5R2/2p3kS/3pK1p1/1sb5/5B1R

#6

(6) G Gratzer & A Koranyi

1st Prize, Hungarian Chess Federation Ty., 1959

5sSs/8/P7/K2p4/5r2/2P5/8/4B2k

Win

(7) Andrey Lobusov

1st Prize, Thema Danicum, 1989

8/2p2P2/3B4/2R3S1/1SP3p1/4kP2/pP3R1P/r1b1K1QB

S#3

(8) Neal Turner

Chess Life, 1987

7K/8/3B4/5p2/3pk3/1brS4/8/8

H#4


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