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)
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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.
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| 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)
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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)
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| 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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