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
Mate in 2 |
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1.2
Mate in 2 |
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1.3 L Gugel & V Shipov Magyar Sakkvilag, 1930 Mate in 2 |
1.Se4! (2.Sd2#) (5) 1...Qxf5+ 2.Qxf5# 1...Qc6 2.Sfd6# 1...Qb7 2.Se7# 1...Kxe4 2.Bxd5# |
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2.1 Nikolai Glinskikh Schach, 1997 Mate in 3 |
1.c4! (1)
(2.Rg5+ Kf4 3.Sxe6#) (1)
1...Rc2 2.Qh6 (3.Qf4#) (1)
Se2 3.Sxf3#
f5 3.Qh8,Qg7#
1...Bc2 2.Kf7 (3.Qxf6#) (1)
Sd7 3.Sxc6#
1...Rxh5 2.Qxh5+ f5 3.Qh8# (1)
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2.2 György Bakcsi Sakkélet, 1998 Mate in 3 |
1.Qg2! (½)
(2.Qg8#)
1...Bxg2 2.Sxf5+ Sxd3,Rxd3 3.Se7# (1)
1...Sxg2 2.Sc2+ Bxd3,Rxd3 3.Sb4# (1)
1...Rxg2 2.Se2+ Sxd3 3.Sc3# (1)
1...Sc7 2.Se6+ Bxd3,Sxd3,Rxd3 3.Sxc7# (1)
1...Sb6 2.Qg8+ Kc5 3.Qc4# (½)
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3.1 L I Katsnelson & A P Maximovskikh 2nd Prize, Magadanskaya Pravda, 1986 White to play and win |
1.c6! (i) (1) 1...dxc6 (ii) 2.Rg8+! (1) 2...Kxe7 3.Rxg3 (½) 3...f4+ 4.Kxf4 (½) 4...f2 (iii) 5.Re3+ (½) 5...Kf6 (iv) 6.Rf3 (½) 6...c2 7.Ke3+ (½) 7...K~ 8.Kd2 1–0 (½)
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3.2 Mario Matous 4th Prize, Chervony Girnik, 1984 White to play and win |
1.Nc5 (½) 1...Qc8+ (i) 2.Kh2 (ii) (½) 2...Qb8+ (iii) 3.Kh1 (½) 3...Qxb6 4.Be4+ Ka7 5.Be3 (½) 5...h5 6.Kg1 (½) 6...h4 7.Kh1 (½) 7...h3 8.Kg1 (½) 8...h2+ 9.Kh1 (½) 9...Qb5 10.Nd7+ (½) 10...Ka6 11.Bd3 Qxd3 12.Nc5+ 1–0 (½)
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4.1
Helpmate in 2; |
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4.2 A Semenenko 1st Prize, Vasilevsky-115 JT, 2011 Helpmate in 4; 3 solutions |
1.Kxe3 Se4 2.Kd4 Sxg5 3.Ke5 Kxg6 4.Sd4 Sf7# 1.Kxd3 Sxb5 2.Ke4 Kh6 3.Ke5 Kxg5 4.Be4 exf4# 1.Kxc3 Kf7 2.Kb4 Ke8 3.Kc5 Kxd7 4.Sb4 d4# 1 solution = 1 point 2 solutions = 3 points 3 solutions = 5 points |
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5.1 Friedrich Binder Springaren, 1993 Mate in 4 |
1.Sd6! (1)
(2.Sg6+ Rxg6 3.Sf5#
2.bxa6 & 3.Sc8#)
1...Rf4 2.Sf5+ Rfxf5 3.Be1 & 4.Bb4# (1)
1...Rh5 2.Bg5 (3.Sg6,Sf5#)
Rgxg5 3.Sf5+ Rxf5 4.Sg6# (1)
Rhxg5 3.Sg6+ Rxg6 4.Sf5# (1)
Bxg5 3.Sf5+ Kf6 4.Rf8# (1)
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5.2 Valery Kopyl Problemist Ukrainy, 2011 Mate in 5 |
1.Bg4! (1)
[2.Bh3 (3.Bxg2#)
Kf3 3.Rf2+ Kxe3 4.Sf5+ Ke4 5.Bxg2# (½)
Ke4 4.Bxg2+ Kxe3 5.Sf5#] (½)
1...Rxh5 2.Sxf6+ Ke5 3.Sd7+ Ke4 4.Bf5+ Kf3 5.Se5# (1)
1...Sd6 2.Sxc5+ Ke5 3.Sxd3+ Ke4 4.Sc5+ Ke5 5.Sc6# (1)
1...Sd8 2.Sxc5+ Ke5 3.Sxd3+ Ke4 4.Bf5+ Kf3 5.Se1# (1)
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6.1 Yuri Berezhnoi (v. BDS) Stella Polaris, 1966 Selfmate in 2 |
1...Se2 2.Qd3 Bxg2# 1...Se4 2.Qxe4 Bxg2# 1...Sxf5 2.Rxf5 Bxg2# 1.Re3! () (2) 1...Se2 2.Rxe2 Bxg2# (1) 1...Se4 2.Rxe4 Bxg2# (1) 1...Sxf5 2.Qxf5 Bxg2# (1) |
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6.2 Carl Eckardt Honour Prize, Die Schwalbe, 1928 Selfmate in 5 |
1.Qa8! (1)
(2.Qe8 & 3.Qxe4+ Bxe4,Qxe4#)
1...Bf3 2.Qe8 (3.Qxe4+ Bxe4,Qxe4#)
Be2 3.Rxf6+ Kxf6 4.Qe5+ Kf7 5.Kxe4+ Bxc4# (4)
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