No. 230, April 2008
This is the last issue where Günter Lauinger is the retro section editor. The new editor is Thomas Brand (t.brand(at)gmx.net).
13690 - George Teodoru
Die Schwalbe 230, April 2008
Dedicated to all German and Rumanian problemists
13+13. Mate in 5 moves
[1b2k2r/Bpp1ppr1/BRp2p1p/1pN5/B7/1PR2P2/P1PP2P1/nK6]
Solution
13691 - Valeri Liskovets
8+12. a) h#3 b) h#1.5 after the key of (a)
[4k2r/2pp1p1p/pp6/r1p5/8/P1B5/PpP1PP2/Rn2K3]
13692 - Andrey Frolkin & Robert Osorio
(The author Andrey Frolkin was not given in the printed issue. Correction by Robert Osorio via the Retro Mailing List)
9+8. What was the position exactly 2 single moves ago?
[8/8/3P4/3pk1PP/1pp3p1/6Pp/2P2PPr/3n1RK1]
13693 - Alexander Yarosh
11+11. Add a piece on h4, a knight on g7 and a pawn. Release the position.
[8/3ppp1p/6bR/1p3PRQ/5pr1/2P2Pk1/2PPPrP1/6Kq]
13694 - Alexander Yarosh
12+13. Add a piece and release the position
[8/3p1p2/1p3P1P/pP3p2/bp1P4/Q1krP3/RNRqrP2/BK1nb3]
13695 - Thomas Volet
Dedicated to Günter Lauinger
15+12. Release the position
[NrRb1q2/QbR1pp2/BK3p1p/Pp6/pk3Pn1/3PP1P1/PP4P1/2B5]
13696 - Dmitri Baibikov
2+2. Add 2wR, wB, wS, bS, 7bP for an illegal cluster
[2N1k2K/8/1p6/8/8/8/8/8]
13697 - Klaus Wenda
9+8. -4 & #1 (Proca retractor, Anticirce cheylan, Grasshopper on a2)
[8/pp6/1p2P3/1p2P2K/bP6/krQ4B/qPR5/R7]
13698 - Bernd Gräfrath
Dedicated to Thomas Brand for his 50th birthday
14+15. Proof game in 8.5 moves (Köko, C+)
[rnbqkbnr/pppppp1p/8/8/2BP4/4PQN1/PPP4P/RNB2R1K]
13699 - Hauke Reddmann
Spiele eine möglichst kurze Beweispartie, in der Wei?#376; und Schwarz symmetrisch spielen, wobei eine Lücke in der FIDE-Notationsregel E9 aufgedeckt wird. Wie sieht die Schlussstellung aus?
Give the shortest possible symmetrical proof game, which shows a hole in the FIDE notation rule E9. What does the final position look like?
(Fide rule E9 can be found at: http://www.fide.com/info/handbook?id=32&view=category)
13700 - Werner Keym
Konstruiere ein Illegal Cluster mit wKDTTL(5) und sK(1). Die Summe der Abstände zwischen den Steinen ist möglichst gro?#376;.
Construct an Illegal Cluster with WK, WQ, 2 WRs, WB (5) and BK (1). The sum of the distances between the pieces is to be as large as possible.
13701 - Werner Keym
Konstruiere einen Illegal Cluster mit wKTLSSSSSS(9) und sKL(2). Die wei?#376;en Steine stehen auf wei?#376;en Feldern.
Construct an Illegal Cluster with WK, WR, WB, 6 WSs (9) and BK, BB (2). The white pieces stand on white squares.
13702 - Werner Keym, Bernd Schwarzkopf
Konstruiere ein Illegal Cluster mit wKDTLLBBBBBB(11) und sK(1). Möglichst viele Bauern stehen auf derselben Reihe wie der Randturm.
Construct an Illegal Cluster with WK, WQ, WR, 2 WBs, 6 WPs (11) and BK(1). The rook stands on an edge square; as many pawns as possible are to stand on the same rank as the rook.