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MatPlus.Net Forum General A series mate problem with single combat condition
 
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(1) Posted by shankar ram [Sunday, Dec 3, 2017 10:09]; edited by shankar ram [17-12-03]

A series mate problem with single combat condition


Ravishankar remembers someone showing him this problem... during his game playing days in the 70s!
"From the initial game position, W makes 8 moves with the same piece and mates."
Nowadays, the stipulation would be stated as series #8, single combat. Or Duel/Duellantenschach.
Does anybody know who the author/discoverer of this problem was and the source? Was it ever published? Couldn't find it in Winchloe..
 
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(2) Posted by seetharaman kalyan [Sunday, Dec 3, 2017 11:32]; edited by seetharaman kalyan [17-12-03]

White can mate moving his d2 pawn. Nice unique solution !
 
 
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(3) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Sunday, Dec 3, 2017 21:19]

To my best knowledge, it's by GM John Nunn. (Don't take my word on it :-)
 
   
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(4) Posted by Sarah Hornecker [Monday, Dec 4, 2017 11:27]

I asked John Nunn. He replied:

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No, I was not the composer. Someone showed it to me and I showed it to a few other people, but I was not the composer. I have a vague memory that it was Jonathan Mestel who showed it to me, but it was a long time ago and I am far from sure about this.

 
   
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(5) Posted by Olaf Jenkner [Saturday, Dec 9, 2017 14:38]

Here is the solution:

http://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/search.jsp?expression=probid=%27P1344167%27
 
   
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(6) Posted by shankar ram [Sunday, Dec 10, 2017 16:20]; edited by shankar ram [17-12-10]

Christian Poisson has kindly informed me of the author, source and date:
Hans Kluver, Die Welt, 1975.
However, the stipulation was stated as a "series" proof game in 8 moves, with the final position being diagrammed.
This appears as ID 197479 in Winchloe. I, obviously, missed it as I was searching for a different stipulation!

Christian says he'll update the stipulation as "sd#8, Duel".
 
   
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(7) Posted by Ganapathi Ramaswami [Sunday, Dec 10, 2017 16:42]

Shankar Ram , can you pl. show the diag?
 
   
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(8) Posted by Rajendiran Raju [Sunday, Dec 10, 2017 16:52]

(= 16+11 )


Mating Position
 
 
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(9) Posted by Olaf Jenkner [Sunday, Dec 10, 2017 19:41]

It's not a good idea to update the stipulation. The stipulation should be the same as in the source. We have two slightly different problems, one by Klüver, one by someone else.
 
   
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(10) Posted by Ganapathi Ramaswami [Monday, Dec 11, 2017 13:56]

Thank you Raju for the mating position.
 
 
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(11) Posted by Sarah Hornecker [Monday, Dec 11, 2017 20:58]

Olaf? I think you misread.
sd#8 means seriesdirectmate in 8. Duel is Duellantenschach. So it is the same as in the PDB after Christian Poisson's update.

Or maybe I misunderstood, then I apologize, and would kindly ask you to show me my error.
 
   
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(12) Posted by Olaf Jenkner [Monday, Dec 11, 2017 22:25]

I added the problem to the PDB after reading about it in this forum.
Mr. Poisson gave more information: the stipulation was stated as a "series" proof game in 8 moves, with the final position being diagrammed.
So this might be the correct version of this nice problem.
 
 
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