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THE PROBLEfI,IIST

SUPPLEfTIENT

FNEtrT

ISSUF 7
JULY 1993

EDITOR:

B D Stephenson, 9 Roydfietd Drive, Waterthorpe, SHEFFIELD, S19 6ND

SOLUTIONS EDITOR: M McDowell, 136 St. Luke's Road, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA.Essex. SS2 4AG
SELECTIONS EDITOR: J R Goward, 25 Etmwood Avenue. HARROW. Middtesex. HA3 8AJ
Welcome to the July Supplement. My apologies for the
non-appearance of the May issue; during a spell of illness
I thought it was better lo cancel it than risk holding up
publication of the main magazine.
I hope readers like the new look front page. With our
logo in evidence, I hope the supplement now looks as if it
is produced by the BCPS!
All originals printed here take part in the normal Prob/emlst tournaments, so that publication in this supplement
is equivalent to publication in the main magazine.
For this Supp/emenl, I am looking for straightforward
originals of all types. ldeally, they should be pointed, well
constructed, and have entertainmentvalue. lf you thinkthat
you have anything suitable, please submit it to me at the
address above. I would appreciate it if composers would
submit problems clearly drawn or stamped on diagrams,
please. I would also be happy if mmposers could somehow
hide the solrltion so that I may have the pleasure of solving
their originals. Many thanks!
The supplement has its own unified solving ladder and
all are eligible to enter it. Prizes are in line with the main

Forgive me for taking an example from a recent P/ob/emist, but it is a very useful one. As a solver, the wPcz hits
me in the eye. Perhaps we allow 1..-Kd4 and meet it with
2.Qd3
but thanks to the wPf2, after 1.Rxc6, Kd4 is
already met by the threatened 2.Qc4 # (along with 2.Qd3 #
and 2.Qe5 #f without the aid of the wPc2. This leads the

sdver away from 1.Rxc6; surely lhe creation of a tride

cannot be the sole purpose of that pawn?
The only other way to activate the wPc2 is 1.Ra4 (clearly
1.Re4? would fail to 1...ke4), and after 1...8d4 we have
2.c4 # showing black self-dock and white interference.
This looks good, as 1...8d4 is a defence to the threatened
2.Qc4 #, but 1.Ra4? is defeated by 1...Bba!
In fact the wPc2 is only a 'try' piece, and 1.Rxc6 .ig the

solution.

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magazine.
In this issue, John Coward discusses'try' pieces, other-

wise known as 'camouflage' pieces, Michael McDowell

presents the full ladder from our first year's solving competition, and John Rice explainsthe popular Grimshawtheme.

To make up for the lost issue to both composers and

solvers, the rest of the magazine contains an extra supply
of originals for holiday solving.

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SELECTIONS
The quest for new ideas in the directmate 2-mover has
a proliferation of themes based on 'try play' and

led to

'panern'day created bythe various tries. These themes,

totally unknown zl0 years ago, are well set out by Geoffrey
Hicks in the January Problemist, pl32, and elsewhere. I
am no ludge of either the themes or the problems incorporating them, but by their very nature they have greatly
increased the use of'try' pieces that play no part in the
actual sdution. Sdvers have long been exhorted to draw
inferen@s from the placing of pieces. Some pieces may
be cook-stoppers or even dual-stoppers, but nowadays
solvers should also be beware of 'try'pieces.

It is not the main purpose of this article, but the sole

function of the wPfz seems to be the orevention of the dual
2.QgP #attet 1...Bd4 in the actual day. The redacement
of wPf2 with either bPg4 or bPh3 causes the triple after
1...Kd4 to be reduced to a dual, but unfortunately it is the
threatened mate (2.Qc4 4 that is eliminated. lt is the
general feeling that a dual following a black move that
defeats the threat is more serious than a dual after a black
movethat does not defeat the threat. This probably explains
wPf2 rather than black alternatives.
There are other interesting tries, also with interesting
variations and changed mates as given in the lull solution
below. Also, the key has the merit of giving 2 king flights.
R egretf ully, the prodem has a number of weaknesses. The
dual after 1...Kxc6 in the actual play is untortunate, but the

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spoils the intended

one after 1...Sd4 in the try
change mate scheme. Finally, the refutation of 1.Re4? is
rather brutal. Nevertheless, this is very encourrging work
from a young man very new to composition.
The full solution is:-

1.a8{?

(2.Qxc6 #)

1. . . Sa7,

sd4

a6?

1.Ra4?
1...Sd4
1. . , Sd6
1. . .c5
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l...Bb4!

2.Qd8,
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1...Sd6
1...Bd4
1...c5
l...fxe4!

2.Re5 #
2.Sec7 #

2.c4 *

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(2.Qc4 #)

1.Rxc6! (2.Qc4 *)

l...Kr<c6 2.Qf3,
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2.Qe5,
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l-.Re4? (2.Qc4

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Ravarini) 'Astoundingly varied collection of models

near-models.' (R Smook) 'bK mated on s squares.'

Bowen)

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PS78 (Grolntan) 1.Se5? (2.ScO r,t 1...8{3 2.e4 &

# 1...Rh6!; 1.Qf8? (2.QM ff 1...RxE4 2.e4
& 3.QM,Qa8 #, 1...c51:1.e4! (2.Se5 & 3.Sc6,Sca#or
2.Qf8 & 3.Qb4,Qa8rl 1...8xf3 2.Se5 & 3.Sc6,Sc4#
1...Rx94 2.Qf8 & 3.Qb4,Qa8 # 'Anticipatory No\,\,otny,
given emphasis by the actual Nowotnys in the try day.'
(MM) 'Anticipatory Nowotny, but no defenc to both
threats.' (RR) 'A piquant little bonbon.' (RT) 'Curious
Norvotny combination.' (B Ingre)

3.Sc6,Sc4

soLUTroNs (JANUARY, 1993)

PS73 (Gemmell) 1.Od5! (2.Ob5 J4l 1...Sb3 + 2.axb3 # 'A
letter "1" occupying the entire file, and not a bad first attempt
at composition. Easily solved, as the strong defence
'L..Sb3 + has no set reply.' (MM)
PS74 (Fedorovich\

1..Bl2fit2 2.

Qe2/Qe1

#,

1.Qa7?

(2.Ogi 4 1...Blzqf2lcst 2. Qa6/Qa1/-; 1.Qcsl (2.Q91

fr 1 ...8a lqfzlqxh3, R g2lR xh1 2. QcA I Qcl I B(x) g2l Qc4

An economical Zagoruyko (in which at least two defences lead to changed males in at least three phases of play)
with the added feature that the thematic defences form a
pair oI Grimshaw interferences. As some solvers point out
however, the mates are concurrent (ie the mating piece is
simply moving to a different square on the same line).'
(MM) 'Key more obvious than try.' (CJ Morse)
PS75 (Dragoescu) 1...Kd6iKf6 2. BI4lBd4 #, 1.QM?
(2.Sxd7 A 1...Kd6lKJ6/Sf6/Ra7l 2. Sd3/Sxd7/Sxf7f ;
1.Qh4! (2.Sxf7 ti 1 ..Kd6/KfOiSd6 2. SxfT/Sxf3lSxdT #

'Another Zagoruyko paftern, this time involving flights.

1...Kcs 2.Oa5+K- 3.Qf5 11...Kc4,Kc3 2.Qc7+Kd3

3...Ke4 4.Q{4+ 1 (iii)2...g1 {
3.Qd6+Ke2 4.Qe5 +
= 3.8b6 - (iv)3.895?
3.8b6+ & 4.Bxg1 ;2...K91 {0-1
'A very neat trifle ending in an ideal slalemate which one
would have thought must be anticipated, but Brian's search
through the Harman Index revealed no forerunner of that
stalemate in combination with the preceding play.' (MM)
'Transparenl stalemate study.' (SR)

PS81 (Klebes) 1.Qxb2+Kc4 2.Qc1 Ra8 4 1.Qxa2+Kb4

2.Qa8 c4 # 1.Qxb1 Ra7 2.Qh1 c4 # 'bQ gets out of the
way via capture without itself being taken.' (JG)'Not sure
if black's having only 3 opening possibilities is a plus or a
minus!' (A Ettinger) 'Much enjoyed. Ease of sdving no
objection here-' (RS)
PS82 (Zheltonozhko) (a) l.Bb7+Be4 2.Sh7 Ra3 4 (b)
1.Sa7 Ra3 2.Sh3 Be4 # 'Reciprocal change of w moves
and an Umnov effect in each solution. Pretty!' (lT Zimmerman) 'Neat rnating piece reversal.' (JG) 'Beans on toast
- satislying but unexciting.' (RT)
PS83 (Blanden) (a) 1.8d4 Ra1 2.O-O-OBes 3.Rd7Ra8
#, (b) 1.Ra7 8xg7 2.R17 Bf6 3.Kf8 Rc8 # 'The tiny move
of the bP gives rise to a vast change!' (AE) 'Well-twinned
light miniatures.' (RR) 'Two quite distinct problems with
minimal change of matrix.' (JG)'The bishop capture in part
(b) is a little crude, but overall a very promising first help-

PS76 (Rumyantsev & Fomichev) 1...Rxc4/Se6/Ke6

2.Qxc4/Qxh1/Qf7 #, 1.Qts? (2.5V fr 1...Rxc4/Rb6! 2.
Sd3/-; 1.Sd3! (2.5f4 4 1...Rxc4/Se6/Ke6/Kxca/Sgo 2.
Qfs/SdM/Qfs/ SaSlQlT # 'A line key giving a second flight
and leading to changes after the defences on e6. (MM) 'A
good tough 2-mover with subtle try reftrtation and flight-giving key.' (RT) 'Clever horseday.' (J Gill) 'wPa4 points to
the key.' (S Rothwell)

mate.' (MM)

1.sgsr

0 1...d5 2.s92+ Kd4 3.sf3 #

1...Kd4 2.Shf3+Kds/Ke3 3.Qc6/Qd2 #, 1...Kt4 2.Qd2+
Kes/KgB 3.Qxd6/Sf5 # 'A pretty miniature, with models
following 1...d5 and 2...K93.' (MM) 'Nice miniature. Key
gives 2 flights and leads to and assortment of mates.' (R

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Strictly speaking one could argue that 1...Kf6 in the try play
and 1...Kd6 after the key are not defences, since they lead
tothe threat rnates, but perhaps I am being pedantic!' (MM)
'Fine Zagoruyko after bK flights, but refutation obvious.'
(CJM) 'Good in spite of the symmetry.' (R Turnbull)

PS77 (Sikdar)

|
PSTe (Moozhoor) 1.Kf2! 0 1...Kh2 z.6ee Q Kh1 3.Sf1 |
0 h2 4.S93 #, 1...h2 2.Sb6 0 axb6 3.a7 & a.a8+,4 # |
'Easily solved but much appreciated was the general ver- |
dict. Klaus Funk draws attention to his artide in Jugends- |
chach 61 (1987) summarising the main ideas of the KS/KP I
corner mate and concludes that this may well be an original I
combination in miniature of two old ideas.' (MM)
PS80 (Sokolow) 1.d7 (i) BxdT (iD 2.BdB Kcs (iii) s.Bha

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PSSa (Funk) 1.Kxe7 c4 2.8t7 6 3.Ke8 c6 4.Re5 c7

5.Re7 c8{ # 'A bishop-king datzwechsel (exchange of
squares) and deverly forced move order.' (MM) 'ParadoxicallythewB days no part.' (CJM) 'Excelsiortheme. ltried
for ages to keep the wB.' (JG) 'Straightforward shouldn't
mean dull. Q excelsior is the first thing we look for here.'
(RT)

PS85 (Virtmanis) 1.Qe4? [2.Qxc4 0 91 {ny #l

1...c(d3+cxb3+ 2.Oc4 0 91 +ny# 1...91 {ny!; 1.Qa3!
[2.Bxca Q 91 -any J'{ 1...o(d3+ 2.8c4 (, 91 {ny #
'| ...o(b3 + 2.Sc5
0 91 =any # 'Nice comdicated who-pins-

who teaser.' (RT) 'Few solvers identifiod the try, which

personally found unconvincing.' (MM)

PSEG (Pevsner) Intention 1 .Qgs + Bfs 2.Q98 + Beo

3.Qd8+Bd7 4.Qa8+Bc6 5.Qa5+Bb6 6.Qxa2+Bo4

7.Qa5 + Bbs 8.Qa8 + Bc6 9.Od8 + Bd7 t 0.098 + Be6

11.Q95 +Bf5 12.Q92 +Be4 13.Q,f3 Bxf3 # but there is a
shorter sdution - 9.Rb1 Bb7 (9...8xa8 10.Rb7 BxbT

11.Rd6+Kxc6) 1o.Rdl Bc6 (10...8xa8 11.Hd6+KxdO)

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1.Qb7 BxbT 12.Rd6+Kxd6

PS87 (Narayanan) 1.Rb4! (2.Sf4 Bfs rt 1...Qc6 2.Sd7

Ogb 4 1...Qd7 2.S96 hxg6 #, 1.-.Qya4 2.Sc4 Qdl #
1...Sd5 2.S94 Sf4 #, 1...Bx92 2.8f4 Bf3 # 'lngenious
variations, not easily seen.' (JG) 'Lo/ely set of unpinning
variations.' (RS)'4 interesting unpins of the wS. Pity about
the wB whidr functions only in the last variation. Black is
permitted to caste, but it is not a defence. Should the
position have been reflected to avoid this?' (JQ) ? moot
point! The @mposer's desire for a flight-giving key must
be weighed against the solver's disappointment that such
generosity leads no\ivhere. Opinions welcomed.' (MM)
PS88 (Mayhew) 1.Rc2 Re1 + 2.Kd2 Se4 # 1.Ke2 Se6
# 'Highly original chameleon echo due to
changed rebirth squares.' (RS) 'Pleasant exdoitation of
Circe features.' (JG) Two things save this from being a
boring old echo - the cross-check and the clever way the
self-protection bythe wS repeats itself.' (RT)

2.Oe3 + Sf4

PS89 (Crouch) 1.K92

b8

2.K12

BeS 3.Ke3 Kel

'Clever, with tempo move and underpromotion.' (AE) 'bK

dawdles on the way.' (CJM)
PS90 (Sobey) 1.Qb3 2.Sc3 3.Rb4 4.Sd4 5.8d5 6.Rc6
# 'Circe model rnate with all
possible flight squares blocked by black pieces, an impressive achievement in a seriesmover.' (SR) 'Clever
classical sequence for a picturesque Circe mate.' (RR)
'Nine with nine makes a nice ninetieth.' (RT)

7.Kb5 8.Kc4 9.Rc5 Bbs

MM
ORIGINALS
Firstly I must add turther explanation to PS1OO in lssue
6 as many sdvers have been confused. In l/lars Circe
units capture and check from their Circe rebirth square,

which must be empty or the capture is illegal. The capture

is made via the captor's Circe rebirth square and the
pturing unit jumps directly from its starting square to its
rebirth square regardless of its normal moving power or
intervening blocking pieces. The captured unit is not reborn. The final sentence of the introduction to Ps106(b)
should have read - "ln the diagram position if bK was on CA
it would be in check from the wK." I hope these further
details darify rnatters adequately and that sdvers who
were confused initially will have another go.
The'#2'under PS1O9 to PS117 means 'W to play and
mate in two moves against any detence.' PSl18 to PS122
are also direc{mates, but longer.
There is set play in some ot the 2-mo/ers. This is play
that would happen if it were Black's turn to move, and in
some problems the white mates that follow such Black
moves form part of the point of the problem.
Tries are anempted solutions which are refuted by only
one Black more. Look out for them, and the day after thm,

if they are indicated under the diagram, as they are part of

the composers' intentions.
Our two-movers come trom all over the world, but a
special welcome must go to Julian l-ang who hails from the
wilds of Cdchester! PSl11 is his first puuished composi-

tion!

It is sad that not many British composers construct

3-movers nowadays, and PSI 18 by our genial secretary is
a very wdmme contribution. Perhaps some of our beginners would like to try their luck with this genre, as Joris
Wartemberg has done with PS120? These two rare British
3-moversare joined by PS119, a composition byourAmerican contributor David Lynn.
It the preceding directmates have been relatively easy
to solve, then the moremovers PS121 and PS122 should
provide a stemer test.
Our new young composer from Glasgow contributes
another position this issue, this time an endgame study PS123 - where White is to dayand win. Give allthe mo/es
of the solution while the white winning move is unique - ie
the only one that wins.
In the helpmates PS124 to PS130, B plays first and
co-operates with W to enable W to mate B in the number
of moves specified. PS125 is very odd and should raise a
laugh if not eyeb,ro ,s! Look out for set day in PS 126; that
is, W plays first and mates B on his second move with B's
help. This set day can also be referred to as H#|.5.
PS127 is another contribution from the American helpmate expert. I think sdvers will agree thal it is very elegBnt!
Mr Henkel was so delighted with the solvers' response to
his last publication here lhat he has been encouraged to
send me another helpmate. I am very pleased to presenl it
to solvers.
The last two (longer) helpmates PS129 and PS130
should prove a worthy challenge to our leading sdvers!
PSl30 is a polished problem by a relative newcomer.
I am still short of seltmates (and reflexmatesl) and so
can offer only two, PS131 and PS132. The first is by a
veteran Russian composer and the second by our own
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Brian Edwards. In seltmates W plays and forces B to mate

W in the number of moves specified.
The final three originals lall within the realm of tairy
chess, wherein the aim, rules or pieces ot the orthodox
game c.rn be varied to interesting effect.
PS133, by our learned commentator on moremovers in
the main magazine, is a Serieshelpmale in 14 moves
where B plays a series ol 14 consecutive moves, without
W playing at all, to reach a position where W can mate in
1. This should pro/e relatively easy. PS134 is another
series problem, this time a seriesmate where W plays a
series of 3 consecutive moves, wlthout B playing at all,
ending in the mate of B. There are four settings for this
problem, as indicated underthe diagram. In PSl35, Ronald Turnbull gives us an insight into a lascinating fairy

condition, Checkless Chess, in which neither side is

allored to check the other unless it is mate. For instance
l.Qb7+is illegal because it is check but not rnate. RT
considers that there is buried treasure in this genre waiting
to be discovered. He could well be right!
Please send your solutions and comments to Michael
McDo ,ellwithintwo months of receivingthis issue. Please
note his further new address on the front page!

BDS

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WHAT IS A GRIMSHAW?
by

John Rice
lf Black were to play in A he could move either the Bh8
97. In either case a mate would lollorv;
1...B97 2.Qxf7 # and 1...R97 2.Qes #.2.Qxf7 is dayabte
because the B has interfered with the R's guard of f7, and
2.Qe5 works because the R has interfered whh the B's
guard of e5. Such mutual interterence is termed a Grimshaw, after a 1gth-century composer who made an early

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(A) L TLOSH|NSKI
Comm.. TNSB. 1930

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whose key 1.8b3 holds the zugzwang in the diagram position, has tlvo further Grimshaws. Cleady there is one on
b7: 1...Bb7 2.Re7 #, and 1...Rb7 2.R6 #. The thhd
invofves not B+R but B+P: 1...8f6 2.Q94 # (2...f5? is
prevented); and 1 ...f6 2.Qe4 #. lt's worth examining dosely why two b moves 1...R97 and 1...6 lead to different
mates, for after all they both interfere with the B's line of
guard to e5. 1...f6 prevents 2.Qe5 by maintaining the
guard, but self-blocks f6 so that the Q need not retain her
control of that souare and can therefore mate on e4. Loshinski's beautiJul problem, which has three variations in
addition to the three Grimshaws, is one of the masterpieces
of chess problem history.
Apartfrom B + R and B + P, are any other pairs of b pieces
capable o{ producing a Grimshaw'? The S in useless in this
respect, because, although it can interfere, it cannot be
interfered with. But the Q can be used, provided she
remains pinned and moves along the pinline lo interfere
with R or B. Obviously fairy chess, with its huge number oJ
riders (line moving pieces), offers considerable scope, eg.
BorR + Nightrider.

Here are two more tlvo-movers with Grimshaws, both

showing what is known as tour-hands-round, ie. double
mutual interference between a single R and B. Problem B
has Grimshaws on d4 and f6, and an additional interference

(B) J HARTONG

(c) NGGVANDTJK
Frederikborg Amts Avis, 1957

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involving Grimshaws, and I hope to give some examples in
a future article. Meanwhile, readers cari enioy D, a threemover four-hands-round with a line withdrawal key.

(D) TJOA G|OK HING

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changing the mates after these two defences

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