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A few final words...
Well, that has been quite a journey. A really nice one I must say. A thousand thanks to all the participants, you have been fantastic. It has been a real pleasure to know you, some for the very first time.
A big thank you also to Thomas Maeder for the (rapid and well done) work on Popeye during the tournament.
Also a big thank you to Nicolas Dupont for the idea of publishing the results in the Diagrammes magazine, giving it thus some "official" status. And also for the original idea of his tournament, of which this one is inspired.
Congratulations to all the participants for some real gem matrices, even those that are not in the top have found some fantastic ideas. Practically everyone found some original idea! And of course congratulations to the four winners: Ivan Skoba, Alexandre Leroux, Arno Tüngler and Cornel Pacurar! They have really "worked" very hard, and are rewarded as such with great matrices.
And Ivan Skoba must receive a special recognition, he is the only one to have crossed the 100 mark! Actually, he got to 118, with a splendid matrix! That is extraordinary...
And also Alexandre Leroux, he is the first one to have passed my two pre-tournament records challenge, just 1 week after the start of the competition! And they were not that easy to pass... quite an achievement!
The idea of this tournament turned out quite rich, even much richer than I first thought of. Luckily I did not exclude last move checks as I originally intended to. This would have taken a large amount of creativity out of this tournament. Last move checks proved a capital idea as you will soon discover!
I am quite sure some competitors passed nights on end on this competition, a constant struggle and frustrations, which was surely rewarded in the end. Personally, like many, I love challenges, the tougher they are, the more interesting for me. These kind of tournaments surely push some competitors to the edge, enabling them to feel the immense joy of success, at the end of a long struggle. That is what motivates me most. It is an incredibly complex logic problem to solve, that it is chess related is not the important point. Chess is a great framework, but there are many other possible ones as well.
Now I will let you enjoy the following beautiful matrices by the competitors. There could be errors in it, given the amount of material and the number of emails I received and treated (587 emails). Actually let me rephrase this: there are surely errors in it... :-) Please let me know if you find one.
Prizes and compositions
Categories |
1st prize |
A |
Ivan Skoba |
B |
Alexandre Leroux |
E |
Arno Tüngler |
F |
Cornel Pacurar |
Number of records of C and D |
Ivan Skoba |
Number of records of G and H |
Arno Tüngler |
First to surpass both my A and B records |
Alexandre Leroux |
Category A (best solution that can include
promoted pieces in the initial position, minimum 45 moves)
Places |
Compositions |
1st |
Ivan Skoba (dedicated to Libuše) 1.Ke3-d2 2.Kd2-e1 3.Ke1-f1 4.Kf1-g2 5.Kg2-g3 6.Kg3-h4 7.Kh4-h5 8.Kh5-h6 9.Kh6-g7 10.Bf6*d8 11.Bd8-e7 12.Kg7-f8 13.Kf8-e8 14.Ke8-d8 15.Be7-d6 16.Bd6-c7 17.Kd8-c8 18.Kc8-b7 19.Bc7-b6 20.Kb7-a6 21.Ka6-a5 22.Ka5*a4 23.Ka4-a5 24.Ka5-a6 25.Ka6-b7 26.Bb6-c7 27.Kb7-c8 28.Kc8-d8 29.Bc7-d6 30.Bd6-e7 31.Kd8-e8 32.Ke8-f8 33.Kf8-g7 34.Be7-f6 35.Kg7-h6 36.Kh6-h5 37.Kh5-h4 38.Kh4-g3 39.Kg3-g2 40.Kg2-f1 41.Kf1-e1 42.Ke1*d1 43.Kd1-d2 44.Kd2-e3 45.Ke3-e4 46.Ke4*d5 47.Kd5-e4 48.Ke4-e3 49.Ke3-d2 50.Kd2-e1 51.Ke1-f1 52.Kf1-g2 53.Kg2-g3 54.Kg3-h4 55.Kh4-h5 56.Kh5-h6 57.Kh6-g7 58.Bf6-e7 59.Kg7-f8 60.Kf8-e8 61.Ke8-d8 62.Be7-d6 63.Bd6-c7 64.Kd8-c8 65.Kc8-b7 66.Bc7-b6 67.Kb7-a6 68.Ka6*b5 69.Kb5-a6 70.Ka6-b7 71.Bb6-c7 72.Kb7-c8 73.Kc8-d8 74.Bc7-d6 75.Bd6-e7 76.Kd8-e8 77.Ke8-f8 78.Kf8-g7 79.Be7-f6 80.Kg7-h6 81.Kh6-h5 82.Kh5-h4 83.Kh4-g3 84.Kg3-g2 85.Kg2-f1 86.Kf1-e1 87.Ke1-d2 88.Kd2-e3 89.Ke3-d4 90.Bf6*e5 91.Be5-d6 92.Bd6-c5 93.Kd4*c4 94.Kc4*d3 95.Kd3-c4 96.Kc4-b5 97.Bc5-b6 98.Kb5-a6 99.Ka6-b7 100.Bb6-c7 101.Kb7-c8 102.Kc8*d7 103.Bc7-d6 104.Kd7*c6 105.Kc6-d7 106.Bd6-e7 107.Kd7-e8 108.Ke8*f7 109.Kf7*e6 110.Ke6-f5 111.Kf5*g4 112.Kg4*h3 113.Kh3-g4 114.Kg4-f5 115.Kf5-e6 116.Ke6-d7 117.Kd7-c8 118.Be7*a3 Absolutely splendid matrix! What can I say... look closely at all the ideas, for example the king cannot take the knight at b5 after taking the bishop at a4 because then he would be trapped! Thus he must first take the rook at d5. Also look closely how the white bishop helps the king to pass all the black pieces, like an umbrella. 25 bishop moves! And the great idea of putting the queen at d8, thus only when the king is at g7, it should be taken! It is the only problem to have passed the 100 mark... |
2nd |
Arno Tüngler 1.Kh1-h2 2.Ba3-b2 3.Bb2-g7 4.Bg7*f8 5.Bf8-g7 6.Bg7-c3 7.Bc3*e1 8.Be1*f2 9.Kh2-g1 10.Kg1*f1 11.Kf1-g1 12.Kg1-h2 13.Kh2-h3 14.Kh3-h4 15.Kh4-h5 16.Kh5-h6 17.Kh6-g7 18.Kg7-f8 19.Kf8-e8 20.Ke8-d7 21.Kd7-c8 22.Kc8-b8 23.Kb8-a7 24.Ka7*a6 25.Ka6-a7 26.Ka7-b8 27.Kb8-c8 28.Kc8-d7 29.Kd7-e8 30.Ke8-f8 31.Kf8-g7 32.Kg7-h6 33.Kh6-h5 34.Kh5-h4 35.Kh4-h3 36.Kh3-h2 37.Kh2-g1 38.Kg1-f1 39.Kf1*e2 40.Ke2-f1 41.Kf1-g1 42.Kg1-h2 43.Kh2-h3 44.Kh3-h4 45.Kh4-h5 46.Kh5-h6 47.Kh6-g7 48.Kg7-f8 49.Kf8-e8 50.Ke8-d7 51.Kd7-c8 52.Kc8-b8 53.Kb8-a7 54.Ka7-a6 55.Ka6-b5 56.Kb5*a4 57.Ka4-a3 58.Ka3-b2 59.Kb2*b1 60.Kb1-b2 61.Kb2-a3 62.Ka3-a4 63.Ka4-b5 64.Kb5-a6 65.Ka6-a7 66.Ka7-b8 67.Kb8-c8 68.Kc8-d7 69.Kd7-e8 70.Ke8-f8 71.Kf8-g7 72.Kg7-h6 73.Kh6-h5 74.Kh5-h4 75.Kh4-h3 76.Kh3-h2 77.Kh2-g1 78.Kg1-f1 79.Kf1-e2 80.Ke2-d3 81.Kd3-d4 82.Kd4*d5 83.Kd5-c6 84.Kc6*b7 85.Kb7-c8 86.Kc8*d8 87.Kd8*e7 88.Ke7*f7 89.Kf7-e6 90.Ke6-d5 91.Kd5-c4 92.Kc4*b3 93.Kb3*a2 94.Ka2-b3 95.Kb3-c4 96.Bf2-g3 A very nice matrix. The bishop at d5 is really the key, holding everything together. The king must take it, but the bishop at b1 prevents it. Thus follows a nice king circuit. |
3rd |
Alexandre Leroux 1.Ba7-c5 2.Bc5-a3 3.Ba3*b2 4.Bb2-a3 5.Ba3-e7 6.Be7-g5 7.Kh6-h5 8.Kh5-g4 9.Bg5-h4 10.Bh4-g3 11.Kg4-h3 12.Kh3-g2 13.Bg3-f2 14.Kg2-f1 15.Kf1-e2 16.Bf2-e1 17.Be1-d2 18.Ke2-d1 19.Kd1-c2 20.Bd2-c3 21.Kc2-b3 22.Kb3-b4 23.Bc3-e1 24.Be1-h4 25.Bh4-e7 26.Be7-c5 27.Kb4-b5 28.Kb5-c6 29.Kc6-b7 30.Kb7*a8 31.Ka8-b7 32.Kb7*c8 33.Kc8-d8 34.Kd8*e8 35.Ke8-d8 36.Kd8-c7 37.Kc7-c6 38.Kc6-b5 39.Kb5-a4 40.Bc5-b4 41.Bb4-c3 42.Ka4-b3 43.Kb3-c2 44.Bc3-d2 45.Kc2-d1 46.Kd1-e2 47.Bd2-e1 48.Be1-f2 49.Ke2-f1 50.Kf1-g2 51.Bf2-g3 52.Kg2-h3 53.Kh3-g4 54.Bg3-h4 55.Bh4-g5 56.Kg4-h5 57.Kh5*g6 58.Kg6-h5 59.Kh5-g4 60.Bg5-h4 61.Bh4-g3 62.Kg4-h3 63.Kh3-g2 64.Bg3-f2 65.Kg2-f1 66.Kf1-e2 67.Bf2-e1 68.Be1-d2 69.Ke2-d1 70.Kd1-c2 71.Bd2-c3 72.Kc2-b3 73.Kb3-a4 74.Bc3-b4 75.Bb4-c5 76.Ka4-b5 77.Kb5-c6 78.Kc6-c7 79.Kc7-d8 80.Kd8-e7 81.Ke7*e6 82.Ke6*d7 83.Kd7-e6 84.Ke6*f5 85.Kf5*e4 86.Ke4*f3 87.Kf3*f4 88.Kf4-e4 89.Ke4*d3 90.Kd3*d4 91.Kd4*c4 92.Bc5*e3 93.Be3-a7 94.Kc4-c5 The first matrix to pass my 92 moves record, and a quite special one too. It ressembles in some ways Ivan's. It was the first one I saw that exploited this idea of the "protecting" bishop so well. Even more bishop moves than Ivan's, 34!!! |
4th |
Miodrag Mladenovic 1.Kf8-e8 2.Ba4*d1 3.Ke8-d8 4.Kd8-c8 5.Kc8-b8 6.Kb8-a7 7.Ka7-a6 8.Ka6-b5 9.Kb5-a4 10.Ka4*a3 11.Ka3-a4 12.Ka4-b5 13.Kb5-a6 14.Ka6-a7 15.Ka7-b8 16.Kb8-c8 17.Kc8-d8 18.Kd8-e8 19.Ke8-f8 20.Kf8-g8 21.Kg8*h7 22.Kh7*h8 23.Kh8-g8 24.Kg8-f8 25.Kf8-e8 26.Ke8-d8 27.Kd8-c8 28.Kc8-b8 29.Kb8-a7 30.Ka7-a6 31.Ka6-b5 32.Kb5-a4 33.Ka4-a3 34.Ka3-b2 35.Kb2*a1 36.Ka1-b2 37.Kb2*c1 38.Kc1-b2 39.Kb2*a2 40.Ka2-a3 41.Ka3-a4 42.Ka4-b5 43.Kb5-c5 44.Kc5-d4 45.Kd4-d3 46.Kd3-e2 47.Ke2*e1 48.Ke1-d2 49.Kd2-c3 50.Kc3-b4 51.Kb4*a5 52.Ka5-a6 53.Ka6-b7 54.Kb7-c8 55.Kc8-d8 56.Kd8-e8 57.Ke8-f8 58.Kf8-g8 59.Kg8-h7 60.Kh7-g6 61.Kg6*h5 62.Kh5-h4 63.Kh4*h3 64.Kh3-h4 65.Kh4-h5 66.Kh5-g6 67.Kg6-g7 68.Kg7-f8 69.Kf8-e8 70.Ke8-d8 71.Kd8-c8 72.Kc8-b7 73.Kb7-c6 74.Kc6-c5 75.Kc5-d4 76.Kd4-e4 77.Ke4*f4 78.Kf4*e3 79.Ke3-d4 80.Kd4-c5 81.Kc5-c6 82.Kc6*c7 83.Kc7-d8 84.Kd8-e8 85.Ke8-f8 86.Kf8-g7 87.Kg7*h6 88.Kh6-g5 89.Kg5-f4 90.Bd1-b3 Nice matrix, resembling Nicolas's one, and is very close to my own... :-) The schema of having a bishop at f4 and knights at e3 and h3 is quite strong. |
5th |
Nicolas Dupont 1.Kc8-d8 2.Kd8-e8 3.Ke8-f8 4.Kf8-g8 5.Kg8-h7 6.Kh7-h6 7.Kh6-g5 8.Kg5-h4 9.Kh4*h3 10.Kh3-h4 11.Kh4-g5 12.Kg5-h6 13.Kh6-h7 14.Kh7-g8 15.Kg8-f8 16.Kf8-e8 17.Ke8-d8 18.Kd8-c8 19.Kc8-b8 20.Kb8*a8 21.Ka8-b8 22.Kb8-c8 23.Kc8-d8 24.Kd8-e8 25.Ke8-f8 26.Kf8-g8 27.Kg8-h7 28.Kh7-h6 29.Kh6-g5 30.Kg5-h4 31.Kh4-h3 32.Kh3-g2 33.Kg2*f1 34.Kf1-g2 35.Kg2-h3 36.Kh3-h4 37.Kh4-g5 38.Kg5-f5 39.Kf5-e4 40.Ke4-e3 41.Ke3-d2 42.Kd2*d1 43.Kd1-e2 44.Ke2-f3 45.Kf3-g4 46.Kg4*h5 47.Kh5-h6 48.Kh6-g7 49.Kg7-f8 50.Kf8-e8 51.Ke8-d8 52.Kd8-c8 53.Kc8-b8 54.Kb8-a7 55.Ka7-b6 56.Kb6*a5 57.Ka5-a4 58.Ka4*a3 59.Ka3-a4 60.Ka4-a5 61.Ka5-b6 62.Kb6-b7 63.Kb7-c8 64.Kc8-d8 65.Kd8-e8 66.Ke8-f8 67.Kf8-g7 68.Kg7-h6 69.Kh6-g5 70.Kg5-f5 71.Kf5-e4 72.Ke4-d4 73.Kd4*c4 74.Kc4-b3 75.Kb3-a4 76.Ka4-a5 77.Ka5*a6 78.Ka6-b7 79.Kb7-c8 80.Kc8-d8 81.Kd8-e8 82.Ke8*f7 83.Kf7-g6 84.Kg6-f5 85.Kf5-e4 86.Ke4*d3 87.Kd3-c2 88.Kc2-b1 Well, this is actually exactly the same as my A/12/6/88 found before the tournament! It is a nice matrix, with the bishop at d1 and knight at h5 playing a really important part. |
6th |
Cornel Pacurar 1.Kf1-e1 2.Ke1-d1 3.Kd1-c2 4.Kc2-b1 5.Kb1*a2 6.Ka2-b1 7.Kb1-c2 8.Kc2-c3 9.Kc3-b4 10.Kb4*b5 11.Kb5-b4 12.Kb4-c3 13.Kc3-c2 14.Kc2-d1 15.Kd1-e1 16.Ke1-f1 17.Kf1-g1 18.Kg1*h1 19.Kh1-g1 20.Kg1-f1 21.Kf1-e1 22.Ke1-d1 23.Kd1-c2 24.Kc2-c3 25.Kc3-b4 26.Kb4-b5 27.Kb5-c6 28.Kc6-b7 29.Kb7*a8 30.Ka8-b7 31.Kb7*c8 32.Kc8-b7 33.Kb7-c6 34.Kc6-d6 35.Kd6-e7 36.Ke7*e8 37.Ke8-e7 38.Ke7-d6 39.Kd6-c6 40.Kc6-b5 41.Kb5-b4 42.Kb4-c3 43.Kc3-c2 44.Kc2-d1 45.Kd1-e1 46.Ke1-f1 47.Kf1-g1 48.Kg1-h2 49.Kh2-g3 50.Kg3-h4 51.Kh4-h5 52.Kh5*g6 53.Kg6*g5 54.Kg5-h4 55.Kh4-g3 56.Kg3-h2 57.Kh2-g1 58.Kg1-f1 59.Kf1-e1 60.Ke1-d1 61.Kd1-c2 62.Kc2-c3 63.Kc3-b4 64.Kb4-b5 65.Kb5-c6 66.Kc6-d6 67.Kd6*e6 68.Ke6-d5 69.Kd5-c4 70.Kc4*b3 71.Kb3-c2 72.Kc2*c1 73.Kc1-d1 74.Kd1-e1 75.Ke1-f1 76.Kf1-g1 77.Kg1-h2 78.Kh2*h3 79.Kh3-g4 80.Kg4-f5 81.Kf5-e6 82.Ke6*d7 83.Kd7-c6 84.Kc6*b6 85.Kb6-a7 86.Ba5-d2 Very interesting matrix, quite original. The pieces play quite well together, and it is the only problem having 7 promoted pieces! |
7th |
Pascal Wassong 1.Kb5-a6 2.Ba2-b1 3.Bb1*h7 4.Bh7-f5 5.Bf5*h3 6.Bh3*d7 7.Ka6-b5 8.Kb5-a4 9.Ka4-b3 10.Kb3-c2 11.Kc2-d1 12.Kd1-e1 13.Ke1-f1 14.Kf1*g1 15.Kg1-f1 16.Kf1-e1 17.Ke1-d1 18.Kd1-c2 19.Kc2-b3 20.Kb3-a4 21.Ka4-b5 22.Kb5-a6 23.Ka6-a7 24.Ka7*b8 25.Kb8*b7 26.Kb7-c8 27.Kc8*d8 28.Kd8-c8 29.Kc8-b7 30.Kb7-a6 31.Ka6-b5 32.Kb5-a4 33.Ka4-b3 34.Kb3-c2 35.Kc2-d1 36.Kd1-e1 37.Ke1-f1 38.Kf1-g1 39.Kg1-h2 40.Kh2-h3 41.Kh3-h4 42.Kh4*h5 43.Kh5-h4 44.Kh4-h3 45.Kh3-h2 46.Kh2-g1 47.Kg1-f1 48.Kf1-e1 49.Ke1-d1 50.Kd1-c2 51.Kc2-b3 52.Kb3-a4 53.Ka4-b5 54.Kb5-a6 55.Ka6-b7 56.Kb7-c8 57.Kc8-d8 58.Kd8-e8 59.Ke8-f8 60.Kf8*g7 61.Kg7*h6 62.Kh6-g5 63.Kg5-f5 64.Kf5-e6 65.Ke6*d5 66.Kd5-e6 67.Ke6-e7 68.Ke7-d8 69.Kd8-c7 70.Kc7-b6 71.Kb6-b5 72.Kb5*b4 73.Kb4*c3 74.Kc3-d4 75.Kd4-d5 76.Kd5*d6 77.Kd6*e5 78.Ke5-d5 79.Bd7-c6 80.Bc6-a8 81.Kd5-c6 82.Kc6-b7 83.Kb7-a6 Nice problem. The two knights in the centre are very strong and provide a nice framework for the kings journey. The last moves are quite interesting, as the king comes to d5 letting the bishop moves to a8 through c6. |
8th |
Paul Raican 1.Bd8-b6 2.Bb6-e3 3.Kd6-e5 4.Ke5-f5 5.Be3-c5 6.Bc5-f8 7.Bf8*h6 8.Bh6*f4 9.Kf5-g5 10.Bf4-g3 11.Kg5-h4 12.Kh4-h3 13.Kh3-h2 14.Bg3-f2 15.Kh2*g2 16.Kg2-f1 17.Kf1*e2 18.Bf2-e3 19.Be3-c1 20.Ke2*d1 21.Kd1-e2 22.Bc1-e3 23.Be3-f2 24.Ke2-f1 25.Kf1-g2 26.Bf2-g3 27.Kg2-h3 28.Kh3-h4 29.Kh4-g5 30.Bg3-f4 31.Kg5-f5 32.Kf5-e5 33.Bf4-g5 34.Bg5*f6 35.Bf6-g5 36.Bg5-f4 37.Ke5-f5 38.Kf5-g5 39.Kg5*h5 40.Kh5-g6 41.Kg6-f7 42.Kf7-e8 43.Bf4-c7 44.Ke8*d7 45.Kd7*c6 46.Bc7-b6 47.Kc6*b7 48.Kb7-a6 49.Ka6-a5 50.Ka5-a4 51.Ka4-a3 52.Ka3-a2 53.Ka2*b1 54.Kb1-c1 55.Kc1-d1 56.Kd1*e1 57.Ke1-e2 58.Ke2*f3 59.Kf3-e4 60.Ke4*d5 61.Kd5-c6 62.Kc6-b7 63.Kb7-a8 64.Bb6-a5 Quite an interesting one, relatively complex scheme! The bishop / king synergy is quite nice! |
9th |
James Willson 1.Kg1*h2 2.Kh2*h3 3.Kh3-h2 4.Kh2-g1 5.Kg1-f1 6.Kf1*e1 7.Ke1-f1 8.Kf1-g1 9.Kg1-h2 10.Kh2-h3 11.Kh3-h4 12.Kh4-h5 13.Kh5*h6 14.Kh6-h5 15.Kh5-h4 16.Kh4-h3 17.Kh3-h2 18.Kh2-g1 19.Kg1-f1 20.Kf1-e1 21.Ke1-d1 22.Kd1-c1 23.Kc1-b1 24.Kb1*a1 25.Ka1-b1 26.Kb1-c1 27.Kc1-d1 28.Kd1-e1 29.Ke1-f1 30.Kf1-g1 31.Kg1-h2 32.Kh2-h3 33.Kh3-h4 34.Kh4-h5 35.Kh5-h6 36.Kh6-g7 37.Kg7-f7 38.Kf7*e8 39.Ke8*e7 40.Ke7-d7 41.Kd7-c8 42.Kc8-b7 43.Kb7*a8 44.Ka8*b8 45.Kb8-c8 46.Kc8-d7 47.Kd7-e6 48.Ke6*e5 49.Ke5-d4 50.Kd4-c4 51.Kc4-b5 52.Kb5*a5 53.Ka5*b4 54.Kb4*a3 55.Ka3*b3 56.Kb3-c2 57.Kc2-d1 58.Kd1-e1 59.Ke1-f1 60.Kf1-g1 61.Kg1-h2 62.Kh2-h3 63.Bh7*e4 One of the first problems I received, and I really liked it. I think it was the first one that had a piece protected by the black king, and which had to be taken as a last move. This I thought would probably be used in other matrices... |
10th |
Ralf Krätschmer 1.Kh6-g5 2.Kg5-g4 3.Kg4*h3 4.Kh3-g4 5.Kg4*f3 6.Kf3-f2 7.Kf2-e1 8.Ke1-d1 9.Kd1-c1 10.Kc1-b2 11.Kb2-b3 12.Kb3-a4 13.Ka4-a5 14.Ka5-b6 15.Kb6-c6 16.Kc6-d7 17.Kd7*d8 18.Kd8-d7 19.Kd7-c6 20.Kc6-b6 21.Kb6-a5 22.Ka5-a4 23.Ka4-b3 24.Kb3-b2 25.Kb2-c1 26.Kc1-d1 27.Kd1-e1 28.Ke1-f2 29.Kf2-f3 30.Kf3-g4 31.Kg4-g5 32.Kg5*f6 33.Kf6-f7 34.Kf7-g8 35.Kg8*h7 36.Kh7*g6 37.Kg6*f5 38.Kf5-g4 39.Kg4-f3 40.Kf3-f2 41.Kf2-e1 42.Ke1-d1 43.Kd1-c1 44.Kc1-b2 45.Kb2-b3 46.Kb3-a4 47.Ka4-a5 48.Ka5-b6 49.Kb6-c6 50.Kc6*d6 51.Kd6-e5 52.Ke5-f4 53.Kf4-g3 54.Kg3*h2 55.Kh2-g3 56.Kg3-f4 57.Kf4-e5 58.Ke5-d6 59.Kd6*c7 60.Kc7-b6 61.Kb6-a5 62.Bc8-a6 Nice problem. Notice how the white bishop prevents a dual when the king is at b6. |
11th |
Guy Sobrecases 1.Bf2-g1 2.Kd1-c1 3.Kc1-b1 4.Kb1-a2 5.Bg1*e3 6.Be3*g5 7.Bg5*f6 8.Bf6*g7 9.Bg7-h6 10.Bh6-e3 11.Be3-g1 12.Ka2-b1 13.Kb1-c1 14.Kc1-d1 15.Kd1-e2 16.Bg1*h2 17.Bh2*g3 18.Bg3-f4 19.Ke2-f2 20.Kf2-g3 21.Bf4-e3 22.Be3-g1 23.Bg1-h2 24.Kg3-h4 25.Kh4*h5 26.Kh5-g5 27.Bh2-g1 28.Bg1-c5 29.Bc5*e7 30.Be7-f6 31.Kg5-g6 32.Kg6*f7 33.Kf7*e6 34.Ke6-d6 35.Kd6-c7 36.Kc7-b8 37.Kb8-a7 38.Ka7-a6 39.Ka6*a5 40.Ka5-a6 41.Ka6-a7 42.Ka7-b8 43.Kb8-c7 44.Kc7*c6 45.Kc6-d5 46.Kd5-e4 47.Ke4-f3 48.Kf3-g2 49.Kg2*h1 50.Kh1-g2 51.Kg2-f3 52.Kf3-e4 53.Ke4-d5 54.Kd5-c6 55.Kc6-b5 56.Kb5*a4 57.Ka4-a3 58.Ka3-a2 59.Ka2-a1 60.Bf6*e5 That is quite a special one! Somewhat complex to understand at first... :-) Very nice... |
12th |
Pierre Tritten 1.Kg5-f4 2.Bb3*d1 3.Bd1-b3 4. Bb3*e6 5.Be6*g4 6.Bg4-f5 7.Bf5-d3 8.Kf4-e3 9.Ke3-d2 10.Bd3-c2 11.Kd2-c1 12.Kc1-b2 13.Bc2-b3 14.Kb2-a3 15.Ka3-b4 16.Kb4*a5 17.Ka5-a6 18.Ka6-a7 19.Ka7-b8 20.Kb8-c8 21.Kc8-d8 22.Kd8*e8 23.Ke8*f8 24.Kf8*e7 25.Ke7-d8 26.Kd8-c8 27.Kc8-b8 28.Kb8-a7 29.Ka7-a6 30.Ka6-a5 31.Ka5*a4 32.Ka4-a3 33.Ka3-b2 34.Bb3- c2 35.Kb2-c1 36.Kc1-d2 37.Bc2-d3 38.Kd2-e3 39.Ke3-f4 40.Bd3*e2 41.Be2-g4 42.Kf4-g5 43.Kg5*h4 44.Kh4*h5 45.Kh5*h6 46.Kh6-h7 47.Kh7*h8 48.Kh8-g7 49.Kg7-f6 50.Kf6-e5 51.Ke5-d4 52.Kd4*c3 53.Kc3-d4 54.Kd4-e5 55.Ke5-f6 56.Kf6-g7 57.Kg7-h8 58.Bg4-h3 59.Bh3*g2 This is a beautiful one! Very original idea... look how the king moves at the end, leaving the beautiful finish! It is the only one using this idea with the queen. |
Category B (best solution without a promoted
piece in the initial position, minimum 40 moves)
Places |
Compositions |
1st |
Alexandre Leroux 1.Bh2*g1 2.Bg1-h2 3.Bh2-d6 4.Bd6-e7 5.Kf8-e8 6.Ke8-d7 7.Be7-d6 8.Kd7-c6 9.Kc6-b5 10.Kb5-a4 11.Ka4-a3 12.Ka3-a2 13.Ka2-b1 14.Kb1-c1 15.Kc1-d1 16.Kd1-e2 17.Ke2-f1 18.Kf1-g2 19.Kg2-h3 20.Kh3-g4 21.Kg4*h5 22.Kh5-g4 23.Kg4-h3 24.Kh3-g2 25.Kg2-f1 26.Kf1-e2 27.Ke2-d1 28.Kd1-c1 29.Kc1-b1 30.Kb1-a2 31.Ka2-a3 32.Ka3-a4 33.Ka4-b5 34.Kb5-c6 35.Kc6-d7 36.Bd6-e7 37.Kd7-e8 38.Ke8-f8 39.Kf8-g7 40.Kg7*h7 41.Kh7*g8 42.Kg8-f8 43.Kf8-e8 44.Ke8-d7 45.Be7-d6 46.Kd7-c6 47.Kc6-b5 48.Kb5-a4 49.Ka4-a3 50.Ka3-a2 51.Ka2-b1 52.Kb1-c1 53.Kc1-d1 54.Kd1-e2 55.Ke2-f1 56.Kf1-g2 57.Kg2-h3 58.Kh3-g4 59.Kg4*f5 60.Kf5-g4 61.Kg4-h3 62.Kh3-g2 63.Kg2-f1 64.Kf1-e2 65.Ke2-d1 66.Kd1-c1 67.Kc1-b1 68.Kb1-a2 69.Ka2-a3 70.Ka3-a4 71.Ka4-b5 72.Kb5-c6 73.Kc6-d7 74.Bd6-e7 75.Kd7-e8 76.Ke8*f7 77.Kf7*e6 78.Ke6*d5 79.Kd5*e4 80.Ke4-f5 81.Kf5*g5 82.Kg5-h6 83.Be7*h4 84.Bh4*f2 85.Bf2*e3 86.Be3*b6 87.Bb6*a7 88.Ba7-d4 Stunning matrix! Everything works in perfect synergy. Four big king tours, and a beautiful and original finish with the king taking g5, goes to h6, leaving the bishop at e7 to take directly the pawn at h4, and so on until a7... very nice... |
2nd |
Ivan Skoba 1.Ka4-a5 2.Be1-h4 3.Bh4-f6 4.Bf6*h8 5.Bh8-f6 6.Bf6-d8 7.Bd8-b6 8.Ka5-a6 9.Ka6-b7 10.Bb6-c7 11.Kb7-c8 12.Kc8-d8 13.Bc7-d6 14.Bd6-e7 15.Kd8-e8 16.Ke8-f8 17.Kf8-g7 18.Be7-f6 19.Kg7-h6 20.Kh6-g5 21.Kg5-f4 22.Kf4-e3 23.Ke3-d2 24.Kd2-e1 25.Ke1*f1 26.Kf1-e2 27.Ke2-e3 28.Ke3-f4 29.Kf4-g5 30.Kg5-h6 31.Kh6-g7 32.Bf6-e7 33.Kg7-f8 34.Kf8-e8 35.Ke8-d8 36.Be7-d6 37.Bd6-c7 38.Kd8-c8 39.Kc8-b7 40.Bc7-b6 41.Kb7-a6 42.Ka6*b5 43.Kb5-a6 44.Ka6-b7 45.Bb6-c7 46.Kb7-c8 47.Kc8-d8 48.Bc7-d6 49.Bd6-e7 50.Kd8-e8 51.Ke8-f8 52.Kf8-g7 53.Be7-f6 54.Kg7-h6 55.Kh6-g5 56.Kg5*f5 57.Kf5*e4 58.Ke4-d4 59.Bf6*e5 60.Be5-d6 61.Bd6-c5 62.Kd4-c4 63.Kc4-b5 64.Bc5-b6 65.Kb5-a6 66.Ka6-b7 67.Bb6-c7 68.Kb7-c8 69.Kc8*d7 70.Bc7-d6 71.Kd7*c6 72.Kc6-d7 73.Bd6-e7 74.Kd7-e8 75.Ke8*f7 76.Kf7*e6 77.Ke6-f5 78.Kf5*g4 79.Kg4*h3 80.Kh3*h2 81.Kh2*h1 82.Kh1-g2 83.Kg2-f3 84.Kf3-e4 85.Ke4-d5 86.Be7*a3 This is no less stunning! Analyze this one carefully... the idea that the knight at e5 cannot be taken before the pawn at b5 is absolutely magnificent! Because then the white king is trapped in the middle of the board, even though it is not directly apparent. The bishop / king synergy is no less spectacular. |
3rd |
Miodrag Mladenovic 1.Kg8-h8 2.Bh1-g2 3.Bg2-f1 4.Bf1*e2 5.Be2*b5 6.Bb5*a6 7.Ba6-b7 8.Bb7*a8 9.Ba8-c6 10.Bc6*a4 11.Ba4*d7 12.Kh8-h7 13.Kh7-h6 14.Kh6-h5 15.Kh5-h4 16.Kh4*g3 17.Kg3-h4 18.Kh4-h5 19.Kh5-h6 20.Kh6-h7 21.Kh7-g8 22.Kg8-f7 23.Kf7-e7 24.Ke7-d6 25.Kd6-c6 26.Kc6-b5 27.Kb5-b4 28.Kb4-b3 29.Kb3*c2 30.Kc2*c1 31.Kc1-c2 32.Kc2-b3 33.Kb3-b4 34.Kb4-b5 35.Kb5-c6 36.Kc6-d6 37.Kd6-e7 38.Ke7-f7 39.Kf7-g8 40.Kg8-h7 41.Kh7-h6 42.Kh6-h5 43.Kh5-h4 44.Kh4-g3 45.Kg3-f2 46.Kf2*e3 47.Ke3*f3 48.Kf3-g3 49.Kg3-h4 50.Kh4-h5 51.Kh5-h6 52.Kh6-h7 53.Kh7-g8 54.Kg8-f7 55.Kf7-e7 56.Ke7-d6 57.Kd6-c6 58.Kc6-b5 59.Kb5-b4 60.Kb4*c3 61.Kc3*b2 62.Kb2*a2 63.Ka2-b3 64.Kb3-c4 65.Kc4-d5 66.Kd5-d6 67.Kd6-e7 68.Ke7-f7 69.Kf7-g8 70.Kg8-h8 71.Bd7*e6 This was quite special to me. It was if I remember well the second problem having the black king protecting another piece. And I really saw great prospects for this idea, as it was better by 6 moves than my pre-tournament record! It is a very nice matrix. |
4th |
Arno Tüngler 1.Bb8-d6 2.Bd6-f8 3.Bf8-g7 4.Bg7*h8 5.Bh8-g7 6.Bg7-f8 7.Bf8-b4 8.Bb4-d2 9.Bd2*c1 10.Ka3*b2 11.Kb2-c2 12.Kc2-d1 13.Kd1-e1 14.Ke1-f1 15.Kf1-g1 16.Kg1-h2 17.Kh2-h3 18.Kh3-g4 19.Kg4-h5 20.Kh5-h6 21.Kh6-h7 22.Kh7-g8 23.Kg8*f7 24.Kf7*e6 25.Ke6*f5 26.Kf5-g4 27.Kg4-h3 28.Kh3-h2 29.Kh2-g1 30.Kg1-f1 31.Kf1-e1 32.Ke1-d1 33.Kd1-c2 34.Kc2-b2 35.Kb2-a3 36.Ka3-b4 37.Kb4-a5 38.Ka5-a6 39.Ka6*a7 40.Ka7-a6 41.Ka6-a5 42.Ka5-b4 43.Kb4-a3 44.Ka3-b2 45.Kb2-c2 46.Kc2-d1 47.Kd1-e1 48.Ke1-f1 49.Kf1-g1 50.Kg1-h2 51.Kh2-h3 52.Kh3-g4 53.Kg4-f5 54.Kf5-e6 55.Ke6-d6 56.Kd6*c6 57.Kc6-b5 58.Kb5*a4 59.Ka4-b5 60.Kb5-c6 61.Kc6*d7 62.Kd7-e6 63.Ke6*f6 64.Kf6*g5 65.Kg5*f4 66.Kf4*f3 67.Kf3-e2 68.Ke2-d1 69.Kd1-c2 70.Kc2-b1 71.Bc1*e3 Nice matrix, using quite well the strong scheme of the bishop at c6 and knights at a7 and d7. |
5th |
Pascal Wassong 1.Ka5-a6 2.Bg1*h2 3.Bh2*c7 4.Ka6-b7 5.Kb7-c8 6.Kc8-d8 7.Kd8*e8 8.Ke8-d8 9.Kd8-c8 10.Kc8-b7 11.Kb7-a6 12.Ka6-a5 13.Ka5-a4 14.Ka4-a3 15.Ka3-a2 16.Ka2-b1 17.Kb1-c1 18.Kc1-d1 19.Kd1-e1 20.Ke1-f2 21.Kf2-g1 22.Kg1-h2 23.Kh2-h3 24.Kh3*g4 25.Kg4*h4 26.Kh4-g3 27.Kg3-f2 28.Kf2-e1 29.Ke1-d1 30.Kd1-c1 31.Kc1-b1 32.Kb1-a2 33.Ka2-a3 34.Ka3-a4 35.Ka4-a5 36.Ka5-a6 37.Ka6-b7 38.Kb7-c8 39.Kc8-d8 40.Kd8-e8 41.Ke8-f8 42.Kf8-g8 43.Kg8*h7 44.Kh7*h6 45.Kh6-h7 46.Kh7*h8 47.Kh8-g8 48.Kg8-f8 49.Kf8-e8 50.Ke8-d7 51.Kd7-d6 52.Kd6*d5 53.Kd5*c4 54.Kc4*c3 55.Kc3*d4 56.Kd4*e4 57.Ke4*f3 58.Kf3*g2 59.Kg2-f3 60.Kf3-e4 61.Ke4-d5 62.Kd5-c6 63.Kc6-b7 64.Kb7-a8 65.Bc7-e5 Also a nice matrix, using several ideas to block the king and force a king route. |
6th |
Ralf Krätschmer 1.Ka5-a4 2.Ka4-a3 3.Ka3-b2 4.Kb2-c1 5.Kc1-d1 6.Kd1*e1 7.Ke1-d1 8.Kd1-c1 9.Kc1-b2 10.Kb2-a3 11.Ka3-a4 12.Ka4-a5 13.Ka5-b6 14.Kb6*c7 15.Kc7-b6 16.Kb6-a5 17.Ka5-a4 18.Ka4-a3 19.Ka3-b2 20.Kb2-c1 21.Kc1-d1 22.Kd1-e1 23.Ke1-f1 24.Kf1-g1 25.Kg1-h2 26.Kh2-h3 27.Kh3-g4 28.Kg4-h5 29.Kh5*h6 30.Kh6-g7 31.Kg7*f8 32.Kf8-g7 33.Kg7-h6 34.Kh6*g5 35.Kg5-g4 36.Kg4*f3 37.Kf3-g2 38.Kg2-f1 39.Kf1-e1 40.Ke1-d1 41.Kd1-c1 42.Kc1-b2 43.Kb2-a3 44.Ka3-a4 45.Ka4-a5 46.Ka5-b6 47.Kb6-c7 48.Kc7-d7 49.Kd7*e6 50.Ke6*e5 51.Ke5*f4 52.Kf4*e3 53.Ke3-f4 54.Kf4-e5 55.Ke5*d6 56.Kd6-c7 57.Kc7*b7 58.Kb7*c6 59.Kc6-b6 60.Kb6-a5 61.Ka5-a4 62.Bg6*d3 Interesting idea with the pawns at d3, e3 and f3. Quite original. |
7th |
Cornel Pacurar 1.Ke1-d1 2.Kd1-c1 3.Kc1-b1 4.Kb1*a2 5.Ka2-b1 6.Kb1-c2 7.Kc2*c3 8.Kc3-c2 9.Kc2-d1 10.Kd1-e1 11.Ke1-f1 12.Kf1-g1 13.Kg1-h2 14.Kh2-h3 15.Kh3*g4 16.Kg4-h3 17.Kh3-h2 18.Kh2-g1 19.Kg1-f1 20.Kf1-e1 21.Ke1-d1 22.Kd1-c2 23.Kc2-c3 24.Kc3-b4 25.Kb4-a5 26.Ka5-a6 27.Ka6*a7 28.Ka7-a6 29.Ka6-a5 30.Ka5-b4 31.Kb4-c3 32.Kc3-c2 33.Kc2-d1 34.Kd1-e1 35.Ke1-f1 36.Kf1-g1 37.Kg1-h2 38.Kh2-h3 39.Kh3*h4 40.Kh4-g5 41.Kg5-h6 42.Kh6-g7 43.Kg7*f7 44.Kf7*g6 45.Kg6-f7 46.Kf7*e6 47.Ke6-d6 48.Kd6*c6 49.Kc6*d7 50.Kd7-c6 51.Kc6-b5 52.Kb5*a4 53.Ka4-b3 54.Kb3-c2 55.Kc2-d1 56.Kd1-e1 57.Ke1-f1 58.Bg3-e1 59.Be1-d2 Nice and elegant matrix. |
8th |
Nicolas Dupont 1.Bf8-d6 2.Bd6-f4 3.Kg4-f3 4.Kf3-e2 5.Ke2-d1 6.Kd1-c1 7.Kc1-b1 8.Kb1-a2 9.Ka2-a3 10.Ka3-a4 11.Ka4-b5 12.Kb5-c6 13.Kc6-d7 14.Kd7-e7 15.Ke7-f8 16.Kf8*g7 17.Kg7*h7 18.Kh7-g7 19.Kg7-f8 20.Kf8-e7 21.Ke7-d7 22.Kd7-c6 23.Kc6-b5 24.Kb5-a4 25.Ka4-a3 26.Ka3-a2 27.Ka2-b1 28.Kb1-c1 29.Kc1-d1 30.Kd1-e2 31.Ke2-f3 32.Kf3-g4 33.Kg4*f5 34.Kf5-g4 35.Kg4-f3 36.Kf3-e2 37.Ke2-d1 38.Kd1-c1 39.Kc1-b1 40.Kb1-a2 41.Ka2-a3 42.Ka3-a4 43.Ka4-b5 44.Kb5-c6 45.Kc6-d7 46.Kd7-e7 47.Ke7*f7 48.Kf7-e6 49.Ke6*d5 50.Kd5*e4 51.Ke4-d5 52.Kd5-c6 53.Kc6-b7 54.Kb7-a8 55.Bf4-d2 a=>b This is a very special one. It was found late in the competition, and is the best found so far with just 7 pieces! Quite elegant... |
9th |
Guy Sobrecases 1.Ka1-a2 2.Bb8*c7 3.Bc7*b6 4.Bb6-e3 5.Be3*c1 6.Bc1-e3 7.Be3-g1 8.Ka2-b1 9.Kb1-c1 10.Kc1-d1 11.Kd1-e2 12.Bg1*h2 13.Bh2*g3 14.Bg3-f4 15.Ke2-f2 16.Kf2-g3 17.Bf4-e3 18.Be3-g1 19.Bg1-h2 20.Kg3-h4 21.Kh4*h5 22.Kh5-g6 23.Kg6*f7 24.Kf7*e6 25.Ke6-d6 26.Kd6-c7 27.Kc7-b8 28.Kb8-a7 29.Ka7-a6 30.Ka6*a5 31.Ka5-a6 32.Ka6-a7 33.Ka7-b8 34.Kb8-c7 35.Kc7*c6 36.Kc6-d5 37.Kd5-e4 38.Ke4-f3 39.Kf3-g2 40.Kg2*h1 41.Kh1-g2 42.Kg2-f3 43.Kf3-e4 44.Ke4-d5 45.Kd5-c6 46.Kc6-b5 47.Kb5*a4 48.Ka4-a3 49.Ka3-a2 50.Ka2-a1 51.Bh2*e5 Very nice one. Notice how the king starts at a1, and ends there too. |
10th |
Pierre Tritten 1.Ke4-f4 2.Bh3*g4 3.Bg4*e6 4.Be6*f7 5.Bf7*c4 6.Bc4-d3 7.Kf4-e3 8.Ke3-d2 9.Bd3-c2 10.Kd2-c1 11.Kc1-b2 12.Bc2-b3 13.Kb2-a3 14.Ka3-b4 15.Kb4*a5 16.Ka5-a6 17.Ka6*a7 18.Ka7*a8 19.Ka8-a7 20.Ka7-a6 21.Ka6-a5 22.Ka5*a4 23.Ka4-a3 24.Ka3-b2 25.Bb3-c2 26.Kb2-c1 27.Kc1-d2 28.Bc2-d3 29.Kd2-e3 30.Ke3-f4 31.Bd3*e2 32.Be2-g4 33.Kf4*g5 34.Kg5-g6 35.Kg6-f7 36.Kf7*e8 37.Ke8-f7 38. Kf7*g7 39.Kg7-f6 40.Kf6-e5 41.Ke5-d4 42.Kd4*c3 43.Kc3-d4 44.Kd4-e5 45.Ke5-f6 46.Kf6-g7 47.Kg7-h8 48.Bg4-h3 49.Bh3*g2 Without promoted pieces version of the above problem by Pierre. Really like this one, very original. |
Category E (best solution that can include
promoted pieces in the initial position, minimum 25 moves (for high))
Places |
Compositions |
1st |
Arno Tüngler 1.Ba6-b7
2.Bb7*a8 3.Ba8-b7 4.Bb7-a6 5.Ba6-b5
6.Bb5-a4 7.Ba4-b3 8.Bb3-a2 9.Ba2*b1
10.Bb1-a2 11.Ba2-b3 12.Bb3-a4 13.Ba4-b5
14.Bb5-a6 15.Ba6-b7 16.Kc6-b5 17.Kb5-a4
18.Ka4-b3 19.Kb3*c2 20.Kc2*d1 21.Kd1-e2
22.Ke2-f1 23.Kf1-g2 24.Kg2*h3 25.Kh3-g2
26.Kg2*f3 27.Kf3-e2 28.Ke2-d3 29.Kd3*c4
30.Kc4-b5 31.Kb5-a6 32.Ka6*a7 33.Ka7*b8
34.Kb8-c8 35.Kc8*d8 36.Kd8-e8 37.Ke8*f8
38.Kf8-g8 39.Kg8*h7 40.Kh7-h6 41.Kh6-h5
42.Kh5*h4 43.Kh4-h5 44.Kh5-h6 45.Kh6-h7
46.Kh7*h8 Beautiful one, and very original! It is the king which is trapped, and the white bishop must come to its rescue. but he can only do one step at a time, thus not being able to loose a tempo! Everything works perfectly here... |
2nd |
Cornel Pacurar 1.Kh3*h4 2.Kh4-h5
3.Kh5-h6 4.Kh6-h7 5.Kh7*h8 6.Kh8-h7
7.Kh7-h6 8.Kh6-h5 9.Kh5-h4 10.Kh4-h3
11.Kh3-h2 12.Kh2*g1 13.Kg1-f2 14.Kf2*e3 15.Ke3-f2
16.Kf2-e1 17.Ke1-d1 18.Kd1*c1 19.Kc1-b1 20.Kb1*a1
21.Ka1-b1 22.Kb1-c1 23.Kc1-d1 24.Kd1-e1 25.Ke1-f2
26.Kf2-e3 27.Ke3-d4 28.Kd4*c5 29.Kc5*c6 30.Kc6-c5
31.Kc5-d4 32.Kd4*c3 33.Kc3-b2 34.Kb2*a3 35.Ka3-a4
36.Ka4*a5 37.Ka5*a6 38.Ka6-a7 39.Ka7*b8 40.Kb8-c8
41.Kc8-d8 42.Kd8*e8 43.Ke8-f8 44.Ba2*b3 This is also a stunning matrix. The pieces really work in harmony, preventing any loosing of tempo, even though the king route is quite long! |
3rd |
Alexandre Leroux 1.Kc8*b8 2.Kb8-c8
3.Kc8-d8 4.Kd8*e8 5.Ke8-f8 6.Kf8*g8
7.Kg8-f8 8.Kf8-e8 9.Ke8-d8 10.Kd8-c8
11.Kc8-b8 12.Kb8*a7 13.Ka7-a6 14.Ka6*a5 15.Ka5-a4
16.Ka4-a3 17.Ka3*a2 18.Ka2*b1 19.Kb1-c2
20.Kc2*d1 21.Kd1-e2 22.Ke2-f1 23.Kf1-g2
24.Kg2*h3 25.Kh3-g4 26.Kg4-h5 27.Kh5-h6 28.Kh6*h7
29.Kh7-h6 30.Kh6-h5 31.Kh5-g4 32.Kg4*f3
33.Kf3-e2 34.Ke2*d3 35.Kd3*d4 36.Kd4*d5
37.Kd5*e4 Very nice one, and the first one that showed some great potential for this category. |
Category F (best
solution without a promoted piece in the initial position, minimum 20 moves
(for high))
Places |
Compositions |
1st, 2nd |
Cornel Pacurar, Arno Tüngler 1.Kc1*b1 2.Kb1-c1
3.Kc1-d1 4.Kd1-e1 5.Ke1-f1 6.Kf1-g1
7.Kg1*h1 8.Kh1-g1 9.Kg1-f1 10.Kf1-e1
11.Ke1-d1 12.Kd1-c1 13.Kc1-b1 14.Kb1*a2 15.Ka2*a3
16.Ka3*a4 17.Ka4*a5 18.Ka5*a6 19.Ka6-b7
20.Kb7*c8 21.Kc8-d8 22.Kd8-e8 23.Ke8-f8
24.Kf8-g8 25.Kg8*h7 26.Kh7-h6 27.Kh6-h5 28.Kh5*h4
29.Kh4*h3 30.Kh3-h4 31.Kh4-h5 32.Bb8*c7 Beautiful matrix. The bishop at b8 with the pawn at c7 and king at f4 is a great idea, permitting this problem. |
3rd |
Ralf Krätschmer 1.Kg1*f1 2.Kf1-e1
3.Ke1-d1 4.Kd1-c1 5.Kc1-b1 6.Kb1*a1
7.Ka1-b1 8.Kb1-c1 9.Kc1-d1 10.Kd1-e1
11.Ke1-f1 12.Kf1-g1 13.Kg1*h2 14.Kh2*h3 15.Kh3*h4
16.Kh4-g5 17.Kg5*h6 18.Kh6-g7 19.Kg7*f8
20.Kf8-g7 21.Kg7*f6 22.Kf6-g7 23.Kg7-f8
24.Kf8*e8 25.Ke8-d8 26.Kd8-c8 27.Kc8-b8 Nice problem, quite elegant. |
4th |
Ivan Skoba 1.Kh1-g1 2.Kg1*f1
3.Kf1-e1 4.Ke1-d1 5.Kd1-c1 6.Kc1-b1
7.Kb1*a1 8.Ka1-b1 9.Kb1-c1 10.Kc1-d1
11.Kd1-e1 12.Ke1-f1 13.Kf1-g1 14.Kg1*h2 15.Kh2*h3
16.Kh3*h4 17.Kh4*h5 18.Kh5-h6 19.Kh6-h7
20.Kh7*h8 21.Bg8-h7 22.Kh8-g8 23.Kg8-f8
24.Kf8-e8 25.Ke8-d8 Also a nice problem, except for the king at f6, all the pieces are on the borders... :-) |
5th |
Nicolas Dupont 1.Kf1-e1 2.Ke1-d1
3.Kd1-c1 4.Kc1-b1 5.Kb1*a1 6.Ka1-b1
7.Kb1-c1 8.Kc1-d1 9.Kd1-e1 10.Ke1-f1
11.Kf1-g1 12.Kg1*h2 13.Kh2-h3 14.Kh3-h4 15.Kh4-h5 16.Kh5*h6
17.Kh6-h5 18.Kh5-h4 19.Kh4-h3 Elegant problem, with just 4 black pieces! |
Number of records entries in categories C and D (minimum 5)
Competitors |
Number of records |
Ivan Skoba |
13 |
Nicolas Dupont |
8 |
Miodrag Mladenovic |
7 |
Cornel Pacurar |
6 |
Arno Tüngler |
5 |
Ralf Krätschmer |
5 |
Number of records entries in categories G and H (minimum 5)
Competitors |
Number of records |
Arno Tüngler |
15 |
Cornel Pacurar |
7 |
Category C (initial position having at
least one promoted piece, and better than equivalent category D ranking)
Number of black pieces |
Compositions |
7 |
Cornel Pacurar 1.Kh6-h5 2.Kh5-h4 3.Kh4-g3 4.Kg3-h2 5.Kh2-g1 6.Kg1-f1 7.Kf1-e1 8.Ke1-d1 9.Kd1-c2 10.Kc2-c3 11.Kc3-b4 12.Kb4-b5 13.Kb5-c6 14.Kc6-c7 15.Kc7-d8 16.Kd8*e8 17.Ke8-d8 18.Kd8-c7 19.Kc7-c6 20.Kc6-b5 21.Kb5-b4 22.Kb4-c3 23.Kc3-c2 24.Kc2-d1 25.Kd1-e1 26.Ke1-f1 27.Kf1-g1 28.Kg1-h2 29.Kh2-g3 30.Kg3-h4 31.Kh4-h5 32.Kh5*g6 33.Kg6*g5 34.Kg5-h4 35.Kh4-g3 36.Kg3-h2 37.Kh2-g1 38.Kg1-f1 39.Kf1-e1 40.Ke1-d1 41.Kd1-c2 42.Kc2-c3 43.Kc3-b4 44.Kb4-b5 45.Kb5-c6 46.Kc6-d6 47.Kd6*e6 48.Ke6-f5 49.Kf5-g4 50.Kg4*h3 51.Kh3-g4 52.Kg4-f5 53.Kf5-e6 54.Ke6*d7 55.Kd7-c6 56.Kc6-b5 57.Kb5-a4 58.Be7-g5 |
8 |
Miodrag Mladenovic 1.Kh4-h5 2.Bg6-h7 3.Kh5-g6 4.Kg6-g7 5.Kg7-f8 6.Kf8-e8 7.Ke8-d8 8.Kd8-c8 9.Kc8-b8 10.Kb8-a7 11.Ka7-a6 12.Ka6-b5 13.Kb5-a4 14.Ka4-a3 15.Ka3-b2 16.Kb2*c1 17.Kc1-b2 18.Kb2-a3 19.Ka3-a4 20.Ka4-b5 21.Kb5-c5 22.Kc5-d4 23.Kd4-d3 24.Kd3-e2 25.Ke2*e1 26.Ke1-d2 27.Kd2-c3 28.Kc3-b4 29.Kb4*a5 30.Ka5-a6 31.Ka6-b7 32.Kb7-c8 33.Kc8-d8 34.Kd8-e8 35.Ke8-f8 36.Kf8-g7 37.Kg7-g6 38.Kg6-h5 39.Kh5-h4 40.Kh4*h3 41.Kh3-h4 42.Kh4-h5 43.Kh5-g6 44.Kg6-g7 45.Kg7-f8 46.Kf8-e8 47.Ke8-d8 48.Kd8-c8 49.Kc8-b7 50.Kb7-c6 51.Kc6-c5 52.Kc5-d4 53.Kd4-e4 54.Ke4*f4 55.Kf4*e3 56.Ke3-d4 57.Kd4-c5 58.Kc5-c6 59.Kc6*c7 60.Kc7-d8 61.Kd8-e8 62.Ke8-f8 63.Kf8-g7 64.Kg7-h6 65.Bh7-g8 |
9 |
Miodrag Mladenovic 1.Ka3-a4 2.Bb5-f1 3.Ka4-b5 4.Kb5-a6 5.Ka6-a7 6.Ka7-b8 7.Kb8-c8 8.Kc8-d8 9.Kd8-e8 10.Ke8*f8 11.Kf8-e8 12.Ke8-d8 13.Kd8-c8 14.Kc8-b8 15.Kb8-a7 16.Ka7-a6 17.Ka6-b5 18.Kb5-a4 19.Ka4-a3 20.Ka3-b2 21.Kb2*c1 22.Kc1-b2 23.Kb2-a3 24.Ka3-a4 25.Ka4-b5 26.Kb5-c5 27.Kc5-d4 28.Kd4-d3 29.Kd3-e2 30.Ke2*e1 31.Ke1-d2 32.Kd2-c3 33.Kc3-b4 34.Kb4*a5 35.Ka5-a6 36.Ka6-b7 37.Kb7-c8 38.Kc8-d8 39.Kd8-e8 40.Ke8-f8 41.Kf8-g7 42.Kg7-g6 43.Kg6-h5 44.Kh5-h4 45.Kh4*h3 46.Kh3-h4 47.Kh4-h5 48.Kh5-g6 49.Kg6-g7 50.Kg7-f8 51.Kf8-e8 52.Ke8-d8 53.Kd8-c8 54.Kc8-b7 55.Kb7-c6 56.Kc6-c5 57.Kc5-d4 58.Kd4-e4 59.Ke4*f4 60.Kf4*e3 61.Ke3-d4 62.Kd4-c5 63.Kc5-c6 64.Kc6*c7 65.Kc7-d8 66.Kd8-e8 67.Ke8-f8 68.Kf8-g7 69.Kg7-h6 70.Bf1-h3 Nicolas Dupont 1.Bg1-f2 2.Kf1-g1 3.Kg1-h2 4.Kh2-h3 5.Kh3-h4 6.Kh4-g5 7.Kg5-h6 8.Kh6-h7 9.Kh7-g8 10.Kg8-f8 11.Kf8-e8 12.Ke8-d8 13.Kd8-c8 14.Kc8-b8 15.Kb8*a8 16.Ka8-b8 17.Kb8-c8 18.Kc8-d8 19.Kd8-e8 20.Ke8-f8 21.Kf8-g8 22.Kg8-h7 23.Kh7-h6 24.Kh6-g5 25.Kg5-f5 26.Kf5-e4 27.Ke4-e3 28.Ke3-d2 29.Kd2*d1 30.Kd1-e2 31.Ke2-f3 32.Kf3-g4 33.Kg4*h5 34.Kh5-h6 35.Kh6-g7 36.Kg7-f8 37.Kf8-e8 38.Ke8-d8 39.Kd8-c8 40.Kc8-b8 41.Kb8-a7 42.Ka7-b6 43.Kb6*a5 44.Ka5-a4 45.Ka4*a3 46.Ka3-a4 47.Ka4-a5 48.Ka5-b6 49.Kb6-b7 50.Kb7-c8 51.Kc8-d8 52.Kd8-e8 53.Ke8-f8 54.Kf8-g7 55.Kg7-f6 56.Kf6-f5 57.Kf5-e4 58.Ke4-d4 59.Kd4*c4 60.Kc4*d3 61.Kd3-e4 62.Ke4-f5 63.Kf5-f6 64.Kf6*f7 65.Kf7-e8 66.Ke8-d8 67.Kd8-c8 68.Kc8-b7 69.Kb7-a6 70.Bf2-g3 |
10 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Ka4-a5 2.Bh8-f6 3.Bf6-d8 4.Bd8-b6 5.Ka5-a6 6.Ka6-b7 7.Bb6-c7 8.Kb7-c8 9.Kc8-d8 10.Bc7-d6 11.Bd6-e7 12.Kd8-e8 13.Ke8-f8 14.Kf8-g7 15.Be7-f6 16.Kg7-h6 17.Kh6-g5 18.Kg5-f5 19.Kf5-e4 20.Ke4*d5 21.Kd5-e4 22.Ke4-f5 23.Kf5-g5 24.Kg5-h6 25.Kh6-g7 26.Bf6-e7 27.Kg7-f8 28.Kf8-e8 29.Ke8-d8 30.Be7-d6 31.Bd6-c7 32.Kd8-c8 33.Kc8-b7 34.Bc7-b6 35.Kb7-a6 36.Ka6*b5 37.Kb5-a6 38.Ka6-b7 39.Bb6-c7 40.Kb7-c8 41.Kc8-d8 42.Bc7-d6 43.Bd6-e7 44.Kd8-e8 45.Ke8-f8 46.Kf8-g7 47.Be7-f6 48.Kg7-h6 49.Kh6-g5 50.Kg5-f5 51.Kf5-e4 52.Ke4-d4 53.Bf6*e5 54.Be5-d6 55.Bd6-c5 56.Kd4-c4 57.Kc4-b5 58.Bc5-b6 59.Kb5-a6 60.Ka6-b7 61.Bb6-c7 62.Kb7-c8 63.Kc8*d7 64.Bc7-d6 65.Kd7*c6 66.Kc6-d7 67.Bd6-e7 68.Kd7-e8 69.Ke8*f7 70.Kf7*e6 71.Ke6-f5 72.Kf5-g4 73.Kg4*g3 74.Kg3-f2 75.Kf2-e1 76.Be7*a3 |
11 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Bh8-f6 2.Bf6-d8 3.Bd8-b6
4.Ka5-a6 5.Ka6-b7 6.Bb6-c7 7.Kb7-c8 8.Kc8-d8 9.Bc7-d6 10.Bd6-e7
11.Kd8-e8 12.Ke8-f8 13.Kf8-g7 14.Be7-f6 15.Kg7-h6 16.Kh6-h5 17.Kh5-h4
18.Kh4-g3 19.Kg3-g2 20.Kg2-f1 21.Kf1-e2 22.Ke2-e3 23.Ke3-e4 24.Ke4*d5
25.Kd5-e4 26.Ke4-e3 27.Ke3-e2 28.Ke2-f1 29.Kf1-g2 30.Kg2-g3 31.Kg3-h4
32.Kh4-h5 33.Kh5-h6 34.Kh6-g7 35.Bf6-e7 36.Kg7-f8 37.Kf8-e8 38.Ke8-d8
39.Be7-d6 40.Bd6-c7 41.Kd8-c8 42.Kc8-b7 43.Bc7-b6 44.Kb7-a6 45.Ka6*b5
46.Kb5-a6 47.Ka6-b7 48.Bb6-c7 49.Kb7-c8 50.Kc8-d8 51.Bc7-d6 52.Bd6-e7
53.Kd8-e8 54.Ke8-f8 55.Kf8-g7 56.Be7-f6 57.Kg7-h6 58.Kh6-h5 59.Kh5-h4
60.Kh4-g3 61.Kg3-g2 62.Kg2-f1 63.Kf1-e2 64.Ke2-e3 65.Ke3-d4 66.Bf6*e5
67.Be5-d6 68.Bd6-c5 69.Kd4-c4 70.Kc4-b5 71.Bc5-b6 |
12 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Be1-h4 2.Bh4-f6 3.Bf6*h8
4.Bh8-f6 5.Bf6-d8 6.Bd8-b6 7.Ka5-a6 8.Ka6-b7 9.Bb6-c7 10.Kb7-c8
11.Kc8-d8 12.Bc7-d6 13.Bd6-e7 14.Kd8-e8 15.Ke8-f8 16.Kf8-g7 17.Be7-f6
18.Kg7-h6 19.Kh6-h5 20.Kh5-h4 21.Kh4-g3 22.Kg3-g2 23.Kg2-f1 24.Kf1-e2
25.Ke2-e3 26.Ke3-e4 27.Ke4*d5 28.Kd5-e4 29.Ke4-e3 30.Ke3-e2 31.Ke2-f1
32.Kf1-g2 33.Kg2-g3 34.Kg3-h4 35.Kh4-h5 36.Kh5-h6 37.Kh6-g7 38.Bf6-e7
39.Kg7-f8 40.Kf8-e8 41.Ke8-d8 42.Be7-d6 43.Bd6-c7 44.Kd8-c8 45.Kc8-b7
46.Bc7-b6 47.Kb7-a6 48.Ka6*b5 49.Kb5-a6 50.Ka6-b7 51.Bb6-c7 52.Kb7-c8
53.Kc8-d8 54.Bc7-d6 55.Bd6-e7 56.Kd8-e8 57.Ke8-f8 58.Kf8-g7 59.Be7-f6
60.Kg7-h6 61.Kh6-h5 62.Kh5-h4 63.Kh4-g3 64.Kg3-g2 65.Kg2-f1 66.Kf1-e2
67.Ke2-e3 68.Ke3-d4 69.Bf6*e5 70.Be5-d6 71.Bd6-c5 |
13 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Bh8-f6 2.Bf6-d8 3.Bd8-b6
4.Ka5-a6 5.Ka6-b7 6.Bb6-c7 7.Kb7-c8 8.Kc8-d8 9.Bc7-d6 10.Bd6-e7
11.Kd8-e8 12.Ke8-f8 13.Kf8-g7 14.Be7-f6 15.Kg7-h6 16.Kh6-h5 17.Kh5-h4
18.Kh4-g3 19.Kg3-g2 20.Kg2-f1 21.Kf1-e1 22.Ke1-d2 23.Kd2-e3 24.Ke3-e4
25.Ke4*d5 26.Kd5-e4 27.Ke4-e3 28.Ke3-d2 29.Kd2-e1 30.Ke1-f1 31.Kf1-g2
32.Kg2-g3 33.Kg3-h4 34.Kh4-h5 35.Kh5-h6 36.Kh6-g7 37.Bf6-e7 38.Kg7-f8
39.Kf8-e8 40.Ke8-d8 41.Be7-d6 42.Bd6-c7 43.Kd8-c8 44.Kc8-b7 45.Bc7-b6
46.Kb7-a6 47.Ka6*b5 48.Kb5-a6 49.Ka6-b7 50.Bb6-c7 51.Kb7-c8 52.Kc8-d8
53.Bc7-d6 54.Bd6-e7 55.Kd8-e8 56.Ke8-f8 57.Kf8-g7 58.Be7-f6 59.Kg7-h6
60.Kh6-h5 61.Kh5-h4 62.Kh4-g3 63.Kg3-g2 64.Kg2-f1 65.Kf1-e1 66.Ke1-d2
67.Kd2-e3 68.Ke3-d4 69.Bf6*e5 70.Be5-d6 71.Bd6-c5 |
14 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Be1-h4 2.Bh4-f6 3.Bf6*h8
4.Bh8-f6 5.Bf6-d8 6.Bd8-b6 7.Ka5-a6 8.Ka6-b7 9.Bb6-c7 10.Kb7-c8
11.Kc8-d8 12.Bc7-d6 13.Bd6-e7 14.Kd8-e8 15.Ke8-f8 16.Kf8-g7 17.Be7-f6
18.Kg7-h6 19.Kh6-h5 20.Kh5-h4 21.Kh4-g3 22.Kg3-g2 23.Kg2-f1 24.Kf1-e1
25.Ke1-d2 26.Kd2-e3 27.Ke3-e4 28.Ke4*d5 29.Kd5-e4 30.Ke4-e3 31.Ke3-d2
32.Kd2-e1 33.Ke1-f1 34.Kf1-g2 35.Kg2-g3 36.Kg3-h4 37.Kh4-h5 38.Kh5-h6
39.Kh6-g7 40.Bf6-e7 41.Kg7-f8 42.Kf8-e8 43.Ke8-d8 44.Be7-d6 45.Bd6-c7
46.Kd8-c8 47.Kc8-b7 48.Bc7-b6 49.Kb7-a6 50.Ka6*b5 51.Kb5-a6 52.Ka6-b7
53.Bb6-c7 54.Kb7-c8 55.Kc8-d8 56.Bc7-d6 57.Bd6-e7 58.Kd8-e8 59.Ke8-f8
60.Kf8-g7 61.Be7-f6 62.Kg7-h6 63.Kh6-h5 64.Kh5-h4 65.Kh4-g3 66.Kg3-g2
67.Kg2-f1 68.Kf1-e1 69.Ke1-d2 70.Kd2-e3 71.Ke3-d4 |
15 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Ke3-d2 2.Kd2-e1 3.Ke1-f1
4.Kf1-g2 5.Kg2-g3 6.Kg3-h4 7.Kh4-h5 8.Kh5-h6 9.Kh6-g7 10.Bf6-e7
11.Kg7-f8 12.Kf8-e8 13.Ke8-d8 14.Be7-d6 15.Bd6-c7 16.Kd8-c8 17.Kc8-b7
18.Bc7-b6 19.Kb7-a6 20.Ka6-a5 21.Ka5*a4 22.Ka4-a5 23.Ka5-a6 24.Ka6-b7
25.Bb6-c7 26.Kb7-c8 27.Kc8-d8 28.Bc7-d6 29.Bd6-e7 30.Kd8-e8 31.Ke8-f8
32.Kf8-g7 33.Be7-f6 34.Kg7-h6 35.Kh6-h5 36.Kh5-h4 37.Kh4-g3 38.Kg3-g2
39.Kg2-f1 40.Kf1-e1 41.Ke1*d1 42.Kd1-d2 43.Kd2-e3 44.Ke3-e4 45.Ke4*d5
46.Kd5-e4 47.Ke4-e3 48.Ke3-d2 49.Kd2-e1 50.Ke1-f1 51.Kf1-g2 52.Kg2-g3
53.Kg3-h4 54.Kh4-h5 55.Kh5-h6 56.Kh6-g7 57.Bf6-e7 58.Kg7-f8 59.Kf8-e8
60.Ke8-d8 61.Be7-d6 62.Bd6-c7 63.Kd8-c8 64.Kc8-b7 65.Bc7-b6 66.Kb7-a6
67.Ka6*b5 68.Kb5-a6 69.Ka6-b7 70.Bb6-c7 71.Kb7-c8 |
16 |
Ivan Skoba (dedicated to Libuše) 1.Ke3-d2 2.Kd2-e1 3.Ke1-f1 4.Kf1-g2 5.Kg2-g3 6.Kg3-h4 7.Kh4-h5 8.Kh5-h6 9.Kh6-g7 10.Bf6*d8 11.Bd8-e7 12.Kg7-f8 13.Kf8-e8 14.Ke8-d8 15.Be7-d6 16.Bd6-c7 17.Kd8-c8 18.Kc8-b7 19.Bc7-b6 20.Kb7-a6 21.Ka6-a5 22.Ka5*a4 23.Ka4-a5 24.Ka5-a6 25.Ka6-b7 26.Bb6-c7 27.Kb7-c8 28.Kc8-d8 29.Bc7-d6 30.Bd6-e7 31.Kd8-e8 32.Ke8-f8 33.Kf8-g7 34.Be7-f6 35.Kg7-h6 36.Kh6-h5 37.Kh5-h4 38.Kh4-g3 39.Kg3-g2 40.Kg2-f1 41.Kf1-e1 42.Ke1*d1 43.Kd1-d2 44.Kd2-e3 45.Ke3-e4 46.Ke4*d5 47.Kd5-e4 48.Ke4-e3 49.Ke3-d2 50.Kd2-e1 51.Ke1-f1 52.Kf1-g2 53.Kg2-g3 54.Kg3-h4 55.Kh4-h5 56.Kh5-h6 57.Kh6-g7 58.Bf6-e7 59.Kg7-f8 60.Kf8-e8 61.Ke8-d8 62.Be7-d6 63.Bd6-c7 64.Kd8-c8 65.Kc8-b7 66.Bc7-b6 67.Kb7-a6 68.Ka6*b5 69.Kb5-a6 70.Ka6-b7 71.Bb6-c7 72.Kb7-c8 73.Kc8-d8 74.Bc7-d6 75.Bd6-e7 76.Kd8-e8 77.Ke8-f8 78.Kf8-g7 79.Be7-f6 80.Kg7-h6 81.Kh6-h5 82.Kh5-h4 83.Kh4-g3 84.Kg3-g2 85.Kg2-f1 86.Kf1-e1 87.Ke1-d2 88.Kd2-e3 89.Ke3-d4 90.Bf6*e5 91.Be5-d6 92.Bd6-c5 93.Kd4*c4 94.Kc4*d3 95.Kd3-c4 96.Kc4-b5 97.Bc5-b6 98.Kb5-a6 99.Ka6-b7 100.Bb6-c7 101.Kb7-c8 102.Kc8*d7 103.Bc7-d6 104.Kd7*c6 105.Kc6-d7 106.Bd6-e7 107.Kd7-e8 108.Ke8*f7 109.Kf7*e6 110.Ke6-f5 111.Kf5*g4 112.Kg4*h3 113.Kh3-g4 114.Kg4-f5 115.Kf5-e6 116.Ke6-d7 117.Kd7-c8 118.Be7*a3 |
Category D (initial position having no promoted pieces)
Number of black pieces |
Compositions |
1 |
Nicolas Dupont, Guy Sobrecases, Pascal Wassong,
Jacques Dupin, Axel Gilbert, James Willson, Ralf Krätschmer,
Cornel Pacurar, Miodrag Mladenovic, Arno Tüngler, Mario Richter,
Gilles Regniers, Jacques Rotenberg 1.Bg1-e3 2.Kh1-g1 3.Kg1-f1 4.Kf1-e2 5.Ke2-d3 6.Kd3-e4 7.Ke4-f5 8.Kf5-g6 9.Kg6-h7 10.Be3-f4 |
2 |
James Willson, Pascal Wassong, Cornel Pacurar,
Jacques Dupin, Miodrag Mladenovic, Arno Tüngler, Guy Sobrecases,
Ralf Krätschmer, Nicolas Dupont, Jacques Rotenberg 1.Ka8-b7 2.Kb7-c6 3.Kc6-d5 4.Kd5-e4 5.Ke4-f3 6.Kf3-g2 7.Kg2-f1 8.Kf1-e1 9.Ke1-d1 10.Kd1-c1 11.Kc1-b1 12.Kb1*a2 13.Ka2-b1 14.Kb1-c1 15.Kc1-d1 16.Kd1-e2 17.Ke2-f3 18.Kf3-g4 19.Kg4-h5 20.Bf2-e1 |
3 |
James Willson, Cornel Pacurar, Pascal Wassong,
Jacques Dupin, Miodrag Mladenovic, Arno Tüngler, Ralf Krätschmer,
Nicolas Dupont, Guy Sobrecases 1.Ka1-b1 2.Kb1-c1 3.Kc1-d1 4.Kd1-e1 5.Ke1-f1 6.Kf1-g1 7.Kg1-h2 8.Kh2-g3 9.Kg3-f4 10.Kf4-e5 11.Ke5*d5 12.Kd5-e4 13.Ke4-f3 14.Kf3-g2 15.Kg2-f1 16.Kf1-e1 17.Ke1-d1 18.Kd1-c1 19.Kc1-b1 20.Kb1*a2 21.Ka2-b1 22.Kb1-c1 23.Kc1-d1 24.Kd1-e2 25.Ke2-f3 26.Kf3-g4 27.Kg4-h5 28.Bf2-e1 |
4 |
Arno Tüngler, Miodrag Mladenovic, Cornel
Pacurar, Ralf Krätschmer, Nicolas Dupont, Ivan Skoba 1.Be4-c6 2.Kf3-e4 3.Ke4-d4 4.Kd4-c5 5.Kc5-b6 6.Kb6-b7 7.Kb7-c8 8.Kc8-d8 9.Kd8-e8 10.Ke8-f8 11.Kf8-g7 12.Kg7-g6 13.Kg6-h5 14.Kh5-h4 15.Kh4*h3 16.Kh3-h4 17.Kh4-h5 18.Kh5-g6 19.Kg6-g7 20.Kg7-f8 21.Kf8-e8 22.Ke8-d8 23.Kd8-c8 24.Kc8-b7 25.Kb7-b6 26.Kb6-c5 27.Kc5-d4 28.Kd4-e4 29.Ke4*f4 30.Kf4*e3 31.Ke3-d4 32.Kd4-c5 33.Kc5-b6 34.Kb6-c7 35.Kc7-d8 36.Bc6-d7 |
5 |
Arno Tüngler, Cornel Pacurar, Ralf Krätschmer,
Nicolas Dupont, Ivan Skoba 1.Kf2-e3 2.Ke3-d3 3.Kd3-c4 4.Kc4-b5 5.Kb5-b6 6.Kb6-a7 7.Ka7-b8 8.Kb8-c8 9.Kc8-d8 10.Kd8-e8 11.Ke8-f7 12.Kf7-g6 13.Kg6-g5 14.Kg5-h4 15.Kh4-h3 16.Kh3*h2 17.Kh2-h3 18.Kh3-h4 19.Kh4-g5 20.Kg5-g6 21.Kg6-f7 22.Kf7-e8 23.Ke8-d8 24.Kd8-c8 25.Kc8-b8 26.Kb8-a7 27.Ka7-b6 28.Kb6-b5 29.Kb5-c4 30.Kc4-d3 31.Kd3-e3 32.Ke3*f3 33.Kf3*e2 34.Ke2-d3 35.Kd3-c4 36.Kc4-b5 37.Kb5-b6 38.Kb6*b7 39.Kb7-c8 40.Kc8-d8 41.Kd8-e8 42.Ke8-f7 43.Kf7-g6 44.Kg6-h5 45.Bf6-e7 Ivan Skoba 1.Ka3-b3 2.Kb3-c4 3.Kc4-d5 4.Kd5-e6 5.Be5-f6 6.Ke6-f7 7.Kf7-g6 8.Bf6-g5 9.Kg6-h5 10.Kh5-h4 11.Kh4-h3 12.Kh3-h2 13.Kh2-g1 14.Kg1-f1 15.Kf1-e1 16.Ke1*d1 17.Kd1-e1 18.Ke1-f1 19.Kf1-g1 20.Kg1-h2 21.Kh2-h3 22.Kh3-h4 23.Kh4-h5 24.Kh5-g6 25.Bg5-f6 26.Kg6-f7 27.Kf7-e6 28.Bf6-e5 29.Ke6-d5 30.Kd5-c4 31.Kc4-b3 32.Kb3-b2 33.Kb2*b1 34.Kb1*a2 35.Ka2-b3 36.Kb3-c4 37.Kc4-d5 38.Kd5-e6 39.Ke6*f5 40.Kf5-g5 41.Kg5-h4 42.Kh4-h3 43.Kh3-h2 44.Kh2-g1 45.Kg1-f1 |
6 |
Nicolas Dupont 1.Bf8-d6 2.Bd6-f4 3.Kg4-f3 4.Kf3-e2 5.Ke2-d1 6.Kd1-c1 7.Kc1-b1 8.Kb1-a2 9.Ka2-a3 10.Ka3-a4 11.Ka4-b5 12.Kb5-c6 13.Kc6-d7 14.Kd7-e7 15.Ke7-f8 16.Kf8*g7 17.Kg7-f8 18.Kf8-e7 19.Ke7-d7 20.Kd7-c6 21.Kc6-b5 22.Kb5-a4 23.Ka4-a3 24.Ka3-a2 25.Ka2-b1 26.Kb1-c1 27.Kc1-d1 28.Kd1-e2 29.Ke2-f3 30.Kf3-g4 31.Kg4*f5 32.Kf5-g4 33.Kg4-f3 34.Kf3-e2 35.Ke2-d1 36.Kd1-c1 37.Kc1-b1 38.Kb1-a2 39.Ka2-a3 40.Ka3-a4 41.Ka4-b5 42.Kb5-c6 43.Kc6-d7 44.Kd7-e7 45.Ke7*f7 46.Kf7-e6 47.Ke6*d5 48.Kd5*e4 49.Ke4-d5 50.Kd5-c6 51.Kc6-b7 52.Kb7-a8 53.Bf4-d2 |
7 |
Nicolas Dupont 1.Bf8-d6 2.Bd6-f4 3.Kg4-f3 4.Kf3-e2 5.Ke2-d1 6.Kd1-c1 7.Kc1-b1 8.Kb1-a2 9.Ka2-a3 10.Ka3-a4 11.Ka4-b5 12.Kb5-c6 13.Kc6-d7 14.Kd7-e7 15.Ke7-f8 16.Kf8*g7 17.Kg7*h7 18.Kh7-g7 19.Kg7-f8 20.Kf8-e7 21.Ke7-d7 22.Kd7-c6 23.Kc6-b5 24.Kb5-a4 25.Ka4-a3 26.Ka3-a2 27.Ka2-b1 28.Kb1-c1 29.Kc1-d1 30.Kd1-e2 31.Ke2-f3 32.Kf3-g4 33.Kg4*f5 34.Kf5-g4 35.Kg4-f3 36.Kf3-e2 37.Ke2-d1 38.Kd1-c1 39.Kc1-b1 40.Kb1-a2 41.Ka2-a3 42.Ka3-a4 43.Ka4-b5 44.Kb5-c6 45.Kc6-d7 46.Kd7-e7 47.Ke7*f7 48.Kf7-e6 49.Ke6*d5 50.Kd5*e4 51.Ke4-d5 52.Kd5-c6 53.Kc6-b7 54.Kb7-a8 55.Bf4-d2 a=>b |
8 |
Miodrag Mladenovic 1.Ke1-f2 2.Kf2-g3 3.Kg3-h4 4.Kh4-h5 5.Kh5-h6 6.Kh6-h7 7.Kh7-g8 8.Kg8-f7 9.Kf7-e7 10.Ke7-d6 11.Kd6-c6 12.Kc6-b5 13.Kb5-b4 14.Kb4-a3 15.Ka3-a2 16.Ka2-b1 17.Kb1*c1 18.Kc1-b1 19.Kb1-a2 20.Ka2-a3 21.Ka3-b4 22.Kb4-b5 23.Kb5-c6 24.Kc6-d6 25.Kd6-e7 26.Ke7-f7 27.Kf7-g8 28.Kg8-h7 29.Kh7-h6 30.Kh6-h5 31.Kh5-h4 32.Kh4-g3 33.Kg3-f2 34.Kf2*e3 35.Ke3*f3 36.Kf3-g3 37.Kg3-h4 38.Kh4-h5 39.Kh5-h6 40.Kh6-h7 41.Kh7-g8 42.Kg8-f7 43.Kf7-e7 44.Ke7-d6 45.Kd6-c6 46.Kc6-b5 47.Kb5-b4 48.Kb4*c3 49.Kc3*b2 50.Kb2-c3 51.Kc3*c4 52.Kc4-d5 53.Kd5-d6 54.Kd6-e7 55.Ke7-f7 56.Kf7-g8 57.Kg8-h8 58.Bd7*e6 |
9 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Ba1-c3 2.Bc3-e1 3.Be1-g3 4.Kh4-h3 5.Kh3-g2 6.Bg3-f2 7.Kg2-f1 8.Kf1-e1 9.Bf2-e3 10.Be3-d2 11.Ke1-d1 12.Kd1-c1 13.Kc1-b2 14.Bd2-c3 15.Kb2-a3 16.Ka3-b4 17.Kb4-c5 18.Kc5-d6 19.Kd6*d7 20.Kd7-d6 21.Kd6-c5 22.Kc5-b4 23.Kb4-a3 24.Ka3-b2 25.Bc3-d2 26.Kb2-c1 27.Kc1-d1 28.Kd1-e1 29.Bd2-e3 30.Be3-f2 31.Ke1-f1 32.Kf1-g2 33.Bf2-g3 34.Kg2-h3 35.Kh3*g4 36.Kg4-h3 37.Kh3-g2 38.Bg3-f2 39.Kg2-f1 40.Kf1-e1 41.Bf2-e3 42.Be3-d2 43.Ke1-d1 44.Kd1-c1 45.Kc1-b2 46.Bd2-c3 47.Kb2-a3 48.Ka3-b4 49.Kb4-c5 50.Kc5-d6 51.Kd6-e5 52.Bc3*d4 53.Bd4-e3 54.Be3-f4 55.Ke5-f5 56.Kf5-g4 57.Bf4-e3 58.Kg4*f3 59.Kf3-e2 60.Ke2*d3 61.Kd3-d4 62.Kd4-c5 63.Kc5*c6 64.Kc6*d5 65.Kd5-e4 66.Ke4-f3 67.Kf3-g2 68.Kg2-h1 69.Be3*h6 |
10 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Ka4-a5 2.Bh8-f6 3.Bf6-d8 4.Bd8-b6 5.Ka5-a6 6.Ka6-b7 7.Bb6-c7 8.Kb7-c8 9.Kc8-d8 10.Bc7-d6 11.Bd6-e7 12.Kd8-e8 13.Ke8-f8 14.Kf8-g7 15.Be7-f6 16.Kg7-h6 17.Kh6-g5 18.Kg5-h4 19.Kh4-g3 20.Kg3-f2 21.Kf2*e2 22.Ke2-f2 23.Kf2-g3 24.Kg3-h4 25.Kh4*h5 26.Kh5-h6 27.Kh6-g7 28.Bf6-e7 29.Kg7-f8 30.Kf8-e8 31.Ke8-d8 32.Be7-d6 33.Bd6-c7 34.Kd8-c8 35.Kc8-b7 36.Bc7-b6 37.Kb7-a6 38.Ka6*b5 39.Kb5-a6 40.Ka6-b7 41.Bb6-c7 42.Kb7-c8 43.Kc8-d8 44.Bc7-d6 45.Bd6-e7 46.Kd8-e8 47.Ke8-f8 48.Kf8-g7 49.Be7-f6 50.Kg7-h6 51.Kh6-g5 52.Kg5-f5 53.Kf5-e4 54.Ke4-d4 55.Bf6*e5 56.Be5-d6 57.Bd6-c5 58.Kd4-c4 59.Kc4-b5 60.Bc5-b6 61.Kb5-a6 62.Ka6-b7 63.Bb6-c7 64.Kb7-c8 65.Kc8*d7 66.Bc7-d6 67.Kd7*c6 68.Kc6*d5 69.Kd5*e6 70.Ke6-f5 71.Kf5-g4 72.Kg4-h3 73.Bd6*a3 |
11 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Ka4-a5 2.Bh8-f6 3.Bf6-d8 4.Bd8-b6 5.Ka5-a6 6.Ka6-b7 7.Bb6-c7 8.Kb7-c8 9.Kc8-d8 10.Bc7-d6 11.Bd6-e7 12.Kd8-e8 13.Ke8-f8 14.Kf8-g7 15.Be7-f6 16.Kg7-h6 17.Kh6-g5 18.Kg5-h4 19.Kh4-g3 20.Kg3-f2 21.Kf2*e2 22.Ke2-f2 23.Kf2-g3 24.Kg3-h4 25.Kh4*h5 26.Kh5-h6 27.Kh6-g7 28.Bf6-e7 29.Kg7-f8 30.Kf8-e8 31.Ke8-d8 32.Be7-d6 33.Bd6-c7 34.Kd8-c8 35.Kc8-b7 36.Bc7-b6 37.Kb7-a6 38.Ka6*b5 39.Kb5-a6 40.Ka6-b7 41.Bb6-c7 42.Kb7-c8 43.Kc8-d8 44.Bc7-d6 45.Bd6-e7 46.Kd8-e8 47.Ke8-f8 48.Kf8-g7 49.Be7-f6 50.Kg7-h6 51.Kh6-g5 52.Kg5-f5 53.Kf5-e4 54.Ke4-d4 55.Bf6*e5 56.Be5-d6 57.Bd6-c5 58.Kd4-c4 59.Kc4-b5 60.Bc5-b6 61.Kb5-a6 62.Ka6-b7 63.Bb6-c7 64.Kb7-c8 65.Kc8*d7 66.Bc7-d6 67.Kd7*c6 68.Kc6-d7 69.Bd6-e7 70.Kd7-e8 71.Ke8*f7 72.Kf7*e6 73.Ke6*d5 74.Kd5-e4 75.Ke4-f3 76.Kf3-g2 77.Kg2-h1 78.Be7*a3 |
12 |
Ivan Skoba 1.Ka4-a5 2.Be1-h4 3.Bh4-f6 4.Bf6*h8 5.Bh8-f6 6.Bf6-d8 7.Bd8-b6 8.Ka5-a6 9.Ka6-b7 10.Bb6-c7 11.Kb7-c8 12.Kc8-d8 13.Bc7-d6 14.Bd6-e7 15.Kd8-e8 16.Ke8-f8 17.Kf8-g7 18.Be7-f6 19.Kg7-h6 20.Kh6-g5 21.Kg5-h4 22.Kh4-g3 23.Kg3-f2 24.Kf2*e2 25.Ke2-f2 26.Kf2-g3 27.Kg3-h4 28.Kh4*h5 29.Kh5-h6 30.Kh6-g7 31.Bf6-e7 32.Kg7-f8 33.Kf8-e8 34.Ke8-d8 35.Be7-d6 36.Bd6-c7 37.Kd8-c8 38.Kc8-b7 39.Bc7-b6 40.Kb7-a6 41.Ka6*b5 42.Kb5-a6 43.Ka6-b7 44.Bb6-c7 45.Kb7-c8 46.Kc8-d8 47.Bc7-d6 48.Bd6-e7 49.Kd8-e8 50.Ke8-f8 51.Kf8-g7 52.Be7-f6 53.Kg7-h6 54.Kh6-g5 55.Kg5-f5 56.Kf5-e4 57.Ke4-d4 58.Bf6*e5 59.Be5-d6 60.Bd6-c5 61.Kd4-c4 62.Kc4-b5 63.Bc5-b6 64.Kb5-a6 65.Ka6-b7 66.Bb6-c7 67.Kb7-c8 68.Kc8*d7 69.Bc7-d6 70.Kd7*c6 71.Kc6-d7 72.Bd6-e7 73.Kd7-e8 74.Ke8*f7 75.Kf7*e6 76.Ke6*d5 77.Kd5-e4 78.Ke4-f3 79.Kf3-g2 80.Kg2-h1 81.Be7*a3 |
13 |
Alexandre Leroux 1.Bg1-h2 2.Bh2-d6 3.Bd6-e7 4.Kf8-e8 5.Ke8-d7 6.Be7-d6 7.Kd7-c6 8.Kc6-b5 9.Kb5-a4 10.Ka4-a3 11.Ka3-a2 12.Ka2-b1 13.Kb1-c1 14.Kc1-d1 15.Kd1-e2 16.Ke2-f1 17.Kf1-g2 18.Kg2-h3 19.Kh3-g4 20.Kg4*h5 21.Kh5-g4 22.Kg4-h3 23.Kh3-g2 24.Kg2-f1 25.Kf1-e2 26.Ke2-d1 27.Kd1-c1 28.Kc1-b1 29.Kb1-a2 30.Ka2-a3 31.Ka3-a4 32.Ka4-b5 33.Kb5-c6 34.Kc6-d7 35.Bd6-e7 36.Kd7-e8 37.Ke8-f8 38.Kf8-g7 39.Kg7*h7 40.Kh7*g8 41.Kg8-f8 42.Kf8-e8 43.Ke8-d7 44.Be7-d6 45.Kd7-c6 46.Kc6-b5 47.Kb5-a4 48.Ka4-a3 49.Ka3-a2 50.Ka2-b1 51.Kb1-c1 52.Kc1-d1 53.Kd1-e2 54.Ke2-f1 55.Kf1-g2 56.Kg2-h3 57.Kh3-g4 58.Kg4*f5 59.Kf5-g4 60.Kg4-h3 61.Kh3-g2 62.Kg2-f1 63.Kf1-e2 64.Ke2-d1 65.Kd1-c1 66.Kc1-b1 67.Kb1-a2 68.Ka2-a3 69.Ka3-a4 70.Ka4-b5 71.Kb5-c6 72.Kc6-d7 73.Bd6-e7 74.Kd7-e8 75.Ke8*f7 76.Kf7*e6 77.Ke6*d5 78.Kd5*e4 79.Ke4-f5 80.Kf5*g5 81.Kg5-h6 82.Be7*h4 83.Bh4*f2 84.Bf2*e3 85.Be3-d4 |
14 |
Alexandre Leroux 1.Bg1-h2 2.Bh2-d6 3.Bd6-e7 4.Kf8-e8 5.Ke8-d7 6.Be7-d6 7.Kd7-c6 8.Kc6-b5 9.Kb5-a4 10.Ka4-a3 11.Ka3-a2 12.Ka2-b1 13.Kb1-c1 14.Kc1-d1 15.Kd1-e2 16.Ke2-f1 17.Kf1-g2 18.Kg2-h3 19.Kh3-g4 20.Kg4*h5 21.Kh5-g4 22.Kg4-h3 23.Kh3-g2 24.Kg2-f1 25.Kf1-e2 26.Ke2-d1 27.Kd1-c1 28.Kc1-b1 29.Kb1-a2 30.Ka2-a3 31.Ka3-a4 32.Ka4-b5 33.Kb5-c6 34.Kc6-d7 35.Bd6-e7 36.Kd7-e8 37.Ke8-f8 38.Kf8-g7 39.Kg7*h7 40.Kh7*g8 41.Kg8-f8 42.Kf8-e8 43.Ke8-d7 44.Be7-d6 45.Kd7-c6 46.Kc6-b5 47.Kb5-a4 48.Ka4-a3 49.Ka3-a2 50.Ka2-b1 51.Kb1-c1 52.Kc1-d1 53.Kd1-e2 54.Ke2-f1 55.Kf1-g2 56.Kg2-h3 57.Kh3-g4 58.Kg4*f5 59.Kf5-g4 60.Kg4-h3 61.Kh3-g2 62.Kg2-f1 63.Kf1-e2 64.Ke2-d1 65.Kd1-c1 66.Kc1-b1 67.Kb1-a2 68.Ka2-a3 69.Ka3-a4 70.Ka4-b5 71.Kb5-c6 72.Kc6-d7 73.Bd6-e7 74.Kd7-e8 75.Ke8*f7 76.Kf7*e6 77.Ke6*d5 78.Kd5*e4 79.Ke4-f5 80.Kf5*g5 81.Kg5-h6 82.Be7*h4 83.Bh4*f2 84.Bf2*e3 85.Be3*a7 86.Ba7-d4 |
15 |
Alexandre Leroux 1.Bg1-h2 2.Bh2-d6 3.Bd6-e7 4.Kf8-e8 5.Ke8-d7 6.Be7-d6 7.Kd7-c6 8.Kc6-b5 9.Kb5-a4 10.Ka4-a3 11.Ka3-a2 12.Ka2-b1 13.Kb1-c1 14.Kc1-d1 15.Kd1-e2 16.Ke2-f1 17.Kf1-g2 18.Kg2-h3 19.Kh3-g4 20.Kg4*h5 21.Kh5-g4 22.Kg4-h3 23.Kh3-g2 24.Kg2-f1 25.Kf1-e2 26.Ke2-d1 27.Kd1-c1 28.Kc1-b1 29.Kb1-a2 30.Ka2-a3 31.Ka3-a4 32.Ka4-b5 33.Kb5-c6 34.Kc6-d7 35.Bd6-e7 36.Kd7-e8 37.Ke8-f8 38.Kf8-g7 39.Kg7*h7 40.Kh7*g8 41.Kg8-f8 42.Kf8-e8 43.Ke8-d7 44.Be7-d6 45.Kd7-c6 46.Kc6-b5 47.Kb5-a4 48.Ka4-a3 49.Ka3-a2 50.Ka2-b1 51.Kb1-c1 52.Kc1-d1 53.Kd1-e2 54.Ke2-f1 55.Kf1-g2 56.Kg2-h3 57.Kh3-g4 58.Kg4*f5 59.Kf5-g4 60.Kg4-h3 61.Kh3-g2 62.Kg2-f1 63.Kf1-e2 64.Ke2-d1 65.Kd1-c1 66.Kc1-b1 67.Kb1-a2 68.Ka2-a3 69.Ka3-a4 70.Ka4-b5 71.Kb5-c6 72.Kc6-d7 73.Bd6-e7 74.Kd7-e8 75.Ke8*f7 76.Kf7*e6 77.Ke6*d5 78.Kd5*e4 79.Ke4-f5 80.Kf5*g5 81.Kg5-h6 82.Be7*h4 83.Bh4*f2 84.Bf2*e3 85.Be3*b6 86.Bb6*a7 87.Ba7-d4 |
16 |
Alexandre Leroux 1.Bh2*g1 2.Bg1-h2 3.Bh2-d6 4.Bd6-e7 5.Kf8-e8 6.Ke8-d7 7.Be7-d6 8.Kd7-c6 9.Kc6-b5 10.Kb5-a4 11.Ka4-a3 12.Ka3-a2 13.Ka2-b1 14.Kb1-c1 15.Kc1-d1 16.Kd1-e2 17.Ke2-f1 18.Kf1-g2 19.Kg2-h3 20.Kh3-g4 21.Kg4*h5 22.Kh5-g4 23.Kg4-h3 24.Kh3-g2 25.Kg2-f1 26.Kf1-e2 27.Ke2-d1 28.Kd1-c1 29.Kc1-b1 30.Kb1-a2 31.Ka2-a3 32.Ka3-a4 33.Ka4-b5 34.Kb5-c6 35.Kc6-d7 36.Bd6-e7 37.Kd7-e8 38.Ke8-f8 39.Kf8-g7 40.Kg7*h7 41.Kh7*g8 42.Kg8-f8 43.Kf8-e8 44.Ke8-d7 45.Be7-d6 46.Kd7-c6 47.Kc6-b5 48.Kb5-a4 49.Ka4-a3 50.Ka3-a2 51.Ka2-b1 52.Kb1-c1 53.Kc1-d1 54.Kd1-e2 55.Ke2-f1 56.Kf1-g2 57.Kg2-h3 58.Kh3-g4 59.Kg4*f5 60.Kf5-g4 61.Kg4-h3 62.Kh3-g2 63.Kg2-f1 64.Kf1-e2 65.Ke2-d1 66.Kd1-c1 67.Kc1-b1 68.Kb1-a2 69.Ka2-a3 70.Ka3-a4 71.Ka4-b5 72.Kb5-c6 73.Kc6-d7 74.Bd6-e7 75.Kd7-e8 76.Ke8*f7 77.Kf7*e6 78.Ke6*d5 79.Kd5*e4 80.Ke4-f5 81.Kf5*g5 82.Kg5-h6 83.Be7*h4 84.Bh4*f2 85.Bf2*e3 86.Be3*b6 87.Bb6*a7 88.Ba7-d4 |
Category G (initial position having at least
one promoted piece, and better than equivalent category H ranking)
Number of black pieces |
Compositions |
9 |
Arno
Tüngler 1.Ke5-f6
2.Bh8-g7 3.Bg7-f8 4.Bf8-e7 5.Be7-d8
6.Bd8-c7 7.Bc7-b8 8.Bb8*a7 9.Ba7-b8
10.Bb8-c7 11.Bc7-d8 12.Bd8-e7 13.Be7-f8
14.Bf8-g7 15.Kf6-e7 16.Ke7-d8 17.Kd8-c7
18.Kc7*b6 19.Kb6-c7 20.Kc7*d6 21.Kd6-e7
22.Ke7-f8 23.Kf8-g8 24.Kg8*h7 25.Kh7-h6
26.Kh6*h5 27.Kh5-h4 28.Kh4*h3 29.Kh3-h2
30.Kh2*g1 31.Kg1*h1 |
10 |
Arno
Tüngler 1.Ke5-f6
2.Bh8-g7 3.Bg7-f8 4.Bf8-e7 5.Be7-d8
6.Bd8-c7 7.Bc7-b8 8.Bb8*a7 9.Ba7-b8
10.Bb8-c7 11.Bc7-d8 12.Bd8-e7 13.Be7-f8
14.Bf8-g7 15.Kf6-e7 16.Ke7-d8 17.Kd8-c7
18.Kc7*b6 19.Kb6-c7 20.Kc7*d6 21.Kd6-e7
22.Ke7-f8 23.Kf8-g8 24.Kg8*h7 25.Kh7-h6
26.Kh6*h5 27.Kh5-h4 28.Kh4*h3 29.Kh3-h2
30.Kh2*g1 31.Kg1-f1 32.Kf1-e1 33.Ke1*d1
34.Kd1-e1 35.Ke1-f1 36.Kf1-g1 37.Kg1*h1 |
11 |
Arno
Tüngler 1.Bf8-g7
2.Bg7*h8 3.Bh8-g7 4.Bg7-f8 5.Bf8-e7
6.Be7-d8 7.Bd8-c7 8.Bc7-b8 9.Bb8*a7
10.Ba7-b8 11.Bb8-c7 12.Bc7-d8 13.Bd8-e7
14.Be7-f8 15.Bf8-g7 16.Kf6-e7 17.Ke7-d8
18.Kd8-c7 19.Kc7*b6 20.Kb6-c7 21.Kc7*d6
22.Kd6-e7 23.Ke7-f8 24.Kf8-g8 25.Kg8*h7
26.Kh7-h6 27.Kh6*h5 28.Kh5-h4 29.Kh4*h3
30.Kh3-h2 31.Kh2*g1 32.Kg1-f1 33.Kf1-e1
34.Ke1*d1 35.Kd1-e1 36.Ke1-f1 37.Kf1-g1
38.Kg1*h1 |
13 |
Arno
Tüngler 1.Kd5-c6
2.Ba8-b7 3.Bb7-a6 4.Ba6-b5 5.Bb5-a4
6.Ba4-b3 7.Bb3-a2 8.Ba2*b1 9.Bb1-a2
10.Ba2-b3 11.Bb3-a4 12.Ba4-b5 13.Bb5-a6
14.Ba6-b7 15.Kc6-b5 16.Kb5-a4 17.Ka4-b3
18.Kb3*c2 19.Kc2*d1 20.Kd1-e2 21.Ke2-f1
22.Kf1-g2 23.Kg2*h3 24.Kh3-g2 25.Kg2*f3
26.Kf3-e2 27.Ke2-d3 28.Kd3*c4 29.Kc4-b5
30.Kb5-a6 31.Ka6*a7 32.Ka7*b8 33.Kb8-c8
34.Kc8*d8 35.Kd8-e8 36.Ke8*f8 37.Kf8-g8
38.Kg8*h7 39.Kh7-h6 40.Kh6*h5 41.Kh5-h4 |
14 |
Arno
Tüngler 1.Kd5-c6
2.Ba8-b7 3.Bb7-a6 4.Ba6-b5 5.Bb5-a4
6.Ba4-b3 7.Bb3-a2 8.Ba2*b1 9.Bb1-a2
10.Ba2-b3 11.Bb3-a4 12.Ba4-b5 13.Bb5-a6
14.Ba6-b7 15.Kc6-b5 16.Kb5-a4 17.Ka4-b3
18.Kb3*c2 19.Kc2*d1 20.Kd1-e2 21.Ke2-f1
22.Kf1-g2 23.Kg2*h3 24.Kh3-g2 25.Kg2*f3
26.Kf3-e2 27.Ke2-d3 28.Kd3*c4 29.Kc4-b5
30.Kb5-a6 31.Ka6*a7 32.Ka7*b8 33.Kb8-c8
34.Kc8*d8 35.Kd8-e8 36.Ke8*f8 37.Kf8-g8
38.Kg8*h7 39.Kh7-h6 40.Kh6-h5 41.Kh5*h4
42.Kh4-h5 43.Kh5-h6 44.Kh6-h7 45.Kh7*h8 |
15 |
Arno
Tüngler 1.Ba6-b7
2.Bb7*a8 3.Ba8-b7 4.Bb7-a6 5.Ba6-b5
6.Bb5-a4 7.Ba4-b3 8.Bb3-a2 9.Ba2*b1
10.Bb1-a2 11.Ba2-b3 12.Bb3-a4 13.Ba4-b5
14.Bb5-a6 15.Ba6-b7 16.Kc6-b5 17.Kb5-a4
18.Ka4-b3 19.Kb3*c2 20.Kc2*d1 21.Kd1-e2
22.Ke2-f1 23.Kf1-g2 24.Kg2*h3 25.Kh3-g2
26.Kg2*f3 27.Kf3-e2 28.Ke2-d3 29.Kd3*c4
30.Kc4-b5 31.Kb5-a6 32.Ka6*a7 33.Ka7*b8
34.Kb8-c8 35.Kc8*d8 36.Kd8-e8 37.Ke8*f8
38.Kf8-g8 39.Kg8*h7 40.Kh7-h6 41.Kh6-h5
42.Kh5*h4 43.Kh4-h5 44.Kh5-h6 45.Kh6-h7
46.Kh7*h8 |
Category H (initial position having no promoted
pieces)
Number of black pieces |
Compositions |
1 |
Cornel Pacurar, Ralf Krätschmer, Nicolas
Dupont, Arno Tüngler 1.Ba2-b1 2.Ka1-a2
3.Ka2-a3 4.Ka3-a4 5.Ka4-a5 |
2 |
Cornel Pacurar, Nicolas Dupont, Ralf Krätschmer,
Arno Tüngler 1.Ka1-b1 2.Kb1-c1 3.Kc1-d1 4.Kd1-e1 5.Ke1-f1 6.Kf1-g1 7.Kg1*h2 8.Kh2-g1 9.Kg1-f1 10.Kf1-e1 11.Bh3-f1 1.Ka1-b1 2.Kb1-c1
3.Kc1-d1 4.Kd1-e1 5.Ke1-f1 6.Kf1-g1
7.Kg1*h2 8.Kh2-h1 9.Kh1-g1 10.Kg1-f1 11.Kf1-e1
12.Bh3-f1 |
3 |
Cornel Pacurar 1.Bg1-h2 2.Kh1-g1 3.Kg1-f1 4.Kf1-e1 5.Ke1-d1 6.Kd1-c1 7.Kc1-b1 8.Kb1*a2 9.Ka2-a3 10.Ka3*a4 11.Ka4-a3 12.Ka3-a2 13.Ka2-b1 14.Kb1-c1 15.Kc1-d1 1.Bg1-h2 2.Kh1-g1 3.Kg1-f1 4.Kf1-e1 5.Ke1-d1 6.Kd1-c1 7.Kc1-b1 8.Kb1*a2 9.Ka2-a3 10.Ka3*a4 11.Ka4-a3 12.Ka3-a2 13.Ka2-a1 14.Ka1-b1 15.Kb1-c1 16.Kc1-d1 Nicolas Dupont, Ralf
Krätschmer, Cornel Pacurar, Arno Tüngler 1.Kh6-h5 2.Kh5-h4
3.Kh4-h3 4.Kh3-h2 5.Kh2*h1 6.Kh1-h2
7.Kh2-h3 8.Kh3-h4 9.Kh4-h5 10.Kh5-h6
11.Kh6-h7 12.Kh7*g8 13.Kg8-f8 14.Kf8-e8
15.Ke8-d8 |
4 |
Cornel Pacurar, Arno Tüngler, Ralf Krätschmer 1.Ka3-a4 2.Ka4-a5
3.Ka5-a6 4.Ka6-a7 5.Ka7*a8 6.Ka8-a7
7.Ka7-a6 8.Ka6-a5 9.Ka5-a4 10.Ka4-a3
11.Ka3*b2 12.Kb2-c1 13.Kc1-d1 14.Kd1-e1
15.Ke1-f1 16.Kf1-g1 17.Kg1*h2 18.Kh2-h3
19.Kh3-h4 Cornel Pacurar, Nicolas
Dupont 1.Kc8-d8 2.Kd8-e8 3.Ke8-f8 4.Kf8-g8 5.Kg8*h8 6.Kh8-g8 7.Kg8-f8 8.Kf8-e8 9.Ke8-d8 10.Kd8-c8 11.Kc8-b8 12.Kb8*a7 13.Ka7-a6 14.Ka6-a5 15.Ka5-a4 16.Ka4*a3 17.Ka3-a4 18.Ka4-a5 19.Ka5-a6 1.Kc8-d8 2.Kd8-e8
3.Ke8-f8 4.Kf8-g8 5.Kg8*h8 6.Kh8-g8
7.Kg8-f8 8.Kf8-e8 9.Ke8-d8 10.Kd8-c8
11.Kc8-b8 12.Kb8*a7 13.Ka7-b7 14.Kb7-a6 15.Ka6-a5
16.Ka5-a4 17.Ka4*a3 18.Ka3-a4 19.Ka4-a5
20.Ka5-a6 |
5 |
Arno Tüngler 1.Kf1-e1 2.Ke1-d1
3.Kd1-c1 4.Kc1-b1 5.Kb1*a1 6.Ka1-b1
7.Kb1-c1 8.Kc1-d1 9.Kd1-e1 10.Ke1-f1
11.Kf1-g1 12.Kg1*h2 13.Bg3*f4 14.Kh2-h3
15.Kh3-h4 16.Kh4-h5 17.Kh5-h6 18.Kh6-h7
19.Kh7*g8 20.Kg8-f8 21.Kf8-e8 22.Ke8-d8 |
6 |
Arno Tüngler 1.Ka2-a3 2.Ka3-a4
3.Ka4-a5 4.Ka5-a6 5.Ka6*a7 6.Ka7-a6
7.Ka6-a5 8.Ka5-a4 9.Ka4-a3 10.Ka3-a2
11.Ka2*b1 12.Bc2*d3 13.Kb1-c1 14.Kc1-d1
15.Kd1-e1 16.Ke1-f1 17.Kf1-g1 18.Kg1*h2 19.Kh2-h3
20.Kh3*h4 21.Kh4-h3 22.Kh3-h2 23.Kh2-g1
24.Kg1-f1 25.Kf1-e1 |
7 |
Arno Tüngler 1.Ka2-a3 2.Ka3-a4
3.Ka4-a5 4.Ka5-a6 5.Ka6*a7 6.Ka7*a8
7.Ka8-a7 8.Ka7-a6 9.Ka6-a5 10.Ka5-a4
11.Ka4-a3 12.Ka3-a2 13.Ka2*b1 14.Bc2*d3
15.Kb1-c1 16.Kc1-d1 17.Kd1-e1 18.Ke1-f1 19.Kf1-g1
20.Kg1*h2 21.Kh2-h3 22.Kh3*h4 23.Kh4-h3
24.Kh3-h2 25.Kh2-g1 26.Kg1-f1 27.Kf1-e1 |
8 |
Arno Tüngler 1.Ka1*a2 2.Ka2-a3
3.Ka3-a4 4.Ka4-a5 5.Ka5-a6 6.Ka6*a7
7.Ka7*a8 8.Ka8-a7 9.Ka7-a6 10.Ka6-a5
11.Ka5-a4 12.Ka4-a3 13.Ka3-a2 14.Ka2*b1
15.Bc2*d3 16.Kb1-c1 17.Kc1-d1 18.Kd1-e1 19.Ke1-f1
20.Kf1-g1 21.Kg1*h2 22.Kh2-h3 23.Kh3*h4
24.Kh4-h3 25.Kh3-h2 26.Kh2-g1 27.Kg1-f1 28.Kf1-e1 |
10 |
Cornel Pacurar 1.Kh8-h7 2.Kh7-h6
3.Kh6-h5 4.Kh5-h4 5.Kh4-h3 6.Kh3-h2
7.Kh2*g1 8.Kg1-f2 9.Kf2*e1 10.Ke1-d1
11.Kd1-c1 12.Kc1-b1 13.Kb1*a1 14.Ka1-b1
15.Kb1-c1 16.Kc1-d1 17.Kd1-e1 18.Ke1-f2 19.Kf2-e3
20.Ke3*d4 21.Kd4*c3 22.Kc3-b2 23.Kb2-a3
24.Ka3*a4 25.Ka4-a5 26.Ka5*a6 27.Ka6-a7 28.Ka7*b8
29.Ba2*b3 |
11 |
Cornel Pacurar 1.Kh8-h7 2.Kh7-h6
3.Kh6-h5 4.Kh5-h4 5.Kh4-h3 6.Kh3-h2
7.Kh2*g1 8.Kg1-f2 9.Kf2*e1 10.Ke1-d1
11.Kd1-c1 12.Kc1-b1 13.Kb1*a1 14.Ka1-b1
15.Kb1-c1 16.Kc1-d1 17.Kd1-e1 18.Ke1-f2 19.Kf2-e3
20.Ke3-d4 21.Kd4*c5 22.Kc5-d4 23.Kd4*c3
24.Kc3-b2 25.Kb2-a3 26.Ka3*a4 27.Ka4*a5 28.Ka5*a6
29.Ka6-a7 30.Ka7*b8 31.Ba2*b3 |
13 |
Cornel Pacurar, Arno Tüngler 1.Kc1*b1 2.Kb1-c1
3.Kc1-d1 4.Kd1-e1 5.Ke1-f1 6.Kf1-g1
7.Kg1*h1 8.Kh1-g1 9.Kg1-f1 10.Kf1-e1
11.Ke1-d1 12.Kd1-c1 13.Kc1-b1 14.Kb1*a2 15.Ka2*a3 16.Ka3*a4
17.Ka4*a5 18.Ka5*a6 19.Ka6-b7 20.Kb7*c8
21.Kc8-d8 22.Kd8-e8 23.Ke8-f8 24.Kf8-g8 25.Kg8*h7
26.Kh7-h6 27.Kh6-h5 28.Kh5*h4 29.Kh4*h3 30.Kh3-h4
31.Kh4-h5 32.Bb8*c7 Cornel Pacurar 1.Kh3*h4
2.Kh4-h5 3.Kh5*h6 4.Kh6-h5 5.Kh5-h4
6.Kh4-h3 7.Kh3-h2 8.Kh2*g1 9.Kg1-f2
10.Kf2*e1 11.Ke1-d1 12.Kd1-c1 13.Kc1-b1
14.Kb1*a1 15.Ka1-b1 16.Kb1-c1 17.Kc1-d1
18.Kd1-e1 19.Ke1-f2 20.Kf2-e3 21.Ke3-d4
22.Kd4*c5 23.Kc5-d4 24.Kd4*c3 25.Kc3-b2
26.Kb2-a3 27.Ka3*a4 28.Ka4*a5 29.Ka5*a6
30.Ka6-a7 31.Ka7*b8 32.Ba2*b3 |
My pre-tournament humble records :-) |
Category A 1.Kc8-d8 2.Kd8-e8 3.Ke8-f8 4.Kf8-g8 5.Kg8-h7 6.Kh7-h6 7.Kh6-g5 8.Kg5-h4 9.Kh4*h3 10.Kh3-h4 11.Kh4-g5 12.Kg5-h6 13.Kh6-h7 14.Kh7-g8 15.Kg8-f8 16.Kf8-e8 17.Ke8-d8 18.Kd8-c8 19.Kc8-b8 20.Kb8*a7 21.Ka7*a8 22.Ka8-b8 23.Kb8-c8 24.Kc8-d8 25.Kd8-e8 26.Ke8-f8 27.Kf8-g8 28.Kg8-h7 29.Kh7-h6 30.Kh6-g5 31.Kg5-h4 32.Kh4-h3 33.Kh3-g2 34.Kg2*h1 35.Kh1-g2 36.Kg2*f1 37.Kf1-g2 38.Kg2*h2 39.Kh2-h3 40.Kh3-h4 41.Kh4-g5 42.Kg5-f5 43.Kf5-e4 44.Ke4-e3 45.Ke3-d2 46.Kd2*d1 47.Kd1-e2 48.Ke2-f3 49.Kf3-g4 50.Kg4*h5 51.Kh5-h6 52.Kh6-g7 53.Kg7-f8 54.Kf8-e8 55.Ke8-d8 56.Kd8-c8 57.Kc8-b8 58.Kb8-a7 59.Ka7-b6 60.Kb6*a5 61.Ka5-a4 62.Ka4*a3 63.Ka3-a4 64.Ka4-a5 65.Ka5-b6 66.Kb6-b7 67.Kb7-c8 68.Kc8-d8 69.Kd8-e8 70.Ke8-f8 71.Kf8-g7 72.Kg7-h6 73.Kh6-g5 74.Kg5-f5 75.Kf5-e4 76.Ke4-d4 77.Kd4*c4 78.Kc4-b3 79.Kb3-a4 80.Ka4-a5 81.Ka5*a6 82.Ka6-b7 83.Kb7-c8 84.Kc8-d8 85.Kd8-e8 86.Ke8*f7 87.Kf7-g6 88.Kg6-f5 89.Kf5-e4 90.Ke4*d3 91.Kd3-c2 92.Kc2-b1 Category B 1.Kf1-f2 2.Ba7-b6 3.Bb6*d8 4.Bd8-a5 5.Ba5*c3 6.Bc3*b2 7.Bb2*d4 8.Kf2-e3 9.Ke3*d2 10.Kd2-c2 11.Kc2-b2 12.Kb2-a3 13.Ka3-b4 14.Kb4-a5 15.Ka5-b6 16.Kb6-a7 17.Ka7-b8 18.Kb8-c8 19.Kc8-d8 20.Kd8-e8 21.Ke8-f8 22.Kf8-g8 23.Kg8*h7 24.Kh7*h6 25.Kh6-g5 26.Kg5-h4 27.Kh4-h3 28.Kh3*h2 29.Kh2-h3 30.Kh3-h4 31.Kh4-g5 32.Kg5-g6 33.Kg6-f7 34.Kf7-e8 35.Ke8-d8 36.Kd8-c8 37.Kc8-b8 38.Kb8-a7 39.Ka7-b6 40.Kb6-a5 41.Ka5-b4 42.Kb4-a3 43.Ka3-b2 44.Kb2-c2 45.Kc2-d2 46.Kd2-e3 47.Ke3*f3 48.Kf3*e2 49.Ke2-d2 50.Kd2-c3 51.Kc3-b4 52.Kb4-a5 53.Ka5-b6 54.Kb6*b7 55.Kb7*a6 56.Ka6*b5 57.Kb5*c4 58.Kc4-d3 59.Kd3-e4 60.Ke4-f5 61.Kf5-g6 62.Kg6-h7 63.Kh7*h8 64.Kh8-g8 65.Bd4-c5 |
