After one month the friend composer and judge in many solving contests Ioannis Garoufalidis pointed out that my study was anticipated, that is a similar study had already been published in 1943 in a magazine from Finland.
Mr I. Garoufalidis found this year and send to us for presentation a selfmate problem featuring the same theme.
In a selfmate White plays first and forces Black to mate.
The Phoenix theme is : [A pawn is promoted to a piece which was previously captured].
The specific problem is composed by Olaf Jenkner and Steven Dowd, and presents the theme three times.
 | (Problem 494) Olaf Jenkner & Steven Dowd Sachova Skladba, 2011 s#12 (10 + 9) |
| [KR6/2SpSp1p/p2P1P1P/rp5B/kp6/1p6/1P4P1/8] | |
The solution follows :
Key : 1.Sg6! hxg6 2.Be2 g5 3.h7 g4 4.h8=S g3 5.Sg6 fxg6
6.f7 g5 7.f8=S g4 8.Sfe6 dxe6 9.d7 e5 10.d8=S e4
11.Sb7 e3 12.Sxa6 Rxa6#
2 comments:
the heck is S???
In chess games there are only six kinds of chessmen. In composition there are more than a thousand.
S is for Springer.
N is for Nightrider.
Will you visit please the post http://chess-problems-gr.blogspot.gr/2008/03/exercise1-symbols-of-chessmen-chess.html
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