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THE PROBLEMIST

SUPPLEMENT
ISSUE 154
MAY 2018

EDITOR: Geoff Foster


CONTENTS
20 Allchin Circuit, Kambah ACT 2902, Australia
(prob.supp@gmail.com) Three Changed Interferences on Same Square . 637
Original problems PS3293-3304 . . . 638
Send solutions and comments to the Editor at
Solutions to November originals . . . 640
the above address
A Difficult Locus in a TTC Setting, by David Shire . 642
ORIGINALS EDITOR: John Rice Homebase Helpmate Piece Task Record . 643
9 Manor Crescent, Surbiton KT5 8LG Disappearing Nowotny: Part II, by Kabe Moen . 644
(jmandapr@gmail.com). A Heathcote Pioneer, by Michael Lipton . . 645
All originals printed in the Supplement take part in the More Original Homebase Helpmates . . 646
normal Problemist tourneys, so that publication here is Fairy solutions (November) . . . 647
equivalent to publication in the main magazine. Fairy originals PS3305-3310F . . . 648

Three Changed Interferences on the Same Square


In this theme a changed Grimshaw (mutual interferences by a pair of pieces) is A Alfred Karlström
enhanced by another changed mate after an additional interference (by S or P) on Norsk Sjakkblad 1935
the same square. The theme is not easy and there are scarcely a dozen examples in
existence. A is a surprisingly early half-battery example. The try 1.Rg4? threatens wdwdwdbi
2.Rxg8. Grimshaw defences on g3 lead to battery shut-off mates: 1…Rg3 2.Rf3; dwdwdwdp
1…Bg3 2.Rff4. A third interference by the bS interferes with both Grimshaw KdwdP$wd
pieces, but opens the line of the bRh1, leading to another battery mate: 1…Sg3 dwdwdwdw
2.Rf1. Another battery mate occurs after 1…Bxe6 2.Rf8, but 1…Bf7! refutes. The wdw$wdwd
key 1.Rg6! (>2.Rxg8) leads to 4 changed battery mates: 1…Rg3 2.Rd3; 1…Bg3 0wdwdwdr
2.Rdf4; 1…Sg3 2.Rd1; 1…Bxe6 (or 1…Bf7) 2.Rd8. The play is completed by yet wdBdwdQg
another battery mate: 1…hxg6 2.Rh4. This very neat matrix has been
rediscovered a number of times over the years. Gwdwdndr
#2
In B the set Grimshaw is 1…Re4 2.Qd5; 1…Be4 B Petrus Overkamp
2.Qf6. The other interference 1…Se4 avoids those 3 HM Göteborgs-Posten C K.Seetharaman
mates by opening the line of the bRh5, but unguards 1952 The Problemist 1977
e6 allowing 2.Sfe6 (not 2.S7e6?? because that wS is
pinned). The key 1.Sg6 (>2.Qd3) guards e5 while wdwdwdKd wdwgrdqd
unguarding d5, resulting in two new wQ mates after dwdw)PHw 0wdp0bdw
the Grimshaw: 1…Re4 2.Qd7; 1…Be4 2.Qe5. The w0wdwdw0 wdwiwdNd
key is also an anticipatory unpin of the wSg7, which hwdwdQhr dw$wdBhr
takes over mating duties in 1…Se4 2.S7e6. There is wdwiwHwd wHwdwdw$
also good by-play: 1…Sc4 2.Rd3; 1…Re3 2.dxe3. dw$wdbdw dwdwdwdw
C is a unique achievement in that it doesn’t use a w)w)rdqd Qdwdwdwd
rook as one of the thematic pieces. Instead there is a dwdwdwdw dwIwdwGw
B/P Grimshaw (a Pickabish). The set play is 1…Be6 #2 #2
2.Qh2; 1…e6 2.Qd2; 1…Se6 2.Qd5. The key
1.Qxa7 (>2.Qxd7) puts a second guard on c5 and c7, leading to changed play 1…Be6 2.Bh2; 1…e6 2.Rd4;
1…Se6 2.Rd5; (1…Bc7 2.Qxc7). The wBg1 is cleverly used in guarding c5 (so that in the set play 1…e6
2.Rd4? Kxc5!), as well as giving a mate on h2. However this clever play comes at a cost, for the wRh4 is an
expensive way to give just a single mate, which may have been why the problem did not gain an award.
For another example of this theme see the Narayanan problem on p.643.
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ORIGINAL PROBLEMS PS3293-3304


As usual, we have a full complement of originals for solving this month. But how long that situation will
continue remains uncertain, as currently the files are almost empty. So this is an appeal to composers among
our readers to ignore the temptations of internet-based tourneys and to send your originals for publication here!
Among the problems below I should like to draw your attention in particular to the helpmates, which present
witty ideas that should give pleasure. This is not to say, however, that the direct-mates and the selfmate don’t
have something of interest to offer, and I hope you will enjoy tackling all of them.
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 October 2018.

PS3293 Kabe Moen PS3294 Vladimir Koči PS3295 David Shire


(USA) (Czech Republic)

wdwdwdwd wdwIwdwd wdNdwdwG


dwdwdwGK dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwip0Rd pdwdwdw0
dwdwdwdw dwdPgwdw hpiwdwdw
pdwdwdwd Ndw0Pdwd wdwdwdRd
gwdw!wdw dwdwdwhw dwdBdQdw
k4wHwdwd wHwdwdQd wHwdKdwd
dndwdRdR dwdwdbdw dwdwdwdw
#2 #2 v #2 vv
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PS3296 Petros Lambrinakos PS3297 Valery Surkov PS3298 Christer Jonsson


(Greece) (Russia) (Sweden)

wdwdwdwd wdw!wdwd wdwdwdwd


0wdKdpdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd Kdkdwdwd wdp$w)wd
!w0wdw0w Gwdwdwdw dndNdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdpdkdpd
dwdwdwdk dwdRdwdw dwdwdN0w
wdwdNdwd wdwdwdwd wdKdw$pd
dwdwdNdw dwdwdw1w dwdwdwdw
#4 S#7 H#2 2 solutions

PS3299 Michel Caillaud PS3300 Jacques Rotenberg PS3301 Jozef Ložek


(France) (Israel) (Slovakia)

wdwdwiwd wdwdwdKd wdwdwdKd


dwdwdP0w dwdpdRdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdpd wdwdwdwd
Gw0w0wdw dw0wdbdw dwdwdwdw
wdw)Rdwd piPdwdpg wdwdkdn0
dwdKdwdw 0w$wdwdw dwdw0N)r
wdwdw0wd wdwdndwd wdwdPdw4
dwdwdRdw drdwGwdw dwdwdwdw
H#2 2 solutions H#2 2 solutions H#3 (b) h2=wR

PS3302 Christopher Jones PS3303 Geoff Foster PS3304 Petre Stojoski


(Australia) (Macedonia)

wdKdwdwd wdwdwdwI wdwdwdwd


dwdwdndB dwdwdwdw dqdwdwdb
w0wdw0wd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdpd
dwdqdPdw dwdw4wdw dr0Ndkdw
wdwhwdwd wdkdwdwH wdwdndpd
$Pdkdwdb dwdwdwdw dwdwdw4w
w0wdwdwd wdqdwdw4 Kdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dBdwdwHw dwdwdwdw
H#3½ 2 solutions H#4 2 solutions H#5½
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PS3239
SOLUTIONS (November)
wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw PS3239 (Lincoln) Set 1…Bf6 2.Qd2 A; 1…Kc1 2.Qa1 B. 1.f4? (>2.Qd2,Qa1
whwdwdwd A/B) Bxf4! 1.Qxg5? (>2.Qd2 A) Kxe1 2.Qg1; 1…Sc4! 1.Bd2! (>2.Qa1 B) Bxd2
2.Qxd2 A; 1…Bf6 2.Qh5; 1…Sa4 2.Qxa4. JMR’s helpful commentary forced me
!wdwdwgw to look further – and the Barnes pattern/theme was revealed. There was little that
wdwdwdwd our late friend, Bob, couldn’t achieve with his beloved Miniatures (B.P.Barnes).
dwdKdwdw The key is not too strong, with Qxb6/Qxg5 available (C.M.B.Tylor).
wdwdw)wd PS3240 (Rice) 1.Be6 (>2.Qf2) Qb6 2.Kxd7 A; 1…Qd5 2.Kxc7 B; 1…Qd6
dwdkGwdw 2.Kxb7 C; 1…Qxe4 2.AB; 1…Qxe6 2.BC; 1…Qxc5 2.CA. An interesting and
#2 surely new way of showing combinative separation
PS3240 PS3240 revision
– with set-play necessary mates ABC (after 1…Qf6)
ruled out by the key. The construction looked too
$KdwiBd $KdwiwG ‘traditional’ for its theme (BPB). However there is
Dp0p0wHw Dp0p0BHw no set mate at all for 1…Qf6, because of 2…Kxg7!
rdqdwdpH rdqdwdpH This is corrected in the revised diagram at left,
dp!wdwdw dp!wdwdw which has the desired set play 1…Qf6 2.ABC.
wdwdPdwd pdwdPdwd PS3241 (Ouellet) Set 1…Qc6+ 2.Raxc6; 1…g3
dwdpdwdw dwdwdwdw 2.Qh3; 1…Bf4 2.Sb6. 1.Qh2? (>2.Qb8) Sg3! 1.Rb6?
wGwdwdwd wdwdwdwd (>2.Rb8) Bf4! 1.Rd6? (>2.Bd7,Rd8) gxf6! 1.Qh8?
dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw (>2.Bc6) fxg6! 1.Qg8! (>2.Bc6) Qc5 2.Sb6; 1…Qc7
2.Sd6; 1…fxg6 2.Qe6; 1…Bc5 2.Rc6. Sir Jeremy
#2 #2
Morse called this arrangement a ‘half-Schiffmann’.
PS3241 PS3242 It’s enlivened by the bQ/bB mutual interference at
c5, the try 1.Qh2? to make further use of an out-of-
KdkdBdwd wdwdwdwi play wQ, and, above all, the neat line-pin mate
dwdwdp0Q dwdwdwdP 2.Qe6 (BPB). Based on an earlier problem by the
RdwdwGPd wdwdwdKd same composer (Probleemblad 1984).
dNdwdwdw dwdwdwdw PS3242 (Lipton) 1.Re1? A Sxe2 2.Kh6 S~ 3.Re8;
Ndqdwdpd wdwdwdwd 1…Sxd3! x (2.Rd1? Sf4+,Se5+). 1.Rd1? B Sxd3
dwdpgwdw dPdPdPdw 2.Kh6; 1…Sxe2! y (2.Re1? Sf4+!). 1.Kh6! (-) Sxe2
wdRdwdwd PdwdPdPd y 2.Re1 A; 1…Sxd3 x 2.Rd1 B; 1…Sxa2 2.Ra1;
dw4wdwdn dwhwdRdw 1…Sxb3 2.Rb1. Even though 1.Rd1? Sxe2! makes a
#2 #3
good try, it’s clear that the wK must move to escape
a 2nd move check by the bS. Amusing that 1.Rxc1?
PS3243 on the only clear file on the board is stalemate. Most satisfying (BPB). Amusing
zugzwang play (CMBT). Good problem with Banny theme (R.Łazowski). Banny
wiwdwdwd theme: 1.A? x!; 1.B? y! Key 1…x/y 2.B/A.
dp$wdwdw
w)wdwdwd PS3243 (Makaronez) (a) 1.Rc2 Bg2 2.Rxg2 Kc8 3.Rd2 Kb8 4.Rd8. (b) 1.Ke3
Bg2 2.Rxg2 Kc8 3.Rd2 Kb8 4.Rd8. Neat in Miniature, and interesting that the
dwdwdwdw composer saw it could be ‘twinned’, but I think there is insufficient added to
wdwdPIwd warrant (b) (BPB).
dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd PS3244 (Paradzinsky) (a) 1.Qd3+ Ka4 2.Rc5 b3 3.Qa6+ Kb4 4.Qxa3+ Kxa3
5.Rc4 b2#. (b) 1.Qc5 Ka4 2.Rd4 Kb3 3.Qxb4+ Kc2 4.Qd2+ Kb3 5.Qb2+ axb2#.
dwdwdwdb A splendid affair – again a Miniature – with two almost distinct solutions and then
#4 (b) after key of (a) mates from different bPs! I didn’t find the succession of checking moves easy,
PS3244 PS3245
and wondered for a while if 1.Qd3+! was a correct
first move (BPB). Sacrifice of Queen with good key
wdwdwdwd bgwdwdwd in (b) (H.Kalafut).
dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdr PS3245 (Shire) 1.fxg5 Rexg5 2.Rc7 Rh6#; 1.Rb7
Qdwdwdwd wdwdw0Rd gxf6 2.Rd6 Rh5#. So obvious that a wR is going to
dwdRdwdw dwdr$w)w mate on the h-file, but so tricky to be certain of the
w0wdwdwd wdwdKdwd move-orders. Excellent that Pawns capture each
0kdwdwdw dwdwdwdw other, and 2.Rd6 Rh5 is a ‘masked interference’
pdwdwdwd wdwdw0wd which I guess DJS knew would appeal to me!
Iwdwdwdw dwdwdwdk (BPB). Different combinations of P exchanges, bR
interferences and wR mates (CMBT).
S#5 (b) wQ>c6 H#2 2 solutions
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PS3246 (Medintsev) 1.Sg4 Be4 2.Sb3 Sc7#; PS3246 PS3247


1.Sb3 Sed8 2.Sg4 Bd3#. Even if there were not wdwdwdKd wdwdwdwd
reciprocal changes of Black’s moves, I would still dNdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
find this amazing for its unpins of White, the line
cleared for the wBf2, and, especially, that the kdwdNdBd wdwdw4wd
slender white force produces so very different model dwhwdwdw dwdqibdw
mates (BPB). Simple but attractive matched bS wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
unpins + line openings with wS/wB guards + mates dwdwhwdw dwdwdwdw
in pawnless setting (CMBT). bdwdwGrd wdwdwdwd
PS3247 (Kalotay & Benko) (a) 1…Bh3 2.Qf7 dwdwdwdw $wdwIBdR
0-0-0 3.Ke6 Rhe1#; (b) 1…Bc4 2.Bd7 0-0 3.Ke6 H#2 2 solutions H#2½ (b) Rf6>d6
Rae1#. This can never be considered difficult, but it
PS3248
is supremely beautiful for the neat weaving of a ‘nest’ for the bK, the wB’s two
pinning roles, full use of the wRs, and the eye-catching castlings! (BPB). White wdwdw4wd
castling and pins. Repeated 3.Ke6 acceptable, but bR could be a bP (CMBT). dwGwdwdw
PS3248 (Ben-Zvi) (a) 1…Ba2 2.Be4 Sc4+ 3.Kd5 Se5#; 1…Ba8 2.Bc4 Sb7+ wdwHwdwd
3.Kd5 Sd8#. (b) 1…Bxf3 2.Bc4 Se4+ 3.Kd5 Sg5#; 1…Bg8 2.Be4 Sf7+ 3.Kd5 IwgBiwdw
Sd8#. Good star-play by wB sets up 4 B+S batteries mating bK on wB’s original pdw0wdwd
square (CMBT). A stellar performance by the wBd5 and the S! (R.Peele). dwdbdpdw
Somewhere I’ve seen these wB retreats and wS shut-offs before, but it’s amusing wdwdwdwd
and well done here (BPB, who later sent the Turner problem at bottom of page).
dwdwdwdw
PS3249 (Stojoski) 1.Se4 Sb2 2.Kd6 Ke2 3.Kc5 Kd3 4.Sd6 Kc3 5.b6 Sd3#. H#2½ 2 solutions
This was much harder to solve than PS3250. That both Knights should vacate (b) Rf8>b8
their squares for their Kings to pass over them, and
PS3249 PS3250
that both Knights should then make switchbacks
impressed me immensely (BPB). bBg5 could be a wdwdwdwd wgbdwdwd
bP (CMBT). Klasinc theme with switchbacks of dpdwiwdw dwdwdwdw
Knights (HK). The Klasinc theme occurs when a wdbhwdwd wdwdkdnd
piece moves to allow another piece to pass over the dpdp4wgp dwdwdndw
vacated square, then the first piece switches back.
Here the theme occurs twice. wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwdNdwdw 0wdwdwdw
PS3250 (Fiebig) 1.Bh2 d4 2.Sg3 d5+ 3.Kf5 d6 rdwdwdwd pdw)wdwd
4.Kg4 d7 5.Kh3 d8S 6.Bg4 Se6 7.Sh4 Sf4#. Very dwdwdKdw Iwdwdwdw
evidently, Excelsior ahoy! But 5…d8S still came as
a surprise, when a stronger piece is usually H#5 H#7
sufficient. In the end, it had to be a Knight to clear the obstacles of Black’s entombment at h3. A memorable
problem! (BPB). Simple wP/S play for smothered mate, but black move order neatly forced (CMBT).
Ken Cameron points out that Kabe Moen’s original J on p.621 of the January issue has an illegal position.
The correction at bottom left uses a wPb3 instead of a wSb2, with Black’s preceding move being Bxc3+.
Solution: 1.d4+ exd3 e.p.++ 2.Kf4; (1…Kb5 2.Kd6; 1…Kc6 2.Qd7). Readers have sent in partial anticipations
of some problems. A (see PS3241): 1.Rh8 (>2.Bf4) Qd4 2.Qd8; 1…Qe4 2.Sf3; 1…Qg4 2.Sf5; 1…Be4 2.Qf4.
B (see PS3242): 1.Kh2 (-) Sxe2 2.Re1 ~ 3.Re8; 1…Sxd3 2.Rd1 ~ Rd8; 1…Sxb3 2.Rb1 ~ 3.Rb8; 1…Sxa2
2.Ra1 ~ 3.Ra8. C (see PS3248) 1.Qb5 Ba1 2.Qd5 Sb2+ 3.Kd4 Sa4#; 1.Bd5 Bxf6 2.Qc4 Se5+ 3.Kd4 Sd7#;
1.Qd1 Bxc7 2.Qf3 Se5+ 3.Kf4 Sxf7#; 1.Be6 Bg3 2.Qd5 Sf4+ 3.Ke5 Se2#.

Kabe Moen A Raphael Kofman B Charles H. Wheeler C Neal Turner


correction Magyar Sakkvilág 1929 Argosy 1887 (v) 3 Pr The Problemist 1989

wdw$wdwd K!wdw$wd wdwdwdkd Kdwdwdwd


dwdwdwdw dpdwdBdw dwdwdN0N dw0wdpdw
pdwdwdwd p)bdPdwG wdwdwdPd wdPdwhwd
)wiwIQdw dw0wdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwGwdw
w0wdpdwd r$qdwdwi wdwdwdwd wdbdkdpd
dPgw4wdw dwdwHwdp dPdPdwdw dqdNhwdw
wdw)wdwd wdwdw)wd PdwdPdKd wdwdwdwd
dw$wdwGB dwdrHndw dwhwdwdR dBdwdwdw
#2 wK in check #2 #3 H#3 4 solutions
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A Valery Shanshin A Difficult Locus for the Thematic wS


2 Pr Belgrade Internet Ty
2015 in a TTC Setting, by David Shire
wdwdndBd It was my pleasure to judge the Belgrade Internet Tourney of 2015 and Valery
dNdb$wdw Shanshin submitted the splendid A for my consideration. Set 1…c3 2.Bb6. 1.Sd5?
wdw0qdpI (>2.Bb6) Qxd5 2.Qe3 but 1…c3! 1.Sg4!? (>2.Qe3 – 2.Bb6?) Qxe4 2.Bb6; 1…c3
Gwdwdw)w 2.Qd3 and 1…Kxe4 2.Se3 (switchback) but 1…Bc1! 1.Sxc4! (>2.Qd3 –
wdpiPdw$ 2.Bb6?,Qe3?) Qh3 2.Bb6; 1…Qxc4 2.Qe3 and the bK flight is met by the threat.
Ideally a new mate should follow 1…Kxc4 but this was my only disappointment.
0wdwHw!w The solution indicates the Tertiary Threat Correction (TTC) pattern and the
wgPdw)wd appropriate transfers of the threats are all enabled by the bQ opening the lines of
dwdwdwdw the wR and the wB ambushed behind her. The tourney required the recycling of
#2 three white mates across three phases and the reader should recognise the manner
in which 2.Bb6/Qe3/Qd3 recur throughout the solution. Furthermore, the set play
and the refutation of the primary try provide a paradoxical element.
B David Shire
Original A decade or so ago I was struggling with the task of producing a TTC setting
with the thematic wS at a 1/1 locus in relation to the bK (as in A). At the time
wdwdRgwd Chris Reeves was encouraging me to extend the TTC formula as by that time John
dNdw4wdw Rice had explored most of the basic matrices! It was natural to combine TTC with
pGwdpdP0 a white correction (WC) phase and B was the result of this approach. 1.Sc2?
dbdwiwdK (>2.Bd4) Rd7 2.Qf5 but 1…Rxb7!. Now the WC phase: 1.Sf5!? (>2.Bd4) exf5
wdpHPdwd 2.Qxf5 and 1…Kf6 2.e5 but 1…Rd7! Now the TTC phases: 1.Se2!? (>2.Qf4 –
2.Bd4?) Kxe4 2.Sc3 but 1…Rf7! 1.Sxe6! (>2.Qf5 – 2.Bd4?,Qf4?) Rf7 2.Bd4 and
dwdwdwdw 1…Rxb7 2.Qf4. The setting suffers from the same weakness that we saw in A –
wdwdwdwd the mate following 1…Kxe6 is the threat. However, there is a further defect – the
dwdw$Qdw primary threat is not transferred in the 1.Se2!? phase. This is an example of
#2 incomplete TTC and it was this factor that dissuaded me from publishing this
diagram for so many years. The matter can be resolved by the addition of bPc2
and wBb1 for 1.Se2!? c1Q 2.Bd4 but now the added wB is pure camouflage in the key phase! I decided that
this locus was a difficult one with which to work.
When Valery Shanshin, the author of A, learnt I was planning this article he kindly offered two further
contributions to the debate. C 1.Sf8? (>2.Rd8) Qg4
C Valery Shanshin D Valery Shanshin 2.Sxb6; 1…Qd4 2.Rxd4; 1…Qc5 2.Qxh1; but
Original Original 1…Sc4! 1.Sd8!? (>2.Bc6 – 2.Rd8??) Be4 2.Qxe4
wdwdRdwd wdwdRdKd but 1…fxe5! 1.Sd4! (>2.Sxb6 – 2.Rd8?,Bc6?) fxe5
Iw)wdpdr dwdQdw0w 2.Rd8; 1…Sc4 2.Bc6; 1…Sxa4 2.Qxb3; (1…Qxd4
2.Rxd4). The key subtly closes two white lines so
w0wdN0pd wdpdw)wd that the mechanism involves no flight-giving, a
dBdk)wdw hw0N)wdw feature I appreciate. The wQ is delightfully active in
N)wdw$wd wdwdkdwd this example of incomplete TTC.
dpGwdwdp dw$wdw)w A better economy is seen in D and once again the
whwdwdwd wdwgwGwd key cuts two white lines and one black line with
dQdwdw1b dwHwdwdb excellent effect. 1.Sd~? (>2.Qd3) Be3 2.Rxe3 but
#2 #2 1…c4! 1.Se7!? (>2.Qf5 – 2.Qd3?) Kxe5 2.Sd5
(switchback) but 1…g6! 1.Se3! (>2.Qg4 –
E John Rice 2.Qd3?,Qf5?) Bf3 2.Qd3; 1…Kf3 2.Qf5; (1…Bxe3 2.Rxe3). The wQ provided
Original first-class by-play in C; in D she generates all three threats! I would draw the
attention of the reader to wPf6 that has been added to prevent a cook by 1.Sf6+.
w4wdBdbI The awkwardness of this juxtaposition of the wS in relation to the bK is linked to
dwdPdpdw the presence of two potential wS checks in the starting position.
Rdwdnipd Composers seek to avoid wP plugs wherever possible so you can imagine my
dwdPHp0w interest when John Rice rose to my challenge with E. Set 1…fxg4 2.Sxg4. 1.Sc4?
wdwdwdPd opens the black squared diagonal to the bK and pre-closes c8-c3 to establish a
Gwdwdwdw threat of 2.Qc3. 1…fxg4 2.Qf2 and 1…Rb4,Rb3 2.d8Q indicate that wPs g4/d7
wdQdwdwd are intimately involved! The unpinning 1…Rb6! refutes this try. 1.Sc6!? (>2.Be7
dwdwdwdw – 2.Qc3?) Sc5 2.Qc3; 1…Rxe8 2.dxe8S but 1…Rb4! 1.Sxg6! (>2.Qxf5 –
2.Qc3?,Be7?) fxg6 2.Qc3; 1…fxg4 2.Be7. The icing on the cake is 1…Kxg6
#2
2.Rxe6, a mate in which wPg4 holds h5! To achieve TTC by means of unpinning
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and flight-giving is a conventional method but this is an example with many F Marjan Kovačević
merits. The contribution made by those two wPs is an absolute delight and the Phénix 2017
three-fold mate change following 1…fxg4 is an unexpected bonus. The downside
is the presence of an unprovided 1…Kxe5 in the initial position. I was beginning wdwdw!wd
to wonder whether a diagram demonstrating TTC with this particular wS locus dwdwdw0w
was ever going to be entirely free of shortcoming … wdw$pdpg
Marjan Kovačević was another who nibbled at my bait and he responded with
dw0Ndwdw
the exciting F. Set 1…exd5 2.Re6. 1.Sb6? places an additional guard on d5 and wdwdkdwd
pre-closes a6-e6 to introduce a threat of 2.Rxe6. 1…Be3 2.Rxe3; 1…Bf4 2.Qxf4; dp)wdRGP
but 1…e5! 1.Sde3!? (>2.Sd2 – 2.Rxe6?) Bd3 2.Rxe6; 1…Ba2 2.Qa8 but 1…Bc2! w0wdw)wd
1.Sf4! (>2.Re3 – 2.Rxe6?,Sd2?) Ke5 2.Rxe6; 1…Kxf3 2.Sd2; 1…Bxf4 2.Qxf4. 4bdwdNdK
As with D, the key cuts the lines of wR, wB and bB but to very different effect. #2
Analysis of the previous examples shows that different devices have been used to
promote the secondary and tertiary phases. In F the effects are wrought with the line-cutting of bBh6 being the
single essential mechanism, and the consequence is a work of great unity. The most generous key will appeal to
the traditional solver, who will also love the role of bRa1 and the valve, 1.Sde3!? Ba2 2.Qa8! (1.Bf4? fails to
1…Kxf3!) Can we conclude that this is a perfect problem? Not quite, for wPh3 is an outlier that might be
construed as a key indicator. The search goes on …
I am proud to present a series of problems in which talented composers have sought to fill a gap in the TTC
canon. Their originals published in this article will be scrutinised by Hubert Gockel, our #2 judge for 2018.

The Narayanan problem at right is another example of three changed


interferences on the same square (see p.637). Here the set Grimshaw is 1…Re6 C.G.S.Narayanan
2.Sf5; 1…Be6 2.Sc6. The third set interference 1…e6 cleverly prevents both of =1 Pr BJM-60 JT 1997
the above mates by guarding f5 and opening a line for the bBf8 to pin the wSb4,
but allows 2.Rxg4 (which is not mate after 1…Re6 because of 2…Re4). In the wGbdwgB1
above play accuracy is achieved through some dual avoidance, which is an dwdw0wdp
interesting and desirable feature. The key 1.Sxg4 (>2.Rc4) creates a battery and pdwdwdw4
puts a second guard on the squares e3 and e5, but loses the third guard of the dwdwdwdw
squares c4 and d5. The interferences now lead to changed play, including two wHwiwdp$
battery mates: 1…Re6 2.Se5; 1…Be6 2.Ba7; 1…e6 2.Sxh6. Here the defences on Iw$wHPdw
e6 close the wBg8’s line to c4/d5, removing the second guard of those squares. P)Pdwdwd
This negates the threat and also forces the wSb4 to retain guard of d5 (1…Be6
2.Sc6+? Kd5!). The defence 1…e6 once again opens the line of the bBf8, this
drdwdwdw
time preventing 2.Ba7? (2…Bc5!). In the by-play two of the set mates reappear: #2
1…Rc6 2.Sxc6; 1…Bxg4 2.Rxg4; (1…Qxg8 2.Be5).

Homebase Helpmate Piece Task Record


A appeared in Andrew Buchanan’s article in the
A Andrew Buchanan B Norbert Geissler
November 2017 issue. The idea is that White has no The Problemist (after Andrew Buchanan)
previous move to reach the diagram position, so Supplement 2017 Original
Black must have made the previous move (capturing
a white unit that had just moved). Therefore it must rdwdkdwd rdw1kdn4
be White to play as H#2½ and, with Black having 0w0wdp0p 0pdp0p0p
just moved, black castling is illegal. 1…e3 2.Kf8 wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
Qf3 3.Kg8 Qxa8#; (not 1…e3 2.0-0-0?? Qf3 3.Rd7 dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
Qa8#). Norbert Geissler’s B has similar retro logic
(although here black castling is legal) and solves as wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
H#2½ by 1…e3 2.Qa5 Qf3 3.b6 Qxa8#. This is the dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
new task record for the greatest number of necessary w)P)P)Pd w)P)P)Pd
units (22) in a homebase helpmate. All the white dwGQIBdw dwGQIBdw
units are needed in order to prove that Black must H#3 (see text) H#3 (see text)
have played the previous move, while if any black
unit is removed then there are either cooks or no solution. Andrew Buchanan points out that the matrix of B can
be used to increase the record for the greatest number of necessary units in a homebase helpmate without retro
content. If the wBf1 and wPg2 are removed then White has a previous move (Kf1-e1). This destroys the retro
logic, but the resulting 20-unit problem is a sound H#2½.
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The Disappearing Nowotny: Part II, by Kabe Moen


A Vyacheslav Sazhin B Mikhail Marandyuk
In this article I will focus on the disappearing
1-5 HM Selskaya zhizn 1973 Revista de Şah 1971 Nowotny in combination with other ideas and the
rare changed disappearing Nowotny. A shows a
wdBdrdwd wdwdQdwd combination of Nowotny/disappearing Nowotny. Set
dw)wdw!w IBdwdwdw 1…Re5+ 2.Qxe5; 1…Bd7+ 2.Qxd7. The try 1.Se6?
wdwiwdNd NHwiwdwd (>2.Qe5,Qd7) leads to the usual Nowotny mates
dKdwdwHw dwdwdwdw after the captures of the key piece, but is defeated by
1…Sf6! The key 1.Be6! threatens the same mates
wdP0ndbd wdwdwdw4 but now the captures yield 1…Bxe6 2.Sxe4;
dwgwdwdw dwgPdwdb 1…Rxe6 2.c8S; (1…Sf6 2.c5). The key also lets
wdwdwdwd wdwGwdwd Black check: 1…Rb8+ 2.cxb8Q. The attractive
dwdwdwdw dwdRdwdw position in B shows a pure disappearing Nowotny
#2 #2 with pin mates: 1.d4! (>2.Qe5,Sc4) Bxd4 2.Bb4;
1…Rxd4 2.Bf4; (1…Be6 2.Qf8).
C Kabe Moen
Original I thought it would be paradoxical if the Nowotny key introduced multiple
threats, each individually forced, but after its captures all of the threats were
wdbdwdRd defeated only to allow new mates, i.e. a combination of disappearing Nowotny
dwdNdwdw and the (partial) Fleck theme. The key of C, 1.Sec5! makes five threats
Qgwdwdwd 2.Rf1,Be3,Rf8,Se6,Sd3 which are uniquely forced by 1…g4 2.Rf1; 1…Qc4
4rdwdw0w 2.Be3; 1…Sxc5 2.Rf8; 1…Qd4 2.Se6; 1…Bxd7 2.Sd3. All of the threats vanish
qdwdNiwd after the thematic captures of the key piece but clear the way for the ambushed
dndwdw0B wQ: 1…Rxc5 2.Qf1; 1…Bxc5 2.Qf6.
wdwdwdPd D shows a disappearing Nowotny spread over two phases with the pseudo Le
dwdw$wGK Grand theme and threat avoidance, i.e. the Sushkov theme. Set 1…Rf2 2.Rd4;
#2
1…Bf2 2.Rc2; 1…Rb4 2.Rxb4; 1…Sc5 2.Sd6. 1.Sf2? (>2.Rc2 – 2.Rd4?) Rxf2
2.Qe4; 1…Sc5 2.Rd4; but 1…Bd1! The key
threatens the avoided threat from the try: 1.Bf2!
D Vassily Savchenko E David Shire (>2.Rd4 – 2.Rc2?) Bxf2 2.Qc1; 1…Rb4 2.Rc2.
Szachy 1977 2 Pr Probleemblad 1997 (v)
Meanwhile E uses a similar scheme but
wdwdwdwd QgwGBdwd encompasses a genuine Nowotny try to achieve the
dndwdwdw 1rdwdw$w Barnes theme in addition to the Sushkov theme. Set
wdwdwdpd w0wdwdwd 1…Sf4 2.Se3; 1…Sg6 2.Bxg6. 1.Bc7? (>2.Re5,Bd7)
dPdRIwdb dpdNdkdr but 1…Sg6! 1.Rc7? (>2.Re5 – 2.Bd7?) Bxc7 2.Qc8;
rdkdNdwd pdwIRdph 1…Sg6 2.Bd7; but 1…g3! 1.Sc7! (>2.Bd7 – 2.Re5?)
dwdwdw0w dwdwdpdw Rxc7 2.Qd5; 1…Sf4 2.Re5. The refutations are
superb.
P$wdwdrd wdwdwdnd
dwdwGwgQ dwdwdwdw Now to consider the rare changed disappearing
#2 #2
Nowotny. F has a disappearing Nowotny in each
phase. The try 1.Bf7? (>2.Sc4,Be7) Rxf7 2.Qd4;
1…Bxf7 2.Qd8 fails to 1…Rxh4! Meanwhile the
F Colin Sydenham G Johan van Gool key 1.Rf7! changes the threats to (>2.Sb7,Re6), but
Schweizerische 6 HM Schakend with the same variations 1…Rxf7 2.Qd4; 1…Bxf7
Schachzeitung 1985 Nederland 1984 2.Qd8. Notice the beautiful threat avoidance in the
wdwdwdb! wdwdwdwd try and key that features both critical and anti-
$wdwdw4q dwdpdw0w critical effects. The anti-critical effects allow the
threats 2.Sc4 and 2.Sb7, while the critical effects
Ndpiwdp4 wdwgNdp1 avoid the threats 2.Re6? and 2.Be7?. In each phase
Hwdwdwdw dwdwdw4r the threats are cleverly separated by 1…c5 and
wdwdwdwG wdPdkdwd 1…g5.
dw0wdwdw dwdN0wdw I set out in search of a problem with changed
BdwdRdwg QGwdwdwd mates. G is probably the best example if the pure
dwdwIwdw dKdRdRdw form is not required. The try 1.Se5? (>2.Qa8,Rf4)
#2 #2 gives 1…Bxe5 2.Sec5; 1…Rxe5 2.Rd4; but 1…e2!
defeats both threats. The key 1.Be5! makes the same
threats and now the variations are 1…Bxe5 2.Sdc5; 1…Rxe5 2.Qg2; (1…e2 2.Qxe2). Once again it is stressed
that the variations after the captures by the bRg5 do not utilise the interference with the bBd6.
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It seems that there are two examples of a changed H M.Dyachkov I R.A.Batchelor


disappearing Nowotny in its pure form, each with Shakhmaty v SSSR 1972 Sp C The Problemist 1989
defects. The mechanism in H uses flight squares for wdN4wdwd BdwdwIwd
the bK: 1.d4? (>2.Qc5,Qd3) Rxd4 2.Rc7; 1…Bxd4
2.Kd2; but 1…Kxc3! 1.Bd4! (>2.Qc5,Qd3) Rxd4 dRdrdwGq dw0wdwdw
2.Sb6; 1…Bxd4 2.Kd1; (1…Kxd4 2.Rxb4). The pdwdwdPd pdwdw$wd
strategy is nice but the strong refutation to the try dwdwdQdw dwiwdwdw
and the unprovided mate(!) 1…Rxd2# are difficult w0kdw0wd PdwdwdPd
to swallow. dwHwgPdw )wdwdw4w
Finally there is I, which has a wonderful open Pdw)K0wd PdwHwdb!
position with a mirrored bK and achieves the dwdwdBdw dwdRdwHw
changes by way of twinning. The strategy again uses #2 #2 (b) Rd1>b8
flight squares for the bK. (a) 1.Sdf3! (>2.Rc6,Rc1)
Rxf3 2.Qxc7; 1…Bxf3 2.Qc2. (b) 1.Sgf3! (>2.Qh5,Qg1) Rxf3 2.Qe5; 1…Bxf3 2.Qf2. Not only are the
disappearing Nowotny mates changed, but the threats are changed as well. Solvers mentioned the flight-taking
keys, however part (a) has a give-and-take key while the key of part (b) crucially takes control of the d4 flight.

Godfrey Heathcote
A Heathcote Pioneer, by Michael Lipton 1 Pr Sydney Morning
Herald 1909
Kabe Moen provided an interesting tour around black “Double Checks without
Capture” (Supplement, Jan 2018). Heathcote’s 1909 example is even better than wdwdwdBd
he indicates. Moen gives the star variation 1.Rfg5! (>2.Kf5) fxg5++ 2.Ke5. There dp4wdq4w
is also a pair of self-blocks with dual avoidance, 1…Bxc3 2.Qf1(Ke3?); 1…bxc3 wdwdw0N0
2.Ke3(Qf1?). Further by-play is 1…f5 2.Se5; 1…Qd5 2.Bxd5; 1…Qe6 2.Bxe6;
1…Rd7,Re7 2.Rxc5. However, the problem’s value is almost doubled by the try- dw0wdRdP
play. The highly plausible try 1.Re5!? (>2.Kf5,Re4) gives a new double check P0kdwIRd
1…fxe5++ 2.Kxe5, with the mate being transferred from the post-key 1…fxg5++. dwHwdwdQ
PdwdwGwd
The logic of possible openings by wRf5 is interesting. Its random removal – if,
say, 1.RxPh5 were legal – would fail to 1…Rxg6!. 1.Re5!? corrects by adding a gwdwdwdw
second threat (1…Rxg6? 2.Re4), but errs by blocking e5 (1…f5! 2.Se5??). #2
1.Rd5!? also corrects by adding another threat (>2.Kf5 and 2.Qd3) to defeat 1…Rxg6 (and 1…Bxc3 or
1…Qe6); but a new error, unguard of d5, leads to failure after 1…bxc3! because the desired 2.Ke3, re-guarding
b4, fails to 2….Kxd5. The key, a third white correction, cuts g6-g4, so 1…Rxg6 no longer defeats 2.Kf5.
This modern try-play is fifty years ahead of its time, and the construction is perfect by the conventions of
1909. These, however, compelled Heathcote to add bPb7 to stop duals after the threat-ignoring 1…Ra7,Rb7.
Today we’d remove Pb7, and replace wPa4 by bPb5. Conventions may change again: in 2058, we might
replace h5 and h6 by a second black-square bBd8, strengthening the virtual play with a random try, 1.Rh5?
Rxg6!.

From time to time readers send in problems for the now discontinued Bring Out Your Dead series. Henry
Tanner writes: “A local veteran composer, Ilkka Sarén, showed us recently an old gem of his, and remembering
your column I asked for his permission to send the problem to you. In Finland, we
have rarely had tourneys for problems published in newspapers’ chess columns, Ilkka Sarén
so this fine problem was not awarded and it is not included in any problem book, (in memoriam J.Kasanen)
Ilta-Sanomat 1988
as far as I know. Mr Sarén does not have an internet connection. He also
composes his problems without a computer of his own. (We, his friends then wdwHwdwd
check them.)” dwdqdwdw
The problem has continuous twinning, with each change being made to the wdbiwdwd
preceding position. (a) 1.Qc8 Sb7+ 2.Kd7 Qf7#; (b) 1.Bd5 Sc6 2.Ke6 Qg6#; (c) dwdwdwdw
1.Qe6 Sd7 2.Kd5 Qd3#; (d) 1.Bd5 Se6 2.Kc6 Qa6#. Echo model mates. The wdwdwdwd
‘cross’ of bK moves adds unity and makes the scheme seem less mechanical than dQdwdwdw
in other problems that use the same material. The wK is well used in preventing wdwdwdwd
cooks. Ilkka Sarén was born in Finland in 1940. As a player he is a FIDE Master
(1990), won the Finnish Championship in 1971 and represented Finland three dwdKdwdw
times in Chess Olympiads. He started composing chess problems around 1966 and H#2 (b) wQ>c2
has published about 100 problems and studies. (c) & wS>f8 (d) & wQ>a2
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More Original Homebase Helpmates


Here are more original homebase helpmates (although 8 is actually a series-autostalemate). Fairy definitions
are on the bottom of the page and solutions are on page 647.

1 Norbert Geissler 2 Norbert Geissler 3 Norbert Geissler 4 John Rice


Original Original Original Original

wdbdkdw4 rdbdkdw4 rhw1kdn4 rdwdkdwd


dwdwdwdp 0pdw0wdw dw0wdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdw)wdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdw)wd wdwdPdwd
$wGwIwdw $wdwIwdw dwdwIwdR dwdwIBHw
H#3 (b) Bc8>f8 H#4 H#4 How many solutions? H#4 2 solutions
Chameleon Circe

5 Geoff Foster & John Rice 6 John Rice 7 John Rice 8 Roméo Bedoni
Original Original Original Original

wdwdkdw4 wdwdkdw4 whbdkdwd wdwdkdwd


dwdwdpdw dwdwdpdw 0wdpdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdw)wd Pdw)wdwd wdwdwdwd
dwGwIBdw dwdwIwHw $wGwIwdw dwdwIwdw
H#4 2 solutions H#5 (b) Pf7>h7 H#6 Ser-!=11
Koeko Koeko ABC chess Sentinels

FAIRY DEFINITIONS (used in problems above and on page 648)


Chameleon Circe: a captured piece is reborn as the next piece in the sequence S > B > R > Q > S etc.
Pawns are reborn as in Circe.
Koeko (Kölner Kontaktschach): the arrival square of any moving unit must be adjacent to a square occupied
by another unit of either colour.
ABC chess: the squares are considered in the order a1, a2, … a8, b1, … b8, c1 and so on to h8. Each side
must play with the unit that comes earliest in this order. However check and mate are normal.
Sentinels: after each move by a piece (not P), a pawn of the same colour is left behind on the piece’s
departure square, unless that square is on the 1st or 8th ranks or there are already 8 Ps of that colour present.
Series-autostalemate (Ser-!=n): White plays n moves to stalemate himself. Black doesn’t move at all.
Helpselfmate (HS#n): with White starting, Black plays helpful moves until his final (mating) move, which
must be forced.
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 Parrain: a captured unit (A) is reborn immediately after another unit (B) of the same colour has
played. The rebirth square of A is determined according to the move of B, being the same distance from the
capture square, and lying in the same direction, as B’s arrival square is from its departure square. A pawn
reborn on the 1st rank may move one square to the 2nd rank; a pawn reborn on the 8th rank promotes
immediately. To visualise the rebirth process, imagine that White captures a black pawn on d4. Black then
plays Rd8-a8, which gives a4 as the pawn’s rebirth square. If the rebirth square lies off the edge of the board,
then the piece cannot be reborn and so disappears altogether.
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FAIRY SOLUTIONS (November)


PS3251F (Gockel) 1.Ra3? (-) Rb1 2.Qd7 A; PS3251F PS3252F
1…Ra1 2.Rf3 B; 1…Bxe2 2.Rf4 C; 1…c6! 1.Ra4!
(-) Rb1 2.Rf3 B; 1…Ra1 2.Rf4 C; 1…Bxe2 2.Qd7 wdwdwdwd wdwdRdwd
A; 1…c6 2.Qd3; 1…cxd6 2.cxd6; 1…b6 2.c6; dp0wdKdw dNdwgwIw
1…Re~ 2.Bd3; 1…Rxe2 2.g4. Excellent tri-cycle in wdwGwdwd wdwdwdwd
3 main variations between try and key, done dQ)wdkdw dwdwiwdw
naturally without strain, and lots of by-play wdRdwdw) w4w0w0wd
(C.C.Lytton). Lačný cyclic shift of mates dRdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
ABC/BCA. Try and key provide mates for 1…Ra1, wdpdBdPd wdwdwdwd
at the same time opening prospective black lines to
allow wQ to take over mating duties (GF). dw4b4wdw dwdwdwdw
#2 AMU H#2 Take&Make
PS3252F (Kozhakin) 1.Rb6 Sc5 2.Rd6 Rxe7- 2 solutions
g5#; 1.Rb5 Kf7 2.Rd5 Kxe7-g5#. Neat change from
horizontal to vertical mating line; not sure we can PS3253F PS3254F
avoid the same T&M move in both solutions. I
would have used bSf4 instead of bP, and twinned by rdwdkdwd wdwdwdNi
removal (b) –Sf4, when the second mate is a model. dwdwdw4w 0wdKdp0p
Matter of taste (CCL). Perhaps the same T&M move wdwGwdwd wdwdpdwd
in both solutions was the point? (GF). dwdwdBdw dwdw4wdw
PS3253F (Barnes) (a) 1.Rd7 Be4 2.0-0-0 Bb7#; wdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
(b) 1.Rf7 Be5 2.0-0 Bh7#. Jolly specific-PWC-mates dwdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
as reflected echoes after (admittedly obvious) bdwdwdwd wdwdwdwd
castling on both wings. bBa2 stops similar mate on dwdwIwdw dwdwdwhw
f7 (CCL). H#2 PWC (b) Ra8>h8 H#2 PWC (b) g8=wB
PS3254F (Giddins & Rice) (a) 1.a5 Nxa5[Pg8] Nightriders
2.Rxa5[Ne5] Nxf7[Pe5]#; (b) 1.f5 Bxe6[Pg8]
PS3255F PS3256F
2.Rxe6[Be5] Bxg7[Pe5]#. Clever PWC play to keep
wK safe from check by bN (CCL). wdrdwdwd wdwdwdwd
PS3255F (Chamberlain) 1.f7 (>2.Ng8+ Qf6) Gd5 Hwdqdwdw !wdwdwdw
2.Qxd5+ Qxd5; 1…Qc7 2.Qf4+ Qxf4; 1…Qc5 wdqdw)wH qdwdwdwd
2.Qe3+ Qxe3; 1…RHf8 2.Qd3+ cxd3. Four wQ 0pdwdwdw dwdwdwdw
checks (out of a possible 5) force open the c8-c3 bdpdkdPd wdwdwdwd
battery, a nice exercise in lots of fairy units (CCL). 0wIwdwDw 1wdKdwdw
Good black battery play and white sacrifices (RL). wdw!w4qd wdwdw!wd
PS3256F (Foster) (a) 1.Ke1 Ga5 2.Ge2 Kc2 dNGwdwdn dwdkdwdw
3.Ga6 Kc1 4.Gf1 Gd2#; (b) 1.Kc1 KAa2 2.Kb2 S#2 Gs, N, Rookhoppers, H#4 Grasshoppers
KAg2 3.Ka2 Kc2 4.KAa1 KAb2#. As we expect, Nightriderhoppers (b) all Gs = Kangaroos
Australians are at home with Kangaroos!
Beautifully-crafted twinning, rewarding and not easy to solve (CCL). A beautiful fairy miniature (RL).

Solutions to homebase helpmates (page 646)


1 (a) 1.0-0 Ra8 2.Kh8 Rxc8 3.Rg8 Bb2#; (b) 1.Bg7 Bb2 2.0-0 Ra8 3.Kh8 Rxf8#. Pin-model-mates. 2 1.Bh3
Ra3 2.0-0-0 Rxh3 3.Kb8 Rxh8 4.Ka8 Rxd8#. wR minimal. 3 1.Sh6 f4 2.0-0 f5 3.Kh8 f6 4.Rg8 Rxh6#. Only
one solution! The possible second solution 1.Rh7 0-0 2.Rd7 Ra1 3.Qe7 Rxa8 4.Kd8 Rxb8# is illegal as white
castling is not allowed. 4 1.Ra1+ Kd2 2.Rxf1[wRh1] Rh7 3.Rxg1[wBc1] Rc7 4.Rxc1[wRa1] Ra8#; 1.Ra3 Bh3
2.Rxh3[wRh1] Sf3 3.Rh7 Se5 4.Re7 Rh8#. wR mates on a8 and h8. 5 1.Kf8 Bd2 2.Kg7 Bd3 3.Rf8 Bc3+ 4.Kg8
Bh7#; 1.Rg8 Be2 2.Rg6 Bg5 3.Rg8 Bg4 4.Rf8 Bd7#. Echo mates. In the first solution Black castles ‘by hand’,
because after 1.0-0? Black is not able to lose an odd number of moves! 6 (a) 1.Ke7 Ke2 2.Rd8 Ke3 3.Rd4 Ke4
4.Kf6 Kf5+ 5.Kg5 Sf3#; (b) 1.Rg8 Ke2 2.Kf7 Kf3 3.Rg3+ Kg4 4.Kg6 Kh5+ 5.Kg5 Sh3#. Echo mates by wS
and beautifully matched play. In each solution the bR helps the wK advance to the 4th rank. 7 1.a6 Rb1 2.a5 a3
3.a4 Rb4! 4.Sa6 Re4+ 5.Kd8 Bb2 6.Sc7 Bf6#. Single-step moves by both a-file Ps. 3…Rb4! cleverly avoids
3…Rb5? 4.Sa6 Re5+, where the wB’s path to f6 is blocked. Also 3…Rb3? and 3…Rb6? force 4.axb3 and
5.dxe6 respectively. 8 1.Kf1 2.Kg2 3.Kg3[wPg2] 4.Kg4[wPg3] 5.Kg5[wPg4] 6.Kg6[wPg5] 7.Kh7[wPg6]
8.Kg7[wPh7] 9.h8B 10.Kh7[wPg7] 11.Kg8[wPh7]. The wK creates 8 new white units.
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FAIRY ORIGINALS PS3305-3310F


PS3305F Christopher Jones PS3306F John Bowden PS3307F Stephen Taylor

wiwdwdwd wHwiwdb$ wdwdwdwd


dPdwdwdw dP0wdwHw dwdwdwdw
w)wdwdwd wgpdw)wd wdwiwdw0
dwdwdwIp dp$pdwdw dwdwdwdw
wdwdw0p0 wdnIpdwd wdwdw$wd
dwdwdBdP dwdwdwdw dwdwdNdw
wdwdwhP0 wdwdwdwd wdwdw0wd
dwdwdwdn dndwdw4w dwdwdKdw
HS#5½ Ser-S#10 #6 Koeko
(b/c) wK>a4/d2

PS3308F John Rice PS3309F Michel Caillaud PS3310F Michael McDowell


(France) & Brian Stephenson

wdwdwdwd wdbdkdw$ wdwdwdwd


dwdwdwdw $wdwdw)p dwdwdNdw
wdwdwdwd wdwdwdw0 wdKdNdwd
dwdwiwdw dwdwgwdP dwdwdbdw
wdwdpdwd w0wdwdwd wdwdk4wd
dwdw0wdw dKdwdwdw dwdpdwdw
wdwHp)wd Bdwdwdwd wdwdw)wd
dwdwIwdw dwdw4wdw dwdwdRdw
H#4 (a) Circe Parrain; #2 Rook-Lions + Bishop-Lions; H#2 2 solutions
(b) Chameleon Circe Neutral Pg7 Mao f7, Moa e6, Paos f1,f4

A varied selection this month, with a number of


different fairy genres and pieces for you to contend The Problemist Supplement is one of the two
with. And five of the six problems are from British magazines produced for its members by the
composers! As is the case in the orthodox section British Chess Problem Society, which exists to
this month, some of these originals display witty promote the knowledge and enjoyment of chess
ideas, so I think there is enjoyment in store for you. compositions. Membership is by calendar year
JMR and is open to chess enthusiasts in all countries.
Rook-Lion, Bishop-Lion move and capture on BCPS Website: www.theproblemist.org/
R/B-lines by hopping over another unit of either
colour to any square beyond that unit, provided the Membership subscriptions (due 1st January)
line is clear. are £32.50 for Fellows and £25 for paper
magazines (£12.50 for under-21s), £5 for PDF
Pao (r) moves like R but captures as Rook- copies only. Enquiries should be sent to the
Lion. Membership Secretary, Jim Grevatt, Lazybed,
Mao (n), Moa (n): moves like S but via the Headley Fields, Headley, Hants GU35 8PS
square orthogonally/diagonally adjacent to it, which (jim.grevatt@btinternet.com).
must be vacant for the move to be legal, e.g. Mao © British Chess Problem Society 2018
a1-b3 via a2, Moa a1-b3 via b2. Interference can ISSN 2055-6713
occur on the intermediate square.
Printed by Lavenham Press, Suffolk
Neutral unit: may be moved or captured by
either side. A K may not be moved onto a square
controlled by a neutral unit. Other fairy definitions on page 646

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