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Thema Danicum

New Year's tournament 1998 - SOLUTIONS

This New Year's tournament asked for proof games in less than 10.0 moves. Two awards were given: One for the best non-Danish entry, and one for the best Danish entry.

Non-Danish Entries

7407 - Göran Forslund

a) 1. d4 e6 2. Qd3 Qf6 3. Qf3 Qf3 4. ef3 e5
b) 1. e3 e5 2. Qf3 Qf6 3. Qf6 Nf6 4. d4 Ng8
c) 1. d4 e6 2. Bh6 Qg5 3. Qc1 Qc1 4. Bc1 e5


7408 - Michel Caillaud

a) 1. e3 a5 2. Bc4 a4 3. Bb3 ab3 4. e4 bc2 5. Qc2
b) 1. c4 Na6 2. c5 Nc5 3. e4 a6 4. Ba6 Na6 5. Qc2 Nb8


7409 - Noam D. Elkies

1. d4 e5 2. de5 Bd6 3. ed6 Nc6 4. dc7 Nd4 5. cd8=B Ne2 6. Bdg5 Nc1 7. Bc1
1. d4 Nc6 2. Bg5 Nd4 3. Be7 Ne2 4. Bd8 Bd6 5. Bc7 Bf4 6. Bf4 Nc1 7. Bc1


7410 - Kauko Väisänen

1. d4 e5 2. d5 Ba3 3. Qd4 Ke7 4. Bd2 Kd6 5. Bb4 c5 6. dc6 Kc6 7. Qc5


7411 - Michel Caillaud & Jacques Rotenberg

1. h3 g5 2. Rh2 g4 3. hg4 c6 4. Rh3 Qa5 5. Rb3 Qc3 6. dc3 Bg7 7. Bh6 Bh6 8. Ra3 Bf8


7412 - Mario Velucchi

1. h4 a5 2. h5 a4 3. h6 a3 4. hg7 ab2 5. gf8=B Ra2 6. Bh6 Nh6 7. Rh6 Ra1 8. Rh1 Ra8


7413 - Unto Heinonen

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. Nd5 Ne4 3. Ne7 Nc3 4. Nc8 Qh4 5. Nb6 Qc4 6. Nc4 Ba3 7. Na3 Nb1 8. Nb1 b6


7414 - Unto Heinonen

1. e3 e6 2. e4 Qe7 3. e5 Qd6 4. ed6 Nc6 5. dc7 Rb8 6. cb8=Q Ne5 7. Qe5 f5 8. Qf5 ef5

1. Nf3 e5 2. Ne5 Nc6 3. Nc6 Rb8 4. Nb8 c6 5. Nc6 Qe7 6. Nd4 Qe2 7. Ne2 f6 8. Ng1 f5


7415 - Mario Velucchi

1. h4 a5 2. h5 Ra6 3. h6 Rg6 4. hg7 Nf6 5. gh8=N Rg8 6. Nf7 Rh8 7. Nd8 Kd8 8. Rh7 Ne8 9. Rh1


7416 - Juha Saukkola

1. a3 c6 2. a4 Qc7 3. a5 Qb6 4. ab6 Na6 5. ba7 Rb8 6. a8=N Kd8 7. Nc7 Ra8 8. Ne6 Ke8 9. Nd8 Nb8


7417 - Olli Heimo

1. f4 Na6 2. f5 Rb8 3. f6 gf6 4. Nf3 Bh6 5. Ne5 fe5 6. d4 ed4 7. Nc3 dc3 8. Bh6 cb2 9. Bf8 ba1=B


7418 - Olli Heimo

1. f4 Nc6 2. f5 Ne5 3. f6 gf6 4. Nf3 Bh6 5. Ne5 fe5 6. d4 ed4 7. Nc3 dc3 8. Be3 cb2 Kd2 ba1=N


7419 - Gianni Donati

1. e4 Nf6 2. Qf3 Nd5 3. Qf6 ef6 4. e5 Bd6 5. e6 OO 6. e7 Bf4 7. e8=Q d6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Qd1 Bd1


7420 - Zoltan K. Bodnar

1. e3 f5 2. Ba6 f4 3. Ne2 f3 4. OO fe2 5. f3 e1=Q 6. Qe2 Qc1 7. Kf2 Qb1 8. Rh1 Qa2 9. Rag1 Qf7 10. Ke1


7421 - Mark Kirtley

1. a4 d5 2. Ra3 d4 3. Rb3 d3 4. Rb7 de2 5. Ra7 ef1=B 6. Ra6 Bfa6 7. Ne2 Bh3 8. OO Bac8 9. g3 Bf1 10. Qf1


7422 - Gianni Donati

1. Nf3 f5 2. Ne5 f4 3. Nc4 f3 4. Nc6 fg2 5. f4 g1=N 6. Bg2 cb6 7. Bc6 dc6 8. Kf2 c5 9. Qg1 c4 10. Ke1


7423 - Noam D. Elkies

1. Nf3 f6 2. Nd4 f5 3. Nb5 f4 4. d4 f3 5. Be3 fe2 6. Kd2 e1=N 7. Bc4 Nd3 8. N1c3 Ne5 9. Qh5 Nf7 10. Bf7


7424 - Stein Kulseth

1. Nc3 d6 2. Nd5 Be6 3. Ne7 d5 4. Ng8 Bb4 5. h4 Kf8 6. h5 Qh4 7. Rh4 Kg8 8. Rb4 d4 9. a3 Ba2 10. c4 dc3 and the diagram position is the position just before black removes the white pawn on c4.


Danish entries

7425 - Erik Hansen

1. g3 a5 2. Bg2 Ra6 3. Bb7 Rf6 4. Nf3 Rf3 5. Bf3 Na6 6. Ba8 Bb7


7426 - Erik Hansen

1. b4 Nc6 2. Ba3 Nd4 3. Qc1 Nc2 4. Kd1 Na1 5. Qc7 Nc2 6. Qf4 Qa5 7. Kc2 Qd5


7427 - Niels Lauritsen

1. h4 Nf6 2. h5 Nh5 3. f4 Nf4 4. Rh6 c6 5. Rc6 Nc6 6. d4 Nd4 7. b3 Nb3 8. Bf4 Nc1 9. Bc1
1. h4 Nf6 2. h5 Nh5 3. d4 Ng3 4. d5 Nh1 5. d6 Nf2 6. dc7 Nd1 7. cb8=Q Nb2 8. Qd6 Nd1 9. Qd1


7428 - Poul Hedegaard Jensen

1. e4 h5 2. Qh5 d5 3. Qh8 f5 4. Qg8 fe4 5. Qd5 Bf5 6. Qb7 Qd2 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qa7 OOO 9. Ba6


7429 - Poul Hedegaard Jensen

1. d4 e5 2. de5 Nf6 3. ef6 Nc6 4. fg7 Qf6 5. g8=N Qb2 6. c3 Qb1 7. Ba3 Qd1 8. Rd1 Nd8 9. Nf6


7430 - Lars Larsen

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. Bg7 Bb4 4. Bb2 Qf6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Ne5 OO 7. f3 Kh8 8. Kf2 Qb6 9. d4 ed3


7431 - Kaare Vissing

1. Nf3 e5 2. Ne5 Nc6 3. Nc6 Nf6 4. Nd8 Ne4 5. Nb7 Nd2 6. Na5 Nf3 7. ef3 Kd8 8. Be2 Bb4 9. Kf1 Re8

The original entry had one extra move: 10. Nc6, but this version was cooked: 1. d4 e5 2. de5 Nf6 3. ef6 Qf6 4. Nf3 Kd8 5. Nd4 Qf3 6. ef3 b5 7. Bb5 Nc6 8. Kf1 Bb4 9. Be2 Re8 10. Nc6


7432 - Leif Schmidt

1. d4 b6 2. d5 Ba6 3. d6 Be2 4. de7 Na6 5. ed8=N Ne7 6. Kd2 Nc8 7. Kc3 Bb4 8. Kb3 OO 9. Qd5 Bd2 10. Nf7


7433 - Leif Schmidt

1. e3 a6 2. Ba6 Nf6 3. Bc4 Ra4 4. Bf7 Kf7 5. f4 Ne8 6. f5 Rf4 7. f6 Kg6 8. f7 Kh6 9. fe8=N Rf7 10. Nf6