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# Problem Solution
HC30 Cornel Pacurar
Canada
HC30 ChessProblems.ca, 01.07.2010
rnbq1bnr/ppppp1pp/5k2/5Q2/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1K1NR
phser-dia 5 (15+15) C+



1.e2-e4 2.Bf1-c4 3.Bc4*f7 + Ke8*f7 4.Qd1-h5 + Kf7-f6 5.Qh5-f5 dia

  • The shortest Parry-Series Proof Game ending in mate.
HC29 Itamar Faybish
Belgium
HC29 ChessProblems.ca, 01.07.2010
rnb2bnr/ppp1pppp/8/4P3/1P2N3/8/P1k2PPP/R1BqK1NR
pser-hdia 10 (12+15) C+



1.e2-e4 2.Bf1-b5 3.Bb5*d7 + Ke8*d7 4.Qd1-g4 + Kd7-d6 5.e4-e5 + Kd6-c5 6.d2-d4 + Qd8*d4 7.b2-b4 + Kc5-c4 8.Sb1-d2 + Kc4-c3 9.Sd2-e4 + Kc3*c2 10.Qg4-d1 + Qd4*d1 dia

  • pser-hdia ending in mate.
HC28 Itamar Faybish
Belgium
HC28 ChessProblems.ca, 01.07.2010
rnb2bnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPk2PPP/RNBqK1NR
pser-hdia 9 (12+15) C+
2 Solutions



1.e2-e4 2.Bf1-b5 3.Bb5*d7 + Ke8*d7 4.Qd1-g4 + Kd7-c6 5.Qg4-g6 + Kc6-b5 6.c2-c4 + Kb5*c4 7.d2-d3 + Kc4*d3 8.Qg6-d6 + Kd3-c2 9.Qd6-d1 + Qd8*d1 dia

1.e2-e3 2.Bf1-b5 3.Bb5*d7 + Ke8*d7 4.Qd1-g4 + Kd7-c6 5.Qg4-f3 + Kc6-b5 6.c2-c4 + Kb5*c4 7.d2-d3 + Kc4*d3 8.e3-e4 + Kd3-c2 9.Qf3-d1 + Qd8*d1 dia

  • pser-hdia ending in mate.
HC27 Itamar Faybish & Cornel Pacurar
Belgium & Canada
HC27 ChessProblems.ca, 01.07.2010
rnb2bnr/ppp1pppp/2k5/8/4q3/8/PPPPKPPP/RNBQ1BNR
pser-hdia 8 (15+15) C+
b) c6 -> e6



a) 1.e2-e4 2.e4-e5 3.e5-e6 4.e6*d7 + Ke8*d7 5.Qd1-g4 + Kd7-c6 6.Qg4-f3 + Qd8-d5 7.Qf3-d1 8.Ke1-e2 Qd5-e4 dia

b) 1.e2-e4 2.e4-e5 3.e5-e6 4.e6*d7 + Ke8*d7 5.Bf1-b5 + Kd7-e6 6.Bb5-c4 + Qd8-d5 7.Bc4-f1 8.Ke1-e2 Qd5-e4 dia

  • pser-hdia ending in mate, wQ and wB switchback.
HC26 Itamar Faybish & Cornel Pacurar
Belgium & Canada
HC26 ChessProblems.ca, 01.07.2010
rnb2bnr/pppp1ppp/7k/8/6Pq/5P2/PPPPP2P/R1BQKBNR
pser-hdia 11 (15+15) C+



1.Sb1-c3 2.Sc3-d5 3.Sd5*e7 4.Se7-f5 5.Sf5-d6 + Ke8-e7 6.Sd6-f5 + Ke7-e6 7.Sf5-d4 + Ke6-e5 8.Sd4-f3 + Ke5-f5 9.g2-g4 + Kf5-g6 10.Sf3-h4 + Kg6-h6 11.f2-f3 Qd8*h4 dia

  • pser-hdia ending in mate.
HC25 Ján Golha, Vladimír Janál & Arno Tüngler
Slovakia, Czech Republic & Germany
HC25 ChessProblems.ca, 16.06.2010
8/5p2/P2KpP2/4P2P/6P1/1NPRP1k1/R5P1/1N1BB3
ser-h= 109 (15+3) C+



1.Kg3-h2 2.Kh2-g1 3.Kg1-f1 4.Kf1*e1 5.Ke1-f1 6.Kf1-g1 7.Kg1-h2 8.Kh2-g3 9.Kg3-h4 10.Kh4-g5 11.Kg5-h6 12.Kh6-h7 13.Kh7-g8 14.Kg8-f8 15.Kf8-e8 16.Ke8-d8 17.Kd8-c8 18.Kc8-b8 19.Kb8-a7 20.Ka7-b6 21.Kb6-b5 22.Kb5-c4 23.Kc4*d3 24.Kd3-c4 25.Kc4-b5 26.Kb5-b6 27.Kb6-a7 28.Ka7-b8 29.Kb8-c8 30.Kc8-d8 31.Kd8-e8 32.Ke8-f8 33.Kf8-g8 34.Kg8-h7 35.Kh7-h6 36.Kh6-g5 37.Kg5-h4 38.Kh4-g3 39.Kg3-h2 40.Kh2-g1 41.Kg1-f1 42.Kf1-e1 43.Ke1*d1 44.Kd1-e1 45.Ke1-f1 46.Kf1-g1 47.Kg1-h2 48.Kh2-g3 49.Kg3-h4 50.Kh4-g5 51.Kg5-h6 52.Kh6-h7 53.Kh7-g8 54.Kg8-f8 55.Kf8-e8 56.Ke8-d8 57.Kd8-c8 58.Kc8-b8 59.Kb8-a7 60.Ka7-b6 61.Kb6-b5 62.Kb5-c4 63.Kc4*b3 64.Kb3-c4 65.Kc4-b5 66.Kb5-b6 67.Kb6-a7 68.Ka7-b8 69.Kb8-c8 70.Kc8-d8 71.Kd8-e8 72.Ke8-f8 73.Kf8-g8 74.Kg8-h7 75.Kh7-h6 76.Kh6-g5 77.Kg5-h4 78.Kh4-g3 79.Kg3-h2 80.Kh2-g1 81.Kg1-f1 82.Kf1-e1 83.Ke1-d1 84.Kd1-c1 85.Kc1*b1 86.Kb1-c1 87.Kc1-d1 88.Kd1-e1 89.Ke1-f1 90.Kf1-g1 91.Kg1-h2 92.Kh2-g3 93.Kg3-h4 94.Kh4-g5 95.Kg5-h6 96.Kh6-h7 97.Kh7-g8 98.Kg8-f8 99.Kf8-e8 100.Ke8-d8 101.Kd8-c8 102.Kc8-b8 103.Kb8-a7 104.Ka7-b6 105.Kb6-b5 106.Kb5-c4 107.Kc4*c3 108.Kc3-d3 109.Kd3-e4 Ra2-a3 =

HC24 Arno Tüngler
Germany
HC24 ChessProblems.ca, 16.06.2010
8/8/P2K4/3P1P2/6P1/1NPRP3/R5P1/1N1Bk3
ser-h= 95 (13+1) C+



1.Ke1-f1 2.Kf1-g1 3.Kg1-h2 4.Kh2-g3 5.Kg3-h4 6.Kh4-g5 7.Kg5-f6 8.Kf6-f7 9.Kf7-e8 10.Ke8-d8 11.Kd8-c8 12.Kc8-b8 13.Kb8-a7 14.Ka7-b6 15.Kb6-b5 16.Kb5-c4 17.Kc4*d3 18.Kd3-c4 19.Kc4-b5 20.Kb5-b6 21.Kb6-a7 22.Ka7-b8 23.Kb8-c8 24.Kc8-d8 25.Kd8-e8 26.Ke8-f7 27.Kf7-f6 28.Kf6-g5 29.Kg5-h4 30.Kh4-g3 31.Kg3-h2 32.Kh2-g1 33.Kg1-f1 34.Kf1-e1 35.Ke1*d1 36.Kd1-e1 37.Ke1-f1 38.Kf1-g1 39.Kg1-h2 40.Kh2-g3 41.Kg3-h4 42.Kh4-g5 43.Kg5-f6 44.Kf6-f7 45.Kf7-e8 46.Ke8-d8 47.Kd8-c8 48.Kc8-b8 49.Kb8-a7 50.Ka7-b6 51.Kb6-b5 52.Kb5-c4 53.Kc4*b3 54.Kb3-c4 55.Kc4-b5 56.Kb5-b6 57.Kb6-a7 58.Ka7-b8 59.Kb8-c8 60.Kc8-d8 61.Kd8-e8 62.Ke8-f7 63.Kf7-f6 64.Kf6-g5 65.Kg5-h4 66.Kh4-g3 67.Kg3-h2 68.Kh2-g1 69.Kg1-f1 70.Kf1-e1 71.Ke1-d1 72.Kd1-c1 73.Kc1*b1 74.Kb1-c1 75.Kc1-d1 76.Kd1-e1 77.Ke1-f1 78.Kf1-g1 79.Kg1-h2 80.Kh2-g3 81.Kg3-h4 82.Kh4-g5 83.Kg5-f6 84.Kf6-f7 85.Kf7-e8 86.Ke8-d8 87.Kd8-c8 88.Kc8-b8 89.Kb8-a7 90.Ka7-b6 91.Kb6-b5 92.Kb5-c4 93.Kc4*c3 94.Kc3-d3 95.Kd3-e4 Ra2-a3 =

HC23 Arno Tüngler
Germany
HC23 ChessProblems.ca, 16.06.2010
8/8/3K4/3P1P2/6P1/1NPRP3/R5P1/1N1Bk3
ser-h= 90 (12+1) C+



1.Ke1-f1 2.Kf1-g1 3.Kg1-h2 4.Kh2-g3 5.Kg3-h4 6.Kh4-g5 7.Kg5-f6 8.Kf6-f7 9.Kf7-e8 10.Ke8-d8 11.Kd8-c8 12.Kc8-b7 13.Kb7-b6 14.Kb6-b5 15.Kb5-c4 16.Kc4*d3 17.Kd3-c4 18.Kc4-b5 19.Kb5-b6 20.Kb6-b7 21.Kb7-c8 22.Kc8-d8 23.Kd8-e8 24.Ke8-f7 25.Kf7-f6 26.Kf6-g5 27.Kg5-h4 28.Kh4-g3 29.Kg3-h2 30.Kh2-g1 31.Kg1-f1 32.Kf1-e1 33.Ke1*d1 34.Kd1-e1 35.Ke1-f1 36.Kf1-g1 37.Kg1-h2 38.Kh2-g3 39.Kg3-h4 40.Kh4-g5 41.Kg5-f6 42.Kf6-f7 43.Kf7-e8 44.Ke8-d8 45.Kd8-c8 46.Kc8-b7 47.Kb7-b6 48.Kb6-b5 49.Kb5-c4 50.Kc4*b3 51.Kb3-c4 52.Kc4-b5 53.Kb5-b6 54.Kb6-b7 55.Kb7-c8 56.Kc8-d8 57.Kd8-e8 58.Ke8-f7 59.Kf7-f6 60.Kf6-g5 61.Kg5-h4 62.Kh4-g3 63.Kg3-h2 64.Kh2-g1 65.Kg1-f1 66.Kf1-e1 67.Ke1-d1 68.Kd1-c1 69.Kc1*b1 70.Kb1-c1 71.Kc1-d1 72.Kd1-e1 73.Ke1-f1 74.Kf1-g1 75.Kg1-h2 76.Kh2-g3 77.Kg3-h4 78.Kh4-g5 79.Kg5-f6 80.Kf6-f7 81.Kf7-e8 82.Ke8-d8 83.Kd8-c8 84.Kc8-b7 85.Kb7-b6 86.Kb6-b5 87.Kb5-c4 88.Kc4*c3 89.Kc3-d3 90.Kd3-e4 Ra2-a3 =

HC22 Arno Tüngler
Germany
HC22 ChessProblems.ca, 16.06.2010
8/8/P2K4/5P2/4k1P1/1NP1P3/R5P1/1N1B4
ser-h= 79 (11+1) C+



1.Ke4-d3 2.Kd3-c4 3.Kc4-b5 4.Kb5-b6 5.Kb6-a7 6.Ka7-b8 7.Kb8-c8 8.Kc8-d8 9.Kd8-e8 10.Ke8-f7 11.Kf7-f6 12.Kf6-g5 13.Kg5-h4 14.Kh4-g3 15.Kg3-h2 16.Kh2-g1 17.Kg1-f1 18.Kf1-e1 19.Ke1*d1 20.Kd1-e1 21.Ke1-f1 22.Kf1-g1 23.Kg1-h2 24.Kh2-g3 25.Kg3-h4 26.Kh4-g5 27.Kg5-f6 28.Kf6-f7 29.Kf7-e8 30.Ke8-d8 31.Kd8-c8 32.Kc8-b8 33.Kb8-a7 34.Ka7-b6 35.Kb6-b5 36.Kb5-c4 37.Kc4*b3 38.Kb3-c4 39.Kc4-b5 40.Kb5-b6 41.Kb6-a7 42.Ka7-b8 43.Kb8-c8 44.Kc8-d8 45.Kd8-e8 46.Ke8-f7 47.Kf7-f6 48.Kf6-g5 49.Kg5-h4 50.Kh4-g3 51.Kg3-h2 52.Kh2-g1 53.Kg1-f1 54.Kf1-e1 55.Ke1-d1 56.Kd1-c1 57.Kc1*b1 58.Kb1-c1 59.Kc1-d1 60.Kd1-e1 61.Ke1-f1 62.Kf1-g1 63.Kg1-h2 64.Kh2-g3 65.Kg3-h4 66.Kh4-g5 67.Kg5-f6 68.Kf6-f7 69.Kf7-e8 70.Ke8-d8 71.Kd8-c8 72.Kc8-b8 73.Kb8-a7 74.Ka7-b6 75.Kb6-b5 76.Kb5-c4 77.Kc4*c3 78.Kc3-d3 79.Kd3-e4 Ra2-a3 =

  • New series helpstalemate length record for 12 units!
  • Previous record: Vladimír Janál (After Ivan Skoba, Pavel Vyoral), Blog zlínského problemisty, 23.11.2009, ser-h= 75, 8/7p/P2K2pR/8/7b/3B3P/4PP2/4k2R, 14.Kg5-f4 17.Bh2-g1 34.Kg2*h1 51.Kg5-f4 54.Bg3-h4 71.Kg2*h3 72.Kh3-g4 73.Bh4-f6 74.g6-g5 75.Bf6-e5+ Kd6*e5 =
  • Table of records: lengthrecords.chessproblems.ca.
  • PDB P1108436.
HC21 Arno Tüngler
Germany
HC21 ChessProblems.ca, 16.06.2010
8/8/3K4/5P2/4k1P1/1NP1P3/R5P1/1N1B4
ser-h= 75 (10+1) C+



1.Ke4-d3 2.Kd3-c4 3.Kc4-b5 4.Kb5-b6 5.Kb6-b7 6.Kb7-c8 7.Kc8-d8 8.Kd8-e8 9.Ke8-f7 10.Kf7-f6 11.Kf6-g5 12.Kg5-h4 13.Kh4-g3 14.Kg3-h2 15.Kh2-g1 16.Kg1-f1 17.Kf1-e1 18.Ke1*d1 19.Kd1-e1 20.Ke1-f1 21.Kf1-g1 22.Kg1-h2 23.Kh2-g3 24.Kg3-h4 25.Kh4-g5 26.Kg5-f6 27.Kf6-f7 28.Kf7-e8 29.Ke8-d8 30.Kd8-c8 31.Kc8-b7 32.Kb7-b6 33.Kb6-b5 34.Kb5-c4 35.Kc4*b3 36.Kb3-c4 37.Kc4-b5 38.Kb5-b6 39.Kb6-b7 40.Kb7-c8 41.Kc8-d8 42.Kd8-e8 43.Ke8-f7 44.Kf7-f6 45.Kf6-g5 46.Kg5-h4 47.Kh4-g3 48.Kg3-h2 49.Kh2-g1 50.Kg1-f1 51.Kf1-e1 52.Ke1-d1 53.Kd1-c1 54.Kc1*b1 55.Kb1-c1 56.Kc1-d1 57.Kd1-e1 58.Ke1-f1 59.Kf1-g1 60.Kg1-h2 61.Kh2-g3 62.Kg3-h4 63.Kh4-g5 64.Kg5-f6 65.Kf6-f7 66.Kf7-e8 67.Ke8-d8 68.Kd8-c8 69.Kc8-b7 70.Kb7-b6 71.Kb6-b5 72.Kb5-c4 73.Kc4*c3 74.Kc3-d3 75.Kd3-e4 Ra2-a3 =

  • New series helpstalemate length record for 11 units!
  • Previous record: Vladimír Janál (After Ivan Skoba, Pavel Vyoral), Blog zlínského problemisty, 23.11.2009, ser-h= 71, 8/7p/3K2pR/8/7b/3B3P/4PP2/4k2R, 13.Kg5-f4 16.Bh2-g1 32.Kg2*h1 48.Kg5-f4 51.Bg3-h4 67.Kg2*h3 68.Kh3-g4 69.Bh4-f6 70.g6-g5 71.Bf6-e5+ Kd6*e5 =
  • Table of records: lengthrecords.chessproblems.ca.
  • PDB P1108437.