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# Problem Solution
T70 Cornel Pacurar
Canada
T70 ChessProblems.ca, 19.12.2011
8/3b4/8/3K4/k7/8/6P1/8
pser-h= 8 (2+2) C+
ParrainCirce, BrunnerChess
2 Solutions



Solutions: 


1.Ka4-b5 2.Kb5-c6 + Kd5-e4 3.Bd7-f5 + Ke4*f5 4.Kc6-d5 [+bBg4] + Kf5*g4 5.Kd5-e4 [+bBh3] + Kg4-f3 + 6.Bh3*g2 + Kf3*e4 [+wPf3] 7.Bg2-h1 8.Bh1*f3 + Ke4*f3 [+wPg2] =


1.Bd7-f5 2.Bf5-e4 + Kd5*e4 3.Ka4-b3 [+bBf3] + g2*f3 4.Kb3-c4 [+bBg4] 5.Bg4*f3 + Ke4-d3 [+wPe2] + 6.Bf3*e2 + Kd3*c4 [+wPd3] 7.Be2-f1 8.Bf1*d3 + Kc4*d3 [+wPe2] =

  • Wenigsteiner Parry-Series echoes.
T69 Mečislovas Rimkus
Lithuania
T69 ChessProblems.ca, 11.12.2011
4k3/8/3Kp3/8/7P/8/8/8
ser-h# 7 (2+2) C+
Take & Make Chess, Ghost Chess
b) wKd6->g6



Solutions: 

a)

5.e2-e1Q 6.Qe1xh4=Qh5 (gPh4) 7.Qh5-g5 gPh4xg5=g8Q (gQg5) #

b) wKd6->g6

5.e2-e1B 6.Be1-d2 7.Bd2-g5 h4xg5=Qd8 (gBg5) #
T68 Ivan Skoba & Arno Tüngler
Czech Republic & Germany
T68 ChessProblems.ca, 28.10.2011
4k3/1p4K1/8/8/8/8/2P5/8
pser-h= 12 (2+2) C+
Vertical Mirror Circe
b) wKg7->a5



Solutions: 

a)

1.b7-b5 2.b5-b4 3.b4-b3 4.b3*c2 [+wPf2] 5.c2-c1=Q 6.Qc1-g1 + Kg7-f6 7.Qg1-g6 + Kf6-e5 8.Qg6-g3 + f2-f4 9.Qg3-g5 + f4-f5 10.Qg5-g7 + f5-f6 11.Qg7-c7 + Ke5-e6 12.Qc7-e7 + f6*e7 =

b) wKg7->a5

1.b7-b6 + Ka5*b6 [+bPg7] 2.g7-g5 3.g5-g4 4.g4-g3 5.g3-g2 6.g2-g1=Q + Kb6-c6 7.Qg1-b6 + Kc6-d5 8.Qb6-b3 + c2-c4 9.Qb3-b5 + c4-c5 10.Qb5-b7 + c5-c6 11.Qb7-d7 + c6*d7 + 12.Ke8-d8 Kd5-d6 =

  • Parry-Series Wenigsteiner and chameleon-echoes.
  • For a few more Vertical Mirror Circe Parry-Series please see ifaybish.com TT7 tourney results.
T67 Alberto Armeni, Italy
T67 ChessProblems.ca, 11.10.2011
4N2k/5p2/8/p7/2pNP1pr/6p1/6P1/3Kb2n
ser-= 10 (5+9) C+
Einstein Chess

Solution: 

1.Sd4-b3=P 2.b3*c4=S 3.Sc4*a5=B 4.Ba5*e1=R 5.Re1*h1=Q 6.Qh1-e1=R 7.Re1-e2=B 8.Be2-f3=S 9.Sf3*h4=B 10.Bh4-f6=S =
  • Again the full spectrum of Einstein transformations!
T66 Dan Meinking, USA
T66 ChessProblems.ca, 12.09.2011

pser-h# 5 (2+2) C+
Orphan h1
b) bKg4->b4
c) wKb2->g6

Solutions: 

a)

1.d2-d1=S + Kb2-c2 2.Sd1-e3 + Kc2-d2 3.Se3-f1 + Kd2-e2 4.Sf1-g3 + Ke2-f2 5.Kg4-h3 Oh1*g3 #

b) bKg4->b4

1.d2-d1=R 2.Rd1-b1 + Kb2-c2 3.Kb4-a3 4.Ka3-a2 5.Ka2-a1 Oh1*b1 #

c) wKb2->g6

1.d2-d1=Q 2.Qd1-b1 + Oh1-e4 + 3.Qb1-g1 4.Kg4-h4 + Kg6-f5 5.Qg1-g4 + Oe4*g4 #

  • Wenigsteiner, three promotions and nice Orphan chameleon-echoes.
  • The second Parry-Series employing an Orphan (the first being: Cornel Pacurar, F471 Problem Paradise, 2010).
T65 Dan Meinking, USA
T65 ChessProblems.ca, 12.09.2011

pser-h= 11 (2+2) C+
Take & Make Chess, PWC
b) wKd1->f2

Solutions: 

a)

1.Ke4-e3 2.Ke3-f2 3.Kf2*e2-e4 [+wPf2] 4.Ke4-f3 5.e5-e4 6.e4-e3 7.e3-e2 + Kd1-d2 8.e2-e1=Q + Kd2-d3 9.Qe1-e3 + f2*e3-e8=Q [+bQf2] 10.Qf2-f1 + Qe8-e2 + 11.Kf3*e2-e1 [+wQf3] + Qf3*f1-f3 =

b) wKd1->f2

1.Ke4-d4 2.Kd4-c3 3.Kc3-d2 4.Kd2*e2-e4 [+wPd2] 5.Ke4-f4 6.e5-e4 7.e4-e3 + Kf2*e3-e2 [+bPf2] 8.f2-f1=Q + Ke2*f1-g1 [+bQe2] 9.Qe2-e3 + d2*e3-e8=Q [+bQd2] 10.Qd2-d4 + Qe8-e3 + 11.Kf4*e3-h3 [+wQf4] + Qf4*d4-f4 =

  • Chris Feather and Geoff Foster have recently published nine Take&Make + PWC series-helpmates in a special issue of Fairings (15b) - this is a first Parry-Series Take&Make + PWC!
  • Wenigsteiner.
T64 Dan Meinking & Cornel Pacurar, USA & Canada
T64 ChessProblems.ca, 25.08.2011

pser-hs# 7 (2+2) C+
Princess c6
Andernach Grasshopper h3
b) wPRc6->c5

Solutions: 

a)

1.Kg5-h5 2.AGh3-h6 3.AGh6-b6 [bPRc6] 4.PRc6-d4 + Kf2-g2 5.PRd4-e3 + Kg2-h3 6.AGb6-f2 [wPRe3] PRe3-f4 + 7.AGf2-f5 [bPRf4] #

b) wPRc6->c5

1.Kg5-h4 2.AGh3-h5 3.AGh5-b5 [bPRc5] + Kf2-f1 4.PRc5-d3 + Kf1-g1 5.PRd3-e2 + Kg1-h2 6.AGb5-f1 [wPRe2] PRe2-f3 + 7.AGf1-f4 [bPRf3] #

  • Wenigsteiner, Chameleon Echoes, Parry-Series Help-Selfmate.
T63 Cornel Pacurar, Canada
T63 ChessProblems.ca, 25.08.2011

pser-hs# 5 (2+2) C+
Isardam
2 Solutions
b) wKd3->e2

Solutions: 

a)

1.Kf5-f6 2.Qg5-d2 + Kd3-e4 3.Qd2-g2 + Qb8-e5 + 4.Qg2-g7 Ke4-f5 + 5.Qg7-g5 #

1.Kf5-f4 2.Qg5-g3 + Kd3-d4 3.Qg3-f2 + Qb8-e5 4.Qf2-g3 Kd4-e4 + 5.Qg3-e3 #

b) wKd3->e2

1.Qg5-d2 + Ke2-f3 2.Qd2-d5 + Qb8-f4 3.Kf5-e5 4.Qd5-d6 Kf3-e4 + 5.Qd6-d4 #

1.Qg5-g4 + Ke2-f2 2.Qg4-d4 + Qb8-g3 3.Kf5-f4 4.Qd4-e5 Kf2-f3 + 5.Qe5-e3 #

  • Wenigsteiner, Echoes, Parry-Series Help-Selfmate.
T62 Geoff Foster, Australia
T62 ChessProblems.ca, 22.08.2011

ser-h# 8 (2+1) C+
PWC, Take & Make Chess
Lion b6
2 Solutions
b) wLIb6->g6

Solutions: 

a)

1.Ke8*f8-d7 [+wSe8] 2.Kd7*e8-d6 [+wSd7] 3.Kd6*d7-c5 [+wSd6] 4.Kc5*b6-e6 [+wLIc5] 5.Ke6-d5 6.Kd5*c5-e7 [+wLId5] 7.Ke7*d6-b7 [+wSe7] 8.Kb7-a8 Se7-c6 #

1.Ke8-e7 2.Ke7*f8-e6 [+wSe7] 3.Ke6*e7-d5 [+wSe6] 4.Kd5*e6-d4 [+wSd5] 5.Kd4*d5-c7 [+wSd4] 6.Kc7-b7 7.Kb7*b6-g1 [+wLIb7] 8.Kg1-h1 Sd4-f3 #

b) wLIb6->g6

1.Ke8*f8-d7 [+wSe8] 2.Kd7*e8-d6 [+wSd7] 3.Kd6*d7-e5 [+wSd6] 4.Ke5*d6-e4 [+wSe5] 5.Ke4*e5-f7 [+wSe4] 6.Kf7-g7 7.Kg7*g6-b1 [+wLIg7] 8.Kb1-a1 Se4-c3 #

1.Ke8-e7 2.Ke7*f8-e6 [+wSe7] 3.Ke6*e7-f5 [+wSe6] 4.Kf5*g6-d6 [+wLIf5] 5.Kd6-e5 6.Ke5*f5-d7 [+wLIe5] 7.Kd7*e6-g7 [+wSd7] 8.Kg7-h8 Sd7-f6 #

  • Beautiful 4-corner echoes!
T61 Ivan Skoba, Czech Republic
T61 ChessProblems.ca, 22.08.2011

serc-!= 75 (8+10)
Madrasi
Consequent


Solution: 

See the solution and detailed explanation, as received from the author, here.
  • An interesting interpretation of the Series Consequent genre! More details will be posted soon.