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Last updated: 08.05.2011
# Problem Solution
T40 Mečislovas Rimkus & Cornel Pacurar
Lithuania & Canada
T40 ChessProblems.ca, 24.01.2011

ser-h# 14 (3+2) C+
Double Grasshopper d6, Ghost Chess
2 Solutions



Solutions: 

1.Ke7-f7 2.Kf7-g6 3.DGd6-h3 4.Kg6-f5 5.DGh3*e5 6.Kf5-e6 7.Ke6-d6 8.Kd6*c6 9.Kc6-d6[+wuBc6] 10.Kd6-e7 11.DGe5-e6[+wuBe5] 12.Ke7-f7 13.Kf7-g6 14.Kg6-f5 uBc6-e4 #

1.Ke7-d8 2.Kd8-c7 3.Kc7*c6 4.Kc6-c7[+wuBc6] 5.Kc7-d8 6.Kd8-e7 7.Ke7-e6 8.DGd6-d4 9.Ke6*e5 10.Ke5-f5[+wuBe5] 11.Kf5-g6 12.DGd4-h6 13.Kg6-f5 14.DGh6-e6 uBc6-e4 #

  • Ghost Chess: Invented by T. R. Dawson. A captured man is resurrected as a ghost on the square of its demise when the capturer moves away. The ghost assumes the same colour and rank as the piece captured but is itself immune from capture. It can capture an ordinary man but equally creates a ghost when moving away.
  • Double Grasshopper: Makes a Grasshopper move without capturing, then a 2nd Grasshopper move.
T39 Alberto Armeni
Italy
T39 ChessProblems.ca, 17.01.2011
8/rb1p2b1/5N2/3P3p/4P3/4pk1K/5P2/8
ser-hs# 9 (5+7) C+
Einstein


Solution: 

1.Bg7-f8=S 2.Sf8-e6=P 3.e6*d5=S 4.Sd5-f4=P 5.d7-d5 6.d5*e4=S 7.Se4*f2=B 8.Bb7-e4=S 9.Ra7-f7=B Sf6*h5=B + 10.Bf7*h5=R #

T38 Harald Grubert & Dieter Müller
Germany
T38 ChessProblems.ca, 16.01.2011

ser-h# 14 (3+1) C+
b) f5->h4
Leo f5, Equipollents Circe


Solutions: 

a) 1.Kf3-g2 2.Kg2-g1 3.Kg1*f2 [+wPe3] 4.Kf2*e3 [+wPd4] 5.Ke3-d3 6.Kd3-c3 7.Kc3*d4 [+wPe5] 8.Kd4*e5 [+wPf6] 9.Ke5*f6 [+wPg7] 10.Kf6-g5 11.Kg5*f5 [+wLEe5] 12.Kf5-g6 13.Kg6*g7 [+wPg8=wS] 14.Kg7-h8 Sg8-f6 #

b) 1.Kf3-g4 2.Kg4-h5 3.Kh5*h4 [+wLEh3] 4.Kh4*h3 [+wLEh2] 5.Kh3*h2 [+wLEh1] 6.Kh2-g1 7.Kg1*f2 [+wPe3] 8.Kf2*e3 [+wPd4] 9.Ke3*d4 [+wPc5] 10.Kd4*c5 [+wPb6] 11.Kc5-b5 12.Kb5*b6 [+wPb7] 13.Kb6*b7 [+wPb8=wS] 14.Kb7-a8 Sb8-c6 #

  • Wenigsteiner, (inexact) chameleon echoes, corner mates.
T37 Alberto Armeni
Italy
T37 ChessProblems.ca, 16.01.2011
rbK4k/1P6/8/5N2/5n2/3p2N1/8/8
ser-= 8 (4+5) C+
Einstein


Solution: 

1.Sg3-e2=P 2.e2*d3=S 3.Sd3*f4=B 4.Bf4*b8=R 5.Rb8*a8=Q 6.Qa8-a4=R 7.Ra4-h4=B 8.Bh4-f6=S =

  • The full spectrum of the eight Einstein transformations, demonstrated with minimum number of moves and very good economy!
T36 Alberto Armeni
Italy
T36 ChessProblems.ca, 08.01.2011
bn6/KP6/pn5P/7P/5pPk/8/8/7r
ser-h# 6 (5+7)
AntiCirce


Solution: 

1.f*g3 e.p [bPg3->g7] 2.Kh4*h5[bKh5->e8] 3.Rh1*h6 [bRh6->h8] 4.0-0 5.Kg8-h8 6.Rf8-g8 b7*a8=R [wRa8->h1] #

  • Valladao task, one of Alberto's specialties! Due to the AntiCirce condition the last move was Pg2-g4 (if the last move was a white pawn capture, the pawn would had been reborn on the second rank).
T35 Jozef Holubec
Slovakia
T35 ChessProblems.ca, 06.01.2011

ser-h# 6 (6+2) C+
Circe, Nightrider a4, Grasshopper e7
2 Solutions



Solutions: 

1.Na4-e6 2.Ne6*g5 [+wBc1] 3.Ng5-e6 4.Kg3-h4 5.Ne6*f4 [+wPf2] 6.Nf4-h5 Bc1-g5 #

1.Na4-c8 2.Nc8-f2 3.Nf2*h3 [+wBf1] 4.Kg3-g4 5.Nh3*f4 [+wPf2] 6.Nf4-h5 Bf1-h3#.
T34 Jozef Holubec
Slovakia
T34 ChessProblems.ca, 06.01.2011
3B4/R4B2/4Q2n/1k6/1P6/1rn4p/8/2K1b3
ser-h= 8 (6+6)
Circe, Madrasi


Solution: 

1.h3-h2 2.h2-h1=Q 3.Qh1-h3 4.Be1-h4 5.Kb5-b6 6.Sc3-b5 7.Rb3-f3 8.Rf3*f7 [+wBf1] Bf1*b5 [+bSg8] =

T33 George P. Sphicas
USA
T33 ChessProblems.ca, 31.12.2010 (v)
N1K5/1PP1p2P/bP1bk3/1q6/8/8/8/8
ser-!xz 11 (6+5)



Solution: 

1.h8=Q 3.Q*a6 4.b8=B 5.b7 6.Sb6 7.Qa8 8.Ba7 9.b8=R 10.Kb7 11.c8=S !x=

  • AUW, Series-Auto-CapZug.
  • Please note the new CapZug stipulation notation! More details about the Zug Family and the CapZug notation change on the Parry Series and Zug Family Hub, as outlined by the CapZug inventor, Dan Meinking.
T31 Mihail Croitor
Moldova
T31 ChessProblems.ca, 27.12.2010
k7/8/4b3/2p5/2P5/3p4/3P3P/7K
ser-s# 23 (4+4)



Solution: 

5.h7-h8=B 7.Bd4*c5 8.Bc5-g1 12.c7-c8=B 14.Ba6*d3 15.Bd3-c4 20.d7-d8=B 22.Bc7-h2 23.Bc4-d5+ Be6*d5 #
  • Only 8 units, but three bishop promotions!
  • The 23 white moves are C+ as ser-a=>b 23.