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New Records
I am very glad that the participants
continued to look for improvements even after the tournament ended. And successfully
so! Several matrices were improved, and also new ones discovered.
They also looked beyond the limitations
of the tournament, as for example matrices for the A2 and B2 categories, with
more than 10 pieces in total. They are shown here as A2 and B2s.
Category A1
Competitors |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=141 |
StrictCirce
|
(16+3) |
1.Kf2-f1 2.Bh1-g2
3.Bg2-h3 4.Bh3-g4 5.Bg4-h5 6.Bh5-e8 7.Be8-d7 8.Bd7-c8 9.Bc8-a6 10.Ba6-b5
11.Bb5-a4 12.Ba4-d1 13.Bd1-e2 14.Kf1-e1 15.Ke1-d1 16.Kd1-c1 17.Be2-d1
18.Bd1-c2 19.Kc1-d2 20.Kd2-c3 21.Bc2-b3 22.Kc3-b4 23.Kb4-a4 24.Bb3-d1
25.Bd1-e2 26.Be2-f1 27.Bf1-h3 28.Bh3-g4 29.Bg4-h5 30.Bh5-e8 31.Be8-d7
32.Bd7-c8 33.Bc8-a6 34.Ba6-b5 35.Ka4-a5 36.Ka5-a6 37.Bb5-a4 38.Ba4-d1
39.Bd1-e2 40.Be2-f1 41.Bf1-h3 42.Bh3-g4 43.Bg4-h5 44.Bh5-e8 45.Be8-d7
46.Bd7-c8 47.Bc8-b7 48.Ka6-a7 49.Ka7-b8 50.Kb8-c8 51.Kc8-d8 52.Bb7-c8
53.Bc8-d7 54.Bd7-e8 55.Be8-f7 56.Kd8-e7 57.Ke7-f6 58.Bf7-g6 59.Kf6-g5
60.Kg5-h5 61.Bg6-e8 62.Be8-d7 63.Bd7-c8 64.Bc8-a6 65.Ba6-b5 66.Bb5-a4
67.Ba4-d1 68.Bd1-e2 69.Be2-f1 70.Bf1-h3 71.Bh3-g4 72.Kh5*h4 [+wSg1]
73.Kh4-h5 74.Bg4-h3 75.Bh3-f1 76.Bf1-e2 77.Be2-d1 78.Bd1-a4 79.Ba4-b5
80.Bb5-a6 81.Ba6-c8 82.Bc8-d7 83.Bd7-e8 84.Be8-g6 85.Kh5-g5 86.Kg5-f6
87.Bg6-f7 88.Kf6-e7 89.Ke7-d8 90.Bf7-e8 91.Be8-d7 92.Bd7-c8 93.Bc8-b7
94.Kd8-c8 95.Kc8-b8 96.Kb8-a7 97.Ka7-a6 98.Bb7-c8 99.Bc8-d7 100.Bd7-e8
101.Be8-h5 102.Bh5-g4 103.Bg4-h3 104.Bh3-f1 105.Bf1-e2 106.Be2-d1
107.Bd1-a4 108.Ba4-b5 109.Ka6-a5 110.Ka5-a4 111.Bb5-a6 112.Ba6-c8
113.Bc8-d7 114.Bd7-e8 115.Be8-h5 116.Bh5-g4 117.Bg4-h3 118.Bh3-f1
119.Bf1-e2 120.Be2-d1 121.Bd1-b3 122.Ka4-b4 123.Kb4-c3 124.Bb3-c2
125.Kc3-d2 126.Kd2-d1 127.Bc2*d3 [+wPd2] 128.Bd3-e2 129.Kd1-e1 130.Ke1-f2
131.Be2-f1 132.Bf1-h3 133.Bh3-g4 134.Kf2-g2 135.Kg2*h2 [+wBc1] 136.Kh2-g3
137.Kg3-h4 138.Sg8*h6 [+wPh2] 139.Sh6*f5 [+wBf1] 140.Sf5-g3 141.Sg3-h5
Qe4-h7 =
A truly unbelievable
matrix, with a perfect - hard to spot - last move pinning Black's
Knight by the Queen. |
Category A2
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
8 |
Ralf Krätschmer, Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=49 |
StrictCirce
|
(6+2) |
1.Kd2-e1 2.Ke1-f1
3.Kf1-g1 4.Kg1-h2 5.Kh2-g3 6.Kg3-f4 7.Kf4-g5 8.Kg5-h6 9.Kh6-h7 10.Kh7-g8
11.Kg8-f8 12.Kf8-e8 13.Ke8-d8 14.Kd8-c7 15.Kc7-c6 16.Kc6-b5 17.Kb5-c4
18.Bb1-a2 19.Ba2-b3 20.Bb3-a4 21.Kc4-b5 22.Kb5-c6 23.Kc6-c7 24.Kc7-d8
25.Kd8-e8 26.Ke8-f8 27.Kf8-g8 28.Kg8-h7 29.Kh7-h6 30.Kh6-g5 31.Kg5-f4
32.Kf4-g3 33.Kg3-h2 34.Kh2-g1 35.Kg1-f1 36.Kf1-e1 37.Ke1-d2 38.Kd2*c1
[+wSg1] 39.Kc1-b1 40.Kb1-a2 41.Ka2-a3 42.Ka3-b4 43.Kb4-c4 44.Ba4-b3
45.Bb3-a2 46.Ba2-b1 47.Kc4-b4 48.Kb4-a3 49.Ka3-a2 Bd4-b2 =
|
10 |
Ralf Krätschmer, Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=63 |
StrictCirce
|
(8+2) |
1.Kc4-b4 2.Kb4-a5
3.Ka5-a6 4.Ka6-b7 5.Kb7-c8 6.Kc8-d8 7.Kd8-e8 8.Ke8-f8 9.Kf8-g8 10.Kg8-h7
11.Kh7-g6 12.Kg6-h5 13.Kh5-h4 14.Kh4-g3 15.Kg3-f3 16.Kf3-e2 17.Ke2-d2
18.Kd2-c1 19.Kc1*b2 [+wSg1] 20.Kb2-c1 21.Kc1-d2 22.Kd2-e1 23.Ke1-f1
24.Kf1-g2 25.Kg2-g3 26.Kg3-h4 27.Kh4-h5 28.Kh5-g6 29.Kg6-h7 30.Kh7-g8
31.Kg8-f8 32.Kf8-e8 33.Ke8-d8 34.Kd8-c8 35.Kc8-b7 36.Kb7-a6 37.Ka6-a5
38.Ka5-b4 39.Kb4-c4 40.Ba4-b3 41.Bb3-a2 42.Ba2-b1 43.Kc4-b4 44.Kb4-a5
45.Ka5-a6 46.Ka6-b7 47.Kb7-c8 48.Kc8-d8 49.Kd8-e8 50.Ke8-f8 51.Kf8-g8
52.Kg8-h7 53.Kh7-g6 54.Kg6-h5 55.Kh5-h4 56.Kh4-g3 57.Kg3-g2 58.Kg2-f1
59.Kf1-e1 60.Ke1-d2 61.Kd2-c1 62.Kc1-b2 63.Kb2-a2 Ba7-d4 =
|
17 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=103 |
StrictCirce
|
(14+3) |
1.Kf2-f1 2.Bh1-g2
3.Bg2-h3 4.Bh3-g4 5.Bg4-h5 6.Bh5-e8 7.Be8-d7 8.Bd7-c8 9.Bc8-a6 10.Ba6-b5
11.Bb5-a4 12.Ba4-d1 13.Bd1-e2 14.Kf1-e1 15.Ke1-d1 16.Kd1-c1 17.Be2-d1
18.Bd1-c2 19.Kc1-d2 20.Kd2-c3 21.Bc2-b3 22.Kc3-b4 23.Kb4-a5 24.Bb3-a4
25.Ba4-b5 26.Bb5-a6 27.Ba6-b7 28.Ka5-a6 29.Ka6-a7 30.Ka7-b8 31.Kb8-c8
32.Kc8-d8 33.Bb7-c8 34.Bc8-d7 35.Bd7-e8 36.Be8-f7 37.Kd8-e7 38.Ke7-f6
39.Bf7-g6 40.Kf6-g5 41.Kg5-h5 42.Bg6-e8 43.Be8-d7 44.Bd7-c8 45.Bc8-a6
46.Ba6-b5 47.Bb5-a4 48.Ba4-d1 49.Bd1-e2 50.Be2-f1 51.Bf1-h3 52.Bh3-g4
53.Kh5*h4 [+wSg1] 54.Kh4-h5 55.Bg4-h3 56.Bh3-f1 57.Bf1-e2 58.Be2-d1
59.Bd1-a4 60.Ba4-b5 61.Bb5-a6 62.Ba6-c8 63.Bc8-d7 64.Bd7-e8 65.Be8-g6
66.Kh5-g5 67.Kg5-f6 68.Bg6-f7 69.Kf6-e7 70.Ke7-d8 71.Bf7-e8 72.Be8-d7
73.Bd7-c8 74.Bc8-b7 75.Kd8-c8 76.Kc8-b8 77.Kb8-a7 78.Ka7-a6 79.Ka6-a5
80.Bb7-a6 81.Ba6-b5 82.Bb5-a4 83.Ba4-b3 84.Ka5-b4 85.Kb4-c3 86.Bb3-c2
87.Kc3-d2 88.Kd2-d1 89.Bc2*d3 [+wPd2] 90.Bd3-e2 91.Kd1-e1 92.Ke1-f2
93.Be2-f1 94.Bf1-h3 95.Bh3-g4 96.Kf2-g2 97.Kg2*h2 [+wBc1] 98.Kh2-g3
99.Kg3-h4 100.Sg8*h6 [+wPh2] 101.Sh6*f5 [+wBf1] 102.Sf5-g3 103.Sg3-h5
Qe4-h7 =
|
18 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=125 |
StrictCirce
|
(15+3) |
1.Kf2-f1 2.Bh1-g2
3.Bg2-h3 4.Bh3-g4 5.Bg4-h5 6.Bh5-e8 7.Be8-d7 8.Bd7-c8 9.Bc8-a6 10.Ba6-b5
11.Bb5-a4 12.Ba4-d1 13.Bd1-e2 14.Kf1-e1 15.Ke1-d1 16.Kd1-c1 17.Be2-d1
18.Bd1-c2 19.Kc1-d2 20.Kd2-c3 21.Bc2-b3 22.Kc3-b4 23.Kb4-a5 24.Bb3-a4
25.Ba4-b5 26.Bb5-a6 27.Ba6-b7 28.Ka5-a6 29.Ka6-a7 30.Ka7-b8 31.Kb8-c8
32.Bb7-a6 33.Ba6-b5 34.Bb5-a4 35.Ba4-d1 36.Bd1-e2 37.Be2-f1 38.Bf1-h3
39.Bh3-g4 40.Bg4-h5 41.Bh5-e8 42.Be8-d7 43.Kc8-d8 44.Kd8-e8 45.Ke8-f8
46.Bd7-e8 47.Be8-f7 48.Kf8-e7 49.Ke7-f6 50.Bf7-g6 51.Kf6-g5 52.Kg5-h5
53.Bg6-e8 54.Be8-d7 55.Bd7-c8 56.Bc8-a6 57.Ba6-b5 58.Bb5-a4 59.Ba4-d1
60.Bd1-e2 61.Be2-f1 62.Bf1-h3 63.Bh3-g4 64.Kh5*h4 [+wSg1] 65.Kh4-h5
66.Bg4-h3 67.Bh3-f1 68.Bf1-e2 69.Be2-d1 70.Bd1-a4 71.Ba4-b5 72.Bb5-a6
73.Ba6-c8 74.Bc8-d7 75.Bd7-e8 76.Be8-g6 77.Kh5-g5 78.Kg5-f6 79.Bg6-f7
80.Kf6-e7 81.Ke7-f8 82.Bf7-e8 83.Be8-d7 84.Kf8-e8 85.Ke8-d8 86.Kd8-c8
87.Bd7-e8 88.Be8-h5 89.Bh5-g4 90.Bg4-h3 91.Bh3-f1 92.Bf1-e2 93.Be2-d1
94.Bd1-a4 95.Ba4-b5 96.Bb5-a6 97.Ba6-b7 98.Kc8-b8 99.Kb8-a7 100.Ka7-a6
101.Ka6-a5 102.Bb7-a6 103.Ba6-b5 104.Bb5-a4 105.Ba4-b3 106.Ka5-b4
107.Kb4-c3 108.Bb3-c2 109.Kc3-d2 110.Kd2-d1 111.Bc2*d3 [+wPd2] 112.Bd3-e2
113.Kd1-e1 114.Ke1-f2 115.Be2-f1 116.Bf1-h3 117.Bh3-g4 118.Kf2-g2
119.Kg2*h2 [+wBc1] 120.Kh2-g3 121.Kg3-h4 122.Sg8*h6 [+wPh2] 123.Sh6*f5
[+wBf1] 124.Sf5-g3 125.Sg3-h5 Qe4-h7 =
|
Category B2
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
6 |
Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=34 |
StrictCirce
|
(4+2) |
1.Kh3-h2 2.Kh2-g1
3.Kg1-f1 4.Kf1-e1 5.Ke1-d2 6.Kd2-c3 7.Kc3-d4 8.Kd4-e5 9.Ke5-f6 10.Kf6-g7
11.Kg7*h6 [+wRa1] 12.Kh6-g7 13.Kg7-f6 14.Kf6-e5 15.Ke5-d4 16.Kd4-c3
17.Kc3-d2 18.Kd2-e1 19.Ke1-f1 20.Kf1-g1 21.Kg1-h2 22.Kh2-h3 23.Kh3*h4
[+wPh2] 24.Kh4-g5 25.Kg5-f6 26.Kf6-e5 27.Ke5-d4 28.Kd4-c3 29.Kc3-d2
30.Kd2-e1 31.Ke1-f1 32.Kf1-g1 33.Bb1*g6 [+wBf1] 34.Bg6-b1 Bf1-g2
=
A completely new idea,
and a beautiful matrix. |
9 |
Ralf Krätschmer, Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=49 |
StrictCirce
|
(7+2) |
1.Kd2-e1 2.Ke1-f1
3.Kf1-g1 4.Kg1-h2 5.Kh2-g3 6.Kg3-h4 7.Kh4-h5 8.Kh5-g6 9.Kg6-h7 10.Kh7-g8
11.Kg8-f8 12.Kf8-e8 13.Ke8-d8 14.Kd8-c7 15.Kc7-c6 16.Kc6-b5 17.Kb5-c4
18.Bb1-a2 19.Ba2-b3 20.Bb3-a4 21.Kc4-b5 22.Kb5-c6 23.Kc6-c7 24.Kc7-d8
25.Kd8-e8 26.Ke8-f8 27.Kf8-g8 28.Kg8-h7 29.Kh7-g6 30.Kg6-h5 31.Kh5-h4
32.Kh4-g3 33.Kg3-h2 34.Kh2-g1 35.Kg1-f1 36.Kf1-e1 37.Ke1-d2 38.Kd2*c1
[+wSg1] 39.Kc1-b1 40.Kb1-a2 41.Ka2-a3 42.Ka3-b4 43.Kb4-c4 44.Ba4-b3
45.Bb3-a2 46.Ba2-b1 47.Kc4-b4 48.Kb4-a3 49.Ka3-a2 Bd4-b2 =
|
10 |
Ralf Krätschmer, Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=55 |
StrictCirce
|
(8+2) |
1.Kc4-b4 2.Kb4-a5
3.Ka5-a6 4.Ka6-b7 5.Kb7-c8 6.Kc8-d8 7.Kd8-e8 8.Ke8-f8 9.Kf8-g8 10.Kg8-h7
11.Kh7-h6 12.Kh6-g5 13.Kg5-f4 14.Kf4-e3 15.Ke3-d2 16.Kd2-c1 17.Kc1*b2
[+wSg1] 18.Kb2-c1 19.Kc1-d2 20.Kd2-e3 21.Ke3-f4 22.Kf4-g5 23.Kg5-h6
24.Kh6-h7 25.Kh7-g8 26.Kg8-f8 27.Kf8-e8 28.Ke8-d8 29.Kd8-c8 30.Kc8-b7
31.Kb7-a6 32.Ka6-a5 33.Ka5-b4 34.Kb4-c4 35.Ba4-b3 36.Bb3-a2 37.Ba2-b1
38.Kc4-b4 39.Kb4-a5 40.Ka5-a6 41.Ka6-b7 42.Kb7-c8 43.Kc8-d8 44.Kd8-e8
45.Ke8-f8 46.Kf8-g8 47.Kg8-h7 48.Kh7-h6 49.Kh6-g5 50.Kg5-f4 51.Kf4-e3
52.Ke3-d2 53.Kd2-c1 54.Kc1-b2 55.Kb2-a2 d4-d5 =
|
11 |
Ralf Krätschmer, Ján Golha, Cornel
Pacurar
ser-h=67 |
StrictCirce
|
(9+2) |
1.Kc1-d1 2.Kd1-e2
3.Ke2-f3 4.Kf3-g4 5.Kg4-h5 6.Kh5-h6 7.Kh6-h7 8.Kh7-g8 9.Kg8-f8 10.Kf8-e8
11.Ke8-d8 12.Kd8-c8 13.Kc8-b7 14.Kb7-c6 15.Kc6-c5 16.Kc5-d4 17.Bb4*c3
[+wRa1] 18.Bc3-b2 19.Bb2-c1 20.Kd4-c5 21.Kc5-c6 22.Kc6-b7 23.Kb7-c8
24.Kc8-d8 25.Kd8-e8 26.Ke8-f8 27.Kf8-g8 28.Kg8-h7 29.Kh7-h6 30.Kh6-h5
31.Kh5-g4 32.Kg4-f3 33.Kf3-e2 34.Ke2-d1 35.Kd1-c2 36.Kc2*b3 [+wPb2]
37.Kb3-c2 38.Kc2-d1 39.Kd1-e2 40.Ke2-f3 41.Kf3-g4 42.Kg4-h5 43.Kh5-h6
44.Kh6-h7 45.Kh7-g8 46.Kg8-f8 47.Kf8-e8 48.Ke8-d8 49.Kd8-c8 50.Kc8-b7
51.Kb7-a6 52.Ka6*a5 [+wPa2] 53.Ka5-a6 54.Ka6-b7 55.Kb7-c8 56.Kc8-d8
57.Kd8-e8 58.Ke8-f8 59.Kf8-g8 60.Kg8-h7 61.Kh7-h6 62.Kh6-h5 63.Kh5-g4
64.Kg4-f3 65.Kf3-e2 66.Ke2-d1 67.Kd1-c2 Sd5-c3 =
|
12 |
Ralf Krätschmer, Ján Golha
ser-h=71 |
StrictCirce
|
(10+2) |
1.Kc1-d1 2.Kd1-e1
3.Ke1-f2 4.Kf2-g3 5.Kg3-h4 6.Kh4-h5 7.Kh5-h6 8.Kh6-h7 9.Kh7-g8 10.Kg8-f8
11.Kf8-e8 12.Ke8-d8 13.Kd8-c8 14.Kc8-b7 15.Kb7-c6 16.Kc6-c5 17.Kc5-d4
18.Bb4*c3 [+wRa1] 19.Bc3-b2 20.Bb2-c1 21.Kd4-c5 22.Kc5-c6 23.Kc6-b7
24.Kb7-c8 25.Kc8-d8 26.Kd8-e8 27.Ke8-f8 28.Kf8-g8 29.Kg8-h7 30.Kh7-h6
31.Kh6-h5 32.Kh5-h4 33.Kh4-g3 34.Kg3-f2 35.Kf2-e1 36.Ke1-d1 37.Kd1-c2
38.Kc2*b3 [+wPb2] 39.Kb3-c2 40.Kc2-d1 41.Kd1-e1 42.Ke1-f2 43.Kf2-g3
44.Kg3-h4 45.Kh4-h5 46.Kh5-h6 47.Kh6-h7 48.Kh7-g8 49.Kg8-f8 50.Kf8-e8
51.Ke8-d8 52.Kd8-c8 53.Kc8-b7 54.Kb7-a6 55.Ka6*a5 [+wPa2] 56.Ka5-a6
57.Ka6-b7 58.Kb7-c8 59.Kc8-d8 60.Kd8-e8 61.Ke8-f8 62.Kf8-g8 63.Kg8-h7
64.Kh7-h6 65.Kh6-h5 66.Kh5-h4 67.Kh4-g3 68.Kg3-f2 69.Kf2-e1 70.Ke1-d1
71.Kd1-c2 Sd5-c3 =
|
13 |
Ralf Krätschmer, Ján Golha
ser-h=79 |
StrictCirce
|
(11+2) |
1.Kd4-c5 2.Kc5-c6
3.Kc6-b7 4.Kb7-c8 5.Kc8-d8 6.Kd8-e8 7.Ke8-f8 8.Kf8-g8 9.Kg8-h7 10.Kh7-h6
11.Kh6-h5 12.Kh5-g4 13.Kg4-f3 14.Kf3*e2 [+wSb1] 15.Ke2-f3 16.Kf3-g4
17.Kg4-h5 18.Kh5-h6 19.Kh6-h7 20.Kh7-g8 21.Kg8-f8 22.Kf8-e8 23.Ke8-d8
24.Kd8-c8 25.Kc8-b7 26.Kb7-c6 27.Kc6-c5 28.Kc5-d4 29.Bb4*c3 [+wRa1]
30.Bc3-b2 31.Bb2-c1 32.Kd4-c5 33.Kc5-c6 34.Kc6-b7 35.Kb7-c8 36.Kc8-d8
37.Kd8-e8 38.Ke8-f8 39.Kf8-g8 40.Kg8-h7 41.Kh7-h6 42.Kh6-h5 43.Kh5-g4
44.Kg4-f3 45.Kf3-e2 46.Ke2-d1 47.Kd1-c2 48.Kc2*b3 [+wPb2] 49.Kb3-c2
50.Kc2-d1 51.Kd1-e2 52.Ke2-f3 53.Kf3-g4 54.Kg4-h5 55.Kh5-h6 56.Kh6-h7
57.Kh7-g8 58.Kg8-f8 59.Kf8-e8 60.Ke8-d8 61.Kd8-c8 62.Kc8-b7 63.Kb7-a6
64.Ka6*a5 [+wPa2] 65.Ka5-a6 66.Ka6-b7 67.Kb7-c8 68.Kc8-d8 69.Kd8-e8
70.Ke8-f8 71.Kf8-g8 72.Kg8-h7 73.Kh7-h6 74.Kh6-h5 75.Kh5-g4 76.Kg4-f3
77.Kf3-e2 78.Ke2-d1 79.Kd1-c2 Sb1-c3 =
|
A few final words...
Well, another successful series
tournament, with some truly incredible matrices composed.
This was a special one for several
reasons. One of them is that it was the last one I will organize, at least for
a very long time. I would like to sincerely thank all the participants, from
the very first tournament to this one. A special thanks goes to the participants
of this tournament, many of whom participated in most, if not all of them!
It was a great experience for me,
and I hope for many other composers. As organizer one has a quite different
view than as a participant, and it is a very nice and enjoyable one.
I could talk a long time about all
the benefits that organizing those brought to me personally, but I will name
just a few.
First of course the great challenges
that it offers to composers. I like tough challenges myself, and giving the
opportunity to others to "surpass themselves" is a reward in itself.
Second, all the composers I met, and friends I made as a result is something
I will always treasure. A few I did know previously, but most not. Third, it
was simply a lot of fun. And finally, well, all the beautiful compositions that
those tournaments produced is a testimony that this kind of tournament has a
part to play in the composition world, and maybe should be developed further.
Now back to this tournament, the
conditions were somewhat atypical. This resulted in a fairly extensive "study"
of this genre, with matrices that wildly surpassed my expectations for originality.
There is also the "famous"
E category, that was added in the beginning. Adding the Kings to the Immun condition
was a little gamble. Will it be popular, or not. It started quite slowly, before
gaining momentum after a few weeks, to become one of the most popular category.
It gave some beautiful matrices as you will soon see.
The level of creativity was extremely
high, from all the composers. Practically no two compositions were even closely
related. With some exceptions evidently.
I would encourage all solvers (and
others) to try and solve at least a few of them (maybe the low dimensions ones
first). I believe some are really tough, but enjoyable to solve.
As in the last couple of tournaments,
there were very few matrices with promotions. This is probably due to the conditions,
and also the rule that there must be a non-Pawn black piece on board, which
must make at least one move. There were just two of those. But both really beautiful,
one by Ivan, and one by Ralf.
Congratulations to all the prize
winners. A special word must be said about Ralf, he composed some true gems in the high dimensions (and
low ones too), and fully deserves the first prizes. Arno too came up very strongly
at the end, with some great matrices, and a quite unbelievable A1.
I decided to award many special
prizes to matrices that did not make it to any table, but that I found really
elegant.
I added short comments to many of
the problems, but not all, where I felt appropriate. No comments to a problem
doesn't tell anything about its elegancy of course.
Please feel free to send me your
comments about any of the problems if you wish, and I will add them.
As in the previous tournaments,
I surely made at least a few mistakes in this result page, although I tried
my best not to. If you find any, please tell me so and I will correct it as
soon as possible.
Thanks again!
Prizes and compositions
Categories |
1st
prize |
2nd
prize |
3rd
prize |
A1 |
Arno Tüngler |
Cornel Pacurar |
|
B1 |
Ralf Krätschmer |
Cornel Pacurar |
Arno Tüngler |
C1 |
Ralf Krätschmer |
Cornel Pacurar |
|
D1 |
Ralf Krätschmer |
Arno Tüngler |
Ivan Skoba & Ján Golha |
E1 |
Ralf Krätschmer |
Cornel Pacurar |
Ivan Skoba & Ján Golha |
Number of records |
Arno Tüngler |
|
|
Category A1 (best solution that can include
promoted pieces in the initial position, minimum 50 moves)
Places |
Competitors |
1st |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=122 |
StrictCirce
|
(16+3) |
1.Kc2-c1 2.Ba1-b2
3.Bb2-a3 4.Ba3-b4 5.Bb4-a5 6.Ba5-d8 7.Bd8-e7 8.Be7-f8 9.Bf8-h6 10.Bh6-g5
11.Bg5-h4 12.Bh4-e1 13.Be1-d2 14.Kc1-d1 15.Kd1-e1 16.Ke1-f1 17.Bd2-e1
18.Be1-f2 19.Kf1-e2 20.Ke2-f3 21.Bf2-g3 22.Kf3-g4 23.Kg4-h5 24.Bg3-h4
25.Bh4-g5 26.Bg5-h6 27.Bh6-g7 28.Kh5-h6 29.Kh6-h7 30.Kh7-g8 31.Kg8-f8
32.Bg7-h6 33.Bh6-g5 34.Bg5-h4 35.Bh4-e1 36.Be1-d2 37.Bd2-c1 38.Bc1-a3
39.Ba3-b4 40.Bb4-a5 41.Ba5-d8 42.Bd8-e7 43.Kf8-e8 44.Ke8-d8 45.Kd8-c8
46.Be7-d8 47.Bd8-c7 48.Kc8-d7 49.Kd7-c6 50.Bc7-b6 51.Kc6-b5 52.Kb5-a5
53.Bb6-d8 54.Bd8-e7 55.Be7-f8 56.Bf8-h6 57.Bh6-g5 58.Bg5-h4 59.Bh4-e1
60.Be1-d2 61.Bd2-c1 62.Bc1-a3 63.Ba3-b4 64.Ka5*a4 [+wSb1] 65.Ka4-a5
66.Bb4-a3 67.Ba3-c1 68.Bc1-d2 69.Bd2-e1 70.Be1-h4 71.Bh4-g5 72.Bg5-h6
73.Bh6-f8 74.Bf8-e7 75.Be7-d8 76.Bd8-b6 77.Ka5-b5 78.Kb5-c6 79.Bb6-c7
80.Kc6-d7 81.Kd7-c8 82.Bc7-d8 83.Bd8-e7 84.Kc8-d8 85.Kd8-e8 86.Ke8-f8
87.Be7-d8 88.Bd8-a5 89.Ba5-b4 90.Bb4-a3 91.Ba3-c1 92.Bc1-d2 93.Bd2-e1
94.Be1-h4 95.Bh4-g5 96.Bg5-h6 97.Bh6-g7 98.Kf8-g8 99.Kg8-h7 100.Kh7-h6
101.Kh6-h5 102.Bg7-h6 103.Bh6-g5 104.Bg5-h4 105.Bh4-g3 106.Kh5-g4
107.Kg4-f3 108.Bg3-f2 109.Kf3-e2 110.Ke2-e1 111.Bf2*e3 [+wPe2] 112.Be3-d2
113.Ke1-d1 114.Kd1-c2 115.Bd2-c1 116.Bc1-a3 117.Ba3-b4 118.Kc2-b2
119.Kb2*a2 [+wBf1] 120.Ka2-b3 121.Kb3-a4 122.Sb8*a6 [+wPa2] Rb7-b5
=
This is quite an incredible
achievement. Fully using all the pieces available. The Bishop shields
the King in two very long tours, but then the intended final position
is also quite something, with the two black pieces pinned! |
2nd |
Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=75 |
StrictCirce
|
(12+3) |
1.Bf1-g2 2.Bg2-h1
3.Kh3-g2 4.Kg2-f1 5.Kf1-e1 6.Ke1-d1 7.Kd1-c2 8.Kc2-c3 9.Kc3-c4 10.Kc4-d5
11.Kd5-c6 12.Kc6-b6 13.Kb6-a7 14.Ka7-b8 15.Kb8-c8 16.Kc8-d8 17.Kd8-e8
18.Ke8*f8 [+wBc1] 19.Kf8-e8 20.Ke8-d8 21.Kd8-c8 22.Kc8-b8 23.Kb8-a7
24.Ka7-b6 25.Kb6-c6 26.Kc6-d5 27.Kd5-c4 28.Kc4-c3 29.Kc3-c2 30.Kc2-d1
31.Kd1-e1 32.Ke1-f1 33.Kf1-g2 34.Kg2-h3 35.Kh3-g4 36.Kg4-h5 37.Kh5*h6
[+wPh2] 38.Kh6-h5 39.Kh5-g4 40.Kg4-h3 41.Kh3-g2 42.Kg2-f1 43.Kf1-e1
44.Ke1-d1 45.Kd1-c2 46.Kc2-c3 47.Kc3-c4 48.Kc4-d5 49.Kd5-c6 50.Kc6-b6
51.Kb6-a7 52.Ka7-b8 53.Kb8-c8 54.Kc8-d8 55.Kd8-e8 56.Ke8-f8 57.Kf8-g8
58.Kg8*h8 [+wSg1] 59.Kh8-g8 60.Kg8-f8 61.Kf8-e8 62.Ke8-d8 63.Kd8-c8
64.Kc8-b8 65.Kb8-a7 66.Ka7-b6 67.Kb6-c6 68.Kc6-d5 69.Kd5-c4 70.Kc4-c3
71.Kc3-c2 72.Kc2-d1 73.Kd1-e1 74.Ke1-f1 75.Kf1-g2 Ke3-e2 =
Very elegant matrix. Four King tours with a nice justification
for the Knight at h8.
|
Category B1 (best solution without a promoted
piece in the initial position, minimum 40 moves)
Places |
Competitors |
1st |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=89 |
StrictCirce
|
(13+3) |
1.Kd4-c5
2.Kc5-c6 3.Kc6-b7 4.Kb7-c8 5.Kc8-d8 6.Kd8-e8 7.Ke8-f8 8.Kf8-g8 9.Kg8-h7
10.Kh7-h6 11.Kh6-h5 12.Kh5-h4 13.Kh4-h3 14.Kh3-g2 15.Kg2-f1 16.Kf1*e2
[+wSb1] 17.Ke2-f1 18.Kf1-g2 19.Kg2-h3 20.Kh3-h4 21.Kh4-h5 22.Kh5-h6
23.Kh6-h7 24.Kh7-g8 25.Kg8-f8 26.Kf8-e8 27.Ke8-d8 28.Kd8-c8 29.Kc8-b7
30.Kb7-c6 31.Kc6-c5 32.Kc5-d4 33.Bb4*c3 [+wRa1] 34.Bc3-b2 35.Bb2-c1
36.Kd4-c5 37.Kc5-c6 38.Kc6-b7 39.Kb7-c8 40.Kc8-d8 41.Kd8-e8 42.Ke8-f8
43.Kf8-g8 44.Kg8-h7 45.Kh7-h6 46.Kh6-h5 47.Kh5-h4 48.Kh4-h3 49.Kh3-g2
50.Kg2-f1 51.Kf1-e2 52.Ke2-d1 53.Kd1-c2 54.Kc2*b3 [+wPb2] 55.Kb3-c2
56.Kc2-d1 57.Kd1-e2 58.Ke2-f1 59.Kf1-g2 60.Kg2-h3 61.Kh3-h4 62.Kh4-h5
63.Kh5-h6 64.Kh6-h7 65.Kh7-g8 66.Kg8-f8 67.Kf8-e8 68.Ke8-d8 69.Kd8-c8
70.Kc8-b7 71.Kb7-a6 72.Ka6*a5 [+wPa2] 73.Ka5-a6 74.Ka6-b7 75.Kb7-c8
76.Kc8-d8 77.Kd8-e8 78.Ke8-f8 79.Kf8-g8 80.Kg8-h7 81.Kh7-h6 82.Kh6-h5
83.Kh5-h4 84.Kh4-h3 85.Kh3-g2 86.Kg2-f1 87.Kf1-e2 88.Ke2-d1 89.Kd1-c2
Sb1-c3 =
Brilliant construction and a gem of a matrix.
Five King tours with some very nice justifications. |
2nd |
Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=75 |
StrictCirce
|
(13+3) |
1.Bf1-g2
2.Bg2-h1 3.Kh3-g2 4.Kg2-f1 5.Kf1-e1
6.Ke1-d1 7.Kd1-c2 8.Kc2-c3 9.Kc3-c4
10.Kc4-d5 11.Kd5-c6 12.Kc6-b6 13.Kb6-a7
14.Ka7-b8 15.Kb8-c8 16.Kc8-d8 17.Kd8-e8
18.Ke8*f8 [+wBc1] 19.Kf8-e8 20.Ke8-d8 21.Kd8-c8
22.Kc8-b8 23.Kb8-a7 24.Ka7-b6 25.Kb6-c6
26.Kc6-d5 27.Kd5-c4 28.Kc4-c3 29.Kc3-c2
30.Kc2-d1 31.Kd1-e1 32.Ke1-f1 33.Kf1-g2
34.Kg2-h3 35.Kh3-h4 36.Kh4-g5 37.Kg5*h6 [+wPh2]
38.Kh6-g5 39.Kg5-h4 40.Kh4-h3 41.Kh3-g2
42.Kg2-f1 43.Kf1-e1 44.Ke1-d1 45.Kd1-c2
46.Kc2-c3 47.Kc3-c4 48.Kc4-d5 49.Kd5-c6
50.Kc6-b6 51.Kb6-a7 52.Ka7-b8 53.Kb8-c8
54.Kc8-d8 55.Kd8-e8 56.Ke8-f8 57.Kf8-g8
58.Kg8*h8 [+wSg1] 59.Kh8-g8 60.Kg8-f8 61.Kf8-e8
62.Ke8-d8 63.Kd8-c8 64.Kc8-b8 65.Kb8-a7
66.Ka7-b6 67.Kb6-c6 68.Kc6-d5 69.Kd5-c4
70.Kc4-c3 71.Kc3-c2 72.Kc2-d1 73.Kd1-e1
74.Ke1-f1 75.Kf1-g2 Ke3-e2 =
Again a very nice construction
similar to the A1, except without a promoted piece. |
3rd |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=63 |
StrictCirce
|
(13+3) |
1.Kg8-f8 2.Kf8-e8
3.Ke8-d8 4.Kd8-c8 5.Kc8-b8 6.Kb8-a7 7.Ka7-a6 8.Ka6-b5 9.Kb5-c4 10.Bb1-a2
11.Ba2-b3 12.Bb3-a4 13.Ba4-b5 14.Bb5-a6 15.Kc4-b5 16.Kb5-a4 17.Ka4-a3
18.Ka3-a2 19.Ka2-b1 20.Kb1-c1 21.Kc1-d1 22.Kd1-e1 23.Ke1-f1 24.Kf1*g2
[+wRh1] 25.Kg2-f1 26.Kf1-e1 27.Ke1-d1 28.Kd1-c1 29.Kc1-b1 30.Kb1-a2
31.Ka2-a3 32.Ka3-a4 33.Ka4-b5 34.Kb5-c4 35.Ba6-b5 36.Bb5-a4 37.Ba4-b3
38.Bb3-a2 39.Ba2-b1 40.Kc4-b5 41.Kb5-a6 42.Ka6-a7 43.Ka7-b8 44.Kb8-c8
45.Kc8-d8 46.Kd8-e8 47.Ke8-f8 48.Kf8-g8 49.Kg8-h7 50.Kh7*h6 [+wPh2]
51.Kh6-h7 52.Kh7-g8 53.Kg8-f8 54.Kf8-e8 55.Ke8-d8 56.Kd8-c8 57.Kc8-b8
58.Kb8-a7 59.Ka7-a6 60.Ka6-b5 61.Kb5-a4 62.Ka4-a3 63.Ka3-a2 Bc3-b2
=
Very pretty matrix,
and one of the few with three black pieces other than pawns. To
block the Knight it is necessary to capture the Pawn h6. Notice
the elegant switchback of the black Bishop.
Arno sent this matrix after the tournament, but
as during the tournament he sent a ser-h=62, it doesn't change the
order, and it is thus ok to replace it here. |
4th |
Ivan Skoba & Ján Golha
ser-h=51 |
StrictCirce
|
(12+2) |
1.Kd1-e1 2.Bb3-d1
3.Bd1-f3 4.Bf3*h1 [+wBf1] 5.Bh1-f3 6.Bf3-d1 7.Bd1-b3 8.Bb3*a2 [+wRh1]
9.Ke1-f2 10.Kf2-g3 11.Kg3-g4 12.Kg4-h5 13.Kh5-g6 14.Kg6-h7 15.Kh7-g8
16.Kg8-f8 17.Kf8-e8 18.Ke8-d7 19.Kd7*d6 [+wPd2] 20.Kd6-d7 21.Kd7-e8
22.Ke8-f8 23.Kf8-g8 24.Kg8-h7 25.Kh7-g6 26.Kg6-h5 27.Kh5-g4 28.Kg4-g3
29.Kg3-f2 30.Kf2-e1 31.Ke1-d1 32.Kd1-c1 33.Kc1-b2 34.Kb2-a3 35.Ka3*b4
[+wPb2] 36.Kb4-c5 37.Kc5-d6 38.Kd6-d7 39.Kd7-e8 40.Ke8-f8 41.Kf8-g8
42.Kg8-h7 43.Kh7-g6 44.Kg6-h5 45.Kh5-g4 46.Kg4-g3 47.Kg3-f2 48.Kf2-e1
49.Ke1-d1 50.Kd1-c1 51.Kc1-b1 Sd4-b3 =
An elegant matrix with
an original start. |
5th |
Gilles Regniers
ser-h=50 |
StrictCirce
|
(13+2) |
1.Kb5-a5 2.Ba6-d3
3.Ka5-a6 4.Ka6-b7 5.Kb7-c8 6.Kc8-d7 7.Kd7-e8 8.Ke8-f8 9.Kf8-g8 10.Kg8-h7
11.Kh7-h6 12.Kh6-h5 13.Kh5-g4 14.Kg4-f4 15.Kf4-e3 16.Ke3-d2 17.Kd2-c1
18.Kc1*b2 [+wSg1] 19.Kb2-c1 20.Kc1-d2 21.Kd2-e3 22.Ke3-f4 23.Kf4-g4
24.Kg4-h5 25.Kh5-h6 26.Kh6-h7 27.Kh7-g8 28.Kg8-f8 29.Kf8-e8 30.Ke8-d7
31.Kd7-c8 32.Kc8-b7 33.Kb7*b6 [+wPb2] 34.Kb6-b7 35.Kb7-c8 36.Kc8-d7
37.Kd7-e8 38.Ke8-f8 39.Kf8-g8 40.Kg8-h7 41.Kh7-h6 42.Kh6-h5 43.Kh5-g4
44.Kg4-f4 45.Kf4-e3 46.Ke3-d2 47.Kd2-c1 48.Kc1-b1 49.Kb1-a1 50.Bd3-b1
Bd1-c2 =
Quite an elegant idea.
In order for the final stalemate to work, the pawn b6 must return
to b2, but the Knight at b2 must thus be captured beforehand. |
6th |
Ivan Skoba
ser-h=41 |
StrictCirce
|
(7+3) |
1.f7-f5 2.Bh5-f7
3.Bf7-a2 4.Ke8-f7 5.Kf7-g6 6.Kg6-h5 7.Kh5-g4 8.Kg4-g3 9.Kg3-f2 10.Kf2-e1
11.Ke1-d1 12.Kd1-c1 13.Kc1*b1 [+wBf1] 14.Kb1-c1 15.Kc1-d1 16.Kd1-e1
17.Ke1-f2 18.Kf2-g3 19.Kg3-g4 20.Kg4-h5 21.Kh5-g6 22.Kg6-f7 23.Kf7-e8
24.Ke8-d7 25.Kd7-c8 26.Kc8-b7 27.Kb7*a6 [+wSb1] 28.Ka6-b7 29.Kb7-c8
30.Kc8-d7 31.Kd7-e8 32.Ke8-f7 33.Kf7-g6 34.Kg6-h5 35.Kh5-g4 36.Kg4-g3
37.Kg3-f2 38.Kf2-e1 39.Ke1-d1 40.Kd1-c1 41.Kc1-b2 Sd4-b3 =
Complex final position, and a pretty matrix. Like in the previous
one, this time the Knight at a6 must move to b1, but the Bishop
there is in the way.
|
Category C1 (best solution that can include
promoted pieces in the initial position, minimum 35 moves)
Places |
Competitors |
1st |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=55 |
StrictCirce
|
(14+3) |
1.Kc4-b5
2.Kb5-c6 3.Kc6-b7 4.Kb7-c8 5.Kc8-d8 6.Kd8-e8 7.Ke8-f8 8.Kf8-g8 9.Kg8-h7
10.Kh7-h6 11.Kh6-h5 12.Kh5-h4 13.Kh4-g3 14.Kg3-f2 15.Kf2-e1 16.Ke1*d2
[+wSg1] 17.Kd2-e1 18.Ke1-f2 19.Kf2-g3 20.Kg3-h4 21.Kh4-h5 22.Kh5-h6
23.Kh6-h7 24.Kh7-g8 25.Kg8-f8 26.Kf8-e8 27.Ke8-d8 28.Kd8-c8 29.Kc8-b7
30.Kb7-c6 31.Kc6-b5 32.Kb5-c4 33.Ba4-b3 34.Bb3-a2 35.Ba2-b1 36.Kc4-b5
37.Kb5-c6 38.Kc6-b7 39.Kb7-c8 40.Kc8-d8 41.Kd8-e8 42.Ke8-f8 43.Kf8-g8
44.Kg8-h7 45.Kh7-h6 46.Kh6-h5 47.Kh5-h4 48.Kh4-g3 49.Kg3-f2 50.Kf2-e1
51.Ke1-d2 52.Kd2-c1 53.Kc1-b2
a) 54.Kb2-a2 c3-c4 =
b) 54.Kb2-a1 55.Ka1-a2 c3-c4 =
Very nice construction.
The final position is not that easy to spot. |
2nd |
Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=48 |
StrictCirce
|
(12+3) |
1.Kh3-g3 2.Bg2-h1
3.Kg3-g2 4.Kg2-f1 5.Kf1-e1 6.Ke1-d1
a) 7.Kd1-c2 8.Kc2-b3
9.Kb3-b4 10.Kb4-a5 11.Ka5-a6 12.Ka6-a7 13.Ka7-b8 14.Kb8-c8 15.Kc8*d8
[+wBc1] 16.Kd8-c8 17.Kc8-b8 18.Kb8-a7 19.Ka7-a6 20.Ka6-a5 21.Ka5-b4
22.Kb4-b3 23.Kb3-c2 24.Kc2-d1 25.Kd1-e1 26.Ke1-f1 27.Kf1-g2 28.Kg2-g3
29.Kg3*h4 [+wPh2] 30.Kh4-g5 31.Kg5-g6 32.Kg6-g7 33.Kg7-f8 34.Kf8-e7
35.Ke7-d8 36.Kd8-c8 37.Kc8-b8 38.Kb8-a7 39.Ka7-a6 40.Ka6-a5 41.Ka5-b4
42.Kb4-b3 43.Kb3-c2 44.Kc2-d1 45.Kd1-e1 46.Ke1-f1 47.Kf1-g2 Ke3-e2
=
b) 7.Kd1-c1 8.Kc1-c2 9.Kc2-b3 10.Kb3-b4 11.Kb4-a5 12.Ka5-a6
13.Ka6-a7 14.Ka7-b8 15.Kb8-c8 16.Kc8*d8 [+wBc1] 17.Kd8-c8 18.Kc8-b8
19.Kb8-a7 20.Ka7-a6 21.Ka6-a5 22.Ka5-b4 23.Kb4-b3 24.Kb3-c2 25.Kc2-d1
26.Kd1-e1 27.Ke1-f1 28.Kf1-g2 29.Kg2-g3 30.Kg3*h4 [+wPh2] 31.Kh4-g5
32.Kg5-g6 33.Kg6-g7 34.Kg7-f8 35.Kf8-e7 36.Ke7-d8 37.Kd8-c8 38.Kc8-b8
39.Kb8-a7 40.Ka7-a6 41.Ka6-a5 42.Ka5-b4 43.Kb4-b3 44.Kb3-c2 45.Kc2-d1
46.Kd1-e1 47.Ke1-f1 48.Kf1-g2 Ke3-e2 =
Elegant matrix. Notice
how the King loses a move at c1/c2, which is no longer possible
after the first capture. Also the h4 pawn cannot be captured before
the Bishop, and once captured, the King must do another tour to
return to g2. |
Category D1 (best solution without
a promoted piece in the initial position, minimum 30 moves)
Places |
Competitors |
1st |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=67 |
StrictCirce
|
(15+3) |
1.Kh8-h7 2.Kh7-h6
3.Kh6-g5 4.Kg5-h4 5.Kh4-g3 6.Kg3*f2 [+wRa1] 7.Kf2-g3 8.Kg3-h4 9.Kh4-g5
10.Kg5-h6 11.Kh6-h7 12.Kh7-g8 13.Kg8-f8 14.Kf8-e8 15.Ke8-d8 16.Kd8-c8
17.Kc8-b8 18.Kb8-a7 19.Ka7-b6 20.Kb6-c5 21.Kc5-c4 22.Ba4-b3 23.Bb3-a2
24.Ba2-b1 25.Kc4-c5 26.Kc5-b6 27.Kb6-a7 28.Ka7-b8 29.Kb8-c8 30.Kc8-d8
31.Kd8-e8 32.Ke8-f8 33.Kf8-g8 34.Kg8-h7 35.Kh7-h6 36.Kh6-g5 37.Kg5-h4
38.Kh4-g3 39.Kg3-f2 40.Kf2-e1 41.Ke1-d1 42.Kd1*c1 [+wSg1] 43.Kc1-d1
44.Kd1-e1 45.Ke1-f2 46.Kf2-g3 47.Kg3-h4 48.Kh4-g5 49.Kg5-h6 50.Kh6-h7
51.Kh7-g8 52.Kg8-f8 53.Kf8-e8 54.Ke8-d8 55.Kd8-c8 56.Kc8-b8 57.Kb8-a7
58.Ka7-b6 59.Kb6-c5 60.Kc5-c4 61.Bb1-a2 62.Ba2-b3 63.Bb3-a4 64.Kc4-c5
65.Kc5-b6 66.Kb6-a5 Bc3-d4 =
1.Kh8-g8 2.Kg8-h7 3.Kh7-h6
4.Kh6-g5 5.Kg5-h4 6.Kh4-g3 7.Kg3*f2 [+wRa1] 8.Kf2-g3 9.Kg3-h4 10.Kh4-g5
11.Kg5-h6 12.Kh6-h7 13.Kh7-g8 14.Kg8-f8 15.Kf8-e8 16.Ke8-d8 17.Kd8-c8
18.Kc8-b8 19.Kb8-a7 20.Ka7-b6 21.Kb6-c5 22.Kc5-c4 23.Ba4-b3 24.Bb3-a2
25.Ba2-b1 26.Kc4-c5 27.Kc5-b6 28.Kb6-a7 29.Ka7-b8 30.Kb8-c8 31.Kc8-d8
32.Kd8-e8 33.Ke8-f8 34.Kf8-g8 35.Kg8-h7 36.Kh7-h6 37.Kh6-g5 38.Kg5-h4
39.Kh4-g3 40.Kg3-f2 41.Kf2-e1 42.Ke1-d1 43.Kd1*c1 [+wSg1] 44.Kc1-d1
45.Kd1-e1 46.Ke1-f2 47.Kf2-g3 48.Kg3-h4 49.Kh4-g5 50.Kg5-h6 51.Kh6-h7
52.Kh7-g8 53.Kg8-f8 54.Kf8-e8 55.Ke8-d8 56.Kd8-c8 57.Kc8-b8 58.Kb8-a7
59.Ka7-b6 60.Kb6-c5 61.Kc5-c4 62.Bb1-a2 63.Ba2-b3 64.Bb3-a4 65.Kc4-c5
66.Kc5-b6 67.Kb6-a5 Bc3-d4 =
Another gem from Ralf,
and quite complex. The idea being that in the final position, in
order for it to be a stalemate, the Knight at b4 must be immuned,
and thus the Knight at c1 must first be moved to g1. |
2nd |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=62 |
StrictCirce
|
(15+3) |
1.Ka5-a6
2.Ka6-a7 3.Ka7-b8 4.Kb8-c8 5.Kc8-d8 6.Kd8-e8 7.Ke8-f8 8.Kf8-g8 9.Kg8-h7
10.Kh7-g6 11.Kg6-h5 12.Kh5*g4 [+wRh1] 13.Kg4-h5 14.Kh5-g6 15.Kg6-h7
16.Kh7-g8 17.Kg8-f8 18.Kf8-e8 19.Ke8-d8 20.Kd8-c8 21.Kc8-b8 22.Kb8-a7
23.Ka7-a6 24.Ka6-b5 25.Kb5-a4 26.Ka4-a3 27.Ka3*a2 [+wBf1] 28.Ka2-a3
29.Ka3-a4 30.Ka4-b5 31.Kb5-c4 32.Bb1-a2 33.Ba2-b3 34.Bb3-a4 35.Ba4-b5
36.Bb5-a6 37.Kc4-b5 38.Kb5-a4 39.Ka4-a3 40.Ka3-a2 41.Ka2-b1 42.Kb1-c1
43.Kc1-d1 44.Kd1*e1 [+wSg1] 45.Ke1-d1 46.Kd1-c1 47.Kc1-b1 48.Kb1-a2
49.Ka2-a3 50.Ka3-a4 51.Ka4-b5 52.Kb5-c4 53.Ba6-b5 54.Bb5-a4 55.Ba4-b3
56.Bb3-a2 57.Ba2-b1 58.Kc4-b5 59.Kb5-a4 60.Ka4-a3 61.Ka3-a2 Bc3-b2
=
1.Ka5-b5 2.Kb5-a6 3.Ka6-a7 4.Ka7-b8 5.Kb8-c8 6.Kc8-d8
7.Kd8-e8 8.Ke8-f8 9.Kf8-g8 10.Kg8-h7 11.Kh7-g6 12.Kg6-h5 13.Kh5*g4
[+wRh1] 14.Kg4-h5 15.Kh5-g6 16.Kg6-h7 17.Kh7-g8 18.Kg8-f8 19.Kf8-e8
20.Ke8-d8 21.Kd8-c8 22.Kc8-b8 23.Kb8-a7 24.Ka7-a6 25.Ka6-b5 26.Kb5-a4
27.Ka4-a3 28.Ka3*a2 [+wBf1] 29.Ka2-a3 30.Ka3-a4 31.Ka4-b5 32.Kb5-c4
33.Bb1-a2 34.Ba2-b3 35.Bb3-a4 36.Ba4-b5 37.Bb5-a6 38.Kc4-b5 39.Kb5-a4
40.Ka4-a3 41.Ka3-a2 42.Ka2-b1 43.Kb1-c1 44.Kc1-d1 45.Kd1*e1 [+wSg1]
46.Ke1-d1 47.Kd1-c1 48.Kc1-b1 49.Kb1-a2 50.Ka2-a3 51.Ka3-a4 52.Ka4-b5
53.Kb5-c4 54.Ba6-b5 55.Bb5-a4 56.Ba4-b3 57.Bb3-a2 58.Ba2-b1 59.Kc4-b5
60.Kb5-a4 61.Ka4-a3 62.Ka3-a2 Bc3-b2 =
Very nice matrix, similar
to Arno's B1, but this time it is the Bishop that needs to be
blocked by moving the Knight to g1! |
3rd |
Ivan Skoba & Ján Golha
ser-h=43 |
StrictCirce
|
(13+2) |
1.Bd1-b3 2.Bb3*a2
[+wRh1] 3.Ke1-f2 4.Kf2-g3 5.Kg3-g4 6.Kg4-h5 7.Kh5-g6 8.Kg6-g7 9.Kg7-f8
10.Kf8-e8 11.Ke8-d7 12.Kd7*d6 [+wPd2] 13.Kd6-d7 14.Kd7-e8 15.Ke8-f8
16.Kf8-g7 17.Kg7-g6 18.Kg6-h5 19.Kh5-g4 20.Kg4-g3 21.Kg3-f2 22.Kf2-e1
23.Ke1-d1 24.Kd1-c1
a) 25.Kc1-b2 26.Kb2-a3 27.Ka3*b4 [+wPb2]
28.Kb4-c5 29.Kc5-d6 30.Kd6-d7 31.Kd7-e8 32.Ke8-f8 33.Kf8-g7 34.Kg7-g6
35.Kg6-h5 36.Kh5-g4 37.Kg4-g3 38.Kg3-f2 39.Kf2-e1 40.Ke1-d1 41.Kd1-c1
42.Kc1-b1 Sd4-b3 =
b) 25.Kc1-b1 26.Kb1-b2 27.Kb2-a3 28.Ka3*b4
[+wPb2] 29.Kb4-c5 30.Kc5-d6 31.Kd6-d7 32.Kd7-e8 33.Ke8-f8 34.Kf8-g7
35.Kg7-g6 36.Kg6-h5 37.Kh5-g4 38.Kg4-g3 39.Kg3-f2 40.Kf2-e1 41.Ke1-d1
42.Kd1-c1 43.Kc1-b1 Sd4-b3 =
Another very elegant
one, where the final position is quite unclear at first (and second)
sight. |
4th |
Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=40 |
StrictCirce
|
(13+3) |
1.Kh3-h2 2.Bg2-h1
3.Kh2-g2 4.Kg2-f1 5.Kf1-e1 6.Ke1-d1
a) 7.Kd1-c2 8.Kc2-b3
9.Kb3-b4 10.Kb4-a5 11.Ka5-a6 12.Ka6*a7 [+wBc1] 13.Ka7-b8 14.Kb8-c8
15.Kc8-d8 16.Kd8-e7 17.Ke7-f6 18.Kf6-g7 19.Kg7-h6 20.Kh6-h5 21.Kh5*h4
[+wPh2] 22.Kh4-h5 23.Kh5-h6 24.Kh6-g7 25.Kg7-f6 26.Kf6-e7 27.Ke7-d8
28.Kd8-c8 29.Kc8-b8 30.Kb8-a7 31.Ka7-a6 32.Ka6-a5 33.Ka5-b4 34.Kb4-b3
35.Kb3-c2 36.Kc2-d1 37.Kd1-e1 38.Ke1-f1 39.Kf1-g2 Ke3-e2 =
b) 7.Kd1-c1 8.Kc1-c2 9.Kc2-b3 10.Kb3-b4 11.Kb4-a5 12.Ka5-a6
13.Ka6*a7 [+wBc1] 14.Ka7-b8 15.Kb8-c8 16.Kc8-d8 17.Kd8-e7 18.Ke7-f6
19.Kf6-g7 20.Kg7-h6 21.Kh6-h5 22.Kh5*h4 [+wPh2] 23.Kh4-h5 24.Kh5-h6
25.Kh6-g7 26.Kg7-f6 27.Kf6-e7 28.Ke7-d8 29.Kd8-c8 30.Kc8-b8 31.Kb8-a7
32.Ka7-a6 33.Ka6-a5 34.Ka5-b4 35.Kb4-b3 36.Kb3-c2 37.Kc2-d1 38.Kd1-e1
39.Ke1-f1 40.Kf1-g2 Ke3-e2 =
Nice matrix, similar
to the C1 one but without promoted pieces. |
Category E1 (best solution without a promoted
piece in the initial position, minimum 40 moves)
Places |
Competitors |
1st |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=87 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(14+3) |
1.Kh4-h5 2.Kh5-h6
3.Kh6-h7 4.Kh7-g8 5.Kg8-f8 6.Kf8-e8 7.Ke8-d8 8.Kd8-c8 9.Kc8-b7 10.Kb7-c6
11.Kc6-c5 12.Kc5-c4 13.Kc4-b3 14.Kb3-a2 15.Ka2-b1 16.Kb1-c1 17.Kc1*d2
[+wRa1] 18.Kd2-d3 19.Kd3-c4 20.Kc4-c5 21.Kc5-c6 22.Kc6-b7 23.Kb7-c8
24.Kc8-d8 25.Kd8-e8 26.Ke8-f8 27.Kf8-g8 28.Kg8-h7 29.Kh7-h6 30.Kh6-h5
31.Kh5-h4 32.Kh4*h3 [+wSb1] 33.Kh3-h4 34.Kh4-h5 35.Kh5-h6 36.Kh6-h7
37.Kh7-g8 38.Kg8-f8 39.Kf8-e8 40.Ke8-d8 41.Kd8-c8 42.Kc8-b7 43.Kb7-c6
44.Kc6-c5 45.Kc5-c4 46.Kc4-d3 47.Kd3-e2 48.Ke2-e1 49.Bg1-h2 50.Bh2-g3
51.Bg3-h4 52.Bh4-g5 53.Bg5-h6 54.Bh6-f8 55.Bf8-e7 56.Be7-d8 57.Bd8-b6
58.Bb6-d4 59.Bd4*e5 [+wBc1] 60.Be5-d4 61.Bd4-b6 62.Bb6-d8 63.Bd8-e7
64.Be7-f8 65.Bf8-h6 66.Bh6-g5 67.Bg5-h4 68.Bh4-g3 69.Bg3-h2 70.Bh2-g1
71.Ke1-e2 72.Ke2-d3 73.Kd3-c4 74.Kc4-c5 75.Kc5-c6 76.Kc6-b7 77.Kb7-c8
78.Kc8-d8 79.Kd8-e8 80.Ke8-f8 81.Kf8-g8 82.Kg8-h7 83.Kh7-h6 84.Kh6-h5
85.Kh5-h4 86.Kh4-h3 87.Kh3-h2 Bh1-g2 =
A Masterpiece.
Really an incredible feast, the pawn d6 threatening to capture the
bishop e5 is the key. Notice the final position, where the King
cannot capture the Bishop not because there is a piece on f1, but
because of auto-check.
|
2nd |
Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=66 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(15+3) |
1.Kd4-d3 2.Kd3-e2
3.Ke2-f1 4.Kf1-g1 5.Kg1-h2 6.Kh2-h3 7.Kh3-g4 8.Kg4-h5 9.Kh5-h6 10.Kh6-h7
11.Kh7-g8 12.Kg8-f7 13.Kf7-e8 14.Ke8-d8 15.Kd8-c8 16.Kc8-b8 17.Kb8*a8
[+wSb1] 18.Ka8-b8 19.Kb8-c8 20.Kc8-d8 21.Kd8-e8 22.Ke8-f7 23.Kf7-g8
24.Kg8-h7 25.Kh7-h6 26.Kh6-h5 27.Kh5-g4 28.Kg4-h3 29.Kh3-h2 30.Kh2-g1
31.Kg1-f1 32.Kf1-e1 33.Ba7-b8 34.Bb8-c7 35.Bc7-d8 36.Bd8-e7 37.Be7-f8
38.Bf8-h6 39.Bh6-e3 40.Be3-c5 41.Bc5*b4 [+wRa1] 42.Bb4*a3 [+wBc1]
43.Ba3-c5 44.Bc5-e3 45.Be3-h6 46.Bh6-f8 47.Bf8-e7 48.Be7-d8 49.Bd8-c7
50.Bc7-b8 51.Bb8-a7 52.Ke1-f1 53.Kf1-g1 54.Kg1-h2 55.Kh2-h3 56.Kh3-g4
57.Kg4-h5 58.Kh5-h6 59.Kh6-h7 60.Kh7-g8 61.Kg8-f7 62.Kf7-e8 63.Ke8-d8
64.Kd8-c8 65.Kc8-b8 66.Kb8-a8 Kd6-c7 =
Another brilliant matrix.
Again the final position is not at all clear from the position,
one really has to analyze it carefully. |
3rd |
Ivan Skoba & Ján Golha
ser-h=58 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(10+3) |
1.Kd5-e5 2.Ke5-f5
3.Kf5-g6 4.Kg6-g7 5.Kg7-f8 6.Kf8-e8 7.Ke8-d8 8.Kd8-c8 9.Kc8-b8 10.Kb8-a7
11.Ka7-b6 12.Kb6-a5 13.Ka5-b4 14.Kb4-a3 15.Ka3-a2 16.Ka2-b1 17.Kb1-c1
18.Kc1-d1 19.Kd1-e1 20.Bh2-f4 21.Bf4*g5 [+wSg1] 22.Bg5-f4 23.Bf4-h2
24.Ke1-d1 25.Kd1-c1 26.Kc1-b1 27.Kb1-a2 28.Ka2-a3 29.Ka3-b4 30.Kb4-a5
31.Ka5-b6 32.Kb6-a7 33.Ka7-b8 34.Kb8-c8 35.Kc8-d8 36.Kd8-e8 37.Ke8-f8
38.Kf8-g7 39.Kg7-g6 40.Kg6-f5 41.Kf5*e6 [+wPe2] 42.Ke6-f7 43.Kf7-e8
44.Ke8-d8 45.Kd8-c8 46.Kc8-b8 47.Kb8-a7 48.Ka7-b6 49.Kb6-a5 50.Ka5-b4
51.Kb4-a3 52.Ka3-a2 53.Ka2-b1 54.Kb1-c1 55.Kc1-d1 56.Kd1-e1 57.Ke1-f1
58.Kf1-g2 Se4-g3 =
Very pretty matrix.
The idea being to capture the pawn at e6 in order to be able to
pass the Bishop b5. But the only piece which can capture the Knight
g5 is the Bishop, and the white King must be immune to checks beforehand. |
Category A2 (initial position having
at least one promoted piece, and better than equivalent category B2 ranking)
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
6 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=30 |
StrictCirce
|
(4+2) |
1.Ka1-b1 2.Bc2-d1
3.Kb1-c2 4.Kc2-d3 5.Kd3-e4 6.Ke4-f5 7.Kf5-e6 8.Ke6-e7 9.Ke7-d8 10.Kd8-c8
11.Kc8*b8 [+wBc1] 12.Kb8-c8 13.Kc8-d8 14.Kd8-e7 15.Ke7-e6 16.Ke6-f5
17.Kf5-e4 18.Bd1-f3 19.Bf3-h1 20.Ke4-f3 21.Kf3*g3 [+wPg2] 22.Kg3-g4
23.Kg4-f5 24.Kf5-e6 25.Ke6-e7 26.Ke7-d8 27.Kd8-c8 28.Kc8-b8 29.Kb8-a7
30.Ka7-a6 Bc1-e3 =
The only A2 entry, and
a very original and beautiful idea. |
Category B2 (initial position having
no promoted pieces)
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
4 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=13 |
StrictCirce
|
(2+2) |
1.Kc7-c6 2.Sc2-d4
3.Sd4-e6 4.Se6*d8 [+wQd1] 5.Sd8-e6 6.Se6-d4 7.Kc6-d5 8.Kd5-e4 9.Sd4-e2
10.Ke4-f3 11.Kf3-g2 12.Se2-g1 13.Kg2-h1 Kh4-g3 =
Elegant and very hard
to find idea. Notice the reason why it does not work with Circe
alone. |
5 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=26 |
StrictCirce
|
(3+2) |
1.Kh7-h6
2.Kh6-g5 3.Kg5-h4 4.Kh4-g3 5.Kg3-f2
6.Kf2-e1 7.Ke1-d1 8.Kd1-c1 9.Kc1-b2
10.Kb2-a3 11.Ka3-b4 12.Kb4-c5 13.Kc5-d6
14.Kd6*e5 [+wSg1] 15.Ke5-d6 16.Kd6-c5 17.Kc5-b4
18.Kb4-a3 19.Ka3-b2 20.Kb2-c1 21.Kc1-d1
22.Kd1-e1 23.Ke1-f2 24.Kf2-g3 25.Bf3-h1
26.Kg3-g2 Qf7-f4 =
Another very hard to
find matrix, and quite pretty. |
6 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=27 |
StrictCirce
|
(4+2) |
1.Ka8-a7 2.Ka7-a6
3.Ka6-b5 4.Kb5-a4 5.Ka4-b3 6.Kb3-c2
7.Kc2-d1 8.Kd1-e1 9.Ke1-f1 10.Kf1-g2
11.Kg2-h3 12.Kh3-g4 13.Kg4-f5 14.Kf5-e6
15.Ke6*d5 [+wSb1] 16.Kd5-e6 17.Ke6-f5 18.Kf5-g4
19.Kg4-h3 20.Kh3-g2 21.Kg2-f1 22.Kf1-e1
23.Ke1-d1 24.Kd1-c2 25.Kc2-b3 26.Bc3-a1
27.Kb3-b2 Qc7-c4 =
|
7 |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=38 |
StrictCirce
|
(5+2) |
1.Kb2-c1 2.Kc1-d1
3.Kd1-e2 4.Ke2-f3 5.Kf3-g4 6.Kg4-h5 7.Kh5-g6 8.Kg6-g7 9.Kg7-f8 10.Kf8-e8
11.Ke8-d8 12.Kd8-c8 13.Kc8-b7 14.Kb7-a6 15.Ka6-a5 16.Ka5-b4 17.Kb4-c4
18.Ba4-b3 19.Bb3-a2 20.Ba2-b1 21.Kc4-b4 22.Kb4-a5 23.Ka5-a6 24.Ka6-b7
25.Kb7-c8 26.Kc8-d8 27.Kd8-e8 28.Ke8-f8 29.Kf8-g7 30.Kg7-g6 31.Kg6-h5
32.Kh5-g4 33.Kg4-f3 34.Kf3-e2 35.Ke2-d1 36.Kd1-c1 37.Kc1-b2 38.Kb2-a2
Be3-d4 =
This could be seen as
a base matrix for higher matrices. Very optimized and elegant. Notice
there are no captures. |
8 |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=42 |
StrictCirce
|
(6+2) |
1.Kb2-c1 2.Kc1-d1
3.Kd1-e2 4.Ke2-f1 5.Kf1-g2 6.Kg2-h3 7.Kh3-g4 8.Kg4-h5 9.Kh5-h6 10.Kh6-g7
11.Kg7-f8 12.Kf8-e8 13.Ke8-d8 14.Kd8-c8 15.Kc8-b7 16.Kb7-a6 17.Ka6-a5
18.Ka5-b4 19.Kb4-c4 20.Ba4-b3 21.Bb3-a2 22.Ba2-b1 23.Kc4-b4 24.Kb4-a5
25.Ka5-a6 26.Ka6-b7 27.Kb7-c8 28.Kc8-d8 29.Kd8-e8 30.Ke8-f8 31.Kf8-g7
32.Kg7-h6 33.Kh6-h5 34.Kh5-g4 35.Kg4-h3 36.Kh3-g2 37.Kg2-f1 38.Kf1-e2
39.Ke2-d1 40.Kd1-c1 41.Kc1-b2 42.Kb2-a2 Bf2-d4 =
|
9 |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=47 |
StrictCirce
|
(7+2) |
1.Kd2-e1 2.Ke1-f1
3.Kf1-g2 4.Kg2-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-c7 14.Kc7-c6 15.Kc6-b5 16.Kb5-c4 17.Bb1-a2
18.Ba2-b3 19.Bb3-a4 20.Kc4-b5 21.Kb5-c6 22.Kc6-c7 23.Kc7-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-e1 35.Ke1-d2 36.Kd2*c1 [+wSg1] 37.Kc1-b1
38.Kb1-a2 39.Ka2-a3 40.Ka3-b4 41.Kb4-c4 42.Ba4-b3 43.Bb3-a2 44.Ba2-b1
45.Kc4-b4 46.Kb4-a3 47.Ka3-a2 Bd4-b2 =
|
10 |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=52 |
StrictCirce
|
(8+2) |
1.Kc4-b5 2.Kb5-b6
3.Kb6-a7 4.Ka7-b8 5.Kb8-c8 6.Kc8-d8 7.Kd8-e8 8.Ke8-f8 9.Kf8-g7 10.Kg7-h6
11.Kh6-g5 12.Kg5-f4 13.Kf4-e3 14.Ke3-d2 15.Kd2-c1 16.Kc1*b2 [+wSg1]
17.Kb2-c1 18.Kc1-d2 19.Kd2-e3 20.Ke3-f4 21.Kf4-g5 22.Kg5-h6 23.Kh6-g7
24.Kg7-f8 25.Kf8-e8 26.Ke8-d8 27.Kd8-c8 28.Kc8-b8 29.Kb8-a7 30.Ka7-b6
31.Kb6-b5 32.Kb5-c4 33.Ba4-b3 34.Bb3-a2 35.Ba2-b1 36.Kc4-b5 37.Kb5-b6
38.Kb6-a7 39.Ka7-b8 40.Kb8-c8 41.Kc8-d8 42.Kd8-e8 43.Ke8-f8 44.Kf8-g7
45.Kg7-h6 46.Kh6-g5 47.Kg5-f4 48.Kf4-e3 49.Ke3-d2 50.Kd2-c1 51.Kc1-b2
52.Kb2*a3 [+wPa2] Sc5-a4 =
|
Category C2 (initial position having at least one promoted pieces, and better
than equivalent category D2 ranking)
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
9 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=36 |
StrictCirce
|
(6+3) |
1.Ka1-a2
2.Ka2-a3 3.Ka3-a4 4.Ka4-b5 5.Kb5-c4 6.Bb1-a2 7.Ba2-b3 8.Bb3-a4 9.Ba4-b5
10.Bb5-a6 11.Kc4-b5 12.Kb5-a4 13.Ka4-a3 14.Ka3-a2 15.Ka2-b1 16.Kb1-c1
17.Kc1-d2
a) 18.Kd2*e3 [+wPe2] 19.Ke3-d2 20.Kd2-c1 21.Kc1-b1
22.Kb1-a2 23.Ka2-a3 24.Ka3-a4 25.Ka4-b5 26.Kb5-c4 27.Ba6-b5 28.Bb5-a4
29.Ba4-b3 30.Bb3-a2 31.Ba2-b1 32.Kc4-b5 33.Kb5-a4 34.Ka4-a3 35.Ka3-a2
Be5-b2 =
b) 18.Kd2-e2 19.Ke2*e3 [+wPe2] 20.Ke3-d2 21.Kd2-c1
22.Kc1-b1 23.Kb1-a2 24.Ka2-a3 25.Ka3-a4 26.Ka4-b5 27.Kb5-c4 28.Ba6-b5
29.Bb5-a4 30.Ba4-b3 31.Bb3-a2 32.Ba2-b1 33.Kc4-b5 34.Kb5-a4 35.Ka4-a3
36.Ka3-a2 Be5-b2 =
|
10 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=39 |
StrictCirce
|
(7+3) |
1.Kf8-e8 2.Ke8-d8
3.Kd8-c8 4.Kc8-b8 5.Kb8-a7 6.Ka7-a6 7.Ka6-b5 8.Kb5-c4 9.Bb1-a2 10.Ba2-b3
11.Bb3-a4 12.Ba4-b5 13.Bb5-a6 14.Kc4-b5 15.Kb5-a4 16.Ka4-a3 17.Ka3-a2
18.Ka2-b1 19.Kb1-c1 20.Kc1-d2
a) 21.Kd2*e3 [+wPe2] 22.Ke3-d2
23.Kd2-c1 24.Kc1-b1 25.Kb1-a2 26.Ka2-a3 27.Ka3-a4 28.Ka4-b5 29.Kb5-c4
30.Ba6-b5 31.Bb5-a4 32.Ba4-b3 33.Bb3-a2 34.Ba2-b1 35.Kc4-b5 36.Kb5-a4
37.Ka4-a3 38.Ka3-a2 Bg7-b2 =
b) 21.Kd2-e2 22.Ke2*e3 [+wPe2]
23.Ke3-d2 24.Kd2-c1 25.Kc1-b1 26.Kb1-a2 27.Ka2-a3 28.Ka3-a4 29.Ka4-b5
30.Kb5-c4 31.Ba6-b5 32.Bb5-a4 33.Ba4-b3 34.Bb3-a2 35.Ba2-b1 36.Kc4-b5
37.Kb5-a4 38.Ka4-a3 39.Ka3-a2 Bg7-b2 =
|
Category D2 (initial position having no promoted pieces)
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
4 |
Cornel Pacurar & Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=7 |
StrictCirce
|
(2+2) |
1.Ke2-d3 2.Kd3-c3
3.Kc3-b3 4.Kb3-a2 5.Ka2-a1 6.Ra3-a2 Ra4-a3 =
1.Ke2-e3
2.Ke3-d3 3.Kd3-c3 4.Kc3-b3 5.Kb3-a2 6.Ka2-a1 7.Ra3-a2 Ra4-a3 =
|
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=7 |
StrictCirce
|
(2+2) |
1.Kb2-c3 2.Sb4-c2
3.Sc2-a3 4.Sa3*b1 [+wQd1] 5.Kc3-b2 6.Kb2-a1 Ka4-b3 =
1.Kb2-c3
2.Sb4-c2 3.Sc2-a3 4.Sa3*b1 [+wQd1] 5.Kc3-b2 6.Kb2-a2 7.Ka2-a1 Ka4-b3
=
Quite a special one.
The 6 moves does work with Circe alone, but not the 7 one! |
5 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=14 |
StrictCirce
|
(3+2) |
1.Kb3-a3 2.Sg4-e3
3.Se3*c2 [+wQd1]
a) 4.Ka3-a4 5.Ka4-a5 6.Ka5*a6 [+wPa2]
7.Ka6-a5 8.Ka5-a4 9.Ka4-a3 10.Ka3-b2 11.Sc2-a3 12.Sa3-b1 13.Kb2-a1
Qd1-c1 =
b) 4.Ka3-b3 5.Kb3-a4 6.Ka4-a5 7.Ka5*a6 [+wPa2]
8.Ka6-a5 9.Ka5-a4 10.Ka4-a3 11.Ka3-b2 12.Sc2-a3 13.Sa3-b1 14.Kb2-a1
Qd1-c1 =
|
6 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=21 |
StrictCirce
|
(4+2) |
1.Kb1-a1 2.Sa7-b5
3.Sb5-c3 4.Sc3-d1 5.Sd1-b2 6.Ka1-a2 7.Ka2-a3 8.Sb2-d1 9.Sd1-e3 10.Se3*c2
[+wQd1]
a) 11.Ka3-a4 12.Ka4-a5 13.Ka5*a6 [+wPa2] 14.Ka6-a5
15.Ka5-a4 16.Ka4-a3 17.Ka3-b2 18.Sc2-a3 19.Sa3-b1 20.Kb2-a1 Qd1-c1
=
b) 11.Ka3-b3 12.Kb3-a4 13.Ka4-a5 14.Ka5*a6 [+wPa2] 15.Ka6-a5
16.Ka5-a4 17.Ka4-a3 18.Ka3-b2 19.Sc2-a3 20.Sa3-b1 21.Kb2-a1 Qd1-c1
=
|
7 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=22 |
StrictCirce
|
(5+2) |
1.Kb1-a1 2.Sa8-c7
3.Sc7-b5 4.Sb5-c3 5.Sc3-d1 6.Sd1-b2 7.Ka1-a2 8.Ka2-a3 9.Sb2-d1 10.Sd1-e3
11.Se3*c2 [+wQd1]
a) 12.Ka3-a4 13.Ka4-a5 14.Ka5*a6 [+wPa2]
15.Ka6-a5 16.Ka5-a4 17.Ka4-a3 18.Ka3-b2 19.Sc2-a3 20.Sa3-b1 21.Kb2-a1
Qd1-c1 =
b) 12.Ka3-b3 13.Kb3-a4 14.Ka4-a5 15.Ka5*a6 [+wPa2]
16.Ka6-a5 17.Ka5-a4 18.Ka4-a3 19.Ka3-b2 20.Sc2-a3 21.Sa3-b1 22.Kb2-a1
Qd1-c1 =
|
8 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=25 |
StrictCirce
|
(6+2) |
1.Kb1-a1 2.Sf8-h7
3.Sh7-f6 4.Sf6-e8 5.Se8*c7 [+wSg1] 6.Sc7-b5 7.Sb5-c3 8.Sc3-d1 9.Sd1-b2
10.Ka1-a2 11.Ka2-a3 12.Sb2-d1 13.Sd1-e3 14.Se3*c2 [+wQd1]
a) 15.Ka3-a4 16.Ka4-a5 17.Ka5*a6 [+wPa2] 18.Ka6-a5 19.Ka5-a4 20.Ka4-a3
21.Ka3-b2 22.Sc2-a3 23.Sa3-b1 24.Kb2-a1 Qd1-c1 =
b) 15.Ka3-b3
16.Kb3-a4 17.Ka4-a5 18.Ka5*a6 [+wPa2] 19.Ka6-a5 20.Ka5-a4 21.Ka4-a3
22.Ka3-b2 23.Sc2-a3 24.Sa3-b1 25.Kb2-a1 Qd1-c1 =
|
9 |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=30 |
StrictCirce
|
(7+2) |
1.Kc7-d8 2.Kd8-e8
3.Ke8-f8 4.Kf8-g8 5.Kg8-h7 6.Kh7-g6 7.Kg6-h5 8.Kh5-g4 9.Kg4-h3 10.Kh3-g2
11.Kg2-f1 12.Kf1-e2 13.Ke2-d1 14.Kd1-c1 15.Kc1-b1 16.Kb1-a2 17.Ka2-a3
18.Ka3-a4 19.Ka4-b5 20.Kb5-c4 21.Ba6-b5 22.Bb5-a4 23.Ba4-b3 24.Bb3-a2
25.Ba2-b1 26.Kc4-b5 27.Kb5-a4 28.Ka4-a3 29.Ka3-a2 Bd4-b2 =
1.Kc7-c8 2.Kc8-d8 3.Kd8-e8 4.Ke8-f8 5.Kf8-g8 6.Kg8-h7 7.Kh7-g6
8.Kg6-h5 9.Kh5-g4 10.Kg4-h3 11.Kh3-g2 12.Kg2-f1 13.Kf1-e2 14.Ke2-d1
15.Kd1-c1 16.Kc1-b1 17.Kb1-a2 18.Ka2-a3 19.Ka3-a4 20.Ka4-b5 21.Kb5-c4
22.Ba6-b5 23.Bb5-a4 24.Ba4-b3 25.Bb3-a2 26.Ba2-b1 27.Kc4-b5 28.Kb5-a4
29.Ka4-a3 30.Ka3-a2 Bd4-b2 =
|
10 |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=36 |
StrictCirce
|
(7+3) |
1.Kc1-d1 2.Kd1-e2
3.Ke2-f3 4.Kf3-g4 5.Kg4-h5 6.Kh5-h6 7.Kh6-g7 8.Kg7-f8 9.Kf8-e8 10.Ke8-d8
11.Kd8-c8 12.Kc8-b7 13.Kb7-c6 14.Kc6-b5 15.Kb5-c4 16.Ba4-b3 17.Bb3-a2
18.Ba2-b1 19.Kc4-b5 20.Kb5-c6 21.Kc6-b7 22.Kb7-c8 23.Kc8-d8 24.Kd8-e8
25.Ke8-f8 26.Kf8-g7 27.Kg7-h6 28.Kh6-h5 29.Kh5-g4 30.Kg4-f3 31.Kf3-e2
32.Ke2-d1 33.Kd1-c1 34.Kc1-b2
a) 35.Kb2-a2 Bf2-d4 =
b) 35.Kb2-a1 36.Ka1-a2 Bf2-d4=
|
Category E2 (initial position having no promoted pieces)
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
4 |
Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=13 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(2+2) |
1.Bh7-g6 2.Bg6-e8
3.Kg4-f3 4.Kf3-e2 5.Ke2-d1 6.Kd1-c1 7.Kc1-b1 8.Kb1-a2 9.Be8-c6 10.Bc6*b7
[+wQd1] 11.Bb7-e4 12.Be4-b1 13.Ka2-a1 Kc3-b3 =
Two twin matrices, very
hard to find, and very elegant too. |
Ivan Skoba & Ján Golha, Arno Tüngler
ser-h=13 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(2+2) |
1.Ke8-d7 2.Kd7-c6
3.Kc6-b5 4.Bh1-c6 5.Bc6-e8 6.Kb5-a4 7.Ka4-a3 8.Ka3-a2 9.Ka2*a1 [+wQd1]
10.Ka1-a2 11.Be8-g6 12.Bg6-b1 13.Ka2-a1 Kc3-b3 =
|
5 |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=23 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(2+3) |
1.Kb1-a2 2.Ka2-a3
3.Ka3-a4 4.Ka4-b5 5.Kb5-c6 6.Kc6-d5 7.Kd5-e4 8.Ke4-f3 9.Kf3-e2 10.Ke2-e1
11.Bc1-b2 12.Bb2-a1 13.b3-b2 14.Ke1-e2 15.Ke2-f3 16.Kf3-e4 17.Ke4-d5
18.Kd5-c6 19.Kc6-b5 20.Kb5-a4 21.Ka4-a3 22.Ka3-a2 23.Ka2-b1 Kc3-b3
=
A pretty matrix, and
very original idea. |
6 |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=28 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(3+3) |
1.h7-h5 2.h5-h4
3.h4-h3 4.h3-h2 5.h2-h1=R 6.Rh1-h7 7.Rh7*c7 [+wBc1] 8.Rc7-b7 9.Kc5-d6
10.Kd6-e5 11.Ke5-f5 12.Kf5-g4 13.Kg4-g3 14.Kg3-f2 15.Kf2-e1 16.Ba3-b2
17.Bb2-a1 18.Rb7-b2 19.Ke1-f2 20.Kf2-g3 21.Kg3-g4 22.Kg4-f5 23.Kf5-e5
24.Ke5-d6 25.Kd6-c5 26.Kc5-b5 27.Kb5-a4 28.Ka4-a3 Bd5-b3 =
Beautiful matrix, showing
a promotion to a Rook with a very original final position. |
7 |
Ivan Skoba & Ján
Golha
ser-h=40 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(5+2) |
1.Kd5-e5 2.Ke5-f5
3.Kf5-g6 4.Kg6-g7 5.Kg7-f8 6.Kf8-e8 7.Ke8-d8 8.Kd8-c7 9.Kc7-b6 10.Kb6-a5
11.Ka5-b4 12.Kb4-b3 13.Kb3-c2 14.Kc2-d1 15.Kd1-e1 16.Be7*g5 [+wSg1]
17.Bg5-f4 18.Bf4-h2 19.Ke1-d1 20.Kd1-c2 21.Kc2-b3 22.Kb3-b4 23.Kb4-a5
24.Ka5-b6 25.Kb6-c7 26.Kc7-d8 27.Kd8-e7 28.Ke7*e6 [+wPe2] 29.Ke6-e7
30.Ke7-d8 31.Kd8-c7 32.Kc7-b6 33.Kb6-a5 34.Ka5-b4 35.Kb4-b3 36.Kb3-c2
37.Kc2-d1 38.Kd1-e1 39.Ke1-f1 40.Kf1-g2 Se4-g3 =
This was a kind of an
optimized base matrix. Quite pretty. Notice the doubling of the
RexInclusiv theme. |
8 |
Ivan Skoba & Ján
Golha
ser-h=44 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(6+2) |
1.Kh4-g4 2.Kg4-f5
3.Kf5-e5 4.Ke5*d5 [+wPd2] 5.Kd5-e5 6.Ke5-f5 7.Kf5-g6 8.Kg6-g7 9.Kg7-f8
10.Kf8-e8 11.Ke8-d8 12.Kd8-c7 13.Kc7-b6 14.Kb6-a5 15.Ka5-b4 16.Kb4-b3
17.Kb3-c2 18.Kc2-d1 19.Kd1-e1 20.Be7*g5 [+wSg1] 21.Bg5-f4 22.Bf4-h2
23.Ke1-d1 24.Kd1-c2 25.Kc2-b3 26.Kb3-b4 27.Kb4-a5 28.Ka5-b6 29.Kb6-c7
30.Kc7-d8 31.Kd8-e7 32.Ke7*e6 [+wPe2] 33.Ke6-e7 34.Ke7-d8 35.Kd8-c7
36.Kc7-b6 37.Kb6-a5 38.Ka5-b4 39.Kb4-b3 40.Kb3-c2 41.Kc2-d1 42.Kd1-e1
43.Ke1-f1 44.Kf1-g2 Se4-g3 =
|
9 |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=56 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(7+2) |
1.Ke1-d1 2.Kd1-c1
3.Kc1-b2 4.Kb2-b3 5.Kb3-a4 6.Ka4-a5 7.Ka5-b6 8.Kb6-b7 9.Kb7-c8 10.Kc8-d8
11.Kd8-e8 12.Ke8-f8 13.Kf8-g7 14.Kg7-h6 15.Kh6-h5 16.Kh5-g4 17.Kg4*f3
[+wSb1] 18.Kf3-g4 19.Kg4-h5 20.Kh5-h6 21.Kh6-g7 22.Kg7-f8 23.Kf8-e8
24.Ke8-d8 25.Kd8-c8 26.Kc8-b7 27.Kb7-b6 28.Kb6-a5 29.Ka5-a4 30.Ka4-b3
31.Kb3-b2 32.Kb2-c1 33.Kc1-d1 34.Kd1-e1 35.Ba1-e5 36.Be5-h2 37.Bh2-g1
38.Ke1-d1 39.Kd1-c1 40.Kc1-b2 41.Kb2-b3 42.Kb3-a4 43.Ka4-a5 44.Ka5-b6
45.Kb6-b7 46.Kb7-c8 47.Kc8-d8 48.Kd8-e8 49.Ke8-f8 50.Kf8-g7 51.Kg7-h6
52.Kh6-h5 53.Kh5*h4 [+wPh2] 54.Kh4-h3 55.Kh3-g2 56.Kg2-h1 Bd3-f1
=
Original construction,
very nice. |
10 |
Ralf Krätschmer
ser-h=59 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(8+2) |
1.Ke1-d1 2.Kd1-c1
3.Kc1-b2 4.Kb2-b3 5.Kb3-a4 6.Ka4-a5 7.Ka5-b6 8.Kb6-a7 9.Ka7-b8 10.Kb8-c8
11.Kc8-d8 12.Kd8-e8 13.Ke8-f8 14.Kf8-g7 15.Kg7-h6 16.Kh6-h5 17.Kh5-g4
18.Kg4*f3 [+wSb1] 19.Kf3-g4 20.Kg4-h5 21.Kh5-h6 22.Kh6-g7 23.Kg7-f8
24.Kf8-e8 25.Ke8-d8 26.Kd8-c8 27.Kc8-b8 28.Kb8-a7 29.Ka7-b6 30.Kb6-a5
31.Ka5-a4 32.Ka4-b3 33.Kb3-b2 34.Kb2-c1 35.Kc1-d1 36.Kd1-e1 37.Ba1-e5
38.Be5-h2 39.Bh2-g1 40.Ke1-d1 41.Kd1-c1 42.Kc1-b2 43.Kb2-b3 44.Kb3-a4
45.Ka4-a5 46.Ka5-b6 47.Kb6-a7 48.Ka7-b8 49.Kb8-c8 50.Kc8-d8 51.Kd8-e8
52.Ke8-f8 53.Kf8-g7 54.Kg7-h6 55.Kh6-h5 56.Kh5*h4 [+wPh2] 57.Kh4-h3
58.Kh3-g2 59.Kg2-h1 Bd3-f1 =
|
Special Prizes
Compositions |
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=103 |
StrictCirce
|
(15+3) |
1.Kf2-f1 2.Bh1-g2
3.Bg2-h3 4.Bh3-g4 5.Bg4-h5 6.Bh5-e8 7.Be8-d7 8.Bd7-c8 9.Bc8-a6 10.Ba6-b5
11.Bb5-a4 12.Ba4-d1 13.Bd1-e2 14.Kf1-e1 15.Ke1-d1 16.Kd1-c1 17.Be2-d1
18.Bd1-c2 19.Kc1-d2 20.Kd2-c3 21.Bc2-b3 22.Kc3-b4 23.Kb4-a5 24.Bb3-a4
25.Ba4-b5 26.Bb5-a6 27.Ba6-b7 28.Ka5-a6 29.Ka6-a7 30.Ka7-b8 31.Kb8-c8
32.Kc8-d8 33.Bb7-c8 34.Bc8-d7 35.Bd7-e8 36.Be8-f7 37.Kd8-e7 38.Ke7-f6
39.Bf7-g6 40.Kf6-g5 41.Kg5-h5 42.Bg6-e8 43.Be8-d7 44.Bd7-c8 45.Bc8-a6
46.Ba6-b5 47.Bb5-a4 48.Ba4-d1 49.Bd1-e2 50.Be2-f1 51.Bf1-h3 52.Bh3-g4
53.Kh5*h4 [+wSg1] 54.Kh4-h5 55.Bg4-h3 56.Bh3-f1 57.Bf1-e2 58.Be2-d1
59.Bd1-a4 60.Ba4-b5 61.Bb5-a6 62.Ba6-c8 63.Bc8-d7 64.Bd7-e8 65.Be8-g6
66.Kh5-g5 67.Kg5-f6 68.Bg6-f7 69.Kf6-e7 70.Ke7-d8 71.Bf7-e8 72.Be8-d7
73.Bd7-c8 74.Bc8-b7 75.Kd8-c8 76.Kc8-b8 77.Kb8-a7 78.Ka7-a6 79.Ka6-a5
80.Bb7-a6 81.Ba6-b5 82.Bb5-a4 83.Ba4-b3 84.Ka5-b4 85.Kb4-c3 86.Bb3-c2
87.Kc3-d2 88.Kd2-d1 89.Bc2*d3 [+wPd2] 90.Bd3-e2 91.Kd1-e1 92.Ke1-f2
93.Be2-f1 94.Bf1-h3 95.Bh3-g4 96.Kf2-g2 97.Kg2*h2 [+wBc1] 98.Kh2-g3
99.Kg3-h4 100.Sg8*h6 [+wPh2] 101.Sh6*f5 [+wBf1] 102.Sf5-g3 103.Sg3-h5
a) 103. ... h7-h8=Q =
b) 103. ... h7-h8=R =
Well, a very nice and
special version of the A1 without promoted pieces! Now the only
move giving the dual is the very last move, and a promotion. Arno
provides the following information as it could be viewed correct
according to the Codex of Chess composition. Quote of Article 13,
Paragraph (2):
"Help-play compositions are unsound
also if they are dualized, except that in the final move a promotion
into different pieces having partially the same power (for example
queen/rook or queen/bishop) may be tolerated." |
Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=11 |
StrictCirce
|
(2+2) |
1.Kh8-g7 2.Kg7-f6
3.Kf6-e5 4.Ke5-d4 5.Kd4-c3 6.Rb4-b3 7.Rb3-a3 8.Kc3-b3 9.Kb3-a2 10.Ka2-a1
11.Ra3-a2 Ra4-a3 =
|
Juraj Lörinc
ser-h=12 |
StrictCirce
|
(2+2) |
1.Kc8-d7 2.Kd7-e7
3.Ke7-f6 4.Kf6-g6 5.Kg6-h5 6.Kh5-h4
7.Kh4-h3 8.Kh3-g2 9.Rd3*d8 [+wSg1]
10.Rd8-h8 11.Rh8-h1 12.Kg2-h2 Kf4-f3 =
|
Juraj Lörinc
ser-h=20 |
StrictCirce
|
(3+2) |
1.Kb1-a2 2.Sc1-b3
3.Sb3-d2 4.Sd2-f1 5.Ka2-b1 6.Kb1-c1
7.Kc1-d1 8.Kd1-e2 9.Ke2-f3 10.Kf3*e4
[+wPe2] 11.Ke4-d5 12.Kd5-c6 13.Kc6-b5 14.Kb5-a4
15.Ka4-a3 16.Ka3-a2 17.Ka2-b1 18.Kb1-c1
19.Kc1-d1 20.Kd1-e1 Kc3-c2 =
|
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=25 |
StrictCirce
|
(4+2) |
1.Ka4-b5 2.Kb5-c6
3.Kc6-d7 4.Kd7-e7 5.Ke7*f7 [+wBf1] 6.Kf7-e7 7.Ke7-d7 8.Kd7-c6 9.Kc6-c5
10.Kc5-b4 11.Kb4-c3 12.Bc1-b2 13.Bb2-a1 14.Kc3*b3 [+wPb2] 15.Kb3-b4
16.Kb4-c5 17.Kc5-c6 18.Kc6-d7 19.Kd7*e8 [+wSb1] 20.Ke8-d7 21.Kd7-c6
22.Kc6-c5 23.Kc5-b4 24.Kb4-b3 25.Kb3-a2 Sb1-d2 =
|
Arno Tüngler
ser-h=29 |
StrictCirce
|
(5+2) |
1.Kf5-g4 2.Bf3-h1
3.Kg4-f3 4.Kf3-f2 5.Kf2-e1 6.Ke1-d1 7.Kd1-c1 8.Kc1-b2 9.Kb2-b3 10.Kb3-a4
11.Ka4*b5 [+wSb1] 12.Kb5-a4 13.Ka4-b3 14.Kb3-b2 15.Kb2-c1 16.Kc1-d1
17.Kd1-e1 18.Ke1-f2 19.Kf2-f3 20.Kf3-g4 21.Kg4*g5 [+wPg2] 22.Kg5-f6
23.Kf6-e6 24.Ke6*d6 [+wBc1] 25.Kd6-c5 26.Kc5-b4 27.Kb4-b3 28.Kb3-a2
29.Ka2-a1 Sb1-c3 =
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Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=14 |
StrictCirce
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(4+2) |
1.Rh2-h1 2.Kg1-h2
3.Kh2*h3 [+wPh2] 4.Kh3-h4
a) 5.Kh4-g5 6.Kg5-f5 7.Kf5-e5
8.Ke5-d4 9.Kd4-d3 10.Kd3-d2 11.Kd2-e1 12.Ke1-f1 13.Kf1-g1 Bb3-c4
=
b) 5.Kh4-h5 6.Kh5-g5 7.Kg5-f5 8.Kf5-e5 9.Ke5-d4 10.Kd4-d3
11.Kd3-d2 12.Kd2-e1 13.Ke1-f1 14.Kf1-g1 Bb3-c4 =
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Ivan Skoba & Ján Golha
ser-h=12 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(2+2) |
1.Bh2-g3 2.Bg3-f2
3.Kg1-g2 4.Kg2-f3 5.Bf2-e3 6.Kf3-e4 7.Ke4-d3 8.Be3-d2 9.Kd3-c2 10.Kc2-c1
11.Bd2-c3 12.Bc3-a1 Re2-b2 =
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Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=20 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(3+2) |
1.Ka1-b1 2.Ba2-f7
3.Bf7-e8 4.Kb1-b2 5.Kb2-c3 6.Kc3-d4 7.Kd4-e5 8.Ke5-f6 9.Kf6-g7 10.Kg7*h8
[+wBc1] 11.Kh8-g7 12.Kg7-f6 13.Kf6-e5 14.Ke5-d4 15.Kd4-c3 16.Kc3-b2
17.Kb2-b1 18.Be8-f7 19.Bf7-a2 20.Kb1-a1 Kd1-c2 =
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Ivan Skoba & Ján Golha
ser-h=22 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(3+2) |
1.Bh1-g2 2.Bg2-h3
3.Bh3-d7 4.Bd7-e8 5.Ke1-d2 6.Kd2-c3 7.Kc3-d4 8.Kd4-e5 9.Ke5-f6 10.Kf6-g7
11.Kg7*h8 [+wSg1] 12.Kh8-g7 13.Kg7-f6 14.Kf6-e5 15.Ke5-d4 16.Kd4-c3
17.Kc3-d2 18.Kd2-e1 19.Be8-d7 20.Bd7-h3 21.Bh3-g2 22.Bg2-h1 Kf3-g2
=
Doubling the RexInclusiv
theme, with an original ending. |
Ivan Skoba
ser-h=18 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(3+3) |
1.Kf7-g6 2.Kg6-g5
3.Kg5-h4 4.g7-g5 5.g5-g4 6.g4-g3 7.Kh4-h3 8.Kh3-h2 9.g3-g2 10.g2-g1=B
11.Bg1-f2 12.Kh2-g1 13.Kg1-f1 14.Kf1-e1 15.Rd2-d1 16.Bf2*d4 [+wPd2]
17.Bd4-b2 18.Bb2-c1 Kb1-b2 =
Another beautiful one
featuring a promotion. |
Cornel Pacurar
ser-h=26 |
Circe,
Immun RexInclusiv |
(4+2) |
1.Kc8-d8 2.Kd8-e8
3.Ke8-f8 4.Kf8-g7 5.Kg7-h6 6.Kh6-h5 7.Kh5-h4 8.Kh4-h3 9.Kh3-g2 10.Kg2-f1
11.Kf1-e2 12.Ke2-e3 13.Ke3*e4 [+wSb1] 14.Ke4-e3 15.Ke3-e2 16.Ke2-e1
17.Bf2*c5 [+wRa1] 18.Bc5-a7 19.Ke1-d1 20.Kd1-c2 21.Kc2-b3 22.Kb3-b4
23.Kb4-b5 24.Kb5-b6 25.Kb6-b7 26.Kb7-a8 Kd6-c7 =
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