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 and 'S' is used for knight. All problems carried 5 points, distributed as indicated with the solutions.
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1.1 Viktor Chepizhni 3rd HM., Shakhmatnaya kompozitsiya, 1997 
Mate in 2 |
1.c6? (2.Sf5#)
1...Bc5 2.Sb5#
1...Se3 2.Bc3#
1...Se7,Bxg7 2.Qb6#
1...Qxg7,Qd5 2.Q(x)d5#
1...Qe6 2.Sxe6#
1...Qf7!
1.e6! (5)
(2.Sb5#)
1...Se5 2.Sf5#
1...Sc3 2.Qxc3#
1...Bc6 2.Sxc6#
1...Bd5 2.Rxd5#
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2.1 Efren Petite & Christopher Reeves The Problemist, 2008 
Mate in 2 |
1.Rce6? (2.Qd6,Sxd5#) 1...Rxe6!
1.Ree6? (2.Qd6,Sxd5#) 1...Bxe6!
1.Be6? (2.Qd6,Sxd5#) 1...g4!
1.Qe7? (2.Qe5,Qe3#) 1...Re8!
1.Bg4! (5)
(2.Qf5#)
1...Qxg4 2.Qxg4#
1...Rf6 2.Rxf6#
1...Be6 2.Qd6#
1...Re6 2.Sxd5#
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1.3 William H Reilly Manchester City News, 1918 
Mate in 2 |
1.Qe8! (5)
(2.Sxf6#)
1...Kxd5 2.Sd2#
1...Rxc5+ 2.Sxc5#
1...S6~ 2.Rd4#
1...Sxd5 2.Qg6#
1...e6 2.Qxe6#
1...e5 2.Qxe5#
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2.1 E Williams (version by PSV) Sunday Chronicle, 1945 
Mate in 3 |
1.Be5! () (1)
1...Ba2 2.Sxf6 & 3.Re8# (½)
1...Bb5,Bxa6 2.Bb3+ Bc4 3.Bxc4# (½,½)
1...h5 2.Bxf6 & 3.Sxg5,Sd4# (½)
1...fxe5 2.Kxh6 & 3.Sxg5# (½)
1...c6 2.Re8+ Kd7 3.Sxf6# (½)
1...c5 2.Bxb8 (3.Rd6#) (½)
Sc7 3.Rxb6#
1...Ba7 2.Bg3 (3.Sd4#) (½)
c5 3.Rd6#
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2.2 B N Lewis Sunday Chronicle, 1944 
Mate in 3 |
1.Bg2! (1)
(2.Sg5+ Kc4,Kxd6 3.Qd5# (1)
Kd4 3.Qc3#
e4,Qe4 3.Qd3#)
1...Qf5 2.Qd3+ Ke6 3.Qc4# (½)
1...Qxe4 2.Qxe4+ Kxd6 3.Qd5# (½)
Ke6 3.Qxe5#
1...Bxf6 2.Qd3+ Ke6 3.Sc5# (½)
1...Kd4 2.Qd1+ Ke3 3.Qd2# (½)
Kc4 3.Bf1#
1...Kc4 2.Sd2+ Kxb5 3.Qb7# (½)
Kd4 3.Qc3#
1...Ke6 2.Sc5+ Kxd6 3.Qd5# (½)
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3.1 Yuri Bazlov 5th Prize, Olympiev JT, 1997 
White to play and win |
1.Rc8! (i) (½) 1...a2! (ii) 2.Be4+ (½) 2...Ka1! (iii) 3.Rc1+! (iv) (1) 3...Nxc1 (v) 4.b8B! (vi) (1) 4...Nd3 5.Bxd3 (1) 5...Qh4+ 6.Bhf4! (vii) 1–0 (viii) (1)
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3.2 V Sabinin 3rd Prize, Odessa Ty., 1983 
White to play and draw |
1.Na5+ (½) 1...Kxb5 (i) 2.a7 (1) 2...a3+ 3.Kb3 (½) 3...Be6 (ii) 4.c4+ (1) 4...bxc3 5.a8Q (1) 5...Rd8+ 6.Kxa3 (iii) ½–½ (1)
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4.1 Roman Fedorovich & Ivan Soroka 4th Comm., Ivunin-50 JT, 1997 
Helpmate in 2; 2 solutions |
1.Qh6 Qd1 2.Kg6 Se5# (2½) 1.Qf7 Bg2 2.Ke6 Sc5# (2½) |
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4.2 Zdenek Meergans Comm., Sachova skladba, 1987 
Helpmate in 4; 3 solutions |
1.Bc4 Sxc2 2.Be6 Kd3 3.Re5+ Se4+ 4.Kd5 Sb4# 1.Re7 Sxc2 2.Qe4 Se3 3.Qc6 Kd4 4.Rc7 Sf5# 1.Bf4 Sxg2 2.Be5+ Kd2 3.Kd5 Se3+ 4.Kd4 Sb3#
1 solution = 1 point |
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5.1 Valery Shavirin 4th Place, 14th Team Championship of Russia, 2001 
Mate in 4 |
1.Rf7! (1)
(2.Sd6+ Kg5 3.Re5+ Kh4,Kh6 4.Rxh7#) (1)
1...Sf3 2.Rfe7 & 3.Re5+ Sxe5 4.Be6# (½)
1...Sd3 2.f3 (3.Sf~#)
Se5 3.Sh5+ Sxf7 4.Sg7# (½)
1...f3 2.Sd5+ Kg4 3.Se3+ Kh3,Kh4,Kh5 4.Rxh7# (½)
1...h6 2.h4 (3.Sd6#)
Rxh4 3.Sd6+ Kg5 4.Re5# (½)
f3 3.Sd6+ Kf4 4.Re4# (½)
1...h5 2.h3 (3.Sf~#)
Rxh3 3.Sd5+ Kg4 4.Rxf4# (½)
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5.2 Hans Vetter Manchester Guardian, 1952 
Mate in 5 |
1.Kg2! (1)
(2.Bh5#)
1...Qa8 2.c6 (3.Bh5#)
Qxc6 3.Kh3 (4.Bh5#)
Qxf3+ 4.Rxf3+ Bf6 5.Rxf6,h8S# (2)
Qc3 4.h8S+ Qxh8+ 5.Bh5# (2)
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6.1 Viacheslav Kopaev 2nd Prize, Lebedkin MT, 1996 
Selfmate in 2 |
1.Qh5? (2.Qg6+ Rxg6#)
1...Bxc4!
1.Qf5! (½)
(2.Qg6+ Rxg6#) (½)
1...Sd5+ 2.c5+ Qxc5# (1)
1...Sxc4+,Sc8+,Sa8+ 2.Qc5+ Qxc5# (½)
1...Bxc4 2.Qxd7+ Sxd7# (1)
1...Rxg5+ 2.Qf6+ Bxf6# (1)
1...Rg6+,Rh7+,Rxf7+,Rg8+ 2.Qe5+ Bxe5# (½)
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6.2 Udo Degener 1st HM., US Problem Bulletin, 1993 
Selfmate in 5 |
1.d4! (1)
(2.Ra6+ e6 3.Sb6+ Kc6 4.Sc4+ Kd5 5.Se3+ Bxe3#) (1½)
1...Bg3 2.Rg6+ e6 3.Bxe6+ Kc6 4.Bg4+ Sf6 5.Bxf3+ Sxf3# (½)
Kd5 5.Bxf3+ Sxf3# (½)
1...Bxd4 2.Bf6+ Be5 3.Rxe5+ Kd4 4.Re3+ Kd5 5.Rd3+ Sxd3# (½)
Sxf6 5.Rd3+ Sxd3# (½)
exf6 5.Rd3+ Sxd3# (½)
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