No. 7, Jul-Sep 1999
R0029 - Michel Caillaud & Thierry le Gleuher
StrateGems 7, Jul-Sep 1999
R0030 - Andrei Frolkin
(a): No (b): The captures were: a4xBb5, b6xNc7; a6xQb5, e6xBd5, h4xBg3. (wQb1 was born on h8)
The last moves were: -1. ... d5-d4 -2. g4-g5 e6xBd5 -3. Ba2-d5 f5-f4 -4. Qa1-b1 f6-f5 -5. Qe5-a1 f7-f6 -6. Bd5-a2 Ka2-a3 -7. Be4-d5 etc. Later in the retroplay wB screens, either on b1 for wKa1 or on a2 for bKa1.
R0031 - A. A. Kislyak
The last moves were: -1. ... Sh7-f8# -2. a7xNb8=R Na6-b8 -3. h4-h5 Nb4-a6 -4. h3-h4 Nd3-b4 -5. h2-h3 Nb2-d3 -6. a6-a7 Nc4-b2 -7. a5-a6 Nd6-c4 -8. a4-a5 Nc4xNd6 -9. Ne8-d6 Kf8-f7 -10. a3-a4 Bf7-g8 -11. a2-a3 Kg8-f8 -12. Nd6xQe8 Qf8-e8 -13. Qe8-d8 etc.
R0032 - Thomas Volet
The last moves were: -1. Rf3-f2 Rd1-b1 -2. Bg1-h2 Rd4-d1 -3. Bf2-g1 Rb4-d4 -4. Be1-f2 Q~ -5. Bc3-e1 Q~ -6. Be5-c3 Rd4-b4 -7. R~ Rd6-d4 -8. R~ Rb6-d6 -9. Bc7-e5 Qc8-a8 -10. Be5-c7 Qd7-c8 -11. R~ Rd6-b6 -12. R~ Rd4-d6 -13. R~ Rb4-d4 -14. Bc3-e5 Qd1-d7 -15. R~ Qc1-d1 -16. Be5-c3 c2-c1=Q -17. R~ c3-c2 etc.
The white bishop needs to screen the white king so the black queen can unpromote on c1. But for this, the black rook needs to screen the black king from two sides too!
P0038 - Radovan M. Tomasevic
P0039 - Michel Caillaud & Mark Kirtley
a) 1. g3 h5 2. g4 Rh6 3. gh5 Rc6 4. h6 d5 5. h7 Bg4 6. hg8=N e6 7. Nf6 Qf6
b) 1. g4 e5 2. g5 Bg4 3. g6 e6 4. gh7 Qf6 5. hg8=N Rh3 6. Ne7 Rc3 7. Nc6 Rc6
P0040 - Michel Caillaud & Mark Kirtley
1. g3 e5 2. g4 Be7 3. g5 Bf6 4. gf6 h5 5. fg7 Ke7 6. gh8=N Ke6 7. Ng6 fg6
1. g4 h5 2. g5 Rh6 3. gh6 e5 4. hg7 Ke7 5. gf8=Q Kf6 6. Qg7 Ke6 7. Qg6 fg6
P0041 - Satoshi Hashimoto
1. e4 d5 2. Qh5 Nd7 3. Qh6 gh6 4. e5 Bg7 5. e6 Kf8 6. ed7 Qe8 7. d8=Q Bh3 8. Qd7 Rd8 9. Qg4 Rd6 10. Qd1 Bc8 11. h4 Qd8 12. Rh3 Ke8 13. Rg3 Bf8
P0042 - Satoshi Hashimoto
1. b4 d5 2. b5 Bf5 3. b6 ab6 4. Nf3 Ra3 5. Ne5 Rf3 6. Nd7 e5 7. ef3 Ne7 8. Bb5 Ng6 9. Bc6 bc6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Ng1 Qa8 13. Nf6 Kd8 14. Ne4 Kc8 15. Nc3 Kb8 16. Nb1
P0043c - Noam Livnat
P0044 - Unto Heinonen
1. d4 a5 2. Bg5 a4 3. e3 a3 4. Bb5 ab2 5. a4 Ra6 6. a5 Rf6 7. a6 h5 8. a7 h4 9. ab8=B h3 10. Ra8 hg2 11. Na3 b1=B 12. Ba7 Ba2 13. Bb6 Be6 14. Ba5 b6 15. h4 Bb7 16. h5 Bf3 17. h6 Bh5 18. h7 Nh6 19. Rh4 Rg8 20. Nh3 g1=B 21. hg8=B Bh2 22. Bh7 Be5 23. Be4 Bf5 24. Bd5 e6 25. Re4 Bc5