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ISSUE 154
MAY 2018
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.
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$w)w mate on the h-file, but so tricky to be certain of the
w0wdwdwd wdwdKdwd move-orders. Excellent that Pawns capture each
0kdwdwdw dwdwdwdw other, and 2.Rd6 Rh5 is a ‘masked interference’
pdwdwdwd wdwdw0wd which I guess DJS knew would appeal to me!
Iwdwdwdw dwdwdwdk (BPB). Different combinations of P exchanges, bR
interferences and wR mates (CMBT).
S#5 (b) wQ>c6 H#2 2 solutions
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and flight-giving is a conventional method but this is an example with many F Marjan Kovačević
merits. The contribution made by those two wPs is an absolute delight and the Phénix 2017
three-fold mate change following 1…fxg4 is an unexpected bonus. The downside
is the presence of an unprovided 1…Kxe5 in the initial position. I was beginning wdwdw!wd
to wonder whether a diagram demonstrating TTC with this particular wS locus dwdwdw0w
was ever going to be entirely free of shortcoming … wdw$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.
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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