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) Hrvoje Bartolovic & Gerhard Jensch
4th Prize, Problem (Zagreb) , 1964
#2
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1.Rxa1? (2.Bb3#) 1...fxe6!
1.Qf1? (2.Qb1#) 1...Bc1!
1.Qc4? (2.Ba5#) 1...Sb3!
1.Qb5? (2.Qb1#) 1...Bb2!
1.Bc4? (2.Bd3#) 1...Be2!
1.Rd7? (2.Qd3#) 1...fxe6!
1.Rd1! (5)
(2.Qd3#)
1...Bxd1 2.Bxf5#
1...Be2 2.Qxe2#
(2) Alex Casa
1st Prize, Probleemblad , 1952
#3
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1.Qa5!
[2.Qe1 @ (3.Qh1#)
Rxe2 3.Sc5#
Rf6 3.Sxf6#
1...Rc3 2.Qxc3 @ & 3.Sc5,Qc2,Qd3#
1...Rcc6 2.Qa6 @ (3.Qd3#)
Rxa6 3.Sc5#
Rc3,Rc4 3.Qxg6#
1...Rgc6 2.Qc7 @ (3.Qe5#)
Rxc7 3.Sf6#
Rd6,Re6 3.Qxc2#
Sd6 3.Sf6#
(@ 1.5 -> 2.5 -> 4 -> 5)
(3) Victor Melnichenko & Valentin Rudenko
1st Comm., StrateGems , 2005
#3
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1.Rg8!
(2.Bd5+ Kf5 3.e4# (1)
1...cxd4 2.Qf3+ Sxf3,gxf3 3.Sf2# (1)
1...exd4 2.Se8 (3.Sxd6,Sxf6#) (1)
Be5 3.Sxc5#
Be7 3.Qxf4#
1...Re1 2.Sxc5+ Bxc5 3.d3# (1)
1...Sf3 2.Qe3+ fxe3 3.Rxg4# (1)
(4) V Kirillov, & Mikhail Mishko
Shakhmatna misl , 2004
#4
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1.Se6!
(2.Rc5+ Ke4 3.Bd5+ @ Kd3 4.Rc3#)
1...Kxe6 2.Re4+ Kd7 3.Ba4+ @ Kc8,Kd8 4.Re8#
1...Bd4 2.Rc3+ Ke4 3.Bc2+ @ Kd5 4.Sxf4#
1...Bc5 2.Rb4+ Kc6 3.Ba4+ @ Kd5 4.Sxf4#
(@ 1.5 -> 2.5 -> 4 -> 5)
(5) Manfred Zucker
Comm., Freie Presse , 1980
#6
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1.Bg2!
(2.Bf3#)
1...Bd1 2.Bh3+ Kxh4 3.Bg2+ Kg4 4.Rfh5 (5.R1h4#)
g5 5.Bh3+ Kxh5 6.Bf5# (5)
(6) G Gratzer & A Koranyi
1st Prize, Hungarian Chess Federation Ty., 1959
Win
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1.a7
1...Sd7! 2.a8Q! Ra4+ 3.Kxa4 Sb6+ 4.Kb5 Sxa8 5.Kc6 (1)
5...Sf7! 6.Kb7 Sd6+! 7.Kxa8 (1)
7...d4! 8.cxd4 (1)
8...Sb5 9.d5! (1)
9...Sc7+ 10.Kb7 Sxd5 11.Bd2! (1)
11...Kg2 12.Kc6 1-0
(7) Andrey Lobusov
1st Prize, Thema Danicum , 1989
S#3
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1.Sh7!
(2.Rg2+ Kxf3 3.Sg5+ @ Bxg5#)
1...g3 2.Sc2+ Kd3 3.Rd2+ @ Bxd2#
1...gxf3 2.Qg5+ Kd4,Ke4 3.Qf4+ @ Bxf4#
1...cxd6 2.Re2+ Kf4 3.Qe3+ @ Bxe3#
(@ 1.5 -> 2.5 -> 4 -> 5)
(8) Neal Turner
Chess Life , 1987
H#4
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1.Bf7 Bb8 2.Rc7 Sc5+ 3.Ke5 Kg7 4.Bd5+ Bxc7# (5)
