THE PROBLEMIST

SUPPLEMENT
ISSUE 155
JULY 2018

EDITOR: Geoff Foster

CONTENTS
20 Allchin Circuit, Kambah ACT 2902, Australia
(prob.supp@gmail.com) Circe Series-Mover Records, by Arno Tűngler . 649
Original problems PS3311-3322 . . . 650
Send solutions and comments to the Editor at
Solutions to January originals . . . 652
the above address
The Albino Theme, by David Shire . . 654
ORIGINALS EDITOR: John Rice Disappearing Nowotny: Part III, by Kabe Moen . 656
9 Manor Crescent, Surbiton KT5 8LG A Dawson Joke, by Michael McDowell . . 657
(jmandapr@gmail.com). Original Fairy Homebase Problems . . 657
All originals printed in the Supplement take part in the Solving Ladders 2017 . . . . 658
normal Problemist tourneys, so that publication here is Fairy solutions (January) . . . 659
equivalent to publication in the main magazine. Fairy originals PS3323-3328F . . . 660

Breaking Circe Series-Mover 5-Unit Records, by Arno Tűngler

Is Chess a sport? Are chess problems only an art? Besides solving competitions, the quest for tasks and
records has a certain “sporting” taste in the wide
realm of chess composition. Thus, from the very A Arno Tűngler B Joost de Heer, Paul
introduction of series-movers, problemists have Commended Rãican & Arno Tűngler
searched for the longest number of moves for ChessProblems.ca ChessProblems.ca
different stipulations. Let us have a short look at Bulletin April 2015 Bulletin December 2016
recent discoveries that use the Circe fairy condition
with just five units. [For definitions of Circe and wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
series-movers, see p.658.] dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwhwdwd wdwdndwd
In A it takes 20 moves to get rid of the black
bishop that is protecting the knight. 1.Ka2
dwgPdwdw dKdwdwdw
12.Kxc5(Bf8) 20.Kxf8 and after 22.Kxd6(Sb8) wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
23.Kc5 26.d8Q 27.Qd1 the queen gives a Circe- Iwiwdwdw dwdwdwdw
specific mate with 28.Qc2#. wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
With the direct stalemate goal there had been a dwdwdwdw dkdwGbdw
21-mover in 2010 but we were able to add three Ser-#28 Circe Ser-=24 Circe
moves with a new idea in B: a white bishop that is
not able to capture any of the limited black force! By 1.Kb4! 2.Bc3 3.Bb2 C Jean-Christian Galli
7.Kxf1(Bc8) 15.Kxc8 17.Kxe6(Sg8) 19.Kxg8 the wK has captured both black ChessProblems.ca
units twice and is now able to stalemate by 24.Kb3=. Bulletin April 2017
The amazing series-helpmate task C is a full 15 moves longer than the previous wdwdwdwd
record published in 2001! 1.Kg1 7.Kxa2(Rh1) 19.Kxa4(Pa2) 31.Kxa2 43.Ka4 dwdwdwdw
Ra1#. Please check why the black king cannot capture the white bishop that forces
him to do these large circuits. wdwGwdwd
dwdwdwdw
Finally the new Circe series-helpstalemate length record for 5 units, which PdKdwdwd
adds just 2 moves to a long-standing task of last century, can be found as PS3324
in the fairy originals section on p.660.
dwdwdwdw
Rdwdwdwd
Do you have a taste for sports in long series-movers? If so then you are invited dwdwdwdk
to visit the website http://bulletin.chessproblems.ca/ for free download of a Ser-H#43 Circe
bulletin that is mostly dedicated to series-movers.
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ORIGINAL PROBLEMS PS3311-3322

A warm welcome to Basil Umari, of Texas, whose first problem appears below. It’s true the position seems
familiar, but the try-play adds an extra dimension. Colin’s contribution shows a currently popular theme in 3-
move form, with double threats. Solvers will surely find Petros’s #4 rather more straightforward than some of
his recent moremovers.
It’s a pleasure to publish originals by Abdelaziz and Živko, both big names in the helpmate field. Our other
contributors this month are just as welcome, of course; I hope solvers enjoy what they offer us. You’ll see that
Geoff brings an amusing twist to the homebase pattern.
JMR

DEFINITIONS
White plays up the board in all positions.
In Directmates (those problems with a ‘#n’ notation below the diagram, where the ‘n’ denotes the number
of moves) White plays first (the key) and forces mate at latest on his nth move, whatever Black plays. Set Play
is what would happen if Black were to play first in the diagram position. For instance, in a #2 there is often set
play where black moves are followed by white mates and this can form part of the theme of a problem. Tries
are white moves that would solve but for a single black refutation. The black defences and white mates
following tries can form part of the theme of a problem.
In Helpmates (those problems with a ‘H#n’ notation below the diagram, where the ‘n’ denotes the number
of moves) Black plays first and co-operates with White to enable White to mate Black on White’s nth move.
These have a single solution unless otherwise indicated below the diagram. Sometimes, the number of moves
asked for in helpmates includes a half-move, such as ‘H#2½’. In these helpmates the normal sequence of moves
is preceded by a white move. So ‘H#2½’ indicates the following sequence: 1...W 2.B W 3.B W#. An asterisk
following the stipulation indicates the presence of set play, so H#2* means 1…W 2.B W# plus 1.B W 2.B W#.
Twins, indicated by a notation such as ‘(b) wPe2>d3’ under the diagram, are problems with more than one
position for solving. Unless otherwise stated, each twin position is formed from the diagram position.
Duplex problems are those where White fulfils the stipulation and then Black does. So a H#2 duplex has two
solutions, the first as in a normal helpmate and the second with White playing first and being mated by Black.

All the originals published in every issue of the Supplement are computer-tested. If the computer has
been unable to verify soundness, the symbol C? is shown. Otherwise solvers can assume that soundness has
been confirmed.
Send solutions and comments to the Editor by 1st December 2018.

PS3311 Basil Umari PS3312 Kabe Moen PS3313 Barry Barnes

(USA) FIRST PROBLEM (USA)

wdwdBdwd kdKdwGw$ wdwdwdwd

dwdwdwdw )w0wdwdw dwdwdrHw
wdwdRdwd wdwdwdwd wdpdwdwI
dwdNdw)w dwdpdwdw dw!NdP$w
wdwdwdkG wdwdwdwd rdwdkdpd
dwdwdw)w 4wdwdwdw dw)w0wGw
wdwdwdwd Qdwdwdwd wdwdPgwh
dwdwdKdw $wdwdwdb dwdwdwdw
#2 v #2 #2 v
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PS3314 Colin Russ PS3315 Petros Lambrinakos PS3316 Valery Surkov

(Greece) (Russia)

wdwdkdwd wdwdwdwd B$wdwdwd

dw0w)wdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdPdwGwd w!wdwdwd wdNdwdwd
dw0wHwdw dwdk0wdw 0wdwdwdw
ndwdwdw) wdwdwdwd kdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwIwdw dNdwdwdw
wdwdwdPd wdwdwdPd wdwdwdwd
dwdwIwdR dwdwdNdw Iwdwdwdw
#3 vv #4 vv S#8

PS3317 Živko Janevski PS3318 Emanuel Navon PS3319 Abdelaziz Onkoud

(Macedonia) (Israel) (France)

wdwdwdw1 wdrdwdwd bGwgw$wd

dwdwdwdw dwGNdwdw dwdpdwdq
wgwdwdwd wdwdw$wd wdn)k)wd
$wdwdpdw dwdphR0w 4ndwdwdw
wdBdkdwd w0wdkgpd wHwdwdwd
dwdwdwIw dpdwdw0w dwdPdwdw
wdp0wdwd wIw0wdPd wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwdrdw dwdwIwdw
H#2 3 solutions H#2 (b) –Rf6 H#2 4 solutions

PS3321 Evgeny Fomichev &

PS3320 Živko Janevski Michislovas Rimkus PS3322 Geoff Foster
(Macedonia) (Russia/Lithuania) (Australia)

bGwIwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdKdwd

$Ndw0wdw dwhwdwdw dw0w0wdw
w0pdwdwd w0wdqdwd wdwdwdwd
dw0p)whw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
Pgndwdwd wdwiwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwiwdwdw dw0w0wdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdKdPdwd wdPdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwdB4w 4wgwiwhw
H#3 (b) Bb8>c8 H#5 2 solutions H#6½
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PS3257
SOLUTIONS (January)
wdwdwIwd
dwdpdRdw PS3257 (Lincoln) 1.Se4? (>2.Rf6) d5! 1.Sg4? (>2.Rf6) d6 2.Re7; 1…Kd6!
wdwdkdwd 1.Sc4? (>2.Re5) d6! 1.Sd3! (-) d5 2.Rc6; 1…d6 2.Sf4; 1…Kd6 2.Rf6. The key is
made trickier by the try 1.Sg4? d6 2.Re7 which adds a fourth mate (B.P.Barnes).
dw$wHwdw Good miniature (C.C.Frankiss). I examined all the tries before the key finally
wdwdwdwd dawned. A truly superb miniature problem! (R.Peele).
dwdwdwHw
wdwdwdwd PS3258 (Barnes) 1.Sb6 (>2.Sd5) e6 2.Qc1; 1…Be6 2.Qf4; 1…Rd6,Rg5
2.Rxc8; 1…Rxb6 2.Qxb6; 1…Bd7 2.Rxd7. An experiment: in other masked
dwdwdwdw interference examples, a loss of rear control of a black line-moving piece (the
#2 equivalent of the bR here) is either a simple unguard
PS3258 PS3259
by its move off the line or an interference in front of
it. Here, White plays from behind for 1…Rxb6
Kdb$w$wd wdwdwdwd 2.Qxb6 (BPB). Some interesting black interferences
Hpiw0wdw dwdwdPdw (CCF).
wdwdwdr! w0Kdw!wd PS3259 (Moen) Set 1…Qxc4+ 2.Rxc4; 1…Rg6
dwdwdwdw dwdw0w4w 2.Qxg6; 1…Rh6 2.gxf3. 1.Kc7 (>2.Qc6) Qxc4+
wdNdwdwd n$NdkdPd 2.Qc6; 1…Rg6 2.Qxe5; 1…Rh6 2.Qxf3; 1…Qxe3
dwdwdwdw dwdp)pdr 2.Sxe3; 1…Sc3 2.Sxb6; 1…Kd5 2.Qc6. Set play is
wdwdwGwd wHwdwdPd compelling, with bR defences being pins of the wQ,
dwdwdwgw dw1wdwGw but then ‘all change’ with a fine, flight-giving key.
The changed mates after the bR defences are clever,
#2 #2
and the wSc4 is unpinned twice; directly by
PS3260 1…Qxe3, and 1…Sc3 by interference which is especially good (BPB). Especially
attractive (and paradoxical) is the variation 1…Qxc4+ 2.Qc6 (RP).
wdwdwdwH
dwdwdw0w PS3260 (Lambrinakos) 1.Sf7 (>2.S3xg5 g6/Kg6 3.Qe4+/Qg4) Kg6 2.S7xg5
wIwdwdwd Kh5/Kh6 3.Qe4/Qe8 g6 4.Qh4/Qh8. The threat is playable after other black
moves e.g. 1…Ke6 2.S3xg5+ Kf6 3.Qe4 g6 4.Qe5; 2…Ke7 3.Qd4 ~ 4.Qd8. It
dwdwdk0w took a long time, and I found it difficult to sort out Black’s somewhat repetitious
Qdwdwdwd options at every stage, but was amazed to find in the process 7 wQ mates on
dwdwdNdw different squares! The waiting 3.Qa8 (-) is admirable [in the variation 1…Kf6
wdwdwdwd 2.S3xg5 g6 3.Qa8 Kg7/Ke7/Kf5 4.Qh8/Qd8/Qf3]. 2.S3xg5 and 2.S7xg5 each
dwdwdwdw cleverly forced (BPB). The knights make the first two moves, then the queen
#4 takes over, mating on seven different squares. Especially nice are the variations
where White plays 3. Qa8!, hiding the Q in the
PS3261 PS3262 corner and mating from three different squares (RP).
wdwdkdNH wdQdwdwd PS3261 (Rice) (a) 1.Bxf6 d5+ 2.Kxe5 Kf8 3.Se7
dwdwGwdw dNdwdw1w ~ 4.c7 ~ 5.c8Q; 1…Kf8 2.Se7 d5+/Ke8 3.Kxe5/c7.
wdP0p0wd Kdwdwdwd (b) 1.Sxe6 d5+ 2.Kf5 Kf7 3.c7 (>4.c8Q) Kxg8
dwdw0wdw dwdwdwdw 4.Kg6 ~ 5.c8Q. Different key moves remove
different bPs to advance the wK either via e5 or f5.
wdwdKdwd wdP)wdw$ White always blitzes through 3.c7 etc. (BPB).
dwdwdwdw dwiw0wdw Having found the solution to part (a), I expected
wdwdwdwd wdwdBdwd 1.Bxd6 to solve part (b), and wasted hours looking
dwdwdwdw dwdRdwdw for the continuations thereto! wK surprisingly active
#5 (b) Sh8>d8 H#2 2 solutions considering the bP blockade (B.E.Chamberlain).
PS3263
PS3262 (Kalkavouras) 1.Qg4 Bd3 2.Kxd4 Qh8#;
1.Qc7 Rd3+ 2.Kxc4 d5#. Black and White pave the way for the bK to be
wdwdwdwd subjected to elegant pin-mates. A well-worked theme, I suspect, but the white
dwdwdwdw Grimshaw at d3 is a nicely unifying feature (BPB). White self-interferences on d3,
wdwGwdwd simultaneously guarding prospective flights, follow anticipatory self-pins of bQ;
dwdw4wdw mates given by the pinner of the other solution. Lovely combination (BEC).
wdwdwdw1 PS3263 (Rotenberg) 1.Rxh2 Rxe5 2.Bg4 Re2#; 1.Kf4 g4 2.Kg3 Bxe5#. In one
dwdwdwir solution, Black opens a white line for White to interfere with the bQ, and in the
wdwIRdPH other, White opens a black line for Black to interfere with the bQ – while the wR
dwdbdwdw and wB work overtime. I don’t always recognise helpmate theme names, but I
H#2 2 solutions know there’s never anything less than interesting plus from Jacques! (BPB).
Switchbacks in both lines with neat play (CCF). Struggled for a long time over
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this (BEC). Line opening for opposing unit followed by switchback (the Klasinc PS3264
theme) by both sides. In the first solution 1.Rxh2 is a tempo move. The second wdwdwdwd
solution is hard to spot, with 1.Bxe2? Ke1 2.Bg4+ Bxe5+ failing to 3.Kxg2 (GF). 1w4wdwdp
PS3264 (Taylor) 1.Qb6 Ra6 2.Qxh6 Rxh6#; 1.Rc2 Raa2 2.Rxh2 Rxh2#; wdwdwdw)
1.Bxd5 Ra5 2.Ba2 Rh5#; 1.Sxf3 Rba2 2.Sh4 Rxg3#. 2-step journeys by four dwdPdwdw
different black units, each removing an obstructive wP (Composer). Not quite wdwhbdwd
sure what to make of this. Is it what was once dubbed (post-1973) a Helpmate of $wdwdP4k
the Future (HOTF)? I saw a likely pair of white and black unpins of the wRa3 by
interference: Were 1.Qb6 and 1.Rc2 the other pair? It was all enjoyable (BPB). w$wdwdw)
Pawn captures in each solution – 2 line clearances, 2 square vacations (BEC). Iwdwdwdw
Four black pieces take turns capturing each of the white pawns (RP). H#2 4 solutions
PS3265 (Manikumar) 1.Kc5 Rb1 2.d4 Qc1#; 1.dxe4 Rc1 2.e3 Qd1#; 1.Ke3 PS3265
Rd1 2.Rxf3 Qe1#; 1.Ke3 Re1+ 2.Kf2 Qf1#. Four superb Bristol-type clearances
for follow-up mates by the wQ. I don’t recall anything with the same intensity. wGwdwdwd
Clearly a most promising new Member! (BPB). All white moves on 1st rank and dwdwdw4w
bK mated on 4 squares on the b7-g1 diagonal. Pleasant symmetry of solutions wdbdwdwd
(CCF). Echoes achieved by Bristol-style manoeuvres along 1st rank (BEC). The 0wdpdwdw
wB never moves but plays an active role in all four solutions as the white major wdwiPdwd
pieces repeat the same kind of manoeuvre along the first rank. I love helpmates IwdwdPdr
such as this and the preceding one; the theme is so clear and consistent that, once wdwdwdwd
the solver has found one or two solutions, the others fall into place (RP).
dwdwdw$Q
PS3266 (Jonsson) 1…Bc8 2.Kc4 Bb7 3.Kd5 Sxb6#; 1…Be6 2.Ka6 Bc4+ H#2 4 solutions
3.Qb5 Sxc5#. Two moves each time from the wB, and then the mating moves by
the wS: two most pleasing pin-model mates (BPB).
bQ is unpinned on one line and re-pinned on two PS3266 PS3267
different lines. I like the wB play mimicking the wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwG
play of bK in an equal and opposite direction (BEC). hwdBdwdw dwdwdrdw
PS3267 (Fiebig) 1.g1B bxc3 2.Bc5 c4 3.Be7 Ba1 whq4wdwd wdwdkdwd
4.b2 cxd5+ 5.Kf6 Bxb2#. This almost solved itself, 4k0wdKdw dwdpdpdK
with a bP waiting to promote to a bB soon seen as Ndw0wdwd wdwdwdwd
necessary to hem in the bK within the 5 moves, but
the surprise of the manoeuvre 3…Ba1 4.b2 was not
dwdwdwdw dp0wdwdw
lessened (BPB). Maslar theme with ideal mate wdwdwdwd w)wdwdpd
(H.Kalafut). Attractive clearance of, and full-length dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
play along, the long diagonal with ideal mate. H#2½ 2 solutions H#5
However, in danger of anticipation because it’s a
tried and tested popular idea (BEC). I liked the diagonal move wBh8-a1 (CCF). PS3268

PS3268 (Pitkänen) 1.Kg3 Bf1 2.Kh2 Bxe2 3.Kh1 Bxd3 4.e2 Kf2 5.e1B+ Kf1 wdwdwdwd
6.Bg3 Bxe4 7.Bh2 Bxf3#. Timing is everything in this pretty problem which sees dwdwdwdw
material reduced for the minimum needed for a mate. The formation bP diamond wdwdwdwd
is a mine in itself! (BPB). Clever solver-friendly adaptation of the T-pattern dwdwdwdw
outlined recently (BEC). All five pawns disappear from the board! (RP). wdwdpiwd
dwdp0pdB
wdwdpdwd
Solutions to fairy homebase problems (page 657) dwdwIwdw
H#7
1 (a) 1.Qe7+ Qd6 2.Kf7 Qg6#; (b) 1.Be7 Qf3 2.Kd7 Qc6#. Echo model mates,
clever twinning, and good forcing of the black move order. 2 (a) 1...Ke2 2.Rc8
Kd3 3.Rc4 Kd4 4.Kd8 Kc5 5.Kc8 Kb6 6.a6 Ka7 7.Rd8 Kb8#; (b) 1...Ke2 2.0-0-0 Ke3 3.Rd4 Ke4 4.Kb7 Ke5
5.Rd6 Ke6 6.Ra8 Kd7 7.Kb8 Kc8#. Chameleon echo with the Ks exchanging places. In (a) the bPa6 prevents
8.Kb7, while in (b) the bRd6 prevents 8.Kc7. 3 1.Qd2 Ke2 2.0-0 Ke3 3.Qd4 Ke4 4.Rf5+ Ke3 5.Qh8 Kf4 6.Kh7
Kg5 7.Rg8+ Kh6#. Mate by a lone wK! The surprising switchback Ke3-e4-e3 is needed so that the bR can play
to f5. 4 (a) 1.Ba3 b3 2.Se7 b4 3.Sc6 b5 4.Bd6 bxc6 5.Bc7 cxb7 6.d6 b8Q 7.Kd7 Qe8#; (b) 1.Ba3 b4 2.a6 b5
3.Be7 bxa6 4.Kd7 a7 5.Kc6 a8Q 6.Bc5 Qa7 7.b6 Qd7#. Echo mates, with 2 captures in the first solution and
one in the second. The wP makes 1-2 step moves on W1. 5 1.c4 2.c5 3.c6 4.cxb7=S 5.Sxd8=B 6.Bxc7=R
7.Rxc8=Q#. 6 1.Rh5! Ba3 2.Re5+ Be7 3.Rc5 0-0-0 4.Bh3+ Kb7 5.Bg2+ Rd5 6.Bf1 Bh4#. The mating move
Be7-h4 has a length of approximately 4.2, which is longer than any move of the bRd5. The clever opening
move avoids 1.Rh4? Ba3 2.Re4+ Be7 3.Rb4 0-0-0 4.Bh3+, and now 4…Kb7?? is illegal.
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A Otto Wurzburg
(after Alain C. White) The Albino Theme, by David Shire
Simple Two Move Themes
1924 The time-honoured Albino theme requires that a wP, starting on the second
rank, makes all four of its possible moves throughout the full course of the
wdw4wdwd solution. In the twomover it is possible to deliver four direct mates to the bK
dwGRdwdw using this unit. However, the potential is limited as a checking key is required. A
wdwgw!qd is perhaps the best known example, a considerably economised setting of an
dKdwdn$w earlier problem. 1.Sg3+! with 1…Bxg3 2.exd3; 1…Sxg3 2.exf3; 1…Kf4 2.e3;
1…Kd5 2.e4. When the unprovided checks are considered in conjunction with the
wdwdkdwd forcing nature of the key, the critic may question the value of this task. The reality
dwdndpdw is that this is a fine construction and I challenge those who doubt the case to
wdw)Pdwd produce an improvement!
dwdwdNdw
The difficulty lies in the very nature of the task and results of greater interest
#2
have been forthcoming when the wP generates battery mates. A year after A
B Godfrey Heathcote
appeared, Heathcote published B – a fully accurate version of a setting by Walter
2 Pr Westminster H. Thompson, Les Tours de Force sur L’Échiquier, 1906. 1.cxd5! (>2.Qe4). Any
Gazette 1925 move by bSf5 will defeat the threat by opening a line for bBc8. 1…Se3+ 2.fxe3;
1…Sg3 2.fxg3; 1…Sxh6 2.f3; 1…Sxg7 2.f4. The captures of wS and wR gain
wdbdwdw4 potential flights for the bK and these must be reclaimed. By this means Heathcote
dwdw0w$w has combined four Albino model mates with a duel between bS and wP. By-play
wdw0wdwH is provided by the stable-mate: 1…Se2 2.Qh1; 1…Sh3 2.Sf3. The variations are
dwdpdnHp aesthetically pleasing but the key is a jemmy! The #3 is a more appropriate
wdP0wdwi medium for such model mate compositions – there was no finer exponent that
Heathcote himself, as we will discover later.
dwdwdwdw
wdwdw)wd C uses two orthogonal R+P batteries and is one of my favourite Albino works.
dwdK!whw 1.Rd1! (-). This wonderful key gives two flights and puts Black in Zugzwang.
1…Sd~ 2.Qxf3; 1…Sxc3 2.dxc3; 1…Se3 2.dxe3; and 1…Ke4 2.d3; 1…Ke2 2.d4!
#2
(2.d3? Sd2!). An exquisite use of the pin line and a
C Norman Macleod D Comins Mansfield
real challenge for the solver!
2 Pr Problem Observer 1-2 Pr Shakhmaty v SSSR Whilst this last diagram is an excellent
1983 1963 advertisement for our art, there is another reality: a
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd twomover showing a simple Albino alone is
dQdwdwdw dwdwdwdw relatively easy to produce. It is often seen to better
effect when combined with other themes. Thus in
Bdwdpdwd wdwdpdwd the 1960s Mansfield produced two memorable
dwdn)pdw IBdwdw0w prizewinners in which the theme was linked to
wdndw0wd wdw0wdwd multiple mates following the moves of a mobile bQ.
dwGkdpdw dNhn1wdp Typically Mansfield insisted on complete accuracy!
wdR)w)wd wHrdk)w$ D 1.Bd2! (>2.fxe3). Yes, the threat is one of the
dwIw$wdw dwdwGwdQ Albino mates, and so the bQ moves away. 1…Qg3
#2 #2
2.fxg3; 1…Qe4 2.f3 (shut-off) and 1…Qe5 2.f4
(shut-off). This last variation is beautiful for the
avoidance of 2.Bxd3?? – the wB is pinned! Only 1…Qf4,Qxf2 give 2.Bxd3. This
E Comins Mansfield leaves 1…Qxd2 2.Sxd4 and 1…Qf3 (self-block) 2.Qe1. The composer has only
3 Pr British Chess used bPe6 to restrict the bQ; the additional bPs are needed for soundness. The
Federation 113 TT picture is completed by 1…Rxd2 2.Sc1 and 1…Sxb5 etc 2.Qd1. The two thematic
1966-67 elements blend together with real strategy – a veritable triumph!
wdwdwdrd E is no less remarkable; a diagram with an important set mate. 1…Qxc5 2.c4.
dwdw0wdw The key releases a guard of d4 and adds additional control over d5 (and f5).
pdwdrdwd 1.Sxe3! (>2.Qxc4) with 1…Qxc5 2.c3 (change) and 1…Qb5 2.c4 (shut-off).
1…Qb3 2.cxb3 and 1…Qd3 2.cxd3 are familiar finales but there are further
dw!wdNdw variations to discover. 1…Qxc2+ 2.Bxc2; 1…Qd4 (self-block) 2.Qf5 and 1…Qc3,
w0qdkGR0 Qe2,Qd5 2.Q(x)d5. The key establishes a second battery, controlled by two black
dwdw0wdw pieces. So 1…Qa2 2.Sxf1 has a counterpart in 1…Sd2 2.Sxc4. Similar play flows
wdPdwdPh from the R+B battery: 1…Sf3 2.Bg5 and 1…Rc8,Rd8 2.Bxh2. Finally 1…Sxe3
dBIw$ndw 2.Rxe3 and 1…Rc6,Rd6 2.Qe5. In total there are 13(!) mates and 8 of these are
#2 generated by 10 moves of the bQ. Mansfield has found it necessary to add only
bPa6 to ensure complete accuracy. His handling of a bQ was truly extraordinary!
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It is also possible for the Albino moves to feature at W1; with a mere 15 units F Hrvoje Bartolović
F is rightly considered to be a masterpiece. All four star flights are set with mate; 1 Pr Shakhmaty v SSSR
1…Ka4 2.Sxc3; 1…Kc4 2.Sxe3; 1…Kxa6 2.Bd3; 1…Kc6 2.Sd4. However, there 1970
remain the moves of Black’s two mobile pawns and these are eliminated when wdKdwdwd
wPd2 plays. 1.dxc3? Ka4! (2.Sxc3??). 1.dxe3? Kc4! (2.Sxe3??) and 1.d3? Kxa6! 0wdwdwdw
(2.Bd3??). One expects 1.d4! (-) to be defeated by 1…Kc6 when 2.Sd4?? is not
possible. The true delight of this work is 1.d4! Kc6 2.b5! exploiting the additional Pdw0wdwd
guard of c5. This changed mate adds zest to the key phase and so converts a task dkdNdRdw
into a true work of art. w)wdwdwd
With G the Yugoslav duo attempt the extraordinary task of the double Albino
dR0w0Ndw
of tries and key! This truly ambitious construction comes with some artistic wdB)Pdwd
licence. When wPf2 moves the line of wRf1 is extended so that 2.Qc4 is dwdwdwdw
threatened. 1.fxe3? S4e5! (2.Qe3??); 1.f3? exd5! #2
(2.Bxg4?); 1.f4? S6e5! (2.Sf4??) and 1.fxg3? G Nenad Petrović &
Bxg3+!. Likewise when wPd2 moves the line of Hrvoje Bartolović H Knud Hannemann
wRd1 is extended so that 2.Qxg4 is threatened. 1 Pr Argűelles-60 JT HM Skakbladet 33 TT
Problemas 1962-63 1945 (v)
1.dxc3? b3! (2.Sxc3??); 1.d3? Ra6+! (2.Bxa6?) and
finally 1.d4! solves. The composers clearly want us wdBdwdwd wdwdwdwd
also to accept the random defeat 1.dxe3? S4~! dwdwdwdw dNdwdwdw
(2.Qxe3??). This, though not ideal, is entirely wdwIpdnd pdPdwdw4
reasonable when the limits are being pushed. The
real weakness is 1.fxg3? Bxg3+!. From an aesthetic dwdNdw)w HkGwdwdw
point of view the problem would be better without r0wdQdng wdw)pdwd
wPg5, bPg3 and bBh4. Over-strict criteria should be dw0w0w0w dwdwdwdw
relaxed in the judgement of so extreme a task! wdw)k)wd w)B0wdwd
I mentioned earlier that model mates lend dwdRdRdw Indwdwdw
themselves better to direct mates with greater length #2 #3
than the #2. The threemover, H, combines the
Albino with four models. 1.Bd1! (>2.Be2+ Ka4 3.b3) Sa3 2.bxa3 and 3.a4; I Godfrey Heathcote
1…Sc3 2.bxc3 and 3.c4; and 1...Rh3,Rh2 2.Sd6+ Kxa5 3.b4. Knud Hannemann 2 Pr Westminster
was known as The Danish Wizard. In most circumstances the reference was to the Gazette 1925
complexity of his ideas. This is an unusual instance where simplicity, economy wdwdKdwd
and clarity spring more to mind.
Gwdwdwdp
I Heathcote preferred to work with pin models, a field in which he excelled. P!P0wdwd
1.Qb7! (2.Qf7+ Kxc6 3.Qb7). The threat incorporates a pleasant switchback; the dwdk0Bdw
pin models will be indicated with bold type. 1…Kc4 2.c7 (3.c8Q) Sb3/Sd3 wdwdwdw4
3.cxb3/cxd3. 1...Rc5 2.Qf7+ Kd4 3.c3. 1...Rh6 2.c7+ Rc6/Kc4 3.c4/c8Q. There is
also 1…Rb3 2.cxb3 (3 threats) Rc4 3.bxc4 – an additional mate by the thematic dw4w0p)w
pawn. 1…e4 2.Qf7+ Ke5 2.Qe6 generates an extra mate and a cause of further wdPdwdwd
delight is 1…Rb4 2.Be6+ Ke4/Kxe6 3.Qxh7/Qf7. In the October 1954 issue of the hw$whwdw
British Chess Magazine, Norman Littlewood produced an almost identical setting. #3
His key came with a dual threat but the thematic play was similar. However, his
diagram lacked this final variation with the wB sacrifice – Norman’s wB J Godfrey Heathcote
remained static throughout! A comparison of these two works reveals Heathcote’s The Observer 1927
peerless technique.
wdwdwdwd
The great master returned to this theme with J, a setting which achieves a
greater variety of model mates. Tries: 1.Qe7+? Qd6 2.d4 but 1…Kd4!; 1.Qe5+? Ip!wdwdw
Qd5 2.d4 but 1…Bd5!; 1.cxb7+? Bc6 2.Qxc6+ Kd4 3.Qd5 but 1…Kd4!; 1.f3! wdPdwdwd
(>2.Qe7+,Qe5+,cxb7+). Black has now three defences to separate these threats. dPiwdwdw
1…Bxf3 2.Qe7+ Kd4/Qd6 3.dxe3/d4; 1…Qc2 2.Qe5+ Kxc4 3.d3 and 1…Sc3 ndPdwdwd
2.cxb7+ Kd4 3.dxc3. The supporting variations should prove to be relatively )pdq0w4r
straightforward to analyse. wdw)w)bd
I hope the reader has enjoyed these examples. In the next issue I will examine dw$Rdwdw
the possibilities of the Albino in the helpmate and selfmate fields. #3

Correction: The revised setting of PS3240 given on p.640 of the May issue has an illegal position. Correct
by replacing bPa4 with bSa3.
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The Disappearing Nowotny: Part III, by Kabe Moen

A Ruslan Surkov The nature of the disappearing Nowotny makes a natural setting for striking
1 HM Sachová skladba transference, reciprocal, and reversal effects. In this article we explore these
2000 possibilities. A has a set Grimshaw on f3: 1…Bf3 2.Sd3; 1…Rf3 2.Se2. The key
wdwdwdwd 1.Bf3! opens the wQ’s guard on the 5th rank and threatens 2.Sd3,Se2. These
mates vanish after the captures of the key piece: 1…Bxf3 2.Qf5 and 1…Rxf3
dwdw0wdw 2.Rxg4. The disappearing Nowotny is not pure (the post-key mates do not utilise
wdwdwdnI the interferences) but the problem is greatly enhanced by the tries 1.f3? Bf5! and
dw!Bdw$w 1.Sf3? Re4!. The pattern in which set mates become threats and are then changed
rdwdwib0 is known as the reversal form of the Rudenko theme and is given algebraically by
dwdwdw4w 1…a 2.A; 1…b 2.B; 1.Key (>2.A,B) 1…a 2.C; 1…b 2.D.
wdwdw)pH A look at the set play of B would seem to reveal the same pattern. However,
dwHndwdw the white half-pin prevents the set mates from even appearing post-key. 1…Bd6
#2 2.Sd4 and 1…Rd6 2.Sf4, 1.Sd6! (>2.Re5,Ba2) Bxd6 2.Qc4 and 1…Rxd6 2.Qe4.
My only complaint is the out-of-play wRb2 which is
B Rauf Aliovsadzade & only used to handle the check 1…Bxe2+ 2.Rxe2.
Medzhnun Vahidov C Byron Zappas
Sinfonie Scacchistiche 1980 The Problemist 1981 C demonstrates that the disappearing Nowotny
can also be used to show the Rudenko theme: threats
wdwdwdwG wdwdQhwd from one phase appear as mates in variations. The
dwgr0wdw dNdwdwdw try: 1.d4? (>2.Bg2,Re5) Bxd4 2.Sf4 and 1…Rxd4
KdPdkdwd w0wdNdpd 2.Sc7, is defeated by 1…Qe1!. Instead the flight-
dwdwdRdw 1wdkdpdw giving key brings back the threats from the try as
variations after the same defences 1.Sd4! (>2.Qe5)
p!Ndwdwd wdrdwdw0 Bxd4 2.Bg2; 1…Rxd4 2.Re5; 1…Kxd4 2.Rd3.
dwdwdwdw dwdw$wdw
w$wdNdwd rgw)wdwd Consider a reciprocal transference of double
dBdwdbdw dwdwdBdK threats known as the Odessa theme: 1.Try (>2.A,B)
1…a 2.C; 1…b 2.D; 1.Key (>2.C,D) 1…c 2.A; 1…d
#2 #2 2.B. Both D and E have a disappearing Nowotny try
and a conventional Nowotny after the key. D has a
D Wieland Bruch & E Evgeny Bogdanov
flight-giving try that utilises self-blocks 1.Bd3?
Daniel Papack 2 Pr Revista de Şah (>2.Qe3,Qe4) Bxd3 2.Sxf3 and 1…Rxd3 2.Sf5, but
1 Pr Schach 2006 1974 1…Bc2! defeats. Instead the key 1.d3! threatens
(2.Sxf3,Sf5), but does not threaten 2.Qe3 and 2.Qe4
wdwdwdwd KGbdwdnd because the wQ holds guard of c3. After the bRb4
dwdwdwdw 0ndwdwdw opens guard to c3 the wQ is released from her duties
wdwdwdwd wdNdRdwd and provides the variations 1…Rxb5 2.Qe3 and
GR)wdwdw dwdkdwdw 1…Rxc4 2.Qe4.
w4PiwdwH N4rdwdw$ Meanwhile E uses a more subtle mechanism of
Hrdwdpdw dPdwdwdB transference. Try 1.Sd4? threatens 2.Re5,Bg2 and
pdw)w)wd wgp)Pdwd uses a similar mechanism of self blocks found in B
1bdw!BdK 1wdwdwdw to pull off the disappearing Nowotny 1…Rxd4
2.Rh5 and 1…Bxd4 2.e4 but succumbs to the nice
#2 #2
refutation 1...Sd6!. After the key 1.d4! (>2.Rh5,e4)
self blocks on different squares allow the threats
F Zoran Gavrilovski from the try to reappear: 1…Rxc6 2.Re5 and
Sp Pr Wola Gulowska 1…Bxe6 2.Bg2.
1997
Finally, we end with a condensed form of the Odessa theme in which the
wdNdb1wg double threats are reciprocally changed between the same two defences, i.e., a
Gwdrdwdw double threat version of the Le Grand theme. The interesting problem F
Bdwdwdwd accomplishes this rare achievement. The three wBs show the complexity of the
dPdwdN!w theme. 1.Sd4? threatens 2.Rc2 and 2.Be2. However, these threats go away after
w0kdPdwd the captures which allow 1…Rxd4 2.Sb6 and 1…Bxd4 2.b6. This try is refuted by
dRdw0wdr 1…e2!. Instead the key 1.Qxe3! places guard on d4 and c5 and threatens 2.Sb6
Rdw0wdwd and 2.b6. There is a Grimshaw on d4 after the key: 1…Rd4 2.Rc2 and 1…Bd4
2.Be2; (1…Rd6 2.Qc5; 1…Rxe3 2.Sxe3).
dKdBdwdw
#2
JULY 2018 THE PROBLEMIST SUPPLEMENT 657

A Dawson Joke, by Michael McDowell

In the British Chess Magazine for June 1902 P.H.Williams, responding to a newspaper report that chess was
taught in some German schools, presented a spoof “Chess Examination Paper”. Questions included: “Explain,
with strict reference to chess, the maxim, ‘Mind your P’s and Q’s’”, “In a recent game a move was thus noted:
15 Castles. Explain how it is possible to have so many rooks on the board” and “Differentiate between ‘love at
first sight’ and ‘mate on the move’”. The article was reprinted in his 1909 book Chess Chatter and Chaff. In the
August 1913 issue of the Chess Amateur, T.R.Dawson responded with a full set of answers. He was clearly not
happy with his response to one question, as he returned to it in the Chess Amateur for August 1918.
It may be that I overrate your leniency as an examiner (though I bear no malice and think not) when I ask
you to permit me to reopen the matter and attempt once again to answer your
eighth question, whose statement runs: “A position is shown where mate can be wdwdwdwd
given in three moves; alter the position so that mate can be given in N moves.” dwdNdwdw
I now find, after my five years of profound meditation on the subject, that the wdwdwdwd
set position for study was as attached. Herein, White easily mates in three by 1.b6 dPdwdwdw
Ka5 2.Bc6+ Kb4 3.Ra4 mate. I propose to alter this position by transferring the Biw0wdwd
black pawn from d4 to b6. It is then clear that the above manoeuvre is no longer dwdPdwdw
possible, but in exact accord with the requirements of your question we proceed to
mate in “N” moves by 1.c4 Ka5 2.Bc2+ Kb4 3.Ra4 mate. RdP)wdwd
dwdKdwdw
With the deepest sympathy for you in this continued persecution, Believe me, #3
your devoted examinee, T.R.D.
(Dawson’s position had a superfluous bP at e5, which allowed a cook in b) by 1.c3+ Ka5 2.Sb8 e4 3.Sc6.)
[For the benefit of readers who are unable see why the second position has mate in “N” moves, the moves in
the second solution form a letter “N” – Ed.]

Original Fairy Homebase Problems

Here for solving are some more original homebase problems. Solutions are on p.653. In Koeko, the arrival
square of any moving unit must be adjacent to a
square occupied by another unit of either colour. 1 Barry Barnes 2 Geoff Foster
Original Original
5 is a series-mate (defined on p.658) and uses the
fairy condition Einstein chess: after a capture, the wdw1kgwd rdwdkdw4
capturing unit is transformed as follows: dwdwdwdw 0wdpdwdw
P>S>B>R>Q>Q. After a non-capturing move the wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
moving unit is transformed as follows: dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
Q>R>B>S>P>P. There is no normal promotion on
the 8th rank. wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
6 is a selfmate and uses the fairy condition wdwdwdwd wdw)wdwd
Maximummer: Black must play the geometrically dwdQIwdw dwdwIwdw
longest legal move available, or choose freely from
among equal longest. Checks are normal. H#2 (b) +wPf2 H#6½ (b) –Pd7
Koeko Koeko

3 Geoff Foster 4 Geoff Foster 5 Roméo Bedoni 6 Charles Frankiss

Original Original Original Original

rdw1kdw4 wdwdkgnd wdb1kdwd rdwdkgwd

dwdwdwdw dpdpdwdw dp0w0pdw 0w0wdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd w)wdwdwd wdPdwdwd wdwdPdwd
dwdwIwdw dwdwIwdw dwdwIwdw dwdwIBdR
H#7 H#7 (b) Pd7>a7 Ser-#7 S#6
Koeko Koeko Einstein chess Maximummer
658 THE PROBLEMIST SUPPLEMENT JULY 2018

SOLVING LADDERS 2017

New ascents are shown in bold; n = no solution received.
(a) Orthodox
Jan Mar May July Sept Nov Year
Maxima: 66 64 62 66 64 66 388
Solver Ascent Forward
Barnes B.P. X 59 64 62 59 57 66 367 36
Barnes D.S. III 33 33 34 21 31 23 175 374
Chamberlain B.E n n n 49 45 52 146 146
Frankiss C.C. XVI 66 64 61 n n n 191 317
Junnor J. II 56 54 60 55 45 52 322 277
Kalafut H. III 66 64 62 66 52 66 376 324
Łazowski R. XXIII 66 64 62 66 64 66 388 73
Mylward R. II 56 51 62 66 57 52 344 170
Peele R. II 52 64 60 31 57 45 309 383
Schnabel M. II 46 47 57 n 45 45 240 77
Schulze E 56 46 n 28 n n 130 371
Tylor C.M.B. V 47 26 24 17 35 25 174 86
Uemlianin I 16 n n n n n 16 178
Romuald Łazowski came first with a perfect score.

(b) Fairies
Maxima: 34 36 34 28 34 30 196
Barnes D.S. I n n 5 5 n 15 25 46
Chamberlain B.E. n n n 23 15 28 66 66
Frankiss C.C. XIII 34 36 34 n n n 104 125
Junnor J. n n 5 5 n n 10 31
Kalafut H. III 34 36 34 28 34 30 196 155
Łazowski R. XIII 27 36 34 28 29 30 184 175
Lytton C.C. VIV 20 21 15 21 16 30 123 83
Schnabel M. n 5 n n 3 n 8 29
Henryk Kalafut came first with a perfect score.

Arno Tűngler The article on p.649 contains the length records for Circe series-movers with 5
Original units. The problem alongside equals the length record of B in that article, but with
the wK not initially in check, which is considered to be an improvement. The
wdwdwdwd solution is 8.Kxf5[Bc8] 15.Kxc8 17.Kxe6[Sg8] 18.Kf5 21.e8R 22.Rxg8 23.Rg1
dwdwdwdw 24.Kg4=. The matrix is very similar to the one used in A in the article.
wdwdndwd
dwdw)bdw
wdwdwdwd FAIRY DEFINITIONS (used in problems on pages 649, 657 and 660)
dwdwdwdw Series-(stale)mate (Ser-#n/=n): White plays a sequence of n consecutive
wdwdKdwi moves (Black not moving at all) to (stale)mate Black.
dwdwdwdw
Series-help(stale)mate (Ser-H#n/H=n): Black plays a sequence of n
Ser-=24 Circe
consecutive moves (White not moving at all) until at the end of that sequence
White can mate/stalemate in one. Check may be given only on Black’s last move.
Series-selfmate (Ser-S#n): White plays n moves (with Black not moving until the end of the series) to reach
a position where Black is forced to mate White immediately.
Circe: a captured unit is reborn on its game-array square (R, B and S on the square of the same colour as the
capture-square, P on the capture-file). If this square is occupied, the captured unit disappears.
JULY 2018 THE PROBLEMIST SUPPLEMENT 659

FAIRY SOLUTIONS (January) PS3269F

Kdwdwdwi
PS3269F (Bowden) 1.Bd5 2.Rxb6 3.Rxb2 4.Rbg2 5.Bg8 6.e6 8.Bb8 9.Re7 )wdwdw$w
10.Re8 Bxg2#. wR journey capturing bPs marked, but still a pleasant mechanism w0BdRdwd
with a quiet finale this time (C.C.Lytton). Finale not too difficult to deduce, but
which wRg2? The bPb6 provides the vital clue to finding this impressive dwdw)wdw
sequence from quite a visually striking position (BEC). Good strategy to achieve a wdwdwdwd
forced mate (CCF). dwdwdwdw
PS3270F (Barnes) 1-3.Bh5-g6-h7 4.Bxf5[bPh7] 5-6.Be6-g8 7.Bxh7[bPg8]
w0wdwdwd
8.Bg6 9.Kxg2[bRh1] 10.Bxg7[bRh6]#. I attempted to ‘drag’ a bP from a greater Gwdwdwdb
distance than f5, and in more than the stipulated moves here, but the unexpected Ser-S#10
and unlikely aspects of PWC forced me to settle for
PS3270F PS3271F
a shorter problem. To my delight, the penultimate
move is a delay of the mate by none other than my wdwdwdwi wdwdwdwd
trustworthy old companion over the years, the wK! dwdwdw4w dwdwdwdw
(Composer). Light-square wB works hard to get bP wdwdwdwG w!wdwdwd
to g8. Good puzzle, with try-lines leaving bPh7 dwdwdpdw dw0p0wdw
instead all taking one move too many (CCL). wdwdw1Bd wdpipdwd
Intriguing; clearly g8 or h7 needs to be occupied by
bP; surprising that the solution necessitates its dwdwdwdw Iw0p0wdw
rebirth on both squares (BEC). wB effectively wdwdwdrd wHwdwdwd
moves the bPf5 to g8 to self-block. Nice idea (CCF). dwdwdwdK dwdwdwdw
For those who don’t like a P arriving on its first Ser-#10 PWC #4 Koeko (b) wK>a5
rank, Adrian Storisteanu suggests using a bS (or bB) on f5.
PS3272F
PS3271F (Kozhakin) (a) 1.Sa4 (>2.Qxc5#) d2 2.Sxc5 c2 3.Qb2+ c3/Kxc5
4.Qb4/Qb6; 2…e2 3.Sa6+ Kd3 4.Sb4. (b) 1.Sa4? d2! 1.Kb5! (>2.Qxc5#) c2 2.Sd1 wdwdwdwd
d2 3.Qxc5+ Kd3 4.Qxe3. In (a), after 3…Kxc5 4.Qb6, Koeko means that dpdwdwdk
4…Kxb6?? is not permitted. However in (b), with the wKa5 apparently guarding w)wdwdpd
b6, 1.Sa4? fails because 4…Kxb6 is legal! (GF). dwdwdwdw
PS3272F (Taylor) (a) 1.d1B g3 2.Bc2 g4 3.Bf5 gxf5 4.e2 f6 5.e1B f7 6.Bd2 wdwdwdwd
f8Q 7.Bg5 Qg8+ 8.Kh6 Qh8#; (b) 1.d1S g3 2.Sxb2 Kxb2 3.a1R Kc3 4.Ra7 bxa7 dpdw0wdw
5.b2 a8Q 6.b1B Qxb7+ 7.Kg6 Qxb1+ 8.Kh5 Qf5#. Paradoxical play by the white p)w0wdPd
gP: with a set blockade it promotes; when the blockade is moved, it doesn’t Iwdwdwdw
(Composer). Two very good lines of play, with AUW in (b). Excellent problem H#8 ABC Chess
(CCF). In (b) the promoted bBb1 is captured without leaving its promotion square (b) Pg6>h6
(a Schnoebelen Bishop) (GF).
PS3273F PS3274F
PS3273F (Lyons) 1.e8Q? (-) CGc4 2.Qc6;
1…CGe2 2.CGxe2; 1…CGd6 2.CGa5; 1…CGe6 wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
2.Qxe6; 1…CGd3! 1.CGg6! (-) CGc4 2.CGc6; dw!w)wdw dwhndwdw
1…CGd3 2.Kf5; 1…CGe2 2.CGg2; 1…CGf1 q)wdw)wd wdwdw0wd
2.Rxf1; 1…CGd6 2.CGxd6; 1…CGe6 2.CGxe6; dpdwdw)w dKdwhp0w
1…CGxf6 2.gxf6. Cute display of strengths and w!wdK)Qd wdpdbdwd
weaknesses of CG, with three thematic pins. Key
marked by need to cope with 1…CGd3 (CCL). dwdwdPdw gpdwdwdw
1…CGd3 needs a response, which puts paid to a fine wdkdwdw! wdw4wdw0
try 1.e8Q? (1…CGd6 2.CGa5!). After 1.CGg6! dwdwdwdR dwdwdnin
CGd3, 2.Kf5 activates the key CG on the b1-h7 =2 ContraGrasshoppers H#2 Take&Make
diagonal (BEC). Some interesting CG play (CCF). (b) e4=bR; (c) e5=bB
Zebra e5, Zebrarider c7,
PS3274F (Pachl) (a) 1.nZRa4 nNxe5-c8 2.Bg2 nZRxd2-d3#; (b) 1.nNc5 Nightrider d7,
nCRxd2-d8 2.Zg2 nNxe4-e2#; (c) 1.nCRb6 nZRxe4-d5 2.Rg2 nCRxe5-f4#. Camelrider a3
Ingenious cycle of unpins and f2 guards by the 3 neutrals (BEC). A logical
problem to provide double-check mates by the three neutral units in a cycle. Difficult problem to solve (CCF).
The (b) solution won’t work in (a) because 2…nNxe4-f3?? is self-check. A beautiful triple cycle of neutral
pieces XYZ: at B1 and W2 X goes to mate by double-check which cannot be reversed because its ‘make’ move
is different, neutral unit Y capturing at W1 goes on to guard f2, and this cycle is completed by the static neutral
Z unmasked by the double-check. There is also a triple cycle of pairs of plain black pieces which go to block g2
at B2 and get captured at W2. Very complex neutral/Take&Make play taking some sorting out! (CCL).
660 THE PROBLEMIST SUPPLEMENT JULY 2018

FAIRY ORIGINALS PS3323-3328F

PS3323F John Bowden PS3324F Arno Tüngler PS3325F Stephen Taylor
(Germany)

wdwdwdwd wdNdwdwd wdwdwdwd

dwdBdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwhwdwd wdKdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dw0kgwdw dwdBdwdw dwdwdwdw
pdr0pdwd Ndwdwdwd wdkdNdwd
dpdNdwdw dwdwdwdw dNdwdwdw
wdwIPdnd wdwdwdwd wdNIwdwd
4wGwdwdw iwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
Ser-S#11 Ser-H=33 Circe #5 2 solutions Koeko
(b) wK>e5

PS3326F Cedric Lytton PS3327F Brian Stephenson PS3328F Chris Feather

Kdwdwdwd NdwdwGwd wdwdwdwi

dwdwdwGw 1B0w0wdw dwdwdwdw
wdwiwdwd wdwdPdBd wdwdwdwd
dwdpdwdw Gkdwdwdw dwdNdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dqdwdwdw 0Pdwdw$w dKdwdwdw
Bdwdwdwd w)wdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw $w4Kdwdw dwdwdwhw
Ser-H#3 Koeko #3 Leo, Paos & Vaos H#4 Isardam Maoriders
(b) Qb3>f6 (b) MRd5>f5

Stephen’s Koeko 5-mover packs a lot of play

into a simple position. Cedric’s contribution derives
from the Derby fairy tourney; at the time a sound
setting of his idea proved elusive, but turning it into
a series-mover was the answer. The Isardam
condition makes for tricky play in PS3328F.
JMR
Leo (q), Pao (r), Vao (b) move like Q/R/B
respectively but capture by playing over another
unit of either colour to any square beyond it,
provided the line is clear.
Mao (n): moves like a Knight but via the
square orthogonally adjacent to it, which must be
vacant for the move to be legal. Interference can
occur on the intermediate square. Maorider (n)
extends the Mao’s move in a straight line.
Madrasi: a unit other than K observed by an
enemy unit of the same kind is paralysed and may
not move, check or capture, but it may in turn
paralyse. Isardam: a Madrasi-type paralysis is
illegal and must be avoided.
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Other fairy definitions on pages 657 and 658