Awarded Problems - SOLUTIONS
1 - Reto Aschwanden Messigny 2004 1st Prize
1. d4 Na6 2. d5 Nc5 3. d6 a6 4. dxc7 d5 5. f4 Bh3 6. c8=B Qb6 7. f5 Qb3 8. f6 b6 9. fxg7 f5 10. Bb7 Nf6 11. g8=B Bh6 12. Be6 Be3 13. Bec8 O-O 14. Be6+ Kh8 15. Bg8 Rxg8 16. Bc8 Rxg2 17. Be6 Rxh2 18. Bg8 Rxg8
2 - Andreï Frolkin & Kostas Prentos Messigny 2004 2nd Prize
1. f4 e5 2. f5 e4 3. f6 e3 4. fxg7 exd2+ 5. Kf2 a5 6. e4 a4 7. e5 a3 8. e6 axb2 9. Na3 b1=R 10. e7 Rb6 11. Rb1 d5 12. Rb5 d4 13. Bb2 d3 14. Qa1 dxc2 15. Bd3 c1=R 16. Ne2 Rb1 17. Rc1 d1=R 18. Rc4 Rdc1 19. Bc2 Qd1 20. Ke3 Qh1 21. Kd4 Rd6+ 22. Kc5 c6 23. Kb6 Bh3 24. Kxb7 Kd7 25. e8=R Ne7 26. g8=R Bh6 27. Rg7 Rdd1 28. Reg8
2a - Andreï Frolkin & Kostas Prentos Messigny 2004
1. e4 f5 2. e5 f4 3. e6 f3 4. exd7+ Kf7 5. a4 e5 6. a5 e4 7. a6 e3 8. axb7 Na6 9. b8=R e2 10. Rb3 Rb8 11. d4 Rb4 12. d5 Bb7 13. d6 Qa8 14. dxc7 Bd6 15. c8=R Ne7 16. Rb8 Rc8 17. d8=R Rc5 18. Rdc8 Bc7 19. Qd8 Ke6 20. Qh8 Kd5 21. Rd3+ Kc4 22. Rdd8
3 - Thierry Le Gleuher Messigny 2004 3rd Prize
1. h4 Nh6 2. h5 Nf5 3. h6 Nd4 4. hxg7 h5 5. g8=R Rh6 6. Rg3 Bg7 7. f4 Kf8 8. f5 Kg8 9. f6 Kh7 10. fxe7 f5 11. e8=R Qh4 12. c4 Qh2 13. c5 h4 14. c6 h3 15. cxb7 Nbc6 16. b8=R Ba6 17. Rg8 Bc4 18. Rbe8 Rb8 19. Rb3 Rb5 20. Nc3 Rd5 21. Rbb8
4c - Göran Wicklund Messigny 2004 4th Prize
1. h4 Nc6 2. h5 Nd4 3. h6 Nb5 4. hxg7 h5 5. Rh3 h4 6. Rg3 h3 7. a4 h2 8. a5 h1=Q 9. a6 Qh2 10. axb7 a5 11. bxa8=R Bb7 12. Ra4 Bc6 13. Rh4 a4 14. d4 a3 15. d5 a2 16. d6 a1=N 17. dxc7 Nb3 18. Ra1 Na3 19. c8=R Ba4 20. Ra8 Qb8 21. f4 Kd8 22. f5 Kc7 23. f6 Kb6 24. fxe7 Nf6 25. e8=R Bd6 26. Rc8 Re8 27. g8=R Re7 28. Rge8 Bc7 29. Rgg8 Qd6 30. Rh1
5 - Gerd Wilts Messigny 2004 5th Prize
1. b4 Na6 2. b5 Nc5 3. b6 Na4 4. bxc7 b5 5. f4 Ba6 6. c8=B Qb6 7. f5 Qxg1 8. f6 Qxh1 9. fxg7 f5 10. e4 Nf6 11. g8=B Bh6 12. Bd5 Be3 13. Bdb7 O-O 14. d4 Kh8 15. d5 Rg8 16. d6 Rg5 17. dxe7 d5 18. Be6 d4 19. Bg8 Raxg8 20. Bc8 Bxc8
5a - Gerd Wilts New Version of the 5th price, contributed to the Retro Mailing List
1. d3 f5 2. Bd2 f4 3. Ba5 f3 4. Nc3 fxg2 5. f4 b5 6. Nf3 g1=B 7. Bh3 b4 8. Be6 b3 9. f5 bxc2 10. b4 c1=B 11. Qa4 c5 12. Qc6 Bce3 13. a4 Bd4 14. O-O-O Bge3+ 15. Kb2 Bc1+ 16. Rxc1 c4 17. Rhd1 Bg1 18. Nxg1
6 - Kostas Prentos & Andreï Frolkin Messigny 2004 1st HM
1. a4 h5 2. a5 h4 3. a6 h3 4. axb7 hxg2 5. Ra6 Rh3 6. Rf6 Ra3 7. h4 c5 8. Rh3 c4 9. Rd3 cxd3 10. c4 gxf6 11. c5 Bh6 12. c6 Be3 13. c7 Nc6 14. b8=R Nh6 15. Rb4 Rb8 16. Rc4 Rbb3 17. Nc3 Bb6 18. e3 Bb7 19. Nge2 Qa8 20. c8=R+ Bd8 21. Rb8 Nd4 22. Rcc8
7 - Pascal Wassong, Nicolas Dupont & Göran Wicklund Messigny 2004 2nd HM
1. f4 b6 2. f5 Bb7 3. f6 Bxg2 4. fxe7 Bxh1 5. exf8=R+ Ke7 6. h4 Ke6 7. h5 Qf6 8. h6 Ne7 9. hxg7 Rxf8 10. g8=R Rc8 11. Rf8
8 - Christoph Fieberg Messigny 2004 3rd HM
1. d4 h5 2. Bh6 gxh6 3. d5 Bg7 4. d6 Bxb2 5. dxc7 d6 6. cxd8=B Bh3 7. g4 e6 8. Bg5 Nd7 9. Bc1 O-O-O 10. g5 Kb8 11. g6 Rc8 12. gxf7 Rxc2 13. f8=B Rxc1 14. Be7 Rxb1 15. Bd8
9 - Andreï Frolkin & Kostas Prentos Messigny 2004 4th HM
1. a4 d5 2. Ra3 d4 3. Rf3 d3 4. g4 dxe2 5. d3 exf1=N 6. Ne2 c5 7. Ng3 c4 8. Ke2 c3 9. Qxf1 cxb2 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 b1=N 12. Qh3 Nd2 13. Re1 Nf1 14. Kxf1 e5 15. Rxe5+
10 - Rustam Ubaidullaev Messigny 2004 5th HM
1. a4 d5 2. a5 d4 3. a6 Qd5 4. axb7 a5 5. f4 Ra6 6. f5 Rg6 7. f6 a4 8. fxg7 f5 9. bxc8=B Nf6 10. g8=B Bh6 11. Bge6 Rf8 12. Bg8 Qxg8 13. Be6 Qh8 14. Bg8 Rgxg8
11 - Gerd Wilts Messigny 2004 1st Commendation
This problem has multiple solutions. A simple move count shows that Black must make at least 19 moves. The extra 1 move can either be by the Rh8, or by the Q. In each case there are still many alternatives. For example, with the extra move by the R:
1. a4 d5 2. a5 Bf5 3. a6 e6 4. axb7 a5 5. h4 a4 6. h5 Ra5 7. h6 Na6 8. hxg7 h5 9. b8=N Nh6 10. g8=N Bc5 11. Ne7 Ba7 12. Nc8 O-O 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. b3 Rg8 15. Ba3 Rg4 16. Bd6 c6 17. b4 Rxb4 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Ng8 Qb5 20. Bh2 Nc7
An example with the extra move by the Q:
1. a4 d5 2. a5 Bf5 3. a6 e6 4. axb7 a5 5. h4 a4 6. h5 Ra5 7. h6 Na6 8. hxg7 h5 9. b8=N Nh6 10. g8=N Bc5 11. Ne7 Ba7 12. Nec6 O-O 13. Nd7 Qa8 14. Nf6+ Kh8 15. b4 Rb8 16. Bb2 Rxb4 17. Be5 Qb7 18. Bh2 Qb5 19. Nb8 c6 20. Ng8 Nc7
Finally, an example with the extra Queen move and a clever Knight swap:
12 - Nicolas Dupont Messigny 2004 1st Commendation
1. d4 a5 2. d5 a4 3. d6 a3 4. dxc7 axb2 5. a4 Ra6 6. a5 Rc6 7. a6 g5 8. a7 g4 9. a8=Q g3 10. Qa2 gxh2 11. Qe6 dxe6 12. g4 Nd7 13. g5 Nb6 14. g6 Bd7 15. c8=Q Rd6 16. Qa8 Qb8 17. g7 Kd8 18. gxf8=Q+ Kc7 19. Qc8+
13 - Igor Vereschagin & Rustam Ubaidullaev Messigny 2004 3rd Commendation
1. g4 h5 2. g5 Rh6 3. gxh6 g6 4. h7 Bh6 5. h8=Q Bg5 6. Qf6 Nh6 7. Qa6 bxa6 8. b4 Bb7 9. b5 Bc6 10. b6 Ba4 11. b7 Nc6 12. b8=Q Qc8 13. Qb2 Qb7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Qh8 Qb2 16. f5 Kb7 17. f6 Ra8 18. fxe7 f6 19. e8=Q Ne7 20. Qb8+
14 - Gligor Denkovski Messigny 2004 4th Commendation
1. h4 a5 2. h5 a4 3. h6 a3 4. hxg7 axb2 5. gxf8=N bxc1=B 6. Ne6 dxe6 7. a4 Bd7 8. a5 Bc6 9. a6 Bd5 10. a7 c6 11. axb8=N Qc7 12. Nd7 O-O-O 13. Nf8 Rxf8
15 - Gianni Donati Messigny 2004 5th Commendation
1. a4 f5 2. a5 f4 3. Ra4 f3 4. Rg4 fxg2 5. Nf3 g1=Q 6. e4 Qg3 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. d3 Qb6 9. axb6 a5 10. Qd2 a4 11. Qb4 a3 12. Bd2 a2 13. Bc3 a1=Q 14. Kd2 Qa5 15. Ne1 Qc5 16. f3 Qg1 17. Rhxg1
16 - Vlaicu Crisan & Eric Huber Messigny 2004 6th Commendation
1. e4 f5 2. Ke2 f4 3. Kd3 f3 4. Qe2 fxe2 5. Kd4 e1=R 6. Bc4 Re3 7. Ne2 Rc3 8. bxc3 b5 9. Ba3 b4 10. Nc1 b3 11. Bb4 b2 12. Na3 b1=R 13. Nb3 Re1 14. Rd1 Re3 15. Nb1 Rh3 16. gxh3
17 - Jacques Dupin & Maryan Kerhuel Messigny 2004 7th Commendation
18 - Jérôme Auclair Messigny 2004 8th Commendation
Most solutions provided by Renny Bosch.