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SEPTEMBER 1994
EDITOR:
SOLUTIONS EDITOR:
SELECTIONS EDITOR:

B D Stephenson, 9 Roydfield Drive, Waterthorpe, SHEFFIELD, 519 6ND

M McDowell, 136 St. Luke's Road, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA,Essex, SS2 4AG
J R Coward, 25 Elmwood Avenue, HARROW Middlesex, HA3 8AJ

All originals printed here take part in the normal

Problemist tournaments, so that publication .in this
supplement is equivalent to publication in the main
magazine.

For this supplement, I am looking for straightforuard

originals of all types. ldeally, they should be pointed, well
constructed, and have entertainment value. lf you think
that you have anything suitable, please submit it to me at
the address above. I would appreciate it if composers

would submit problems clearly drawn or stamped on

diagrams, please. I would also be happy if composers
could somehow hide the solution, so that I may have a

The changes are between try-play and actual play,

and in many cases the threat (or the try{hreat) forms part
of the cycle. Cyclic change in any form is not easy to
achieve when one considers that each white mate in turn
must be valid after only one black reply and unsound
after both the others. An even more difficult task is to
show cycric chanses between

erly done in the prize-

A PITUK

winning problem

1st Plae, Backa Bystri TT, 1958

Pituk alongside. The

key takes guards

Apologies to Colin Russ for two typing errors of mine

in his article last issue. Of course, the Breuer book was
published in 1982, as indicated above diagram (B), and
not 1892 as suggested in the text alongside. Also, three

unavoidable, until

Tony Lewis

showed
me the more economical setting given below. Even the cookstopping black pawns

lines from the boftom of the article, the move 1.Bd8?

should read 1...8a8?

For a long time before The Problemist Supplement

went to press with its first issue, I spent considerable
time trying to come up with the right title for this little
magazine. I am somewhat dissatisfied with the current

I would like to make the

SELECTTOTVS

feature an

occasional guest one, with articles by different contributors. I would particularly like pieces by solvers, explaining
why they liked (or disliked!) particular problems. Accordingly, contributions are invited. John Coward will continue
to contribute, as he does below, but in a less regular

by

away from e4, b5 and

(by interference after
1...8-) from c5, but
adds guards to b6, f4
and e3. ln view of the
task I thought the
heavy white force was

chance of solving their originals. Many thanksl

The supplement has its own unified solving ladder and
all are eligible to enter it. Prizes are in line with the main
magazine.

title. Can anybody out there suggest something better?

*.!*r?i.1."i1,i3,,3'lLrl

at a4 and b3

disaD-

pear when the white

R T LEWIS
Version of A Pituk above

queen

is

downgraded

to a rook. Also, 1.b3?

and 1.b4?

become

tries (although merely

'technical' tries - see
my article in the May
issue), defeated only

fashion.

by the

Again, an extra page of originals this issue, to try and

decrease my somewhat enlarged stock, especially of

1.a4? KcS!

immediate

1...Kc3! So also does

fairies. After them. Robert Lincoln writes about black

pawns.

BDS

SELECTIONS
Cyclic change is a fairly modern theme, usually shown
in the 2-move threat problem is the form 1.Try? a 2.4 1.Key! a
2.C
b 2.8
b
2.4
2.C
2.5

Solution:- 1.Sds 0

1...KeS
1...Kcs

Set
2.d4
2.Bxe3

1...B-

2.86

Actual

B6
d4
Bxe3

JRC

soLUTloNs (MAY

Kc8 3.894 #. "Rather sparse and lacking in point."

(J.Quah) "Not as easy as it seemed, and 2.Bc
particularly quiet and pleasing." (K.Dewhurst) "Sub-

1994)

standard;

#) 1...Ke4/Kc5ics 2.Kd6/
teaser." (J.Gill) 'Nicely done."

PS2O8 (Mayhew) 1.Ke7! (2.Of5

Ke6/Qf3

#.

"Quite

PS209 (Lincoln) 1.8a7? 1...8,c5 1.8b2? 1...Rc3!; 1.897?

1... Bf6l ; 1. Bg 1 ? 1... Rxg 1 !; 1 . Be5?'1... Rf4!; 1.Bt2l (2 -e4 #)
1... Re3,/Rf4/Re1, Rd4/Rxf2 2.Sxe3(2.Sf4?)/Sxf4(Se3?)/
R(x)d4lSe3 #. "lmpressive control of key bishop." (BPB)
"Tries less than impressive." (l.T.Zimmerman) "Tricky
choice of key." (JG) "Some solvers describe the mainplays 1...Re3 and 1...Rf4 as examples of the Java theme;
however that particular kind of dual avoidance requires
both the white mate and the attempted mating move to
close a white line of guard. Here each black defence has
already cut one of the guards on d4, hence full Java
strategy is not shown." (MM)

PS210 (Lincoln) 1.Qa8? (2.Sf6,Sc3 #) 1...Qxd5/Rxd5

2.Rf4/Re3 # 1..b4t; 1.Qg2t (2.Rf4,Re3 #) 1...Qxf3/
Rxf3/Kxd5 2.Sffi/Sc3/Rxd3 # "Stylish'Odessa'theme
(with flight-giving key!) shown in the pattern Try? Q.NA)
"Strong

double-checking battery, but neat self-pins." (JG) "Try

and key play not well-matched; no active self-pins after
tty." [Z) "Whether an 'Odessa' example or, as another
solver describes it. a "double pseudo-Le Grand", the idea
is at least clear-cut." (MM)
PS211 (Petite) 1.8f6 A? (2.Sc3) 1...8xb5 b/Sb1 2.exf/
C/Qxf3 1..Bxd3 al; 't.Bg5 B? (2.Sc5) 1...Bxd3 a/Sb3
2.exf7 C/Qxf3 1 ..Bxbs b!; 1.exff C! (2.8f5) 1...8xd3

a/Bxbs b/Be6 2.895 8/86 A/Rxe6 "The refutations

1...8xd3 and 1...8xb5 are strong black moves in the
diagram, giving flights to the BK. They are not set, hence

mates must be provided by the key. When solving,

ight-taking key." (B.lngre)

PS2{4 (Saunders) 1.a4!

(C.Vaughan) "lmmaculate construction, but identical anticipation by WGleave, English Mechanic 1891 " (B.P.Barnes) "An idea which goes back as least as far as
T.Jensen, Schachzeitung 1870 (No.89A in "The Vvhite
King"). A neat version with additional battery play is
C.Mansfield, British Chess Magazine 1982 4s3l1p4p1l
6pl/1RB 1k3/bl p512P3KB|4PIQ1t5R2 #2 1.Kf3.' (MM)

alb 2.ClD Key! (2.C/D) cld 2.N8." (BPB)

fl

never saw the tries and so initially missed the point of the
problem.' (BDS) "Half-baftery and ingenious recurrence
of mate C (2.exfZ) as key-move adds interest to this
Banny theme example, although clearly the pieces on c8
and h6 must be brought into play." (BPB) "Obvious key."
(JO) "The Banny theme pattern runs as follows - fry A?
alTry B? b! Keyl a/b 2.8/A." (MM)

PS212 (Dambassis) Set 1...Se-/Sf-/B-/d4! 2.Sc6/Sd7i

d4t-;1.Ra4? (2.f4#) 1...d42.cxd4# but 1..Sfg6!; 1.Rh4?

01..d42.cxd4 # but 1..Sxc8!; 1.8b7? 0 1...d42.t4#but

1..Seg6!; 1.8b2! 0 1 ...Se-/Sf-/B-/d 4 2.ScGlSd7 I d4l cxd4
# "1 ...d4 is the only unprovided move in the diagram. The
hies (which provide for 1..-d4) must be attempted to
ensure that they are not cooks. By arranging tries that
provide for unprovided strong black moves, composers
wiil ensure that solvers see their intention. An unprovided
check or flight has always been considered a serious flaw
in a problem because of the help it gives the solver, but
when several tries as well as the key provide for it, it can,
in my opinion, become a positive merit." (BDS) "Grandiose ''Zappas" theme with cyclic loss of control of the triply
guarded e6. Poor key, but mixed means of making tries
work is admirable." (BPB)
PS2l3 (Vitale) 1.Qb1! (2.Qb7 or 2.Qh7) 1...K6 2.Bc6

Ke6 3.Q96 #; 1...Kd6 2.Qb6+ Kd7 3.894 #; 1...Kd7 2.Qb6

1...bxa3ep 2.Rxc3 (3.Rc8)

Bc4 3.Qe7 #; 1...f5 2.Q95+ Sffi 3.Qxfti #; 1...Sf4 2.Bxf4

0
#; 1...S93 2.Bxg3 0 fsl
Bc-/Be- 3.Q95/Rc8/Qe7 #; 1...Sx97 2.Sxg7 0 fs/Bc-/
AfTlBe- 3.Q95/Rc8/Qe7/Qe7,Qe8 #. "Sustained

fslBc-/Be- 3.895/Rc8/Qe7

zugzwang." (JG) "A curiosity - after 1..Sxg7 2.Sxg7 Black

cannot save himself by capturing en passant. WPa2 was
an unlikely key piece, masquerading as a cookstopper to
prevent Ra2-xa5-a8." (Ja) "Pity key prevents Black's
only unprovided move." (A.Ettinger)
PS215 (Huseynli) 1.Bd1l e6 2.Se2 Kf3 3.Sf4+ Ke3 4.592
"Enjoyable miniature with Indian strategy. Nothing
original, but note the dual-stopping role of the BP.' (JO)
"Short but sweet logic." (JG)

#.

PS216 (lnnocenti) l.axblB f8B 2.Be4 Bd6 #; l.fxglS f8S

2.Sf3 Sxg6 #. "Shiking for its Phoenix theme (captured W
piece
replaced by promotion) with BB and BS
assuming the role of captured WB and WS, but surely not
a 3WBs theme?" (BPB) "Reminded me of J,Korponai

is

(v. E.Albert), Arbejder-Skak 1 955 8l 3P 4 I 81 5I<2/3kP3/1 P6/

2P1p3l8 h#2 b)WPc2 to d2 a)1.elB d8B 2.8c3 Bb6 b)
1.elS d8S 2.Sd3 Se6, although in PS216 the selfblocks
are on squares initially guarded." (MM)

PS217 (Siotis) 1.8e5 Qxg6 2.Sf4 Qgl #; 1.Qe5 Qf4

2.5c3 Bf2 #. "Black starts off with 6 potential interferences on the g1-c5 diagonal, yet that is where mate
comes from in both solutions!" (J.R.Coward) "Satisfoing
shut-off effects." (BPB) "Line-opening effect missing from
1.8e5 creates a feeling of deception." (lTZ)

PS218 (Geissler) 1...Qe8+ 2.Kd5 Kb7 3.Kd6 Qc6 #;

1...Qa7 2.Kd5 Be7 3.Kc6 Qb7 #. "Two intriguing opening
moves. Would welcome an article on the function/
desirability of 'half move starts to helpmates." {BPB)
"Difficult solving, as there is no connection between the
solutions." (JQ) "Whose going to provide the article? |
would also welcome it and would publish it!" (BDS)
PS219 (Rice) (a) 1.Kal Kc3 2.b'1R Ra3 #; (b) 1.a3 Sd4
2.Ka1 Kb3 3.blS Sc2 # (c) 1.a3 Ba4 2.Ka2 Kc3 3.b1R
Kc2 4.Ral Bb3 #. 'Witty twinning." (KD) "Very good

- would have been magical with bishop

in (c)." (BPB, sim. S.Emmerson) "Excellent

sequences
promotion

gag - best problem of a rather weak selection." (T.Linss)

PS220 (Rothwell) 1.Od4? 1...Sc41 (2.Rxc4?); 1.Qfr5? Sfl!
(2.Rxf7?); 1.8c2? 596!; 1.Qh8! (2.Qxe5 B2 #) 1...Sf3/
Sd3/Sg4/Sc4iSg6/Sc6/Sff/Sd7ic2 2. Rxf3/Bxd3/Rxg4/Rxc4lBxg6/Sxc6/RxfTlSxdTlBxc2 Bn #. "Half-pin, knight

wheel and grab theme with good tries." (SE) "WQ

interferences on WR well worth showing." (BPB)

PS221 (Chumakov) 1.Qf21 (2.Sc5+ Sxcs 3.Re6+ Sxe6 #)

1._.Re8 2.Re5+ Rxes+ 3.Qf5+ Rxf5 #: 1...8a7 2.Qe3+
Bxe3+ 3.Rf4+ Bxf4 #. "Beautifully matched vailations, in
a position where the WK looks safe." (KD) "S, B and R all
deliver mate. Good
dragged around the board
problem." (SE) "Neatly constructed." (JQ)

to

PS222 (Hammarshom) 1...Sd4 (lfs) 2.Kh4 (lf4) Kf5 (lg5)

3.Kg3 (lf4) Se2 (lg2) 4.KB (tf2) Sgl (lhl) #. "Nightmare
to solve - difficulty its chief merit.' (KD) "No point." (AE)
"Not worth spending hours on a single line of play." (TL)

PS223 (Sikdar) 5.91=5 7.Sc3 9.Kb2 10.Sdl 11.c1=R

12.Rb1 13.Kcl 14.Sb2 Rc3 # 'Fun to solve and

reasonably challenging.' (Ja) 'Very enjoyable." (KD) "To
those naughty people who copied their solution from
Guardian-shame on youl (MM)

lf,e

PS224 (Olausson) (a) 1.b1=N d8=Q 2.Nd5 Qxds (+1161;

#; (b) 1.bxc1=Pao (+NcB) d8=N 2.Paogl Nf2 # "'Note that
the rules applied for fairy promotions in this problem were
special (as was mentioned in the notes - which some
solvers ignored - MM). Normally either side can promote
to any orthodox piece or to any fairy piece present in the
initial position. lf this strict rule had been applied to
PS.224, (b) would have had no solution, as the initial
position of (b) does not contiain a Pao!" (BDS) "Tricky the promotion to an orthodox piece was unexpected!"
(SE) "Totally disparate solutions make for a good puzzle."
(KD)

PS225 (Nebotov) (a) 1.Re2 Rxds (+Ra8) 2.Rf2 Rd1 #;

1.Re2 Res 2.RP Re1 #'ln (b) the WR must stop at e5
because RxdS would result in the reborn BR giving check
from h1. Note that in (b) 3.Kxe1 is illegal because the WR

would give check, not from

al,

but from e8! (MM)

"Solutions elegantly forced without strain. Although they

are rather mundane, the problem is not bad for 6 Dieces.'

(Jo)

Corrcctions. Klaus Wenda corrects his PSl88 (Jan.

1994) by moving bPd3 to d4.

MM

ORIGINALS
The #2 under PS253 to PS258 means 'White to ptay
and mate in two moves against any defence.' PS259 to
PS261 are also directmates, but longer.

Michael starts us of with a miniature, and then comes

PS254, our second contribution from the Principality. lt's
a first composition, although the composer acknowledges
some assistance from Barry Barnes. PS255 is our
regular contribution from Bob Lincoln and with PS256 we
welcome taskmaster Sir Jeremy Morse who's up to his
usual tricks. Senior composer Professor Emilio Battaglia
gives us some traditional style play in PS257, as does
our valued Dutch contributor with P3258.
Fingers crossed for our solutions editor, who hopes

that his PS259 is original. The second

three-mover,

PS260, should provide tougher material. The four-mover

PS26l by one of our lndian friends should

prove

enjoyable to solvers.

PS262

to

PS268 are helpmates

in which

Btack,

playing first, co-operates with \Mite so that Vvhite can

mate Black in the number of moves soecified. Note the
twinning in PS262 and PS263. In these problems, part
(a) is the diagram position, but there is atso part (b) to be
solved. Part (b) is reached by following the instructions

below the diagrams. The remaining helpmates have

single solutions, except PS264 and PS265 which both
have two solutions, as indicated under the diagrams.

PS2b9 and PS270 are selfmates in which \A/hite

plays first and forces an unwilling Black to mate him.
PS269, which shows a familiar directmate idea in
selftnate guise, may prove tricky, while PS270 should
prove a tough nut to crack.

The imitator in PS271 is a colourless, non-checking,

non-capturable, non-capturing piece that exactly imitates
each move as it is played. A move is illegal if the
coresponding imitator move is blocked by another unit or
by the board edge. In the example, the black king is not

107

in check because the white queen cannot move to the

right, because the imitator cannot.
P5272, P5273 and PS277 are serieshelpmates in
which Black plays a sequence of consecutive moves
(without Vvhite playing at all) to reach a position where
Vvhite can mate in one. The grasshopper in PS277
(abbreviation 'G') moves and captures on Queen lines by
hopping over the first man of either colour standing on
one of those lines to the square beyond that man as long
as that square is either empty or occupied by an enemy
piece. In PS277 the G can go to a3 or c6, but can't make
any captures.
PS274

is a

serieshelpstalematq which

is like

serieshelpmate except that the aim is stalemate of the

black king.

PS275 and PS279 use the popular Circe condition.

When captured, a piece (not a king) is immediately
replaced on its square of origin (game array square) if
that square is empty; in the case of rook, bishop or knight
on the square of the same colour as that on which it was
captured. Thus a white rook captured on h8 (a black
square) would be replaced on al, provided that al was
empty; if al was occupied the rook would be removed
from the board as in a normal capture. Pawns go to the
initial square of the file they were captured on. A replaced
rook is deemed not to have moved for castling purposes.
The Neut.al Men in PS275 belong simultaneously to
both Black and Vvhite. They may be moved by the side
that is to move. Neutral pawns are moved up the board
by White and down the board by Black. \A,/hen a neutral
pawn promotes, it proinotes to a neutral piece. Neither
side may leave its king en pnse to a neutral piece. Either
side may capture a neutral piece and a neutral piece may

capture

neutral piece. Mate is only possible with

neutral piece if the opponent can't somehow move the

mating piece away from its aftacking position. For
examples, please see Mark Ridley's article in the
November 1993 issue. With the Circe condition in force,
captured neutral pieces are reborn as if they were pieces
belonging to the side not doing the capturing. For
example, in PS275, if \A/hite were to ptay 1...1(Xa2 the
neutraf pawn would be rebom on a7. The Supplementis
very pleased to have this, the first of a series of originals
from Grandmaster Petko PetkovRonald Turnbull provides a new (to me, at least!) fairy
condition called Brenner Ghess. In this, captures of a
king are illegal if the opposing king remains in check. In
PS276, if the white knight d2 did not exist, and it was
Black to play, Black could play 1...Rh2; but as it is, the
black rook is pinned...
Another fairy form presented in the Supplement for
the first time is Exclusive Ghess, presented here by its
inventor. In this, mate is only allowed if the mating move
is the only mating move available at the time. In PS278
'1.R8f4 and 1.R2f4 are both illegal.

Composers please note that

am still, as ever it

seems (!), very short of good selfmates, and I have no

reflexmates at all. Quick publication of good examples of
these genres is guaranteed!
Send your solutions and comments to Michael Mc-

Dowell (address

on front page) within 2 months of

receiving this issue. Enjoy your solving!

BDS

PS255 RA LINCOLN

PS253 M MCDOWELL

(usA)

(Southend)

PS256 C J MORSE
(London)

PS259 M MCDOWELL
(Southend)

PS257 E BATTAGLIA
(ttaty)

PS26O E FOMICHEV
(Russra)

PS258 HBFBOUMEESTER
(The Nethedands)

PS261 S MANTHA
(lndia)

PS262 S MANTHA

PS264 C JONSSON

(tndia)

(Sweden)

H#2 (b) bRhB -> a8

H#2 (b) bKcT ->

PS265 E PETITE

PS266- N SIOTTS

(Spain)

fl#2

12

(Grcece)

PS267 L VITALE
(tatY)

2 sols

PS268 C JONSSON

PS269 J BUGLOS

(Sweden)

(Hungary)

Sf2

Tries

PS27O SVERTELKA
(Lithuania)

PS273 J MAYHEW
(Plymouth)

H#2 Set play; lmitator h4

PS274 V RAMASWAMY

SH#10

PS275

A PETKOV

PS276 R TURNBULL
(Thomhiil)

(Bulgaria)

(lndia)

#2

P5277 A J SOBEY

PS278 J J BURBACH

Brenner Chess

PS279 J M RICE
(Sutbiton)

(The Nethedands)

(Hindhead)

tl2

Tries: Exclusive Chess

#2 Cice

deal with 1...c6! The surprise 1.f8=S springs 2.Qb5 # for

the captures and defeats 1...c6 via 2.Qe6 #.

BLACK PAWN MAGIC

by

I employed

Robert Lincoln

R A LINCOLN
Original

Black pawns usually pericrm a negligible role in chess

a
in

the following. 1.Rc5

puts 2.Kds # (A),

2.Ke5 # (B), and 2.Kf5

problems. They are generally placed to seal off llights or

stop cooks. Oddly enough, interesting effects can be
provoked from starting squares. Where a black pawn

# (C) on tap. The fl/

footman will participate

in combinative sepa-

makes four moves for whatever reason. we have

ration of triDle threats.

Pickaninny.

1...fx96 2.A/8, 1...c0

2.BtC, 1...16 2.NC.

This sprightly morG HOFFMAN

1st Prize, Die Schwalbe, 1940

Pickaninny gadget

sel illustrates the oro-

1...Kb4

2.4,

1...fxe6
2.C.

2.8, and 1...f5+

cedure clearly. 1.Qe2

leads to 1...e6 2.Qb5
#, 1...e5 2.Q94 #, and
1...ex6 2.Qe8 #. Finally, 1...exd6 simply
Dermits the threat

The black bishop allows 'all of the above',

1...B92 at "none of the

bove" 1 ...8xf3+

2.1<xt3#.

(2.Qxe7 #) to occur.

L LARSEN
(v) 2nd HM., BCF, 196819

Three-movers utilise the idea quite well.

The key 1.Qd8 intends
2.exfl+. Variations in-

clude 1...fro 2.Qxd5+

Kxds 3.Rfs #, 'l...fs

2.Rxe4 Kxe4 3.892 #,

1...fxe6 2.Rxe6+ l(Xe6

*2
P HOFFMAN
1st Prize, Die Schwalbe,1981

3.QeB # and 1...fx96

2.Rf5+ Kxfs 3.8h3 #.
Sacrificial jolts land on

Ordinarily, Black's

four moves

ilne openrng,

involve

each orthogonal escape hatch - the so

square
blocking, and self injury. The next example
shows a rare instance

called plus flights-

of

interference. The
black Queen is stuck
as she must simultaneously watch e5 and

h3. Afier 1.Qe8 the

black pawn produces
'f ...fO 2.Qa4 #, 1...ts

2.8h5 #,
#2

(b) Sf3 -> c6

1...fxe6

2.QxeG #, and 1...fx96

2.Qxg6 #. Part (b) embarks 1.QfB with 1...f6

2.Qb4

#.

#,

1...f5 2.Qxf5

1...fxe6 2.4f4 #.

and 1...fx96 2.Qf3 #. The twinning device

prompts

ingenious changes.

J SAVOURNIN
5th Prize, Ihdmes-64, 1966

Jacoues Savournin
comDoses much in the

field of progressive
elimination Here

he

parlays Pickaninny de-

fences to good purpose. 1.898? is met

by any c7 pawn move.

1.f8=R?

to

2.898 #

continue

acquires

2.Se3 # for 1...c5 but

fails to the other three.
1.f8=B? adds 2.Sxb6 #
1...cxb6 but has
nothing for the remain-

for

ing two.

1.f8=Q?
orimes 2.Qxd6 # for
1...cxd6 but does not

WJORGENSEN
Bilten, 1962

An even more cao'

tivating feat from a

Danish exoert. 1.Qh7

(2.Rxgs+) lures the e7

Dawn ahead. Then the

fireworks -

-..eG

2.Ra4+ Sxa4 3.d3 #,

1...e5 2.Rxf4+

3.dxe3 #,

Kxf4

1...exd6

2.Sxd6+ Kd4 3.dxc3 #,

1...ex6 2.Res+ Kxes
3.d4 #. Fourfold tactics
by a white pawn are

descrlbed as an Albino. 1...e6 furnished

an alternate route

2.Ra4+ Rxa4 3.dxe3

#. Added variety is

normally welcome. But here it mars the intrinsic unity of

the d-pawn's mating pattem.

A POPANDOPULO
Shakl,mafy v SSSR, 1940

A fine clearance
swoop 1.Ra1 unlocks
this five mover. White

builds

112
Y AFEK
1st Prize, lsrael Ring Ty., 1983

queen/rook
battery against 1...6+
2.KtS tue5 3.Rxc4 e4
4.Rxe4 52- S.RxS #.

Similarly,

1...fxgO

2.Rd5 52- 3.Rd4+ Sg2

4.Re4 52- 5 RxS #. A

rook/bishop duo acts

to repulse

1...fxe6
2.8b1 Se2 3.8c2+ Sgl

4.8d1 51- 5.BxS #.

Also, 1...f5 2.Bh5 14

3.Bdl f3 4.Qxf3 51S.BxS #

s#2

ANYONE FOR KOOCING?

G BAKCSI
'I

st Prize, Arbejder Skak, 1960

Reshuffling yields

another Albino in
Bakcsi's helpmate.
The diagram

version

proceeds 1.dxc6 dxc3

Shorly after the July issue went to press, I received

this further correction to that Nanning #3. lt's from Darko
Nesek of Zagreb and shows yet another method of

correction.

2.c5 Qbs #.

Section
(b) goes 1.dxe6 dxe3
2.Rd7 Qxe6 #. Phase
(c) reveals 1.dO d3
2.Qh8+ QxhS #. The

last scenario gives

1.d5 d4+ 2.Kd6 Sbs #.

Every stroke of
Black's pawn is ex-

actly mimicked by his

H#2 (b) bKc4 -> e5

counterpart.

D NESEK
Version of Nanning, 1953

1.Ba3!

(2_Sxe6+ Kds 3.Sxc7,

Sf4 #); 1 ... Re5+

2.Sb5+ Qc4/Kd5
3.Qxc4/Sxc7 #;
1...Qhs+ 2.Sf5+ Kds

3.Sxe3 #; 1...Kd5
2.exd3 (3.Qc4,Qb3,c4
#) Sxc6+ 3.QxcG #;

1...dxe2 2.Qc2+ Kd5

3.c4#.
I urge beginners to

study these recon-

(c) Further bsc3 -> f4

(d) Further bReT -> d8

structions

by

other

composers, as there is

much technique to

G PAROS
2nd Ptize, Sao Paulo Ty., '1956

Dr. Paros serves

up a Pickaninny in a
spare setting. The set
play solutions are
't...Kd3 dxc6 2.Qe5 #,
1...b5 dO 2.Qa2 # and
1...Qc2 dxe6 2.Qc5 #.

The actual play

is
1.Kxc6 Qb8 2.d5 b5 #.

H#2 3 set play solutions

In my concluding selfmate (top of next

column),
prepared lines exist for 1...dxc6 2.d3 Kxcs # and 1...dxe6
2.d4 l<xc4 #. A try 1.d3? has 2.Rxd6 for 1...d6, but 1...d5!
A related attempt 1.d4? has 2.cxd5 for 1...d5, but 1...d6!
The correct way substitutes new strategy. 1.Sxf3 keeps

the black king imprisoned and forces the black knight to

mate. 2.exd6 stoDs 1...d6 or 1...d5 while 1...dxc6 falls to
2.d4 and 1...dxe6 to 2.d3. Note now set play replies are
reversed in the familiar reciprocal change.
I think these samples should dispel any notion that
Black pawns are boring!

rearn.

In case anyone would like another challenge, here is a

The
composer's solution is 1.Qb7! (2.Qxh7+ K6 3.Q97+ Kfs
4.096 #) 1...Kxe4 2.Sd6+ Kxd3 3.Qb1+ Kd2,Kc3 4.Se4 #;
1...Rd7 2.Qxd7 (3.Qxe6 #) Kxe4 3.Qxh7+ Kd5 4.Qb7 #
with two good mates, the first of which is a model. After
1...K6, both 2.Q97+ and 2.Res work, but this is probably
unimportant. The real problem is the cook 1.Rxh4! (2.Qf8
#) 1...cxd3 2.Qf8+ Kes
3.Q97+ Kf5 4.Qg5 #;
1...e5 2.Qe8 (3.Ofl #)
E N FRANKENSTEIN
2...Sf4 3.Ql/+ Ke4
Source unknown

#4 by Frankenstein which needs some attention.

4.Qxh7 #; 2...Rd6+
3.Sxd6+ Kf6 4.Qxe5,Qf7 #: 2...Kt6
3.Sc7+ & 4.Qf8,Qe6 #.

Who can now oro-

duce

a good, sound,

version of this?
Wouldn't

it be nice if

both the main

line

mates were models?

As before, I will publish the best that I

receive.

BDS