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A few final words...
As always, a big thank you to all
the composers who participated, and also to those who followed it with interest.
It was again a success thanks to great inspiration and dedication, leading to
beautiful matrices and ideas.
It is a very tough challenge and
takes a lot of energy from the competitors no doubt, but I believe - I hope
- that it is worth the effort.
An interesting aspect of this particular
tournament was the possibility of using three different stipulations. In the
beginning, ser-h!= was a little bit tried out, until ser-h= definitely took
over, for about a month. Then Arno came up with an extraordinary ser-h!= idea, with which
he could take over most of the A2 table, a few of the B2 table, and a most beautiful
A1 entry.
All the participants showed great
ideas as you will soon find out. I truly wonder how they do that, as personally
I am quite sure I would not be able to.
I will not comment the problems
at all this time and leave you the pleasure of finding out how and why they
work. It's really fascinating, and embedded with perfect logic.
All the A1 and B1 entries are very
different from one another, which shows the level of creativity involved, and
the possibilities of the theme (which are most probably far from exhausted).
I would greatly encourage you to
closely study those (or eventually to try to solve them without looking at the
solutions first, in order to better appreciate the different ideas), there are
true gems there. As I believe chess composition is an art, each one of those
could be seen as a beautifully constructed piece of art.
Congratulations to the 1st Places,
Ralf
in category A1 with an extraordinary problem, Arno
with a no less beautiful matrix in category
B1 (and A1), and who also succeeded an almost perfect score for the number of
records, 13 out of 14! That is an enormous achievement.
Ján & Ivan came very close to Arno in Category B1, just one move (and piece) away! And
also all the composers who succeeded to pass 100 in category A1, Ján & Ivan, Miodrag, and Cornel, it is no doubt a great achievement by itself.
The lower dimensions matrices shown
by the A2 and B2 records are also most interesting and deserve special attention.
Each one is a puzzle in itself, and could even be given as a challenge in task
form for the very low dimensions ones.
If any of the participants wishes
to comment on any of the problems, please feel free to send me those and I will
add them.
Thanks again!
New Records
As before, the competitors got together
looking for improvements after the tournament was over. And so far they improved
three matrices!
Category A1
Compositions |
Miodrag Mladenovic & Arno Tüngler
1.g7-g6 18.Kb1xc1
[NDc8] 27.Kb8xc8 36.Kf4xe3 58.Kf1xg1 [NDg8] 75.Kf8xg8 81.Ke3xd4
[Sg1] 104.Kf1xg1 126.Kf4xf3 [Pf2] 127.Kf3-e2 128.NDh1xg2-f3 [TRg8]
129.Ke2xf2 135.Kh7xg8 140.Kc8-b8 141.NDf3xb7-a8 142.NDa8-c6 143.Kb8xc7
[SIc8] 144.Kc7xc8 146.NDd5xe6-f7 [Pe2] 148.Kd7-e6 e2-e4 !=
A new record for the
1st place! Beautiful problem, that is an important extension of
Miodrag's 4th place, and that won a 2nd HM at chessproblem.ca informal tourney! |
Category A2
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
7 |
Arno Tüngler & Cornel Pacurar
1.Rd8 2.Re8
3.Rf8 4.Rg8 5.Rh7 6.Rh6 7.Rh5 8.Rh4 9.Rh3 10.Rh2 11.Rg1 12.Rf1 13.Re1
14.Rd1 15.Rc1 16.Rb1 17.Ra2 18.Ra3 19.Ra4 20.Ra5 21.R×a6(Cb1)
22.Ra7 23.Rb8 24.Rc8 25.Rd8 26.Re8 27.Rf8 28.Rg8 29.Rh7 30.Rh6 31.Rh5
32.Rh4 33.Rh3 34.Rh2 35.Rg1 36.Rf1 37.Re1 38.Rd1 39.Rc1 40.R×b2(TRb8)
41.R×b1 42.Ra2 43.Ra3 44.Ra4 45.Ra5 46.Ra6 47.Ra7 48.R×b8
49.Rc8 50.Rd8 51.Re8 52.Rf8 53.Rg8 54.Rh7 55.Rh6 56.Rh5 57.Rh4 58.Rh3
59.TRg2+ TRg3 auto=
|
8 |
Arno Tüngler & Cornel Pacurar
1.Re8 2.Rd8 3.Rc8
4.Rb8 5.Ra7 6.Ra6 7.Ra5 8.Ra4 9.Ra3 10.Ra2 11.Rb1 12.Rc1 13.Rd1
14.Re1 15.Rf1 16.Rg1 17.Rh2 18.Rh3 19.Rh4 20.Rh5 21.R×h6(Cg1)
22.Rh7 23.Rg8 24.Rf8 25.Re8 26.Rd8 27.Rc8 28.Rb8 29.Ra7 30.Ra6 31.Ra5
32.Ra4 33.Ra3 34.Ra2 35.Rb1 36.Rc1 37.Rd1 38.Re1 39.Rf1 40.R×g1
41.Rf1 42.Re1 43.Rd1 44.Rc1 45.Rb1 46.Ra2 47.Ra3 48.Ra4 49.Ra5 50.Ra6
51.Ra7 52.R×a8(Cb1) 53.Rb8 54.Rc8 55.Rd8 56.Re8 57.Rf8 58.Rg8
59.Rh7 60.Rh6 61.Rh5 62.Rh4 63.Rh3 64.Rh2 65.Rg1 66.Rf1 67.Re1 68.Rd1
69.Rc1 70.R×b2(TRb8) 71.R×b1 72.Ra2 73.Ra3 74.Ra4 75.Ra5
76.Ra6 77.Ra7 78.R×b8 79.Rc8 80.Rd8 81.Re8 82.Rf8 83.Rg8 84.Rh7
85.Rh6 86.Rh5 87.Rh4 88.Rh3 89.TRg2+ TRg3 auto=
|
9 |
Arno Tüngler & Cornel Pacurar
1.Re8 2.Rd8 3.Rc8
4.Rb8 5.Ra7 6.Ra6 7.Ra5 8.Ra4 9.Ra3 10.Ra2 11.R×b1(SIb8) 12.Ra2
13.Ra3 14.Ra4 15.Ra5 16.Ra6 17.Ra7 18.R×b8 19.Ra7 20.Ra6 21.Ra5
22.Ra4 23.Ra3 24.Ra2 25.Rb1 26.Rc1 27.Rd1 28.Re1 29.Rf1 30.Rg1 31.Rh2
32.Rh3 33.Rh4 34.Rh5 35.R×h6(Cg1) 36.Rh7 37.Rg8 38.Rf8 39.Re8
40.Rd8 41.Rc8 42.Rb8 43.Ra7 44.Ra6 45.Ra5 46.Ra4 47.Ra3 48.Ra2 49.Rb1
50.Rc1 51.Rd1 52.Re1 53.Rf1 54.R×g1 55.Rf1 56.Re1 57.Rd1 58.Rc1
59.Rb1 60.Ra2 61.Ra3 62.Ra4 63.Ra5 64.Ra6 65.Ra7 66.R×a8(Cb1)
67.Rb8 68.Rc8 69.Rd8 70.Re8 71.Rf8 72.Rg8 73.Rh7 74.Rh6 75.Rh5 76.Rh4
77.Rh3 78.Rh2 79.Rg1 80.Rf1 81.Re1 82.Rd1 83.Rc1 84.R×b2(TRb8)
85.R×b1 86.Ra2 87.Ra3 88.Ra4 89.Ra5 90.Ra6 91.Ra7 92.R×b8
93.Rc8 94.Rd8 95.Re8 96.Rf8 97.Rg8 98.Rh7 99.Rh6 100.Rh5 101.Rh4
102.Rh3 103.TRg2+ TRg3 auto=
|
Places and compositions
Categories |
1st
Place |
2nd
Place |
3rd
Place |
A1 |
Ralf Krätschmer |
Arno Tüngler |
Ján Golha & Ivan Skoba |
B1 |
Arno Tüngler |
Ján Golha & Ivan Skoba
|
Cornel Pacurar |
Number of records |
Arno Tüngler |
|
|
Category A1
Places |
Competitors |
1st |
Ralf Krätschmer
1.Rd6 2.Re5
3.Re4 4.Rf3 5.Rf2 6.Re1 7.Rd1 8.Rc1 9.Rb1 10.Ra2 11.Ra3 12.Ra4 13.Ra5
14.Ra6 15.Ra7 16.Rb8 17.Rc8 18.Rd8 19.Re8 20.Rf8 21.Rg8 22.R×h8
23.Rg8 24.Rf8 25.Re8 26.Rd8 27.Rc8 28.Rb8 29.Ra7 30.Ra6 31.Ra5 32.Ra4
33.Ra3 34.Ra2 35.Rb1 36.Rc1 37.Rd1 38.Re1 39.Rf2 40.Rf3 41.Re4 42.Re5
43.f5 44.NEf6 45.NEg5 46.Re4 47.Rf3 48.Rf2 49.Re1 50.Rd1 51.Rc1
52.Rb1 53.Ra2 54.Ra3 55.Ra4 56.Ra5 57.Ra6 58.Ra7 59.Rb8 60.Rc8 61.Rd8
62.Re8 63.Rf8 64.Rg8 65.R×h7(NEh8) 66.Rg8 67.Rf8 68.Re8 69.Rd8
70.Rc8 71.Rb8 72.Ra7 73.Ra6 74.Ra5 75.Ra4 76.Ra3 77.Ra2 78.Rb1 79.Rc1
80.Rd1 81.Re1 82.Rf2 83.Rf3 84.Rg4 85.R×h4 86.Rg4 87.Rf3 88.Rf2
89.Re1 90.Rd1 91.Rc1 92.Rb1 93.Ra2 94.Ra3 95.Ra4 96.Ra5 97.Ra6 98.Ra7
99.Rb8 100.Rc8 101.Rd8 102.Re8 103.Rf8 104.Rg8 105.R×h8 106.Rg8
107.Rf8 108.Re8 109.Rd8 110.Rc8 111.Rb8 112.Ra7 113.Ra6 114.Ra5
115.Ra4 116.Ra3 117.Ra2 118.Rb1 119.Rc1 120.Rd1 121.Re1 122.Rf2
123.R×g3(TRg8) 124.Rf3 125.Re4 126.Re5 127.NEf6 128.NEg7 129.NEf8
130.Re4 131.Rf3 132.Rf2 133.Re1 134.Rd1 135.Rc1 136.Rb1 137.Ra2
138.Ra3 139.Ra4 140.Ra5 141.Ra6 142.Ra7 143.Rb8 144.Rc8 145.Rd8
146.Re8 c7=
Arno: A splendid “logical” series-mover with
a clear main plan that needs to be carefully prepared by multiple
fore-plans. With a white TR or SI on g8 or h8 Black could play his
ND to f8, the king to e8 and c6-c7 stalemates. Therefore one of
the units on g3 or h4 needs to be captured. However, to achieve
that the bND needs to help the bK by moving to g5. The bK can make
this possible from e5 but when opening with f5 and NDg7-f6-g5 the
white NDh8 pins the bND! Therefore, White needs first to capture
it by 22.Kxh8 [Fore-plan No.
1]. Now the bND can be helped
to g5 by 42.Ke5 43.f5 and 45.NEg5 [Fore-plan
No. 2]. Next step seems to
be 49.Kxh4 (SIh8)?! but it turns out that then the bND can never
return to g7 and f8 as the bK is hindered to enter e5! Thus, the
bK must first care that h8 is again occupied by a wND by playing
65.Kxh7 (NDh8)! [Fore-plan
No. 3] and then capturing
the wSI 85.Kxh4 without rebirth! [Fore-plan
No. 4] Now the wNDh8 needs
be captured with 105.Kxh8 [Fore-plan
No. 5] so that after the
capturing of the wTRg3 by 123.Kxg3 (TRg8) [Fore-plan No. 6]
the way to e5 is free and the bND can be led back to g7 and f8 by
126.Ke5 and 129.NDf8 [Fore-plan
No. 7]. And finally the main
plan... The absolute best achievement in this tournament and a clear
winner not only in quantity (number of moves) but also in quality!
Ivan: I must say that this
entry is in my opinion the best among the other entries. We can
see a splendid matrix with great synergy of black King
and bishop. |
2nd |
Arno Tüngler
1.Rh4 2.Rh3 3.Rh2
4.Rg1 5.Rf1 6.Re1 7.Rd1 8.Rc1 9.Rb1 10.Ra2 11.Ra3 12.Ra4 13.Ra5
14.Ra6 15.R×a7(a2) 16.Ra6 17.Ra5 18.Ra4 19.Ra3 20.R×a2
21.Rb1 22.Rc1 23.Rd1 24.Re1 25.Rf1 26.Rg1 27.Rh2 28.Rh3 29.Rh4 30.Rh5
31.R×h6(Cg1) 32.R×h7(NEh8) 33.Rg8 34.Rf8 35.Re8 36.Rd8
37.Rc8 38.Rb8 39.Ra7 40.Ra6 41.Ra5 42.Ra4 43.Ra3 44.Ra2 45.Rb1 46.Rc1
47.Rd1 48.Re1 49.Rf1 50.R×g1 51.Rf1 52.Re1 53.Rd1 54.Rc1 55.Rb1
56.Ra2 57.Ra3 58.Ra4 59.Ra5 60.Ra6 61.Ra7 62.R×a8(Cb1) 63.Rb8
64.Rc8 65.Rd8 66.Re8 67.Rf8 68.Rg8 69.Rh7 70.Rh6 71.Rh5 72.Rh4 73.Rh3
74.Rh2 75.Rg1 76.Rf1 77.Re1 78.Rd1 79.Rc1 80.R×b2(TRb8) 81.R×b1
82.Ra2 83.Ra3 84.Ra4 85.Ra5 86.Ra6 87.Ra7 88.R×b8 89.Ra7 90.Ra6
91.Rb5 92.R×c5(NEc8) 93.R×d5(d2) 94.R×c6(c2) 95.Rb5
96.Ra4 97.Ra3 98.Rb2 99.Rc1 100.Rd1 101.Re1 102.Rf2 103.R×f3(f2)
104.R×f4(TRf8) 105.Rf3 106.R×f2 107.Rg1 108.Rh2 109.Rh3
110.Rh4 111.Rh5 112.Rh6 113.Rh7 114.Rg8 115.R×f8 116.Re8 117.Rd8
118.R×c8 119.Rd8 120.Re8 121.Rf8 122.Rg8 123.R×h8 124.Rh7
125.Rh6 126.Rh5 127.Rh4 128.Rh3 129.Rh2 130.Rg1 131.Rf2 132.Rf3
133.Rf4 134.R×f5(f2) 135.Rf4 136.Rf3 137.R×f2 138.Rf3
139.Rf4 140.Rf5 141.Re6 142.Rd5 143.SId4+ SI×d4-c3(SId1) auto=
Arno: This was a happy connection of two relatively
simple ideas: first, the configuration of the wK with the black
marines pieces that are thus “frozen” to their places until the
very last move as any move of them checks the wK, and second, the
fact that in a series-help-auto-stalemate just all the white units
need to be captured, and in CIRCE this leads to long series if each
unit needs to be captured twice. The current matrix has an interesting
feature by allowing the bK the first 80 moves just to move at the
very border, and then after 80. Rxb2 it can finally enter the center.
It was not easy to reach 143 moves but more should be possible –
who shows me how?
Ivan: Great Arno’s idea finishes with surprising final stalemate with
four white stones. |
3rd |
Ján Golha & Ivan Skoba
1.Ka4-b3 2.Kb3-c2
3.Kc2-d1 4.Kd1-e1 5.Ke1-f1 6.Kf1-g2 7.Kg2-h3 8.Kh3-g4 9.Kg4-g5 10.Kg5*f6
[+wPf2] 11.Kf6-g5 12.Kg5-g4 13.Kg4-h3 14.Kh3-g2 15.Kg2-f1 16.Kf1-e1
17.Ke1-d1 18.Kd1-c2 19.Kc2-b3 20.Kb3-a4 21.Ka4*a5 [+wSIa8] 22.Ka5-a4
23.Ka4-b3 24.Kb3-c2 25.Kc2-d1 26.Kd1-e1 27.Ke1-f1 28.Kf1-g1 29.Kg1-h1
30.NDh2-g1 31.Kh1-h2 32.Kh2-h3 33.Kh3-g4 34.Kg4-g5 35.Kg5-f6 36.Kf6*e6
[+wPe2] 37.Ke6-f7 38.Kf7-e8 39.Ke8-d8 40.Kd8*c7 41.Kc7-d7 42.Kd7-e6
43.Ke6-f6 44.Kf6-g5 45.Kg5-g4 46.Kg4-h3 47.Kh3-h2 48.Kh2-h1 49.NDg1-h2
50.Kh1-g1 51.Kg1-f1 52.Kf1-e1 53.Ke1-d1 54.Kd1-c2 55.Kc2-b3 56.Kb3*c4
[+wPc2] 57.Kc4*b5 [+wTRb8] 58.Kb5-a4 59.Ka4*a3 [+wPa2] 60.Ka3*a2
61.Ka2-b1 62.Kb1*c2 63.Kc2-d1 64.Kd1-e1 65.Ke1-f1 66.Kf1-g1 67.Kg1-h1
68.NDh2-g1 69.Kh1-h2 70.Kh2-h3 71.Kh3-g4 72.Kg4*f5 [+wSb1] 73.Kf5-e6
74.Ke6-d7 75.Kd7-c7 76.Kc7*b8 77.Kb8-c7 78.Kc7-d7 79.Kd7-e6 80.Ke6-f5
81.Kf5-g4 82.Kg4-h3 83.Kh3-h2 84.Kh2-h1 85.NDg1-h2 86.Kh1-g1 87.Kg1-f1
88.Kf1-e1 89.Ke1-d1 90.Kd1-c2 91.Kc2-b3 92.Kb3*b4 [+wNDb8] 93.Kb4-b3
94.Kb3-c2 95.Kc2-d1 96.Kd1-e1 97.Ke1-f1 98.Kf1-g1 99.Kg1-h1 100.NDh2-g1
101.Kh1-h2 102.Kh2-h3 103.Kh3-g4 104.Kg4-f5 105.Kf5-e6 106.Ke6-d7
107.Kd7*c8 108.Kc8-d7 109.Kd7-e6 110.Ke6-f5 111.Kf5-g4 112.Kg4-h3
113.Kh3-h2 114.Kh2-h1 115.NDg1-h2 116.Kh1-g1 117.Kg1-f1 118.Kf1-e1
119.Ke1-d1 120.Kd1*c1 [+wNDc8] 121.Kc1-d1 122.Kd1-e1 123.Ke1-f1
124.Kf1-g1 125.Kg1-h1 126.NDh2-g1 127.Kh1-h2 128.Kh2-h3 129.NDg1-h2
SIa8-h1 =
Arno: Also a wonderful “logical” series-mover
– here the hidden main plan is to play the wNDc1 to c8 and for that
the bK needs to be very careful when choosing the next capture...
This is very hard to solve as often it becomes only visible quite
late when you grabbed a piece too early. It is a miracle that all
this works without any dual!
Ralf: 1. Kxa5? but white must first capture pawn
f6. Quite complex.
Ivan: Many king returns with
all known mechanism using nerëide in the Southeast corner.
Comparing first places the king’s walks are rather short. |
4th |
Miodrag Mladenovic
1.Ra5 2.Ra6 3.Ra7
4.Rb8 5.Rc8 6.Rd8 7.Re8 8.Rf8 9.Rg8 10.R×h8 11.Rh7 12.Rg6
13.Rf6 14.Re5 15.Rd4 16.R×c3(Cg1) 17.Rd4 18.Re5 19.Rf6 20.Rg6
21.Rh7 22.Rg8 23.Rf8 24.Re8 25.Rd8 26.Rc8 27.Rb8 28.Ra7 29.Ra6 30.Ra5
31.Ra4 32.Ra3 33.Ra2 34.Rb1 35.R×c1(NEc8) 36.Rb1 37.Ra2 38.Ra3
39.Ra4 40.Ra5 41.Ra6 42.Ra7 43.Rb8 44.R×c8 45.Rd8 46.Re8 47.Rf8
48.Rg8 49.Rh7 50.Rg6 51.Rf6 52.Re5 53.Rd4 54.R×e3 55.Rd4 56.Re5
57.Rf6 58.Rg6 59.Rh7 60.Rg8 61.Rf8 62.Re8 63.Rd8 64.Rc8 65.Rb8 66.Ra7
67.Ra6 68.Ra5 69.Ra4 70.Ra3 71.Ra2 72.Rb1 73.Rc1 74.Rd1 75.Re1 76.Rf1
77.R×g1 78.Rf1 79.Re1 80.Rd1 81.Rc1 82.Rb1 83.Ra2 84.Ra3 85.Ra4
86.Ra5 87.Ra6 88.Ra7 89.Rb8 90.Rc8 91.Rd8 92.Re8 93.Rf8 94.Rg8 95.Rh7
96.Rg6 97.Rf6 98.Re5 99.Rd4 100.Re3 101.R×f3(f2) 102.Re2 103.NE×g2-f3(TRg8)
104.R×f2 105.Re3 106.R×e4(e2) 107.Re5 108.Rf6 109.Rg6
110.Rh7 111.R×g8 112.Rf8 113.Re8 114.Rd8 115.Rc8 116.Rb8 117.NE×b7-a8
118.NEe4 e3 auto=
Arno: Lucky for the first places that Miodrag
only started so late with his ideas. Here he even does not use two
of the fairy pieces (as the wNDh8 only gives one move) and comes
to a surprising 118 moves. Relatively easy 7 moves can be added
by adding two units but even (much?) more should be possible...
Ivan: Final stalemate with
five (!) white stones. Black in interesting way releases the nerëide.
Colossal Miodrag’s tour in only two days. |
5th |
Cornel Pacurar
1.Rb1 2.Ra2 3.R×b3(Cb1)
4.Ra2 5.R×b1 6.Rc1 7.Rd1 8.Re1 9.Rf1 10.Rg1 11.Rh2 12.Rh3
13.Rh4 14.Rh5 15.Rh6 16.Rh7 17.Rg8 18.Rf8 19.Re8 20.Rd8 21.Rc8 22.Rb8
23.R×a7(NEa8) 24.Rb8 25.Rc8 26.Rd8 27.Re8 28.Rf8 29.Rg8 30.Rh7
31.Rh6 32.Rh5 33.Rh4 34.Rh3 35.Rh2 36.Rg1 37.Rf1 38.Re1 39.Rd1 40.Rc1
41.Rb1 42.Ra2 43.Rb3 44.R×a4 45.Rb3 46.Ra2 47.Rb1 48.Rc1 49.Rd1
50.Re1 51.Rf1 52.Rg1 53.Rh2 54.Rh3 55.Rh4 56.Rh5 57.Rh6 58.Rh7 59.Rg8
60.Rf8 61.Re8 62.Rd8 63.Rc8 64.Rb8 65.Ra7 66.R×a6 67.Ra7 68.Rb8
69.Rc8 70.Rd8 71.Re8 72.Rf8 73.Rg8 74.Rh7 75.Rh6 76.Rh5 77.Rh4 78.Rh3
79.Rh2 80.Rg1 81.Rf1 82.Re1 83.Rd1 84.Rc1 85.Rb1 86.Ra2 87.R×a3(a2)
88.R×b4(b2) 89.Rc4 90.Rd3 91.Re4 92.NE×g2-f3(TRg8) 93.NEg4
94.R×e5(NEe8) 95.Rd4 96.Rc4 97.Rb4 98.Ra5 99.Ra6 100.Ra7 101.Rb8
102.Rc8 103.Rd8 104.NEc8 NEd7=
Arno: Very nice finish with an astonishing 12
moves with the free black nerëide and only 13 units! You wonder
how you could make use of the missing white knight... |
6th |
Juraj Lörinc
1.Rb7 2.Rc6 3.Rd5
4.Re4 5.Rf3 6.Rg4 7.Rh3 8.Rh2 9.Rg1 10.Rf1 11.Re1 12.Rd1 13.Rc1
14.Rb1 15.R×a2(TRa8) 16.Rb1 17.Rc1 18.Rd1 19.Re1 20.Rf1 21.Rg1
22.Rh2 23.Rh3 24.Rg4 25.Rf3 26.Re4 27.Rd5 28.Rc6 29.Rb7 30.R×a8
31.R×a7(a2) 32.R×b8 33.Rc7 34.Rd6 35.Re5 36.Rf4 37.Rg3
38.Rh2 39.Rg1 40.Rf1 41.Re1 42.Rd1 43.Rc1 44.R×b2(SIb8) 45.R×c3(c2)
46.Rd4 47.NEc3 SIe5=
|
7th |
Guy Sobrecases
1.R×a8 2.TRb1
3.Rb7 4.Rc6 5.Rd5 6.Re4 7.R×f5 8.R×e6 9.Rf7 10.R×g8
11.R×h7(NEh8) 12.R×g6 13.Rh7 14.R×h8 15.Rg8 16.Rf7
17.Re6 18.Rd5 19.R×c5 20.Rb4 21.Ra3 22.Ra2 23.R×a1(NEa8)
24.Rb2 25.R×c2 26.R×d2 27.R×e2 28.R×f2 29.R×g2
30.R×h1(TRh8) 31.Rg1 32.Rf2 33.Re3 34.Rd4 35.Rc5 36.Rb6 37.Ra7
38.R×a8 39.Rb7 40.Rc6 41.Rd6 42.TRb8+ & 1.TRe8 auto=
|
Category
B1
Places |
Competitors |
1st |
Arno Tüngler
1.Rd1 2.Rc1
3.Rb1 4.Ra2 5.Ra3 6.Ra4 7.Ra5 8.Ra6 9.Ra7 10.Rb8 11.Rc7 12.Rd8 13.Re7
14.Rf8 15.Rg7 16.Rh6 17.Rg5 18.R×h4(Cg1) 19.Rg5 20.Rh6 21.Rg7
22.Rf8 23.Re7 24.Rd8 25.Rc7 26.Rb8 27.Ra7 28.Ra6 29.Ra5 30.Ra4 31.Ra3
32.Ra2 33.Rb1 34.Rc1 35.Rd1 36.Re1 37.R×f1(Cb1) 38.Re1 39.Rd1
40.Rc1 41.R×b1 42.Ra2 43.Ra3 44.Ra4 45.Ra5 46.Ra6 47.Ra7 48.Rb8
49.Rc7 50.Rd8 51.Re7 52.Rf8 53.Rg7 54.Rh6 55.Rg5 56.Rh4 57.Rg3 58.Rh2
59.R×h1(TRh8) 60.Rh2 61.Rg3 62.Rh4 63.Rg5 64.Rh6 65.Rg7 66.Rf8
67.Re7 68.Rd8 69.Rc7 70.Rb8 71.Ra7 72.Ra6 73.Ra5 74.Ra4 75.Ra3 76.Ra2
77.Rb1 78.Rc1 79.Rd1 80.Re1 81.Rf1 82.NE×g4-f3+ C×f3=
Ivan: Main plan needs fore-plan to remove triton
h1 (the same one as in 2nd Place). Interesting black king's shuffling
among white stones in the East corner. |
2nd |
Ján Golha & Ivan Skoba
1.Rg2 2.Rf1 3.Re1
4.Rd1 5.Rc2 6.Rb1 7.R×a2(Cb1) 8.R×b1 9.Ra2 10.Ra3 11.Ra4
12.Rb5 13.Ra6 14.Ra7 15.Rb8 16.Rc7 17.Rd8 18.Re7 19.Rf8 20.R×g7(NEg8)
21.Rf8 22.Re7 23.Rd8 24.Rc7 25.Rb8 26.Ra7 27.Ra6 28.Rb5 29.Ra4 30.Ra3
31.Ra2 32.Rb1 33.Rc2 34.Rd1 35.Re1 36.Rf1 37.Rg2 38.R×h1(TRh8)
39.NEh2 40.Rg1 41.Rf1 42.Re1 43.Rd1 44.Rc2 45.Rb1 46.Ra2 47.Ra3
48.Ra4 49.Rb5 50.Ra6 51.Ra7 52.Rb8 53.Rc7 54.Rd8 55.Re7 56.Rf8 57.Rg7
58.R×h8 59.Rg7 60.Rf8 61.Re7 62.Rd8 63.Rc7 64.Rb8 65.Ra7 66.Ra6
67.Rb5 68.Ra4 69.Ra3 70.Ra2 71.Rb1 72.Rc2 73.Rd1 74.Re1 75.Rf1 76.Rg1
77.Rh1 78.NEg1 79.Rh2 80.Rh3 81.NEh2 SIh1=
Arno: I had a lot of good luck that this wonderful
matrix seemingly does not give two moves more! It is very surprising
that the authors could achieve such precision in move order in the
Southeast corner.
Ivan: Thick and terrible position only to lengthen the solution.
Knight a2 does play no role (except two moves more). Hunt the maximum
length sometimes doesn’t bring good entries. |
3rd |
Cornel Pacurar
1.Rh5 2.Rh4 3.Rh3
4.Rh2 5.Rg1 6.Rf1 7.Re1 8.Rd1 9.Rc1 10.Rb1 11.Ra2 12.Ra3 13.Ra4
14.Ra5 15.Ra6 16.Ra7 17.Rb8 18.Rc8 19.Rd8 20.Re8 21.R×f8(Cg1)
22.Re8 23.Rd8 24.Rc8 25.Rb8 26.Ra7 27.Ra6 28.Ra5 29.Ra4 30.Ra3 31.Ra2
32.Rb1 33.Rc1 34.Rd1 35.Re1 36.Rf1 37.R×g1 38.Rh2 39.Rh3 40.Rh4
41.Rh5 42.Rh6 43.R×h7(h2) 44.R×g8 45.Rf8 46.TRg8 TRd8=
|
4th |
Ralf Krätschmer
1.NEh2 2.Re2 3.Rd2
4.Rc2 5.Rb2 6.Ra3 7.Rb4 8.Ra5 9.Ra6 10.Ra7 11.Rb8 12.Rc8 13.Rd8
14.Re8 15.Rf8 16.Rg8 17.Rh7 18.Rh6 19.Rh5 20.R×h4(Cg1) 21.Rh5
22.Rh6 23.Rh7 24.Rg8 25.Rf8 26.Re8 27.Rd8 28.Rc8 29.Rb8 30.Ra7 31.Ra6
32.Ra5 33.Rb4 34.Ra3 Rc3=
Ralf: The ultimative Popeye-test. The Nereïde at h3 is
useless but try to solve the problem with Popeye. It doesn't seem
to be possible to check without it. Why? |
Category A2
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
4 |
Guy Sobrecases, Arno Tüngler, Miodrag
Mladenovic
1.TRg8 2.Rg7 3.Rf6
4.Re5 5.Rd4 6.Rc3 7.Rb2 8.R×a1(TRa8) 9.Rb2 10.Rc3 11.Rd4 12.Re5
13.Rf6 14.Rg7 15.Rh7 16.TRh8 17.Rg8+ Rg6=
Ralf: It seems so easy but I spent so many hours and didn't
find the position.
Ivan: It was beyond our strength
although our effort was intensive. |
5 |
Ralf Krätschmer
1.Ra3 2.Ra2
3.Rb1 4.Rc1 5.Rd1 6.Re1 7.Rf1 8.Rg1 9.Rh2 10.Rh3 11.Rh4 12.Rg5 13.Rf5
14.Re6 15.Rd5 16.NE×b7-c6(Cb1) 17.NEb5 18.Re6 19.Rf5 20.Rg5
21.Rh4 22.Rh3 23.Rh2 24.Rg1 25.Rf1 26.Re1 27.NEf1 SIc1=
Arno: A great find of Ralf with CIRCE well used
for avoiding cooks. I would have probably searched another two years
and not found this 14th record!
Ivan: Impressive problem showing
nice control of black king. |
6 |
Arno Tüngler
1.Rd7 2.Rd6 3.Re5
4.Rf4 5.Rg3 6.Rh2 7.Rg1 8.Rf1 9.Re1 10.Rd1 11.Rc1 12.Rb1 13.Ra2
14.Ra3 15.Ra4 16.Ra5 17.R×a6(Cb1) 18.Ra7 19.Rb8 20.Rc7 21.Rd6
22.Re5 23.Rf4 24.Rg3 25.Rh2 26.Rg1 27.Rf1 28.Re1 29.Rd1 30.Rc1 31.R×b2(SIb8)
32.R×b1 33.Ra2 34.Ra3 35.Ra4 36.Ra5 37.Ra6 38.Ra7 39.R×b8
40.SId8+ Re8 auto=
Ralf: The main matrix (white king between sirene
and triton) of the tourney and the stipulation ser-h!= is the
clue for the records in the lower dimensions.
Ivan: This matrix (without
white knight and with king’s pendulum) was probably found by other
competitors. But with white knight on a6 black king must walk around. |
7 |
Arno Tüngler
1.Rd8 2.Re8 3.Rf8
4.Rg8 5.Rh7 6.Rh6 7.Rh5 8.Rh4 9.Rh3 10.Rh2 11.Rg1 12.Rf1 13.Re1
14.Rd1 15.Rc1 16.Rb1 17.Ra2 18.Ra3 19.Ra4 20.Ra5 21.R×a6(Cb1)
22.Ra7 23.Rb8 24.Rc8 25.Rd8 26.Re8 27.Rf8 28.Rg8 29.Rh7 30.Rh6 31.Rh5
32.Rh4 33.Rh3 34.Rh2 35.Rg1 36.Rf1 37.Re1 38.Rd1 39.Rc1 40.R×b2(TRb8)
41.R×b1 42.Ra2 43.Ra3 44.Ra4 45.Ra5 46.Ra6 47.Ra7 48.R×b8
49.Rc8 50.Rd8 51.Re8 52.Rf8 53.Rg8 54.Rh7 55.Rh6 56.SIe7+ SIf6 auto=
|
8 |
Arno Tüngler
1.Re8 2.Rd8 3.Rc8
4.Rb8 5.Ra7 6.Ra6 7.Ra5 8.Ra4 9.Ra3 10.Ra2 11.Rb1 12.Rc1 13.Rd1
14.Re1 15.Rf1 16.Rg1 17.Rh2 18.Rh3 19.Rh4 20.Rh5 21.R×h6(Cg1)
22.Rh7 23.Rg8 24.Rf8 25.Re8 26.Rd8 27.Rc8 28.Rb8 29.Ra7 30.Ra6 31.Ra5
32.Ra4 33.Ra3 34.Ra2 35.Rb1 36.Rc1 37.Rd1 38.Re1 39.Rf1 40.R×g1
41.Rf1 42.Re1 43.Rd1 44.Rc1 45.Rb1 46.Ra2 47.Ra3 48.Ra4 49.Ra5 50.Ra6
51.Ra7 52.R×a8(Cb1) 53.Rb8 54.Rc8 55.Rd8 56.Re8 57.Rf8 58.Rg8
59.Rh7 60.Rh6 61.Rh5 62.Rh4 63.Rh3 64.Rh2 65.Rg1 66.Rf1 67.Re1 68.Rd1
69.Rc1 70.R×b2(TRb8) 71.R×b1 72.Ra2 73.Ra3 74.Ra4 75.Ra5
76.Ra6 77.Ra7 78.R×b8 79.Rc8 80.Rd8 81.Re8 82.Rf8 83.Rg8 84.Rh7
85.Rh6 86.SIe7+ SIf6 auto=
Ralf: One piece more and 30 moves more. excellent economy |
9 |
Arno Tüngler
1.Re8 2.Rd8 3.Rc8
4.Rb8 5.Ra7 6.Ra6 7.Ra5 8.Ra4 9.Ra3 10.Ra2 11.R×b1(TRb8) 12.Ra2
13.Ra3 14.Ra4 15.Ra5 16.Ra6 17.Ra7 18.R×b8 19.Ra7 20.Ra6 21.Ra5
22.Ra4 23.Ra3 24.Ra2 25.Rb1 26.Rc1 27.Rd1 28.Re1 29.Rf1 30.Rg1 31.Rh2
32.Rh3 33.Rh4 34.Rh5 35.R×h6(Cg1) 36.Rh7 37.Rg8 38.Rf8 39.Re8
40.Rd8 41.Rc8 42.Rb8 43.Ra7 44.Ra6 45.Ra5 46.Ra4 47.Ra3 48.Ra2 49.Rb1
50.Rc1 51.Rd1 52.Re1 53.Rf1 54.R×g1 55.Rf1 56.Re1 57.Rd1 58.Rc1
59.Rb1 60.Ra2 61.Ra3 62.Ra4 63.Ra5 64.Ra6 65.Ra7 66.R×a8(Cb1)
67.Rb8 68.Rc8 69.Rd8 70.Re8 71.Rf8 72.Rg8 73.Rh7 74.Rh6 75.Rh5 76.Rh4
77.Rh3 78.Rh2 79.Rg1 80.Rf1 81.Re1 82.Rd1 83.Rc1 84.R×b2(TRb8)
85.R×b1 86.Ra2 87.Ra3 88.Ra4 89.Ra5 90.Ra6 91.Ra7 92.R×b8
93.Rc8 94.Rd8 95.Re8 96.Rf8 97.Rg8 98.Rh7 99.Rh6 100.SIe7+ SIf6
auto=
|
10 |
Arno Tüngler
1.Re8 2.Rd8 3.Rc8
4.Rb8 5.Ra7 6.Ra6 7.Ra5 8.Ra4 9.Ra3 10.Ra2 11.R×b1(SIb8) 12.Ra2
13.Ra3 14.Ra4 15.Ra5 16.Ra6 17.Ra7 18.R×b8 19.Ra7 20.Ra6 21.Ra5
22.Ra4 23.Ra3 24.Ra2 25.Rb1 26.Rc1 27.Rd1 28.Re1 29.Rf1 30.Rg1 31.Rh2
32.Rh3 33.Rh4 34.Rh5 35.R×h6(Cg1) 36.Rh7 37.Rg8 38.Rf8 39.Re8
40.Rd8 41.Rc8 42.Rb8 43.Ra7 44.Ra6 45.Ra5 46.Ra4 47.Ra3 48.Ra2 49.Rb1
50.Rc1 51.Rd1 52.Re1 53.Rf1 54.R×g1 55.Rf1 56.Re1 57.Rd1 58.Rc1
59.Rb1 60.Ra2 61.Ra3 62.Ra4 63.Ra5 64.Ra6 65.Ra7 66.R×a8(Cb1)
67.Rb8 68.Rc8 69.Rd8 70.Re8 71.Rf8 72.Rg8 73.Rh7 74.Rh6 75.Rh5 76.Rh4
77.Rh3 78.Rh2 79.Rg1 80.Rf1 81.Re1 82.Rd1 83.Rc1 84.R×b2(TRb8)
85.Rc2 86.Rd3 87.Rd4 88.Re5 89.R×f5(NEf8) 90.Re5 91.Rd4 92.Rd3
93.Rc2 94.R×b1 95.Ra2 96.Ra3 97.Ra4 98.Ra5 99.Ra6 100.Ra7
101.R×b8 102.Rc8 103.Rd8 104.Re8 105.R×f8 106.Re8 107.Rd8
108.Rc8 109.Rb8 110.Ra7 111.Rb6 112.Rc5 113.Rd4 114.SI×g7-g8+
Rf4 auto=
Ralf: By the way all problems in the A2-category
have no pawns! |
Category B2
Total
number of pieces in the initial position |
Compositions |
4 |
Arno Tüngler
1.Rh3 2.Rh4 3.Rh5
4.Rh6 5.SI×g6-h5(TRg8) TRh8=
Arno: Is this really the only possibility with
6 moves? I was very much surprised that no one else found it!
Ralf: Interesting position of the sirene. |
5 |
Ralf Krätschmer
1.Ra7 2.Ra6
3.Ra5 4.Ra4 5.Ra3 6.R×a2(NEa8) 7.Ra3 8.NEa2 SIa7=
Arno Tüngler
1.NEb2 2.Ra3
3.Ra4 4.R×a5(a2) 5.Ra4 6.Ra3 7.R×a2 8.Ra3 TRa1‡
Ralf: The only problem with the stipulation ser-h#. |
6 |
Ralf Krätschmer, Arno Tüngler
1.Rd1 2.Rc1 3.Rb1
4.Ra1 5.NEb1 6.Ra2 7.Ra3 8.Ra4 9.Ra5 10.R×a6(a2) 11.Ra5 12.Ra4
13.Ra3 14.Rb2 15.Ra1 SIa3=
|
7 |
Ralf Krätschmer
1.Rd1 2.Re1 3.Rf1
4.Rg1 5.Rh1 6.NEg1 7.Rh2 8.Rh3 9.Rh4 10.Rh5 11.R×h6(h2) 12.Rh5
13.Rh4 14.Rh3 15.Rg2 16.Rf1 17.Re1 18.Rd1 19.Rc1 Cc3=
Arno Tüngler
1.Rf1 2.Re1 3.Rd1
4.Rc1 5.Rb1 6.R×a1(NEa8) 7.NEb1 8.Ra2 9.Ra3 10.Ra4 11.Ra5
12.Ra6 13.R×a7(a2) 14.Ra6 15.Ra5 16.Ra4 17.Ra3 18.Rb2 19.Ra1
SIa3=
Ján Golha &
Ivan Skoba
1.Rh3 2.NEg1 3.Rh2
4.Rh1 5.NEh2 6.Rg1 7.Rf1 8.Re1 9.Rd1 10.R×c1(NEc8) 11.Rd1
12.Re1 13.Rf1 14.Rg1 15.Rh1 16.NEg1 17.Rh2 18.Rh3 19.NEh2 SIh1=
|
8 |
Arno Tüngler
1.Rf1 2.Re1 3.Rd1
4.Rc1 5.Rb1 6.Ra2 7.Ra3 8.Ra4 9.Ra5 10.Ra6 11.R×a7(Cg1) 12.Ra6
13.Ra5 14.Ra4 15.Ra3 16.Ra2 17.Rb1 18.Rc1 19.Rd1 20.Re1 21.Rf1 22.R×g1
23.Rf1 24.Re1 25.Rd1 26.Rc1 27.Rb1 28.SI×f5-e4+ Re5 auto=
|
9 |
Arno Tüngler
1.Rf1 2.Re1 3.Rd1
4.Rc1 5.Rb1 6.Ra2 7.Ra3 8.Ra4 9.Ra5 10.Ra6 11.R×a7(Cg1) 12.Ra6
13.Ra5 14.Ra4 15.Ra3 16.Ra2 17.Rb1 18.Rc1 19.Rd1 20.Re1 21.Rf1 22.R×g1
23.Rf1 24.Re1 25.Rd1 26.Rc1 27.Rb1 28.Ra2 29.Ra3 30.Ra4 31.Ra5 32.Ra6
33.Ra7 34.Rb8 35.NE×b2-c3+ Cf6 auto=
|
10 |
Arno Tüngler
1.Rg1 2.R×f1(Cb1)
3.Re1 4.Rd1 5.Rc1 6.R×b1 7.Ra2 8.Ra3 9.Ra4 10.Ra5 11.Ra6 12.R×a7(Cg1)
13.Ra6 14.Ra5 15.Ra4 16.Ra3 17.Ra2 18.Rb1 19.Rc1 20.Rd1 21.Re1 22.Rf1
23.R×g1 24.Rf1 25.Re1 26.Rd1 27.Rc1 28.Rb1 29.Ra2 30.Ra3 31.Ra4
32.Ra5 33.Ra6 34.Ra7 35.Rb8 36.NE×b2-c3+ NEe5 auto=
Ján Golha &
Ivan Skoba
1.R×a3(SIa8)
2.Rb3 3.Rc2 4.Rd1 5.Re1 6.Rf1 7.Rg1 8.Rh1 9.NEg1 10.Rh2 11.Rh3 12.Rg4
13.R×f5 14.Rg4 15.Rh3 16.Rh2 17.Rh1 18.NEh2 19.Rg1 20.Rf1
21.Re1 22.Rd1 23.Rc2 24.Rb3 25.R×c4(NEc8) 26.Rb3 27.Rc2 28.Rd1
29.Re1 30.Rf1 31.Rg1 32.Rh1 33.NEg1 34.Rh2 35.Rh3 36.NEh2 SIh1=
|