Problem 4.
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White to play and mate( 5) Dual solution
Again from Pritchard, and again from a win by M. Leoncini, after 1. d4 2 Nc6, Nf6 3. Bg5, e4, Nf3 4. Nxd4, e6, Ke7, Nxf3 +. After some thought I managed to solve it, but found on looking at the solution that Leoncini played something completely different; Pritchard doesn’ t mention the dual solution. So White to play and win in two different ways.
* * * Now for some slightly harder ones. Solutions next issue:
Problem 5.
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White to play and mate( 7)
Again from the 1995 correspondence tournament, via Variant Chess, this was the tournament winner’ s only loss, and also the subject of a contest for readers of the magazine.
Peter Coast- Paul Byway Corr, 1995
1. e4 2. Nc6, d5 3. Qg4, Qxc8, Qxd8 + 4. Kxd8, dxe4, h5, Nf6( theory!) 5. d4, Bg5, Kd2, Bxf6 Bxe7 +( N) 6.(?) Bxe7, Bh4, Bxf2, Bxd4, Kd7, e3 +
Problem 6.
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White to play and mate( 7)
This and the next problem are from |
Variant Chess, Vol. 1, No. 1, |
January-March |
1990 |
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Malcolm Horne). |
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Problem 7.
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White to play and mate( 9)
I wasn’ t able to solve problem 6 or 7 myself. I’ m still not quite sure how I missed 6, since I had all the elements and thought I’ d tried every permutation, but I was nowhere near on 7.
Problem 8.
All the previous problems involve immediate mate, but one of the
attractive elements of PR is that there is much more to the game. It has been described as combining the precision of problem solving with competitive play, and often a player is faced with the problem of what to do if an immediate mate does not seem possible. With that in mind, here is a position that is partly based on a correspondence game, but is a new composition for this issue. As with any new analysis there can be holes, so I’ ll leave it as an openended question: how do you evaluate this position with Black to play on move 12? If my solution is correct, there are some twists and turns, so be warned.
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Black to play( 12)
Happy solving!
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