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No. 112, Jan. 1995 - SOLUTIONS

3239 - Eric Angelini

The wN has just been taken on d7 by the bQ. Here is a proof game: 1. f4 h6 2. f5 Rh7 3. f6 exf6 4. d4 c6 5. d5 Na6 6. d6 Bxd6 7. g4 Bc7 8. h4 d6 9. h5 Bxg4 10. e4 Bxh5 11. e5 Ne7 12. e6 fxe6 13. c4 Bf7 14. c5 Nxc5 15. a4 g6 16. a5 Nf5 17. a6 bxa6 18. b4 Ng7 19. b5 Ke7 20. b6 axb6 21. Nf3 Nb7 22. Ne5 Ra7 23. Nd7 QxNd7.


3240 - Eric Angelini

The wB has just been taken on b7 by the bN. Here is a proof game: 1. f4 h6 2. f5 Rh7 3. f6 exf6 4. d4 c6 5. d5 Na6 6. d6 Bxd6 7. g4 Bc7 8. h4 d6 9. h5 Bxg4 10. Bh3 Bxh5 11. Bc8 Qd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. e5 Nf5 14. e6 fxe6 15. c4 Bf7 16. c5 g6 17. b4 Ng7 18. b5 Ke7 19. b6 Nxc5 20. a4 axb6 21. a5 Ra7 22. a6 bxa6 23. Bb7 NxBb7.


3241 - A. Zolotarev and N. Plaksin

1 wh. and 2 bl. captures by Ps. bBa1 is a promotee. Both Ks in check so that we must add one man on c2 and one on b6. Can't add a bPb6 (the bNa8 could not be extracted). Can't add a wPc2 (not enough caps. for a promoted bBd1). Only possibility is +wNc2 & +bBb6. Then retract -1. Ba4xNb5+ f7xRe6 -2. Re5-e6 Na3-b5 -3. Rb5-e5+ Nb1-a3 -4. f3-f4 Na3-b1 -5. Ne3-c2 Nc2-a3+ -6. Nd5-e3 Bf2-b6 -7. Nb6-d5+ Bh4-f2 -8. f2-f3 Be7xPh4 -9. h3-h4 Bf8-e7 -10. h2-h3 e7xNd6 and everything unlocks.

But the problem is cooked (as found by T. le Gleuher). Add +bBb6 & +bNc2. Retract -1. Ba4xRb5+ g6xNh5 -2. Nf6-h5 f7xNe6 -3. Nd5-f6 Bd4-b6 -4. Nb6-d5+ Bd4-f6 -5. Nc5-e6 ~ -6. Ne4-c5 ~ -7. Nd2-e4 Be7-f6 -8. Nb1-d2 Bf8-e7 -9. Na3-b1 Rh5-b5 -10. Nb5-a3+ e7xR/Qd6 R/Qd4-d6. The promoted wR/Q is from h8.


3242 - Thierry Le Gleuher

1. d4 Nf6=P 2. d5 f5 3. d6 f4 4. dxe=N f3 5. Ng8=P Ke7 6. Qd4=R Kf6 7. Rh4=B+ Kg6 8. g4 h6 9. Bf4=N+ Kh7 10. e3 a6 11. Bxa6=R Rxg8=Q 12. Rg6=B+ Kh8 13. Bh7=N Ra4=B 14. Ng6=P Bb3=N 15. axb=N Bd6=N 16. Ra3=B Ne8=P 17. Bd6=N e7 18. Ne8=P Qf8=R.