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 and threats are given in parentheses.
1.1) HL Musante
3rd Prize, Europe Echecs , 1962
#2
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1.Bd~~? d5!
1.Be7? Sxg6!
1.Bc7? Be7!
1.Qc5? Sxg6!
1.Bg3! (2.Qd6#)
1..Rd3 2.Qe4#
1..d5 2.Qxe3#
1..Bc7 2.Sxc7#
1..Be7 2.Sc7#
1..Sxg6 2.Qxd7#
1.2) E Bogdanov
Krasny Seber , 2000
#2
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1.Rh5! ()
1..b4 2.Be3#
1..Bb4 2.Be3#
1..Kd4 2.Qf2#
1..Kb4 2.Qxd6#
1..d4 2.Bd2#
1.3) Volodimir Melnikov
1st HM., Cossack Chessboard , 2003
#2
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1.Sh6? Bh5!
1.Bxd4? Bxf7!
1.Qe1? Sxc2!
1.Qc3? Sxf3!
1.Bh1? exf5!
1.Bxb7? Qxb7!
1.Rd3! (2.Qd2#)
1..Qa5 2.Qxd4#
1..Ba5 2.Be5#
2.1) I Draiska
2nd Prize, Latvian Sports Committee, 1952
#3
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1.Qh8! (2.Qh7+ Kf4 3.Sg2#
Rf5 3.Qxf5#)
1...Rg5 2.Sxg5+ Kf4 3.Bc1#
1...Rf5 2.Qc3 (3.Qe3#)
Rxf3+ 3.Qxf3#
1...Sf4 2.Qe5+ Rxe5 3.Sd2#
Sxe5 3.Sg5#
1...Sf6 2.Qh4+ Sg4+ 3.Qxg4#
1...Sd4 2.Sg5+ Kf4 3.Bc1#
Rxg5 3.Qxd4#
1...Se5 2.Sd2+ Kf4 3.Qh6#
Rxd2 3.Qxe5#
2.2) V Kirillov & V Udartsev
1st Prize, Schweizer Schach-Magazin , 1992
#3
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1.Kb3! [2.Qc7 (3.Rxd5#)
e4 3.Bd4#
e6 3.Bf8#]
1...Sf2 2.Bxe5 & 3.Bd4#
1...Bf2 2.Sxe5 & 3.Sd3#
1...Sc8 2.Sf8 & 3.Se6#
1...Bc8 2.Bf8 & 3.Bxe7#
3.1)
This was an original endgame study and so can not be published
here.
3.2)
This was an original endgame study and so cannot be published
here.
4.1) Janne Syväniemi
11th HM., Springaren , 2015
H#3: 2 solutions
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1.Kd4 Ra5 2.Kd5 Sb5 3.Bd4 Sc3#
1.Kc3 Rb8 2.Kxb3 Sb7 3.Qc3 Sa5#
4.2) Kenneth Solja
Springaren , 2017
H#6: 2 solutions
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1.Sf7 Bxf3 2.Qh6 Bxe2 3.Bh4+ Kxh2 4.Kh7 Kh3 5.Kg6 Kg4 6.Bf6 Bd3#
1.S6g4 Bxf3 2.Qh8 Kg2 3.Kh7 Kh3 4.Be5 Kh4 5.Rg8 Kh5 6.Bg7 Be4#
5.1) V Rychkov
1st Place, 10th RSFRS Ch., 1990
#4
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1.Qf1! (2.h5+ Rxh5 3.gxh5+ Kf5 4.Qh3#)
1...Bxg3 2.Sfe5+ Rexe5 3.Qf5+ Rxf5 4.Se7#
Rcxe5 3.Se7+ Rxe7 4.Qf5#
1...Bxd3 2.Sce5+ Rexe5 3.h5+ Rxh5 4.Be8#
Rcxe5 3.Be8+ Rxe8 4.h5#
1...Re1 2.Qxe1 (3.Se7/Qe8#)
Bxc6 3.Qe8+ Bxe8 4.Bxe8#
1...Re4 2.dxe4 (3.Se7#)
Bxc6 3.h5+ Rxh5 4.gxh5#
5.2) A Postnikov
Zadachi i Etyudy , 1999
#5
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1.Rh6! (2.Rd6+ Bxd6 3.Sgxf6+ Ke5 4.Sg4+ Kxf5 5.Rf6#
Kd5 5.Rxd6#)
1...Qb4 2.Sexf6+ Kc5 3.Se4+ Kd5 4.Sd6+ Kc5 5.Sxb7#
1...Qxb6 2.Sxc3+ Kc5 3.Se4+ Kd5 4.Sd2+ Kc5 5.Sb3#
6.1) Zivko Janevski
3rd Comm., StrateGems , 2009
S#3
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1.Rh6! (2.Qf6+ Kd5 3.Qxd4+ Qxd4#)
1...Qxg3 2.Sxc6+ Kd5 3.Qxf3+ Qxf3#
1...Kd5 2.Qf5+ Qe5 3.Qe4+ Qxe4#
1...c5 2.Qg7+ Kf5 3.Be4+ Qxe4#
6.2) Eugene Fomichev & Jiri Jelinek
Uralski Problemist , 2006
S#6
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1.Rg5! ()
1..cxd6 2.Sd3+ Kc4 3.Rc5+ dxc5 4.Ba5 e5 5.Rb4+ cb4 6.Qb5+ cxb5#
1..Kxd6 2.d8R+ Kc5 3.Rf5 exf5 4.Ka5 fxe4(f4) 5.Rb5+ cxb5 6.Qb6+ cxb6#