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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
10th Solving Contest of ESSNA, Solved Problems
10th Solving Contest of ESSNA (Attica, Greece)
June 09, 2013
Problems solved in 120 minutes (2 hours)
| Problem-704 G Heathcote, Chess Amateur, 1906 | Problem-705 S Levman, 1 Prize, 64 Shahmatnoe Obozrenie, 1938 |
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| #2, Mate in 2 moves (9+9) | #3, Mate in 3 moves (8+10) |
1.Qa5 ! (5) [2.Qxb4 #]
1...Qa3/c3/a4 2.Qc3 #
1...Qxc5 2.Qxd2 #
1...Qxa5 2.Sxb3 #
1...Qc4 2.Sc6 #
1...Kxc5 2.Qa7 #
1...dxc5 2.Qd8 #
1...Bxe6 2.Sxe6 #
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1.Bg7 ! [2.Sh6 [3.Sxf7 #]] (1)
1...c6 2.Bf8 (1) ~ 3.Bd6 #
1...c5 2.Re8 (1) ~ 3.Rd5 #
1...b6 2.Se7 (1) ~ 3.Sc6 #
1...b5 2.Rc2 (1) ~ 3.Rc5 #
Splendid differentiation after the black pawn move. |
| Problem-706 S Tolstoi, Freie Presse, 1975 | Problem-707 F Prokop, Ceski Slovo, 1923 |
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| #5, Mate in 5 moves (8+4) | =, White plays and draws (4+4) |
1.Bh2 ! zugzwang.(1) b4
2.Rg1 b3
3.Rh1 Kxg5
4.Be5(4) Kf5
5.Rh5 #
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1. Sb6+ Kb5
2. Sd4+ Kxb6
3. Sxe2(2) Bd1
4. Kh4! Bxe2
5. Bg5! g1=Q
6. Be3+(3) Qxe3 =
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| Problem-708 S Gavrilovski, Phenix, 2012 | Problem-709 W Jorgensen, 2 Prize, Die Schwalbe, 1966 |
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| h#4, Helpmate in 4 moves (4+3) | s#3, Selfmate in 3 moves (12+6) |
| 1.Kd6 Kf2 2.Bf6 e4 3.Ke5 Ke3 4.Rd6 f4 #(5) Switchbacks of the two kings. | 1.Ra7 ! (1) zugzwang. 1...Rxf6 2.f8=Q + Rf7 3.Qa8 (1) 1...Rxg5 2.f8=R + Rxg8 3.Rxg8 (1) 1...Rf4 2.f8=B + Kxe5 3.Bc5 (1) 1...Rxe5 2.f8=S + Kd6 3.Se6 (1) AUW in combination with black rook cross. |
Sunday, June 09, 2013
10th Solving Contest of ESSNA, Problems
10th Solving Contest of ESSNA (Attica, Greece)
June 09, 2013
Problems to be solved in 120 minutes (2 hours)
| 1 | 2 |
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| #2, Mate in 2 moves (9+9) | #3, Mate in 3 moves (8+10) |
| 3 | 4 |
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| #5, Mate in 5 moves (8+4) | =, White plays and draws (4+4) |
| 5 | 6 |
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| h#4, Helpmate in 4 moves (4+3) | s#3, Selfmate in 3 moves (12+6) |
#2: Write the key.
#3 and #5: Write the key, possible threats and all the variations until the one-before-the-last white move.
Study: Write all the moves until an obvious draw.
h#4: Write the full solution.
s#3: Write the key, possible threats and all the variations until the the last white move.
The solutions will be posted tomorrow!
#3 and #5: Write the key, possible threats and all the variations until the one-before-the-last white move.
Study: Write all the moves until an obvious draw.
h#4: Write the full solution.
s#3: Write the key, possible threats and all the variations until the the last white move.
The solutions will be posted tomorrow!
10th Solving Contest of ESSNA
The chess clubs of Attica, Greece, as a group are named ESSNA.
This group of clubs announced its 10th solving contest to be held in a "chess and RPG games" store and coffee shop, CAISSA, near the tallest building of Greece, the Athens tower.
There were 15 participants, some of them newcomers. The problems were very nice and easier in comparison with the previous contests. Some of the solvers were ranked by time, not points.
Champion of Attica is Harry Fougiaxis with 25 points (on max 30) and 101 minutes.
Second came a new solver, Anastassis Papargyriou with 25 points and 117 minutes.
Third was Costas Kordis with 25 points and 120 minutes.
First Junior Champion of Attica is Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis.
First Woman Champion of Attica is Marianna Pagkali.
First Chess Team is (one more time) "AO Zinon Glyfada".
This group of clubs announced its 10th solving contest to be held in a "chess and RPG games" store and coffee shop, CAISSA, near the tallest building of Greece, the Athens tower.
There were 15 participants, some of them newcomers. The problems were very nice and easier in comparison with the previous contests. Some of the solvers were ranked by time, not points.
Champion of Attica is Harry Fougiaxis with 25 points (on max 30) and 101 minutes.
Second came a new solver, Anastassis Papargyriou with 25 points and 117 minutes.
Third was Costas Kordis with 25 points and 120 minutes.
First Junior Champion of Attica is Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis.
First Woman Champion of Attica is Marianna Pagkali.
First Chess Team is (one more time) "AO Zinon Glyfada".
| 10th Solving Contest ESSNA 2013 | |||||||||
| Place | Name | #2 | #3 | #5 | = | h#4 | s#3 | Time(min) | Total |
| 1 | Fougiaxis Harry | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 101 | 25 |
| 2 | Papargyriou Anastassis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 117 | 25 | |
| 3 | Kordis Costas | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 120 | 25 |
| 4 | Konidaris Panagiotis | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 112 | 22 |
| 5 | Sklavounos Panagis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 20 | |
| 6 έως 7 | Anamodouras Leokratis | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 120 | 20 | |
| 6 έως 7 | Kourkoulos Arditis Stamatis | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 120 | 20 |
| 8 έως 9 | Petridis Evangelos | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 120 | 19 | |
| 8 έως 9 | Manolas Emmanuel | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 120 | 19 |
| 10 | Pagkali Marianna | 5 | 4 | 5 | 120 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Koerant Philippos | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 10 | |
| 12 | Anastasiou Marios | 5 | 103 | 5 | |||||
| 13 | Kassioumis Vassilis | 5 | 120 | 5 | |||||
| 14 | Kafiris Vassilis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 120 | 5 | |
| 15 | Giannakoulias Alexandros | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 1 |
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