In these solutions, those moves that were required are given in bold type.
All else is given for the sake of completeness and for the interest of
solvers. Threats are given in parentheses. All problems carry 5 points.
1. Thomas Taverner
Manchester Weekly Times , 1919
Mate in 2
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1.Bh5! () (5)
1...e2 2.Qf3#
1...Bf4 2.Qb1#
1...Bh6 2.Re8#
1...Bg else 2.Rg4#
1...Bf5 2.Qc4#
1...Bh else 2.B(x)g6#
2. Marjan Kovacevic
2nd Prize, Phenix , 1992
Mate in 2
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1.Bd3? (2.Sb3#) 1...Ba4!
1.Bf3? (2.Sb3#) 1...gxf3!
1.Bxg4? (2.Sb3#) 1...gxf2!
1.fxg3? (2.Sb3#) 1...Rxg3!
1.f4? (2.Sb3#) 1...Sf2!
1.f3! (2.Sb3#) (5)
1...Sf2 2.Qg5#
1...Sc5 2.Bd3#
1...Ba4 2.Qd5#
3. Cyril S Kipping
Manchester Weekly Times , 1922
Mate in 3
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1.Kc2! () (2)
1...g3 2.Sf3 & 3.Sd4# (½)
1...f4 2.Sxg4 (3.Sc3#) (½)
Sa4 3.Bxc4#
Sd5 3.Bxc4#
1...f6 2.Sg6 (3.Sf4#) (½)
Sd5 3.Bxc4#
1...dxc6 2.Sxc6 & 3.Sd4# (½)
1...d6 2.Sxc4 (3.Sxb6#) (½)
Sxc4 3.Bxc4#
1...d5 2.Sd3 (3.Sf4#) (½)
cxd3+ 3.Bxd3#
4. Laszlo Barna
1st Comm., Tipografia TT, 1968
Helpmate in 2 2 solutions
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1.Qxh2 Bf2 2.Ba8 Bc8# (2½)
1.Kxh2 Bc8 2.Qa8 Bc7# (2½)
5. B Sidorov
Razumenko-70 JT
White to play and win
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1.Rb8+ (½) (i) Ke7 2.Rxe8+ (½) (ii) Kxe8 3.Ra8+ (1) Ke7 4.Bd6+ (1) Kxd6 5.Nf5+ (1)
exf5 6.Ra6+ (1) 1-0
(i) 1.Ra8+? Ke7 2.Rxe8+ Kxe8 3.Rb8+ Ke7 4.Bd6+ Kxd6 5.Nf5+ Kc7!=; 1.Bc7+? Ke7 2.Bd6+ Kxd6 3.Nf5+ exf5+ 0-1
(ii) 2.Bd6+? Kxd6 3.Nf5+ exf5+ 4.Rxe8 Qc1+ 0-1
6. Sergey I Tkachenko
3rd Comm., Rossi-80 JT, 2005
White to play and win
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1.Rg5+ (½) Kh6 (i) 2.Bf8+ (½) Rg7 3.Rxg7 (½) h1Q+ 4.Kb8 (ii) (½) Qh2+ 5.Kc8 (½) Qh3+
6.Kd8 (½) Qxh4+ 7.Kc8 (½) Qh3+ 8.Kb8 (½) Qh2+ 9.Ka8 (½) Qh1+ 10.Kxa7 (½) 1-0
(i) 1...Kf6 2.Bb2+ Ke7 3.Re5+ Kd7 4.Re1 Re7 5.Rh1 Re2 6.Bf6 Rc2 7.Bg5 Kc6 8.Kxa7 Ra2 9.Kb8 Rb2+ 10.Kc8
Ra2 11.Kd8 Kd5 12.Kd7 Ke4 13.Be7 Kf3 14.Bd6 Ke3 15.Rxh2 Rxa4 16.Rh3+ Ke4 17.Ra3 Rc4 18.Ra5 Kf3 19.Be7
Rf4 20.Rxh5 Kg4 21.Rd5 Rf7 22.Ke6 Rh7 23.Bf6 Kf4 24.Rd4+ Kf3 25.Kf5 Ke3 26.Rd6 Kf3 27.Kg6 Rc7 28.h5 Rc4
29.h6 Rg4+ 30.Bg5 Rg2 31.Rd2 Rg1 32.h7 Rh1 33.Bh6 Rg1+ 34.Kf5 Rc1 35.h8Q 1-0; 1...Kf7 2.Rf5+ Ke6 3.Rf1
Rd7 4.Bc5 a5 5.Rh1 Rc7 6.Bb6 Rc4 7.Rxh2 Rxa4 8.Kb7 Ra1 9.Re2+ Kd5 10.Bd8 Kc4 11.Kc6 a4 12.Re4+ Kd3 13.Kd5
Kc2 14.Kc4 Rd1 15.Re2+ Kb1 16.Be7 Rg1 17.Kb4 Rg4+ 18.Ka3 Kc1 19.Re5 Kc2 20.Rxh5 Kd3 21.Re5 Rf4 22.Bg5 Rf1
23.h5 Ra1+ 24.Kb2 Rg1 25.h6 Rh1 26.Re7 Kc4 27.h7 Kd3 28.Bf6 Kc4 29.h8Q Rxh8 30.Bxh8 1-0
(ii) 4.Kxa7? Qa8+ 5.Kxa8= (stalemate)