WINTON
BRITISH CHESS SOLVING CHAMPIONSHIP

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. Threats are given in parentheses. All problems carry 5 points.

1. Rainer Paslack

Schach-Atkiv, 2000

Mate in 2

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1.Sg6? (2.Qe5#) 1...Sf7!
1.Sf3? (2.Qe5#) 1...Bc3!

1.Sg4!  (2.Qe5#)

1...Bf4 2.Bxf4#
1...Bc3 2.c5#
1...c5  2.Qc7#
1...Sf7 2.Be7#

2. Karl A K Larsen

1st HM., Good Companions (April), 1921

Mate in 2

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1...Sd3 2.Qxf6#
1...Sd5 2.Qc5#

1.c5!  ()

1...Sd3 2.Qe4#
1...Sd5 2.Qa4#
1...f5  2.Se5#

3. Vukota Nikoletic & Dragoljub Mirkailo

Source?

Mate in 3

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1.Qh8!  (2.Bxf5+ Rxf5 3.d5#)

1...hxg6 2.Qh1+  Rf3  3.Qb1#
1...d6   2.d5+   Kxe5 3.Sc6#
1...d5   2.Sd3       (3.Sc5#)
                 Rc6  3.Qe5#

4. Leonid Makaronets

Probleemblad, 2000

Mate in 4

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1.Bc7! (2.Sxf6+ Ke5  3.Sd7+  Kd5 4.Rc5#)
 
1...Bd3 2.Sxe3+ Bxe3 3.Rxf5+ Kd4 4.Se6#
                Ke5  3.d7+   Sd6 4.Bxd6#
1...Rd3 2.Rxf5+ Be5  3.Sxe3+ Kd4 4.Rxc4#

5. Harold M Lommer

1st Comm., Isenegger MT, 1966

White to play and win

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6. Vukota Nikoletic

Idee & form, 2000

Selfmate in 3

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1.Sa6!  (2.Be3+  Kd5 3.Qe6+  fxe6#)

1...Sf4  2.d8=R+ Sd5 3.Qxf6+ Qxf6#
1...Rxg4 2.Rd2+  Kc3 3.Qe3+  Sxe3#
1...Kd5  2.Sb4+  Kd4 3.Qd6+  Sxd6#

7. Peter Sickinger

1st Prize, East German Championship, 1986

Selfmate in 4

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1.Qc4!  (2.Sc6+ Bxc6 3.Qd4+  Kxf5+ 4.Qf4+  Bxf4#)

1...exf5 2.Qe6+ Bxe6 3.Sxf3+ gxf3  4.Kh3+  f4#
1...Sxg6 2.Qe2+ fxe2 3.Sc6+  Bxc6  4.Kxg4+ Sf4#

8. Wolfgang A Bruder

Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 2001

Helpmate in 5
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1.Sc2 Bc3  2.Rd7 Kxc2 3.Kd6 Kd3 4.Rcc7 Kd4 5.Bc6 Bb4# 
1.Ra3 Kxa3 2.Rc8 Kb4  3.Bc6 Kc5 4.Kd8  Kd6 5.Be8 Bg5#