No. 234, December 2008
This issue starts with a long article by Günther Weeth about (de-)legalizing moves in anticirce proca retractors. One original in this article:
N234a - Günther Weeth
Die Schwalbe 234, December 2008
8+8. -6 & s#1, Proca, Anticirce
[7B/7p/3n3k/6P1/b4pK1/3pp3/2PP1bNP/7R]
Solution
And there's an article about the Schwalbe meeting in Oestrich-Winkel (4 Oct 2008). There was a composition tourney with theme "At least one fairy battery with rear piece king, knight or pawn is fired".
Battery: "Piece X (front piece) moves, which results in a check by piece Y (rear piece)".
N234b - Klaus Wenda
Hon. mention Oestrich-Winkel 2008
4+7. -5 & #1, Proca, Anticirce
[n1n5/5N1N/4k3/8/8/4p1p1/3r2K1/1Q2b3]
And the usual stuff (13940 may be misprinted, since white is in check in diagram B):
13940 - Arno Tüngler
ser-A->B 320
A: [nn1b4/p3P3/2PrRr2/nnrkBRP1/1Kb2q2/P2PrP2/1r6/1Bn3b1]
B: [nn6/4P3/2PrRr2/KBrk1RP1/P1bB1q2/3PrP2/1r6/2n3b1]
13941 - Thierry le Gleuher
14+13. #1 (Who?)
[k4b1n/pppRpp1b/3p2p1/5pK1/5P1N/3P1P1B/PPP2PPB/4Nr2]
13942 - Roberto Osorio, Jorge Joaquin Lois
14+14. Proof game in 20.0 moves
[rn4n1/p2Q2pp/p1p1p1k1/2p1Pp2/8/b1PB1b2/P1P2BPP/RN2K1NR]
13943 - Bernd Gräfrath
12+11. Proof game in 10.5 moves (Losing chess)
[r1b2bnr/pp4pp/8/4n3/4p3/8/PPPPPP2/RNBQR1N1]
13944 - Bernd Gräfrath
15+13. Proof game in 9.0 moves (Bichromatic chess). a) diagram b) Qd3->d6
[2b1kbnr/1pp1pppp/8/8/8/2Pq1Q2/PP2PPPP/RNBrKBNR]
13945 - Unto Heinonen
14+8. Proof game in 16.0 moves (Mirror-anticirce)
[RNBQKBNR/1pp2ppk/7n/3p3n/8/1P3P2/P1PP3P/8]
13946 - Günther Weeth
Dedicated to Jürgen Bischoff (+ 4.6.08)
9+8. -3 & s#1, Proca, Anticirce
[1q2R3/BP5r/k4p2/p7/2P1B3/2PKp3/p3p3/4N2R]
13947 - Alain Brobecker
Which exact proof game in monochromatic chess ends with 5. Qc6-e8#?
13948 - Alain Brobecker
Which exact proof game in monochromatic chess ends with 5. .. Be7xPd6#?
13949 - Werner Keym
Find an illegal cluster with wKRPPPP/bK. In one of the sub-positions that arise when a piece is removed, the last 2 single moves are exactly determined.
13950 - Werner Keym
Find an illegal cluster with both kings and a white piece, in which the sum of the distances of the kings to their original squares is second-largest..