WINTON BRITISH CHESS SOLVING CHAMPIONSHIP

2017-2018 – The Final 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 and threats are given in parentheses.

1.1) HL Musante

3rd Prize, Europe Echecs, 1962

1.Bd~~? d5!
1.Be7?  Sxg6!
1.Bc7?  Be7!
1.Qc5?  Sxg6!

1.Bg3!  (2.Qd6#)
       
1..Rd3  2.Qe4#
1..d5   2.Qxe3#
1..Bc7  2.Sxc7#
1..Be7  2.Sc7#
1..Sxg6 2.Qxd7#

1.2) E Bogdanov

Krasny Seber, 2000

1.Rh5! ()

1..b4  2.Be3#
1..Bb4 2.Be3#
1..Kd4 2.Qf2#
1..Kb4 2.Qxd6#
1..d4  2.Bd2#

1.3) Volodimir Melnikov

1st HM., Cossack Chessboard, 2003

4b3/qpbP1S2/4pB2/5PR1/1Q1s1k1p/1P2RB1K/2S5/8

1.Sh6?  Bh5!
1.Bxd4? Bxf7!
1.Qe1?  Sxc2!
1.Qc3?  Sxf3!
1.Bh1?  exf5!
1.Bxb7? Qxb7!

1.Rd3! (2.Qd2#)

1..Qa5  2.Qxd4#
1..Ba5  2.Be5#

2.1) I Draiska

2nd Prize, Latvian Sports Committee, 1952

1Q6/4p3/2s1B3/3r3s/2p1k3/5S1P/1B2pK2/4S3

1.Qh8! (2.Qh7+  Kf4  3.Sg2#
                Rf5  3.Qxf5#)
               
1...Rg5 2.Sxg5+ Kf4  3.Bc1#
1...Rf5 2.Qc3       (3.Qe3#)
               Rxf3+ 3.Qxf3#
1...Sf4 2.Qe5+ Rxe5  3.Sd2#
               Sxe5  3.Sg5#
1...Sf6 2.Qh4+ Sg4+  3.Qxg4#
1...Sd4 2.Sg5+ Kf4   3.Bc1#
               Rxg5  3.Qxd4#
1...Se5 2.Sd2+ Kf4   3.Qh6#
               Rxd2  3.Qxe5#

2.2) V Kirillov & V Udartsev

1st Prize, Schweizer Schach-Magazin, 1992

3R4/sb2p1B1/p1p3S1/Qpkpp1p1/1R3pr1/5Bb1/1K6/7s

1.Kb3! [2.Qc7    (3.Rxd5#)
               e4 3.Bd4#
               e6 3.Bf8#]

1...Sf2 2.Bxe5 &  3.Bd4#
1...Bf2 2.Sxe5 &  3.Sd3#
1...Sc8 2.Sf8  &  3.Se6#
1...Bc8 2.Bf8  &  3.Bxe7#

3.1)

This was an original endgame study and so can not be published here.

3.2)

This was an original endgame study and so cannot be published here.

4.1) Janne Syväniemi

11th HM., Springaren, 2015

H#3: 2 solutions

1.Kd4 Ra5 2.Kd5  Sb5 3.Bd4 Sc3#
1.Kc3 Rb8 2.Kxb3 Sb7 3.Qc3 Sa5#

4.2) Kenneth Solja

Springaren, 2017

H#6: 2 solutions

1.Sf7  Bxf3 2.Qh6 Bxe2 3.Bh4+ Kxh2 4.Kh7 Kh3 5.Kg6 Kg4 6.Bf6 Bd3#
1.S6g4 Bxf3 2.Qh8 Kg2  3.Kh7  Kh3  4.Be5 Kh4 5.Rg8 Kh5 6.Bg7 Be4#

5.1) V Rychkov

1st Place, 10th RSFRS Ch., 1990

5R1R/1s6/qpS2Pk1/1br5/Bp4PP/2sPrSP1/5b1p/Q6K

1.Qf1!  (2.h5+   Rxh5  3.gxh5+ Kf5  4.Qh3#)

1...Bxg3 2.Sfe5+ Rexe5 3.Qf5+  Rxf5 4.Se7#
                 Rcxe5 3.Se7+  Rxe7 4.Qf5#
1...Bxd3 2.Sce5+ Rexe5 3.h5+   Rxh5 4.Be8#
                 Rcxe5 3.Be8+  Rxe8 4.h5#
1...Re1  2.Qxe1       (3.Se7/Qe8#)
                 Bxc6  3.Qe8+  Bxe8 4.Bxe8#
1...Re4  2.dxe4       (3.Se7#)
                 Bxc6  3.h5+   Rxh5 4.gxh5#

5.2) A Postnikov

Zadachi i Etyudy, 1999

8/1p1Kb3/pR3p2/qp1k1P2/r2pSpS1/2pP1B2/7R/4B3

1.Rh6!  (2.Rd6+   Bxd6 3.Sgxf6+ Ke5 4.Sg4+ Kxf5 5.Rf6#
                                           Kd5  5.Rxd6#)
                                        
1...Qb4  2.Sexf6+ Kc5  3.Se4+   Kd5 4.Sd6+ Kc5  5.Sxb7#
1...Qxb6 2.Sxc3+  Kc5  3.Se4+   Kd5 4.Sd2+ Kc5  5.Sb3#

6.1) Zivko Janevski

3rd Comm., StrateGems, 2009

3S1Q2/1B5p/2pR4/1p2k3/1P1p1q2/1p1K1pB1/1r6/8

S#3

1.Rh6!  (2.Qf6+  Kd5 3.Qxd4+ Qxd4#)

1...Qxg3 2.Sxc6+ Kd5 3.Qxf3+  Qxf3#
1...Kd5  2.Qf5+  Qe5 3.Qe4+   Qxe4#
1...c5   2.Qg7+  Kf5 3.Be4+   Qxe4#

6.2) Eugene Fomichev & Jiri Jelinek

Uralski Problemist, 2006

6R1/1QpP4/P1pPpP2/2k1S3/K3P3/2B1PP2/3P4/1R3B2

S#6

1.Rg5! ()

1..cxd6 2.Sd3+ Kc4 3.Rc5+ dxc5 4.Ba5 e5       5.Rb4+ cb4  6.Qb5+ cxb5#
1..Kxd6 2.d8R+ Kc5 3.Rf5  exf5 4.Ka5 fxe4(f4) 5.Rb5+ cxb5 6.Qb6+ cxb6#

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2017-2018 – The Final Problems and Solutions

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