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Mat Plus Informal Tourney: Moremovers 1997
Judge: Joza Tucakov

In total there were 18 problems published in issues 1314, 15 and 16. The length of problems is in range 416 moves, the achievements are interesting with good variety in contents and themes. The order of rewarded problems is as follows:


Milovan Belić &
Borislav Stojanović

1.Pr Mat Plus 1997
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#4 4+1
1st Prize: No.272 by Milovan Belic & Borislav Stojanovic (Yugoslavia).
A miniature with only five men deserves the highest placing for the richness if its contents: the Black King has 4 flights, each of 4 variations branches to sub-variations on second move making the total of 14 different mates. 1.Qa3! Ke6 2.Ba2+ Kf6 3.Qf8+ Ke5,Kg6 4.Qf4,Bb1#, 2... Ke5 3.Qc5+ Kf6,Ke4 4.Qg5,Bb1#; 1... Kc4 2.Sd7 Kb5 3.Qc5+ Ka6,Ka4 4.Qb6,Bc2#, 2... Kd5 3.Qa6 Kd4 4.Qd3#; 1... Ke5 2.Sd7+ Ke6 3.Bf5+ Kf7,Kd5 4.Qf8,Qc5#, 2... Kd5 3.Qa6 Kd4 4.Qd3#; 1... Kd4 2.Sc6+ Kd5 3.Be4+ Ke4,Ke6,Kc4 4.Qf3,Qe7,Qb4#, 2... Kc4 3.Qa5 Kb3 4.Qb4#.

Mirko Marković
2.Pr Mat Plus 1997
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#4 13+11
2nd Prize: No.274 by Mirko Markovic (Yugoslavia).
Bristol clearance: short in threat and extended in main line, with two additional and significant variations.1.Rh1! ~ 2.Qh2 ~ 3.Qg2#, 1... b4 2.Ra1! Be2: 3.Qh1+ Kd3/Bf3 4.Qb1#, 1... Rc6 2.Rf1 Re6: 3.Qh1+ Kf5: 4.Sh4#, 1... c4 2.Rd1 cb3+ 3.Kb1, 1... Rh8 2.ba3 Rc7 3.bc7.

Marko Klasinc
3.Pr Mat Plus 1997
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#9 7+12
3rd Prize: No.329 by Marko Klasinc (Slovenia).
Two full-length variations (9 moves) are characterized by the exactness and accuracy of the play, with sacrifices of the White Rook, Bishop and promoted Queen.1.Kc6! (2.Ra8#) Sb6 2.Ra8+ Sa8: 3.d7+ Kb8 4.Bd6+ Ka7 5.Bb8+! (5.d8Q?) Kb8: 6.d8Q+ Ka7 7.Qb6+ Sb6: 8.cb6+ Ka8/Kb8 9.Qf8#; 1... Kb8 2.Rh7: (3.Qf7) Sc5: 3.Qb1+ Ka8 4.Ra7+! (4.Qb6?) Ka7: 5.Qb6+ Ka8 6.Kc7 (7.Qb8#) Rg7+ 7.Bg7: Se6:+ 8.Kc8 Sc5 9.Qb8#.

Hans Peter Rehm
4.Pr Mat Plus 1997
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#5 9+9
4th Prize: No.377 by Hans Peter Rehm (Germany).
Well executed Lepushutz theme where White, instead of removal of the King, uses the chance to by intercepting the check perform a paracritical manoeuvre with the Bishop, so that black will loose the possibility of capturing it.1.Sc4? Bxd5! 2.Se5+ dxe5; 1.Ba2? too slow, hence 1.Ra1 (thr. 2.Rf1+) Rxa1+ 2.Ba2! Rg1! (2...Rxa2+? 3.Kb8) 3.Sc4 (thr. Sxd6#) Bd5 4.Se5+!dxe5 5.Bxd5, 4...Ke6 5.Re8# If 1...c1Q then 2.Rxc1 Bxd5 3.Rf1+ etc.

Borislav Stojanović
1.HM Mat Plus 1997
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#4 7+3
1st Hon. Mention: No.375 by Borislav Stojanovic (Yugoslavia).
Three completely different lines make this problem very interesting, with hidden role of the Pawn b2, sacrificial key and 7 different mates.1.Ba6! e5(~) 2.b5 e4 3.b4 e3 4.Rb8#, 2... Ka5 3.b4+ Ka4 4.b3#; 1... Kc6 2.Bf4 Kd5 3.Bb7+ Kd4 4.Rd8#, 2... e5 3.Be5: Kd5,Kb6,Kd7 4.Bb7,Re6,Bb5#; 1... Ka6: 2.Rb8 e5 3.Bc7 e4 4.b5#.

John M. Rice
2.HM Mat Plus 1997
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#4 9+10
2nd Hon. Mention: No. by John M. Rice (England).
Interesting (though symmetric) clearance of the 5th rank in order to make the battery active, with two additional variations and good key move.1.Ke8! ~ 2.Qh3+ Kg6 3.Sf8+ Kg7 4.Qh7#, 2... g4 3.Qg5, 1... Be5: 2.Sd6+ Bd6: 3.Be6:+ Ke6: 4.Qg4#, 1... Qe5: 2.Sd4+ Qd4: 3.Be4:+ Ke4: 4.Qh1#, (1... e3 2.Bf3 (~ 3.Qh7) Qh1 3.Sd4#), 1... Bb5: 2.Qh3+ Kg6 3.Be4:+ Kg7 4.Qh7#, 1... ed5 2.Qh3+ g4 3.Qh5+.

Borislav Stojanović &
Aleksandr Chistyakov

3.HM Mat Plus 1997
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#12 9+10
3rd Hon. Mention: No. by Borislav Stojanovic (Yugoslavia) & Aleksandr Chistyakov (Russia).
Multiple Indian which after the Rook sacrifice transforms to zugzwang.1.Ba1! a4 2.Rb2 Kf6 3.Rb6+ Kg6 4.Kb2 Kf6 5.Kc2+ Kg6 6.Kc3 Kf6 7.Kd3+ Kg6 8.Sd5 Kf5 9.e4+ Kg6 10.Rd6! ed6 11.c6! Be7 12.Se7:#.

Aleksandr Pankratyev
4.HM Mat Plus 1997
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#14 9+10
4th Hon. Mention: No. by Aleksandr Pankratyev (Russia).
Interesting half-wheel of the Knight clears the way for the most distant Pawn to mate.1.Sde5+ Kc5 2.Sd3+ Kc6 3.Sce5+ Kd6 4.Be7+ Ke6 5.Sf7: Kd7 6.Sfe5+ Ke6 7.Sg6: Kf7 8.Sge5+ Ke6 9.Sg4: Kd7 10.Sge5+ Ke6 11.Sf3: Kd7 12.Sfe5+ Ke6 13.Sc5+ Ke5: 14.f4#.

Tomislav Petrović &
Radovan Tomašević

1.Com Mat Plus 1997
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#16 10+8
1st Com.: No. by Tomislav Petrovic & Radovan Tomaevic (Yugoslavia).
Length record for en passant key (16 moves) with three Knight promotions.1.fg6(ep)! hg6+ 2.Kg4 g5 3.Kf5 g4 4.h7 g3 5.h8S g2 6.Sg6 fg6+ 7.Ke5 g5 8.f7 g4 9.f8S g3 10.Se6 de6 11.Kf6 ~ 12.Ke7 ~ 13.d7 Bd7: 14.Kd7: ~ 15.c8S ~ 16.Sb6#.

Arieh Grinblat
2.Com Mat Plus 1997
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#4 9+11
2nd Com.: No. by Arieh Grinblat (Israel).
Good content where White sacrifices are used to bring the Black King to battery lines.1.Rf5! ~ 2.Bb6 ~ 3.Sd6#, 1... Qf3 2.Bd5+ Kd5: 3.Sd7+ Ke4 4.Sc5#, 1... Sf3 2.Rf4:+ Kf4: 3.Sd3+ Ke4 4.Sc5#.

Yury Sushkov
3.Com Mat Plus 1997
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#5 3+3
3rd Com.: No. by Yury Sushkov (Russia).
Among several similar problems with play of Black Pawn from initial square this one is the longest and contains two different lines (though after a weak key move).1.Kg4! e5 2.Kf5 e4 3.Sd2 Kd4 4.Kf4 d5 5.Sb3#, 1... e6 2.Qc3! e5 3.Kf5 e4 4.Sd2 e3 5.Qc4#.

Borislav Stojanović
4.Com Mat Plus 1997
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#5 8+10
4th Com.: No. by Borislav Stojanovic (Yugoslavia).
Although there are seven defences by the Black Bishop, everything is deduced to the same or similar method to deliver the mate.1.Rg1! ~ 2.Ra1: ~ 3.Ra8+, 1... Bb2 2.Rc1 Bc1: 3.Kf7: e5+ 4.Kf6, 1... Bc3 2.Kf7: e5+ 3.Kf6 e4+ 4.Rc3:, 1... Bd4 2.ed4 etc., 1... Be5 2.Kf7: Bd6: 3.Be7+ Be7: 4.Rg8+, 1... Bf6 2.Kf7: Bh4 3.Be7+, 1... Bh8 2.Rc1 etc., (1... Bg7 2.Kg7: #4).

Belgrade, July 8th 2006
Joza Tucakov


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