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
#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 #
 
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
#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 #
 
1. Sb6+ Kb5 
2. Sd4+ Kxb6 
3. Sxe2(2) Bd1 
4. Kh4!  Bxe2 
5. Bg5! g1=Q 
6. Be3+(3) Qxe3 =

Problem-708
S  Gavrilovski,
Phenix, 2012
Problem-709
W Jorgensen,
2 Prize, Die Schwalbe, 1966
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.




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