September 2008
PS2104F - Zoltán Laborczi, Gábor Tar
The Problemist, September 2008
4+10. h#2 2.1;1.1 (AP)
[8/1p2p3/B4b2/p7/kPpp4/p1p5/7r/R3K3]
Solution
R397v - Dragan Stojnic
13+12. #2
[4k2r/2p1ppnb/1p2p2Q/bP2N1N1/2P2pp1/2P2P2/2PR1PP1/R3K3]
R401 - Mark Thornton
Dedicated to the memory of Tony Miles
11+13. PG in 11.0 moves
[3qkbn1/1ppppp2/2n4p/1p5p/4P3/2P5/1P1P1PPP/2Q1K1NR]
R402 - Nicolas Dupont
Dedicated to Andrei Frolkin & Dmitri Pronkin
(This problem was later found to be cooked))
11+16. PG in 27.5 moves
[1n2b2q/1p1n1p2/1prp1k1b/5pr1/8/3p1p2/1P1P1Pp1/RNBQKBNR]
F2667 - Charles Frankiss
16+14. PG in 10.0 moves (Annan chess)
[r1b1qbn1/pp1npppR/2b4P/8/8/3p1N2/PPPPPPP1/RNBQKB1k]
PS2108F - Guy Sobrecases
15+15. PG in 11.5 moves
[rnbqkb1r/pppppnpp/8/6B1/3P1P2/2NB1N2/PPP1P2P/2RQ2RK]
Annan chess: If a unit (including king) is directly in front of another unit of its own side (one rank higher for white, lower for black) it does not move with its usual power but instead of the (original!) power of the unit behind it.