Note: 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. The symbol
'S' is used for knight.
1. Udo Degener
Troll , 2002
Mate in 2
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1.Sa7? (2.Qb5#) 1...Rxa7!
1.Sd6? (2.Qb5#) 1...Rb6!
1.Sd4? (2.Qb5#) 1...Sc3!
1.Sa3? (2.Qb5#) 1...Sc3!
1.Sc3! (2.Sxa4#) (5)
1...Sexc3 2.d4#
1...Saxc3 2.Ba3#
1...Bxd3+ 2.Sce4#
1...Bb5 2.Qxb5#
1...d4 2.Sde4#
1...Rb6 2.Qf8#
2. Roland Baier
2nd HM., Basler Nachrichten , 1975
Mate in 3
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1.Sxe4! (1)
(2.Qxf4+ Sxf4 3.Sxc5# (½)
Kxf4 3.Bg3#)
1...dxe4 2.Rxe4+ Kd5 3.Bb7# (½)
1...d4 2.Sf6+ dxe3+ 3.d4# (1)
1...Bd4 2.Sxd6+ Bxe3+ 3.Sc4# (1)
Kxd6 3.Re6#
1...Bxe3 2.dxe3 () (1)
Sh~ 3.exf4,Qxf4#
Sg~ 3.B(x)f6#
3. Virgil Nestorescu
10th Place, 2nd WCCT, 1980-1983
Mate in 3
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1.Bc1! (1)
(2.Se7+ Ke5 3.Sc6#) (½)
1...Re3 2.Qc4 & 3.Qd5,Qe6# (1)
1...Rxc5 2.Qe2 & 3.Qg4,Qh5# (1)
1...e3 2.Qg2 & 3.Qf3,Qd5# (1)
1...bxc5 2.Qa6 & 3.Qc8,Qe6# (½)
4. Vaclav Tuzar
Svetozor , 1894
Mate in 4
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1.Sd7! (2½)
[2.Bg4 (3.a4 Kf4 4.Rd4#)
a4 3.a3 Kf4 4.Rd4#] (0)
1...a4 2.Rf6 a3 3.Bc4 Kd4 4.Rf4# (½)
Kd4 3.Rf4+ Kd5 4.Bc4# (½)
Kd5 3.Bd3 & 4.Rd6# (½)
1...Kf4 2.a4 Ke4 3.Bg4 Kf4 4.Rd4# (½)
Kf5 3.Bf3 Kf4 4.Rf6# (½)
5. Norman Littlewood
1st HM., Shach-Echo TT, 1966
White to play and draw
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1.Ne2+ (1)
1...Kd3 2.Nc1+ Kc2 3.Kxe4 (i) (1)
3...Kxc1 (ii) 4.Nc3! (iii) (1)
4...Nd2+ 5.Kd5 Nb4+ 6.Ke6! (1)
6...Bxc3 7.Be5 ½–½ (1)
(i) 3.Nc3? Bh7 4.N3a2 Be5+ 0-1
(ii) 3...Kxb1 4.Kd5 N4a5 5.Nd3=
(iii) 4.Kd5? N6a5 0-1
6. Yosef Retter
Variantim , 2001
Selfmate in 3
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1.Re7! () (1)
1...Be2 2.Sc3+ Bc4 3.Rd7 Rxh6# (2)
1...Rxh6+ 2.Kd5+ Rd6+ 3.Kc4 Be2# (2)
7. Venelin Alaikov
feenschach , 2003
Selfmate in 7
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1.Bd8! (1)
(2.Rxe3+ Kd6 3.Re6+ Kd5 4.Rxe2+ Kd6 5.Re6+ Kd5 6.Re3+ Kd6 7.Qd1+ Rxd1#) (2)
1...fxe1=S 2.Rxb6+ Ke5 3.Re6+ Kd5 4.Ra6+ Ke5 5.Sac6+ Kd6 6.Sb4+ Ke5 7.Sd3+ Sxd3# (1)
1...fxe1=B 2.Rxf6+ Ke5 3.Re6+ Kd5 4.Rxh6+ Ke5 5.Bf6+ Kd6 6.Bh4+ Ke5 7.Bg3+ Bxg3# (1)
8. Ion Murarasu
feenschach , 2003
Helpmate in 6 2 solutions
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1.Ke5 Sd3+ 2.Kd4 Sf4 3.Qc4 Kb2 4.Sb4 Kb1 5.Kc3 Kc1 6.Rd3 Se2# (2½)
1.Rd4 Sd1 2.Qg6 Kb2 3.Rf4+ Kxb3 4.Bd4 Kc4 5.Kf5 Kd5 6.Bf6 Se3# (2½)