Ian Shanahan

57 Yates Avenue
Dundas Valley NSW 2117
AUSTRALIA
Phone: (H) (02)9871-4282

Sydney, 12 November 2015.

Nomination of Ian Shanahan for the Whyatt Medal 2015

Dear Controller,

Please find attached to the e-mail my collection of published chess problems, to be

considered for the 2015 Whyatt Medal.

LIST OF RELEVANT ACHIEVEMENTS

a. Published Articles etc. by Ian Shanahan concerning Chess Problems

1. A Basic Circe Variant: Strict Circe, The Problemist Vol.12 No.10 p.194, July 1986.
2. Ideal Circe Serieshelpstalemates with KBS versus K, Ideal-Mate Review No.40 p.15, AprilJune
1991.
3. Foreword to One Hundred Chess Compositions (by Peter Wong), Privately Published, Sydney,
Australia, p.6, July 1994.
4. A Footnote to Turning an Anderssen into an Indian, The Problemist Supplement No.16 p.126,
January 1995.
5. Chess Problem Corner (Part 1), Junior Chess: The Quarterly Magazine of the NSW Junior Chess
League No.6566 pp.6971, September 1995.
6. Foreword to 200 Chess Problems (by Arthur Willmott), Privately Published, Adelaide, Australia, pp.3
4, November 1995.
7. Chess Problem Corner (Part 2), Junior Chess: The Quarterly Magazine of the NSW Junior Chess
League No.67 pp.9395, November/December 1995.
8. Foreword to 100 Pawnless Chess Problems (by Arthur Willmott), Privately Published, Adelaide,
Australia, pp.34, February 1996.
9. Chess Problem Corner (Part 3), Junior Chess: The Quarterly Magazine of the NSW Junior Chess
League No.68 pp.6869, February/March 1996.
10. Chess Problem Corner (Part 4), Junior Chess: The Quarterly Magazine of the NSW Junior Chess
League No.69 pp.5659, May/June 1996.
11. Total Fleck Theme in #2 Miniature, The Problemist Vol.16 No.4 pp.170171, July 1997.
12. Black Intelligence, Mat Plus Vol.2 No.16 pp.154155, Winter 1997.
13. More Ideal Fleckery in #2 Miniature, The Problemist Vol.16 No.12 pp.465467, November 1998.
14. Tries and their Refutations in the Two-Mover: A Solvers Perspective, The Problemist Vol.17 No.12
pp.503504, November 2000.
15. BCPS [British Chess Problem Society] Tourney Award: Fairies 1995, The Problemist Vol.18 No.2
pp.7781, March 2001.

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b. Chess Problem Tourney Judgements made by Ian Shanahan
1. British Chess Problem Society: 1995 Fairies [unorthodox problem compositions], in The Problemist
Vol.18 No.2 pp.7781, March 2001.

c. Other Work by Ian Shanahan pertaining to Chess Problems

1. Editor of the Chess Problem column (Problem Billabong) in Australian Chess, 20032007 inclusive;
see the PDF attached to the e-mail of the complete collection.
2. Scanning, editing, and converting into downloadable PDFs a considerable amount of the archival
material found in the Australian chess-problem website OzProblems.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Shanahan.

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