No. 28, Oct-Dec 2004
R0116 - Dmitri Baibikov
StrateGems 28, Oct-Dec 2004
Add wSb5 and bPb6, then retract 0... Qa8xSb7 -1. g3-g4 Sc3-d1 -2. Sd4-b5 Sb5-c3 -3. Sf5-d4 h4-h3 -4. Sh6-f5 h5-h4 -5. Sg8-h6 h6-h5 -6. g7-g8=S h7-h6 -7. h6xSg7 Se8-g7 -8. h5-h6 Sf6-e8 -9. h4-h5 Se4-f6 -10. h3-h4 Sc5-e4 -11. Sd8-b7 Sb7-c5 -12. Sf7-d8 f4-f3 -13. Sh6-f7 f5-f4 -14. Sg8-h6 f6-f5 -15. g7-g8=S f7-f6 -16. f6xSg7 Sf5-g7 -17. h2-h3 Se3-f5 -18. f5-f6 Sc2-e3 -19. f4-f5 Sa1-c2 -20. f3-f4 a2-a1=S -21. f2-f3 a3-a2 -22. a2xRb3 etc.
P0160 - Michael Grushko
1. a4 d6 2. a5 Bg4 3. a6 Be2 4. ab7[wPf3] Bd1[bPa6] 5. ba8=Q[-] Sc6[bRb6] 6. Ra5 Rb2 7. Kd1[Pa2] Rb8[Bd7] 8. Qc6 Rb5[Sc3]
P0161 - Antonio Garofalo
1. f3 h5 2. Kf2 h4 3. Qe1 h3 4. Kg3 (4. Ke3? hxg2 5. Sh3 Rh4 6. Qxh4 gxf1=R 7. ??) hxg2 5. Nh3 gxf1=R 6. Kg2 Rh4 7. Qxh4 Rxc1 8. Rf1 Rxb1 9. Kg1 Rxf1+ 10. Rxf1
False castling and Frolkin combined with the paradoxical move 4. Kg3! seemingly cutting off wQ's route to h4.
P0162 - Antonio Garofalo
1. e3 d6 2. Ke2 Kd7 3. Kf3 Kc6 4. Bb5+ Kxb5 5. c4+ Kxc4 6. a4 Bg4+ 7. Kxg4 f5+ 8. Kxf5 Kd3 9. Qc2+ Kxc2 10. Ke6 Kd1 11. Kf7 Qe8+ 12. Kxe8 Ke1
Possibly the fastest possible K/K platzwechsel.
P0163 - Unto Heinonen
1. c4 d6 2. c5 Be6 3. c6 Bb3 4. axb3 d5 5. Ra6 d4 6. Rb6 cxb6 7. c7 d3 8. c8=R dxe2 9. d4 exf1=B 10. Bg5 Bb5 11. Rc4 Qd6 12. Ke2 Nd7 13. Kf3 Bc6+ 14. Kg4 O-O-O 15. Kh5 Kb8 16. g4 Bg2 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Re1 Rc5 19. Re3 Rf5 20. Rec3 Rf4 21. Bh4 Bf1 22. Rc8#
Reciprocal shield of both kings by the two GD-50 promotees
P0164 - Roberto Osorio & Jorge J. Lois
1. b3 g6 2. Ba3 Bg7 3. Bd6 Bc3 4. Bxc7 Nf6 5. Bxb8 Qa5 6. h4 Qa3 7. Bh2 a5 8. g3 Ra6 9. Bg2 Re6 10. Kf1 Re3 11. dxe3 d6 12. Qd3 Kd7 13. Qa6 bxa6 14. Ba8 Bb7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Bg1 Rc4 17. Nh2 Rg4 18. f4 Kc6 19. Bf2 Kc5 20. Be1 Bf3 21. Bd2 Ne4 22. Bc1 Nd2+ 23. Kg1
Well-hidden 10 move circuit by wBc1.