Christmas Contest, 2008
Dear Retro Friends,
The traditional chess solving contest of the "Stuttgarter Zeitung" has been published on 24th of December. You can find the German original here:
http://kaniaverlag.de/htm/Weihnachts2008.html
Here is my translated summary of the chess column by Harald Keilhack [by Jens Guballa]:
Send your solutions until 15th of Jan 2009 latest (post stamp) to
Stuttgarter Zeitung (Schach) Postfach 106032 70049 Stuttgart Germany
Among the senders of correct solutions for problem A and B the following prices are drawn by lot:
• a Falk navigation system E30 • an Apple i-Pod "nano" 4GB • a Panasonic micro wave "NN-K125M"
Take care, that after the retraction, the removal or addition of a chess man a legal position occurs, and take care which side has the move, respectively can For the retractor problems B and E each party decides by itself if and by the case which chess man is uncaptured.
In addition please check if more than one solution exists.
Have fun solving and commenting
A - Werner Keym
Stuttgarter Zeitung, 2008
6+2-1. Remove a chess man. Then checkmate in two moves.
[Q7/1K6/8/3p4/6R1/5k2/4R1N1/7N]
Solution
B - Günther Weeth
4+4. White retracts his last move and instead checkmates in two moves.
[4k2r/1KpR4/7p/4NP2/8/8/8/8]
All senders of correct solutions will be published and they receive a book price.
C - Günther Weeth & Werner Keym
4+4+2. Add a pawn and an additional chess man, so that the last move giving check is unique. One solution is given: +bPd5, +wBa1. Unique last move was e5-e6+.
[5K1k/7p/4P3/5PP1/8/8/8/8]
D - Günther Weeth
13+11+1. Add a black knight or bishop (JG: in German it is called "Leichtfigur", = light piece?), then checkmate in two moves.
[n3n3/B1pp1Qpp/pp1P1PB1/3KpP2/8/2Nk4/2RP1P1P/1b2R3]
E - Günther Weeth / Werner Keym
12+10. White and black retract as less moves as possible, whereas black tries to defend, then checkmate in one move.
[4kbKQ/2pRp1pr/p2p3P/PpP2p2/8/1P5P/4PPP1/5B2]
