No. 194, April 2002
11461 - Peter Olzewski Die Schwalbe Heft 194, Mar/Apr 2002
14+14. a) Mate in 3 moves b) Mate in 2 moves after the key of a) c) Mate in 1 move after the key of b)
[5n2/6p1/6P1/4prr1/Pn1pP1Pp/Rp1P1pkP/BPpP3b/KRBb2N1]
11462 - Alexander Zolotarev Die Schwalbe Heft 194, Mar/Apr 2002
13+10. Minimal number of knight moves?
[brn5/Prpn4/BbK5/1RPP4/2kp4/2PP2PP/3Pp3/2NN4]
11463 - Andrei Kornilov Die Schwalbe Heft 194, Mar/Apr 2002
13+12. How many (and which) moves were played at least since the capture of the white rook?
[NBrn1K2/PpPRrp1Q/2ppp1Pk/1P4pp/2p5/8/2PPP1P1/8]
11464 - Christoph Fieberg Die Schwalbe Heft 194, Mar/Apr 2002 (This problem was later found to be cooked)
12+9. Proof game in 23.0 moves
[8/1RpnPn2/5p2/3bN1k1/2N5/1Q1R1p2/1PPPPPr1/4K2r]
11465 - Alexander Yarosh Die Schwalbe Heft 194, Mar/Apr 2002
12+12. Cut the board into four 4x4 squares and rearrange the pieces to get an illegal cluster. The pieces may be rotated (so ignore the square coloring of the diagram!)
[NN1NN3/nNn1K3/nnnQ4/nqnn4/4n2k/6NN/1N3N1N/3n4]
11466 - René J. Millour Die Schwalbe Heft 194, Mar/Apr 2002
11+11. (Alice chess) a) Origin of Ra3? b) Last move?
11467c - Hauke Reddmann Die Schwalbe Heft 194, Mar/Apr 2002 (Misprint corrected)
34+1. How many bishops should be removed at least so that white can deliver mate?
Note: The original diagram showed 32 Black Bishops instead of the 32 White ones.
[1B1B1BkB/B1B1B1B1/1B1B1B1B/B1B1B1B1/1B1B1B1B/B1B1B1B1/KB1B1B1B/BNB1B1B1]