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Mat Plus Informal Tourney: Moremovers 1997
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Milovan Belić & Borislav Stojanović 1.Pr Mat Plus 1997
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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