Theme for Liga Problemista 1/2007

Theme:Helpmates in 2 moves are required with the theme: a white unit captures a black unit and it is subsequently captured by another black unit, which is self-pinned. Pawns are allowed as thematic units.
Judge:Harry Fougiaxis (Greece)
Closing date:February 1st, 2007
Send problems to: Slobodan Šaletic, Siniše Stankovica 13, 11132 Beograd, Serbia
or by e-mail to:mivel@sezampro.com (with subject LP1/2007)
or online:fill the input form Originals..LP1 MatPlus.Net site - ensure that correct section (LP3) is selected! You should sign-in first (if you are not registered member) to be able to access this form.


Up to three entries per author are allowed. Joint compositions are not accepted!

Although the number of examples which follow might suggest the opposite, the judge, the tourney director and the administrator of MatPlus pages feel that there is still a lot of possibilities for original composing.

Examples

1. Chris Feather
2.pr Schach-Echo 1980-81
9p1qp4rkpp1P2p1s2Q2P1Ks5P4p6Br4R2b






h#2 2111 7+13
1.Sec3: Qd5:+ 2.Sd5: Rc1#
1.Sdc3: Re4: 2.Se4: Qc1#

2. Andrey Lobusov
2.pr Hungarian Chess Federation Ty 1984
5rB2K1p5p1psQp3pk1pr3pspPb5b14R






h#2 2111 5+15
1.Rf7 Qd4:+ 2.Sd4: Bf7:#
1.Bd2 Qe6:+ 2.Se6: Rd2:#

3. Toma Garai
3.pr Buletin Problemistic 1986-87
1s1K2b2P1s5p2p2RpkS3R2B7p1pr16B






h#2 2111 7+10
1.Kc4 Sd3: 2.Rd3: Rh4#
1.Kc6 Se6: 2.Re6: Bg2#

4. Chris Feather
Moultings 1991
2R3K3S2B6q4P1s4pp7k4SRpp2r10b






h#2 2111 7+9
1.Sb6 Se6: 2.Re6: Sh1:#
1.Qa6 Sd5: 2.Bd5: Se2:#

5. Mario Parrinello
2.pr Scacco! 1995
6s6KR6p1b5Rpk5Qrp6pb






h#2 2111 4+9
1.Bf1 Rgg5:+ 2.Rg5: Qf3#
1.Se7 Qg5:+ 2.Bg5: Rh7#

6. Toma Garai
1.hm diagrammes 1994
3Q13R1P4p1B5rprp4p7kb1K






h#2 b) BPa3–›b3 5+8
a) 1.Kb3 Bb4: 2.Rcb4: Qg8#
b) 1.Ka3 Rb4: 2.Rab4: Qa5:#

7. Franz Pachl
3.cm Phoenix 2000
r8B2p7p1b1Q2sk1p2p2ps1R15BK3R






h#2 2111 6+10
1.Kd6 Rf4: 2.Sf4: Rd1#
1.Kf5 Bd5: 2.Sd5: Rf1#

8. Mario Parrinello
3.pr C.J. Feather-50 JT, The Problemist 1997-98
9Q2p2K2P1p6rb1q5kpp1R2b5sp1pp4sR1S






h#2 2111 6+14
1.Kf3+ Rdd3:+ 2.Rd3: c7#
1.Kd4+ Rad3:+ 2.Sbd3: Qb4#

9. Zivko Janevski
1.pr Schach 1994
5q3Rp5s1p1K3Bp1S3rkpb5pR6rps1P3b3Q






h#2 b) –BPb5 7+14
a) 1.Ka5: Rb4: 2.Sab4: Ra7#
b) 1.Kb3: Bb4: 2.Scb4: Qd1#

10. Toma Garai
Die Schwalbe 1988
K3b19Bp1P1p2qp1SR3RpkS4Pp2r8B






h#2 2111 9+9
1.Rc2 Sb3: 2.Qb3: Bb4:#
1.Rd2 Sb4: 2.Qb4: Rb3:#

11. Mario Parrinello
Mat 1989
3S4K8S1p4pkb1p3rs1R4P11p4Rrb






h#2 2111 6+10
1.Bc2 ab4 2.Bb4: Rd5#
1.Rc2 Rdb4:+ 2.Rb4: a4#

12. Mario Parrinello
2.pr Best Problems 2002-03
7b1R5Q3SpB2sp2rprpb1P3R2pk1p5p1p9K






h#2 2111 7+14
1.Kd3 Sf5: 2.Ref5: Rd7#
1.Kb4 Sb5: 2.Rb5: Qe7#

13. Franz Pachl
1.pr Thema Danicum 2001
1b3Bq4s5p1P3p3Rp5rpbs2rR1pkp4P2p4K2B






h#2 b) WKc1–›b1 7+15
a) 1.Sf8: Bd3: 2.Bd3: Re5:#
b) 1.Qd5: cd3 2.Sd3: Bh6:#

14. Franz Pachl
2.pr idee & form 2000-01
1BR6K1p1p3sBRb6r1p2p4P6kS6P






h#2 b) WPf3 8+8
a) 1.Ke4 Rd5: 2.Bd5: Re8#
b) 1.Kd4 Bd5: 2.Sd5: Ba7#

15. Mario Parrinello
5.pr StrateGems 2003
4K1b3r2Bp2p2s5pk1sRr2Rp1bS1B4pp






h#2 b) a3–›b2 6+13
a) 1.Kd6 Rc5: 2.Sc5: Rg6#
b) 1.Ke4 Bd4: 2.Sfd4: Bg6#

16. Mario Parrinello
StrateGems 2003 (v)
18p1K5q2Bp5s5pk1sR2BRp1pS6b






h#2 b) WBb2–›c1 6+10
a) 1.Kd4 Rc3: 2.Sc3: Rg4#
b) 1.Ke2 Bd2: 2.Sfd2: Bg4#

17. Mario Parrinello
hm Moskovskaya Matreshka, Moscow 2003
b1s5p4p2r1Q1B2bs3P1pq4R1pp4Pprk2P2p9K






h#2 b) BKh3‹–›BPh4 7+15
a) 1.Sb7 Rg4: 2.Rg4: Qf3:#
b) 1.Sb6 Bg4: 2.Qg4: Qh6:#

18. Udo Degener
harmonie 1992
9K10pp1p2ppk1s3b1q3p2rprb5PBS8Q






h#2 b) WRf2 5+14
a) 1.Kd4 Se3: 2.Rde3: Qa1#
b) 1.Kf5 ef3 2.Sf3: Qh5#

19. Michal Dragoun
Umenie 64 2000
2b5Qp6p8p1rpP3R1pk5p1b1K3PR1r






h#2 2111 6+11
1.Rf5: Qd4:+ 2.Bd4: Re2#
1.Bf5: Rdd4:+ 2.Rd4: Qb7:#

20. Toma Garai
Themes-64 1985
9p6sprp4q1pQ3BkbpBK3p1rP2p1b






h#2 2111 5+14
1.Kb3 dc4 2.Rc4: Bd1#
1.Kb5 Bc5: 2.Rc5: Be8#

21. Mario Parrinello
Shakhmatisty Rossy 1995-96
21psp5pbk5R1p5P1R1pPP3r1q2QK






h#2 2111 7+10
1.Qa2 Qh4:+ 2.Bh4: Rf5:#
1.Qc2: Rfh4:+ 2.Sh4: Qe8#

22. Waldemar Tura
1.pr Szachista 1996
2B2R3p2p6p2pb4kp1R2Psbs1q4p3rp6r1QK






h#2 2111 6+15
1.b1B Rff5:+ 2.Sf5: Qc3#
1.b1S Bf5: 2.Bf5: Qe3:#

23. Toma Garai
3.pr D. Wertheim MT 1994-97
15qQ7PBp3p2p2p1K4sp2p1rpk6r1s1RR






h#2 2111 6+13
1.Ke2 Bd3:+ 2.Sd3: Rh2#
1.Kd1 Re1:+ 2.Se1: Qd6#

24. Toma Garai
1.cm Sredba na Solidarnosta 1985
8BsbS6PpP4ppk5p2r4P1s4Q1R2p1K2r






h#2 2111 8+11
1.Kc6: Bc5: 2.Sbc5: Qa8#
1.Kd4 Rc5: 2.Sdc5: Qd2#

25. Toma Garai
Orbit 2003
3bS5pp1pp1K3P5prk5Rprp11Q2p3B






h#2 2111 6+12
1.f5 Rd4: 2.Red4: Qe2:#
1.de6 Qd4:+ 2.Rdd4: Rc5:#

26. Chris Feather
1.hm The Problemist 1980
2b9bp3K3kr4P1s1p3Pp7Ss5B1RPP6Q






h#2 2111 9+9
1.S3d4: Sf5: 2.Sf5: Qa1#
1.S5d4: gf3 2.Sf3: Bc3#

27. Chris Feather
Thema Danicum 1984
K1Rqr2B3p2R3sp2p2p2s4Sb5P1kB1p4Pp






h#2 2111 8+12
1.Bg8 Sc6: 2.Sc6: Re7#
1.Se7 Bc4: 2.Sc4: Rg8#

28. Zivko Janevski
Die Schwalbe 2001
8B2R7p5psp1pS4ks2R3S6Pp10K






h#2 2111 7+8
1.Ke3 Sc5: 2.Sc5: Re7#
1.Kc4 Se4: 2.Se4: Rc7#


Note: there was a related theme in LP 3/1995. You can click here to view the result. Note that only the problem ranked as 3rd Place fulfills the requirements of theme proposed for LP 1/2007 (black capturing unit self-pins, i.e. an active self-pin is mandatory).