THE PROBLEfiflST

SUPPLEfTTENT

l:ErFl

ISSUE 22
MARCH 1996
EDITOR:
SOLUTIONS EDITOR:
SELECTIONS EDITOR:

B D Stephenson,9 Roydfield Drive, Waterthorpe, SHEFFIELD, 519 6ND

M McDowell, 23A Harcourt Avenue, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA,Essex, SS2 6HT
J R Coward, 25 Elmwood Avenue, HARROW, Middlesex, HA3 gAJ

All originals printed here take part in the

normal

LILOSHINSKI &VSCHIFF
112 Prize, FIDE Ty., 1958/9

Problemist tourneys, so that publication in this supplement is equivalent to publication in the main magazine.
For this supplement, I am looking for straightforward
originals of all types, including endgame studies. ldeally,

they should be pointed, well constructed, and

have

entertainment value. Please submit originals to me at the

above address. I would appreciate it if composers would
submit problems clearly drawn or stamped on diagrams,

please.

would also be happy

if

composers could

somehow hide the solution so that I may have a chance

of solving their originals. Many thanks!
Composers should note that their contributions have
been accepted unless or until they gel a rejection from
me. I regret that I do not have time to acknowledge each
and every contributlon. lf acknowledgements are espe-

cially required, please enclose

stamoed address

envelope or equivalent. Composers should also note that

I have a very large folder of material ready to publish and
thal for fairies and helpmates especially, a year's delay
before publication will not be unusual! lf composers get
impatient waiting, they should inform me pleise before
sending their material elsewhere. Email contributions are

welcome and
1

O0

will be acknowledged. My address is

447 .20 43 @compuserve.com.

The supplement has its own unified solving ladder and

all are eligible to enter it. Prizes are in line with the main
magazine.

We start off this issue with a welcome article bv

James Quah, while the originals contain two problemi
dedicated to Paul Valois on his Soth birthdav.
BDS
SELECTIONS
by

James Quah
When solving a three-move problem it is deslrable to
find the thematic defences and then work out how the
play goes. Here is a problem whose attractive variations
are not predictable from the apparently ordinary diagram

position. There are no easily seen black first mbves

leading to exciting sequences, so it is difficult to imagine
what could possibly happen. But the dull defences have
to be coped with as well as the interesting ones, so
1...glQ and 1...e3 look like fairly obvious mere malters to
handle. 1..,e3 in particular looks oveMhelmingly strong

#3

after some consideration.

One way to solve a problem is to find a rather

powerful black defence which cannot be provided for and physically prevent it from happening. lf it is a pawn
push, as in this case, it suffices to obstruct it with a white
block. The key is 1.Re3!, which threatens 2.ec1 and
3.Rf3# and rt 2...Qd2 or 2...Q95+ then 3.8(x)g5#. tt is
significant that the threat is a quiet one merely setting up

battery when an immediate check is possible and

rather tempting. Also, as a rule, one would expect a

checking threat if black could check, but this cas6 is an

exception.
Once we have the key and threat, the obvious black

defences are to threaten to check the white king by

capturing the bishop, while of course ensuring that 95 is

always guarded to prevent a short mate.

Certainly 1...Qes looks good, but the weakness of this
move is that the queen has interfered with the rook's

guard

on e4. Now white plays either 2.exe4+ or

2.

Rxe4+; the queen can easily capture the checking piece

but the rook cannot. This strategy is calldd

Holzhausen interference: an interference of one linemoving piece with another of the same type, or ,,half a
Wurzburg-Plachutta". Unfortunately for black, his queen
is oveMorked and would have to unguard 95 for 3.895#.
But white has to choose carefully because black,s bishop
can also capture on e4. This forces his choice to be
2.Rxe4+ to allow 2...B,xe4 3.Qc1#. An analogous effect
occurs on the second thematic black defence 1...ef5.
The black bishop and rook now interchange roles.and
white plays 2.Qxe4+ this time with 3.Rf3 following
2...Rxe4.

178
So far there are tvvo Holzhausen interferences with

theme research.' (BPB) "Wonderful differentiation of

something extra - dual avoidance. That would be enough

for a problem. But now there is a welcome third variation:
1...Qd8 2. Qb8+l Yes, this is yet another Holzhausen,
though an incidental one showing only the basic features.
It is aesthetically pleasing that no extra force has been
out into the oosition to accommodate this variation - it is
there to be savoured with no price to pay, but adds much

PS395 (Mostert) 1.Rxf4 (2.R93+ Kh2 3.Rh4) 1..R91

2.Rh2+ Kxh2 3.Rh4; 1..Rxgs 2.Rh4+ Kxh4 3.Rh2 "Manoeuvres in a small space, with symmetrical indirect
selfblocks." (CJM) "Sharply pointed pair of variations."

value.

I think it must be quite astonishing that as many as

three Holzhausen interferences can occur in a position
that at first sight promises so little.

soLUTloNS (MARCH 1996)

PS389 (Backe) 1.Rc6? 0 1..Kf6/Kxho 2.Rf3/Rh3 1..8b7!
1.Rd5! 0 1..Kf6/Kxh6/8d7/Bxe6/Belse 2.Rl2lRh2lexd7!
Rxe6/e7 "Very attractive Meredith. I like that the key sets
up a second battery and that the initial half-battery fires
only indirectly. The try is beautifully integrated." (R.Smook) "5 variations with two lateral flights, but choice
between try and key easy." (C.J.Morse) "A fresh and
exceedingly good half-battery." (B.P.Barnes) "Pity so little
is actually changed." (A.Ettinger)
PS390 (Blyth & Moyne) Set 1..Kc4lKe4 2.e7lQf3 1.Qxa7!
0 1..Kc4lKe4/Kxc6/KxeO 2.Qa2lQd4/Qb7 or Qcs/Qr
'iKey completes the starflights and adds a switchback."
(Dom.C.Stockford) "Starflights with two valuable changed
mates. Hope this pair will continue to compose together.

It

worksl" (BPB) "The dual after 1..Kxco

is a

little

unfortunate.' (MM)
PS391 (Reitman) Set 1..dxe3/exf6 2.Rxe3/Rxf6 1.fxe7?
(2.Rf6) 1..Rfs/Rxa4 2.exf8s/e8Q 1..b5! 1.exd4! (2Re3)
1.. bs/Rxa4 2.Scs/SfS "lnteresting mutual pawn captures."
(AE) "Play radical in its change from try to key, but what
is it about?" (BPB) "Set mates recur as funny threats...

(S.Klebes) ...and doubtless someone will produce

name to elevate the feature into a'theme'." (MM)

PS392 (Lincoln) 1.Se-? e2! 1.594? 1..e2 2.Sxf2 1..596l

1.s,c4? 1..e2 2.Sd2 1..Ra5! l.Sfl! (2.Res) 1..e2lsg6/
Ra5/Bg3/d2 2.S95/Bf5/Qc4/Qxe3/Qb1 "A very clear examole of White Correction. A random move of the e5

knight fails

to

provide for the pinning defence 1..e2

Corrections to 94 and c4 exploit the unguards ot t2 and

Only the correction
d2 but fail through self-interference.,Good
key and tries
1.Sf7! keeps all lines clear." (MM)
demonstrate the composer's mastery of secondary White
Correction. Exemplary construction." (BPB) Alex Ettinger
praises the variation 1..e2 2.595 which shows the line

theme which the Russian composer lsaev dubbed

B (Black opens a white line allowing White to

close another white line). To answer one solver's query.
the b3 pawn prevents a dual after 1..d2.
Theme

PS393 (Voronov) 1.Rxf8? (2.Sgo) 1..Qe8! 1.dxe4? (2.e3)

1..Qd3! 1.896? Sh7! 1.Bxe6? Sxd3l 1.8h7! (2.495)

1..exd5/e5/Re5/Sxh7/sc-/Rxe2+

2.Sxd5/Qfi/Qf3/Sg6/

Qxe4/Sxe2 "A striking key and 1.896? and 1.Bxe6? are

plausible tries. No real theme, but plenty

of

mates."

(BPB) "Nice refutations to non-thematic tries 1.Rxf8? and

1.dxe4?." (CS) "Actually the composer highlights these
brutal tries on his diagram while bracketing the bishop
tries! Can the follow-my-leader refutations be the purpose
of the problem? CS has noticed that the bPb3 simply
Drevents the extra refutations 1.dxe4? Qb3! and Ra3!."
(MM)

PS394 (Rice) 1.h8Q? (2.Qes#) 1..91O! 1'h8Sl (2.8e2)

1..g1S 2.8e4 0 "A delectable spin-off from John's Holst

promotions and
line." (CS)

a nice waiting move 2.Be4 in the

main

(RS)

PS396 (Shanahan) 1.Ra3? (2.Ra8#) 1..O-Ol 1.R93? 0

1..K-/R- 2.Ra3; 1..e3 2.Rxe3+ - 3.Ra3; 1..Ph-l 1.R97!

(2.Rc8#) 1..Kf8 2.Rgc7 - 3.Ra3 and 4.Ra8 "Delightful

miniature to deny Black castling before a leisured round
the houses 3.Ra3. Great find!" (BPB) "Simple foreplan
removes the right to castle." (CJM) The composer points
out that the idea is not original, going back to W.Pauly,
Deutsches Wochenschach 191o 4k2il4p3l4K2pl5Q1
b3 #4 1.Qe5? O-O! 1.Qb5+ Kf8 2.Qf5+ Ke8 3.Qe5.

12414

PS397 (Nikitin) 1.a8S+ Kb8 2.c7+ Ka7 3.c8S+ Kb8 4.Se7

Ka7 s.ScO 1..KdB 2.KfO KeB 3.c7 and 4.c8Q+ "Engaging
promotion play plus attractive finale." (RS) "Key controls

b6, but two excellent variations." (J.Gill) "The 2.Kf6

manoeuvre is a neat addition. Double S promotion
miniatures go back at least as far as Shinkman in 1885
3s1K2t2pkp3lP7/40 #4 1.e8S+ 3.a8S." (MM)

B begins: 1.Reo Kf5 2.Rho Sg7; W

begins: 1.Sd6 Re3 2.Sf5 Bg5 "Charming mini-duplex."
PS398 (Grigorian)

(CS) Searching through his collection of over a thousand

duplex problems, Klaus Funk found an anticipation by

M.Gafarov, HM Shakhmaty Duplex TT 1964 3k4/8/3
Kb3l4t3l4s3l24 H#2 Duplex 1.8c8 Sg5 2.Re8 Sf7 and
1.Kco Rb5 2.Sdo Bd7.

PS399 (Garai) a) 1.Se3 Rc4+ 2.Se4 Bd6; b) 1.Se4 Bd2+

2.Se3 Rf5 "Pretty lightweight from the Master. BSs

exchange blocking and pinned roles." (BPB) "Orthogonaldiagonal transformation with Umnov effects." (AE) "Umnov effects (White's first move plays to a square just
vacated) are often used in helpmates as a device to
secure the move order." (MM)

PS400 (Dugas & Holladay) a) l.Kdo Kd4 2.Re7 Ses

3.Reo Sb5; b) 1.Kd6 Kd3 2.Re6 Se4+ 3.Kd5 Sb4; c)
1.Kf5 Sd5 2.Ke4 Sb3 3.Rf5 Sd2; d) LKfs Se5 2.Kt4 Kd4
3.Rfs Se2 "Two nice oairs of chameleon echoes with a
900 rotation." (AE) "Pleasing unity. Quite difficult for a H#
novice." (CS) "Reflection and translation - but too many
repeated moves." (SE) Gene Dugas sends three more
computer-generated twins: d) c3 to g8 1.RfZ Kd4 2.Rd5+
Ke4 3.Rd6 Ses: e) d3 to b8 1.Kdo Kd3 2.Re7 Kd4 3.Rfe6
Sbs;0 d3 to h5 1.R95 Sd1 2.Kf5 Kd5 3.Rfg6 Se3
PS401 (Chamberlain) 1.d6 (2.Bxd4+ Bxd4) 1..e5 2.Qf4+

exf4; 1 ..Ses 2.Qf3+ Sxf3; 1..Sf6 2.Qe5+

Rxes/Se4;

1..R97 2.Q95+ Rxg5 "WQ is unpinned once directly and

twice indirectly, with 'dentist' effectsl" (AE) "Amusing and
good." (BPB) "Not a bad problem. Unfortunately the
possibility of 1..a6 seems to be a blatant clue indicating
the solution. One could cheat by plugging it to increase

the difficulty." (JO) "Or simply use a WPbo - possibly

justified in this case? Ken Dewhurst asks if the mates
after the non-threat defeating 1..Sxfs (2.Bxd4+ Bxd4/
Sxd4) constitute a dual. The generally accepted view is
that alternative mating moves in a selfmate are not
regarded as duals. As in directmate problems, \r'i/hite is
the side attempting to achieve the object and hence only
White duals are of signiflcance; Black duals, if anything,
give variety." (MM)

PS402 (Edwards)

179

W begins: 1.8b6 d5 2.bS d4

3.8a7
Rc1; B begins: 1.Rc1 b5 2.Rb1 b6 3.RxbO Bxb6 "Cannol

recall seeing a duplex like this before. Most fresh and

enjoyable." (RS) "Fine duplex. A rarity in reflexmate."
(KF)

PS403 (Koludrovic) a) Retract KfZ x Re8 for 1.KfO Rg8=Retract Kf/ x SeB for 1.Kf8 KxdT=. b) Retract Kf7 x BfB
for 1.KeB Be7=. Retract Kg7 x Qf8 for 1.Kh7 Qf6 "Quite
an interesting AUW." (AE) "Simple to solve, but very
rewarding." (BPB) "Charming simplicity." (CS)
PS404 (Petkov) a) 1.Qf8+ Kd5 2.Gc5 KeO 3.Rb8 Kd7; b)
1.Qd5+ Ke7 2.RRg8 Kf6 3.Qd8+ K7; c) 1.RRd8+ Ke5

2.Gd5 Kf6 3.Rc8 Ke7 ''My first experience of Royal

pieces. I liked this fine miniature, with its well-unified
parts, immensely " (CS) "WellJorced sequences, from
amongst many possible mates." (SE)
PS405 (Maleika) Set 1..Q- 2.xQ 1.Rc4? Qxds! 1.8b2?
QbM.Bc3? Qd3! 1.f/! 0 adding 1..Qxfl 2.exfl. "Key the

only move to preserve the WQ guard of b3. Remarkable

15 BQ moves in a direct stalemate." (CS) "Highly unusual
WQ interferences.' (BPB) "The tries are the point. The
absolute task of 27 captures of the BQ in a dual-free

setting was achieved

by N.Petrovic, Problemist

simplification of the earliesl known example of plus-flights

W.A.Shinkman, 1st Prize, Lebanon He'ald 1877 Q7l3
B4l384/3SR2P/3R4l2pSl2p3kSl2K4b #2 1.Qa7) Readers
might also like to compare the problem by J.J.Gill quoted
in PS issue 1.
The Winter 1ggs/Spring 1996 issue of Mat Plus
includes a problem by L.l.Kubbel from 1941 (no source
given) which completely anticipates the block{hreat by
M.Nemcek published in last September's PS (2SKRB2/16
l2pk4l2ss2Q1l2s5l16 #2 1.ScO). Frank Visbeen points
out that the same position appears in the Vladimirov and

Fokin collection of Kubbel's compositions. and in response to my Epilogue writes "Your criticism is too
old-fashioned. Set play is part of the picture, so the wB is
needed!" Granted the problem falls aoart without the
bishop, but its post-key uselessness surely reduces the
value of the self-interference element in the variation
1..Sd6 2.S8c7. My primary aim in highlighting the point
was to encourage Supplement readers to look for such
things; let's have more sophisticated criticisms - whether
old-fashioned or not!

MM

ORIGINALS

Fairy

Supplement 1933 2kSI 5S2|2P4P l2S3P 1 l3q4l 1K3PP 1 I8t3

R2Q1 P2 1.Sa6." (MM)

Before I introduce this issue's originals, I must make a

PS406 (Tomasevic) With the given stiputation, No

double apology to Andrzej Jasik from Poland. Firstly, I

have been publishing originals by him under the the

Solution. As some solvers realised, the stipulation should

have read SP46, not SHP46. (Apologies. Ail my fault! BDS) The solution runs 2.1<xa8 9.Kxa1 16.Kxh1 27.Kxc6

28.Kxbs 30.Kxd4 31.Kb5 35.dxe7 36.1fif6 38.Kxh8

39.K98 40.h8Q 41.Qxh3 42.Qxe3 43.Qxg5 44.Qxd2
45.Qxc3 46.Qc7 "Good . flow, neat finish with the Q
gobbling pawns, and one of my favourite themes - the

good old 4-corner trip. Wasted material at the end - the

WPeT!" (J.Levitt) "You're a hard man Jonathan! - | was
greatly impressed by the marvellously controlled play
when sent this for testing." (MM)
Brian Chamberlain points out that under the rules of
Ko-Ko, Norbert Geissler's PS382 from last SeDtember is
an illegal position, as White's last move has not been to a
square ad.jacent to an occupied square. Well spotted!
The definition of Ovidian Chess (PS385 - September)
appears to have been inexact. Kings cannot transfer their
powers - hence 1.8e2 is noi immediate mate.
\Men quoting the anticipation to Sally Lewis' PS356
last issue, I inadvertently put PS356 itself in the Forsyth.
The right notation is 8/1 rb1 Q2K1 p2s2Sl8l2P1k2s/3s281 I
2PP1R2t8.
Alex Ettinger saves the wRhB in Efren Petite's PS361
(or PS21t!) by swapping wQg2 and wBc8.
Alex Ettinger has cooked the suggested correction of
Adam Sobey's PS277 (see Sept. 1995, p.147) eg2.gxt4
5.f1=Q 6.Qxfs 8.QxbO 13.KfO 15.Kd8 18.Kxa7 19.Ka6
20.Qa7 25.f1=R 27.Rb5 axbs#. Alex suggests the setting
8lGp1p1pp1l1P2P1P1l2PP4lkSP1BnPlk7 SH#29, or
starting the grasshopper on g3 in the original, when the
wK has a choice of souares.
Alex has also been busy with the cooked pS384
(Sikdar) and suggests moving the bPcT to c6, which
loses the excelsior.
Michael Lipton sends an anticipation of Janos Buglos'

PS159 (and its improvement in the January issue):

M.Lipton, Correspondence Chess 1962 1b3Q2l2p2s2t1

B2p1p1l1K3b1rl4P1P1l3SlkPR/5p1rl5B2

#2

1.Qa3.

Michael also notes that Paul Valois' Mcwilliam Tournev

prizewinner on p.176 of the January issue is essentially i

name J Andrzej which-is incorrect. His name should have

been given as in the first sentence above. My second

apology is for holding on to his endgame study PS367

(September 1995) for so long without publishing it that he
assumed that it had got lost and sent it elsewhere. The
bad news is that it must therefore be withdrawn from our
study composing tourney. The good news is that it has
been awarded an honour in a study tourney in Poland.
Well done Andrzej.
fhe'#2' under PS443 to PS447 means 'White to play

and mate in two moves against any defence.' Such

problems are called two-movers and are directmates. lf

the word 'set' appears under the diagram, this means
that the solver should be on the look out for set play.
This is what would happen if it were Black to play in the
diagram position. After one or more black moves White
will be able to mate in one. lf the words 'try' or 'tries'
appear under the diagram, the solver should look for
tries, which are white moves which nearly mate in two,
but fail to just one black defence. This try play is often
called virtual play. Of course, there is still that which
actually happens after the key, the actual play. Each of
these parts of a problem, the set play, the virtual play and
the actual play are called phases. Many modern twomove themes cover more than one phase, and you will
find such multi-phase problems among the two-movers
in this issue.
Also directmates, are PS.f48 to PS450. Here White
musl again force mate, but in the number of moves given
under the diagram. Note especially that PS448 has two
solutions.

PS45l is an endgame study where White is to play

and draw. Not in any specific number of moves though,

any draw will do... Treat

it like the analysis of

an

adjourned game.

PS452

to

PS455 are helpmates

in which

Black,

playing first, co-operates with White so that White can

mate Black in the number of moves soecified. PS452 to
PS454 are all twins in which there are two oositions for
solution. Part (b) can be reached by following the

PS445 L ULANOV

PSrt43 E BACKE
(Norway)

(Latvia)

#2 (Iry)

#2 (set)

#2 (tries)

PS446 F KAPUSTIN

PS448 V VUCKOVIC

PS447 G MARIZ

(Yugoslavia)

(Pottugal)

(Ukraine)

tr z at

;"r '*,8
#3 2 solutions

#2 (tries)

PS,t49 L GROLMAN
fRussia)

PS45O L MAKARONETS

(lsrael)

2,/"
#3 (try)

PS451 P MICHELET
(Ealing)

r/'

PS452 N StOTtS

PS454 A J MESTEL
(Canbridge)

(Greece)

H#2 (b) wBal->h2

H#2 (b) wSa6->b8

H#3 3 solutions

(b)-bRb7&l solution

PS455 E FASHER
(lsrael)

PS456

J M RICE
(Surbiton)

PS457 B E CHAMBERLAIN
(Grantham)

H#3 2 solutions (1.2.1.1)

PS458 V

A NEBOTOV
(lJkraine)

H#2 (b) Circe Clone

PS459 S EMMERSON
(Reading)

PS46O T KARDOS
(HunEary)

SP=21 ZP (a) bshl<->bRh8

#1 How many solutions?

(b) bPh2<->bsh7 (After L

Zoltan & G Baksci, TP. 1992
which was dedicated to the
memory of Norman Macleod)

l62

PS461 K WENDA
(Vienna)

tz
,.izar
r
H#2 Andernach Chess
2 solutions

PS463 P A PETKOV

PS462 P A PETKOV

(Bulgaria)

(Bulgaria)

;;:

il{z

,rr/K2

s,a

r RA;
rE t

Et
%
%
#2 Pao b5,
b5; Vaos a2, a8, 98,

h1

S#3 Leo h4; Pao hl; Vao e1,

h1

h8

Dedicated to Paul Valois on his 50th Birthday!

instructions under the diagrams. PS454, a very welcome
contribution from our many times British Solving Champion, has 3 solutions in the diagram position but only 1 in
part (b). The notation'1.2.1.1'under PS455 means that
each solution starts with the same black move.
PS456 and PS457 are selfmates in which White
plays first and forces an unwilling Black to mate him in
the number of moves soecified.
Now to the fairies. Part (a) of PS458 is a normal
helpmate, but part (b) uses the condition Circe Clone.
Ordinary Circe is defined as follows. When captured, a
piece (not a king) is immediately replaced on its square
of origin (game array square) if that square is empty; in
the case of R, B or S on the square of the same colour
as that on which it was captured. Thus a wR captured on
h8 (a black square) would be replaced on a1, provided

al

was empty; if a'l was occupied the R would be

removed from the board as in a normal capture. Pawns

go to the initial square of the file they were captured on.
A replaced R is deemed not to have moved for castling
purposes. Circe Clone has the addtional feature that the
captured piece transforms to the rank of the capturing
piece before being reborn, except for capture by the king,
which is plain Circe. Thus, if a wQ captures a bR, that bR
is transformed to a bQ and is replaced on d8. lf d8 is
occupied, the capture is norma..

is a

zeroposition. This means that the

diagram position is not for solving, but positions (a) and
PS459

(b) are. (a) is reached by swapping the positions of the

bshl and bRh8, (b) by swapping bPh2 and bSh7. The

stipulation is series-stalemate in 21 moves. That is,

White plays 2'1 consecutive moves, without Black moving

at all, and stalemates Black on his 21st move.
In PS450, which is a mate in one, solvers should first
ask themselves, "Whose turn is it to play?"

PS461 features Andernach chess.

ln this form

pieces and pawns (not kings) change colour after

capturing-

Our final tvvo problems, PS462 and PS463 by GM

Petko Petkov, and dedicated to Paul Valois on his 50th
birthday, use Chinese Pieces. The Leo moves on queen
lines, but captures along those lines by hopping over the
first piece (of either colour) it encounters to capture an

Send your solutlons and comments to Michael McDowell, address on the front cover, within 2 months of
receiving this issue. Enjoy your solvingl

BDS

CORRESPONDENCE

From Australian H W BETTMANN

composer Geoff Foster,
Good Companions, 1923
in response to my query
on p.158 of the Novem"Dear Michael,
You mentioned Bett
mann's famous problem

with 6 promotaons by

a
,,

single pawn. Although

this problem has three
threats, the only duals
occur after moves of the

?A

Sf7. In my opinion the

composer did not use a

bPa6 (with WKa4) because this would lead to

duals after 1...a5. In support

of my argument, note the

BSr/. This stops a cook by 1.cxb8Q+ KxcO 2.Rd6#. A
bPeT would also stop this cook but there would then be
duals after moves of two pieces (including a nasty one
by the Sd8).

This oroblem was re-

cently mentioned in an version by N G G VAN DIJK

article on Karlstrom
Flecks in "Suomen
Tehtavaniekat". Van Dijk's problem is a version

of Bettmann's in which

1972

vw

all the duals have been

2a

eliminated.

No

doubt

Bettmann considered

Vaos are similar but operate on only rook and bishop

this setting but decided

that the elimination of
the duals wasn't worth
the extra pawn and the
capture key. Of course,
Karlstrom Flecks were

lines respectively.

unknown

enemy piece on the next occupied square. The Paos and

srtr

har qilnnlamanf

in Bettmann's

day."

An interesting and, it seems to me, valid polnt.

Bettmann's problem competed in the tourney for Meredith

Two-movers

in the January 1923 issue of the

(B) L I LOSHTNSKI
2nd Ptize, Gruziya-so, 1972

Good

Companions magazine Qur Folder. Judge Comins Mansfield was unimpressed, and commented: 'This is very
similar to a Meredith problem published some years ago
by H.F.L.Meyer with five white pawn promotions. The
present author has introduced the sixth promotion (c8=Q)
by adding an expensive white rook at c6. The result is
certainly interesting from a task standpoint, but, personally, I do not think it is justified "

As is so often the case, the overlooked Bettmann has

become a classic, while the honoured problems have
been forgotten. The Finnish article (by Kari Valtonen)
stresses that the idea of the NoMegian composer Alfred
Karlstrom was to extend the Fleck theme of threat
separation by including defences which yielded new
mates, the number of new mates precisely balancing the
number of threats. Regarding van Dijk's setting Kari
makes a pertinent comment: "This piece of recomposing
may be translated into a general rule: if you cannot avoid
a multiple threat, make it a part of the theme!".

MM

MATE TRANSFERENCE
by

David Shire
Problemists often refer to changes and transferences.

lf Black's defences in the various phases of a lwo-mover

remain the same whilst the White mates are different,
then we speak of mate change. However, if Black's

#2

(B) extends the idea to include a third phase. There

are only two set mates 1...Sc4/Sef 2.Rxc6/Rxd7 and
these are underlined by the try 1.exd5? (2.d6) 1...ShfZ!
(Soviet composers of the time liked to give emphasis to
set play in this way. As things stand bPd3 and wPe4
could well be removed.) A different pair of black

interferences 1...Bc3/Shr/ admit the thematic mates after

the try 1.8h2? (2.Bxes) but 1...Sh96! The wonderful key
concedes the bK two flights! 1.Sd6! (2.Qb8). The
thematic mates now occur as battery openings after the
bK Captures on bO and d6. There is little to suggest the
generous key. The bBas and bses which have played
conspicuous roles in the previous play are now observed
to block squares in the extended bK field.

(c) J SAVOURN|N
1st Prize, Fre,'e Presse, 1965/6

defences are changed and the White mates remain the

same, then the idea is described as mate transference.
Problem (A) will serve to demonstrate.
(A) O STOCCHI
2nd Prize. Probleemblad. 1953

In (A) and (B) mate transference has been treated

intensively. This has been a rare approach by composers
and more usually transference is combined with change.
Consider (C). The set self-blocks 1...Qfs/Rf4 2.Scs/Sgs

#2

Black is in zugzwang but we need to be particularly

aware of the mates set for 1...dxe4/Bh1/c5/e5/Rd8 which
are 2.Qxd6/Sxe2/Sb5/Sf5/Sxc6. No waiting move for
White is apparent (1.b6? c5+!; 1.8f5? e5l; 1.8b1? Sc2!)
so the equilibrium is disturbed by a key which gives a
flight and introduces a threat 1.Bxd5l (2.Qxc4). The same
set of five White mates now follow the different defences
1...Kxd5/Bxds/cxd5/exds/Rxd5. Consider the set mate
1...Rd8 2.Sxc6; if Black responded to 1 .BxdSl with

1...Rd8 this defence would not defeat the threat and

neither would it admit 2.Sxc6. The mate 2.Sxc6 occurs

only after 1...Rxds. This is an important feature of
successful mate transference problems.

allow double check and mate from the Q+S batterv.

Paradoxically the key gives up this battery substituting
guards of f4 and f5 for potential guards of e3 and eS.
1.QfB (2.QaB). The set mates now reappear after the
defences 1...8e5/Se3 2.Scs/Sgs and capture mates
follow 1...Qfs/Rf4 2.Qxfs/Qxf4. Thus the mates followino
1...Qf5/Rf4 in the set play are both changed an;
lransferred; this constitutes the Rukhlis theme.
The same sort of thing is shown in (D) (on next page)

where the idea is split across three ohases. ln each

phase there is just one pair of defences and this gives
the problem exceptional clarity. The set play is 1...1<xd7l
SxdT 2.Rd4/Rxc4. The d7 flight strongly suggests a
thi'eat 2.Ses so it is natural to try 1.8d4? (other moves by
wBe5 allow bRc3 to defend successfully by opening the
line of the bBal). Now in response to 1...Kxd7/Sxd7
White mates by 2.Re7/Re6. The wBe5 closes the lateral

184
(D)V F RUDENKO&V I GHEPIZHNI

1st Prize. Loshinski MT. 1982

gi,_tr

the Nowotny sacrifice Qeo as the continuation. In Chess

Strategy Loyd wrote: "No.499 is the conclusion of a
correspondence game played years and years ago
between the editors of the New York Musical World and
Winona Republican. The "Doctor" "acknowledged the
corn" gracefully when I announced a mate in six moves
by 1.Sf5+ Rh6 2.Rxh6+ gxf6 3.Qxc7+ etc.; but we have

both grown "sadly wise' since then, and although

disapprove of taking back moves, or of a quarter of a

century time limit, yet if he will allow me to reconslder the
Dosition. I will announce a mate more in accordance with

the modern preference for problems in few moves."

Loyd's later relationship with Moore is detailed by
A.C.White in Sam Loyd and hls Chess Problems. Both
men were residents of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Loyd had

been out of problems for eight years when in 1876

Dr.Moore persuaded him to become problem editor of a
line of wRe4 but opens its vertical line, a so called valve
mechanism, but Black refutes with 1...Re8!
The astounding key is 1.Rd5l (2.Qb5). This is doubly
paradoxical in that it destroys the B+R battery and gives
up entirely the attractive set mates. However, these are
now transferred to follow 1...Kxds/Rb3. lt is worth looking
at this last variation again. bBa2 is also needed for cook
avoidance as 1.Rxc4+? KxdT 2.Rd4 Bd5! Altogether a
most marvellously constructed problem.
By the way, problem (A) was culled from the first
edition of John Rice's ABC of Chess Problens (Fabel
and Faber, 1970). On any aspect of terminology (such as
mate transference) it is the first source to be consulted. I

understand that a new updated revision has been

completed (titled Chess Wizardry: The New ABC of
Chess Problems, to be published by B T Batsford in July
1996) which

lam sure will help us come to terms with the

considerable expansion of problem ideas in the last 25

years. During that period particular attention has been
lavished on problems where a certain white move recurs
at different stages of the solution. The concept of a
particular move being key, try, threat or mate in separate
phases has served to extend the meaning of'transference' into an extra dimensionl

APUZZLE WRAPPED IN A PROBLEM

(SOLVED?)
by

Michael McDowell
In the March 1995 issue of the Supp/emen1 Jack Gill
discussed a famous position which allegedly arose in a
game between Sam Loyd and Dr.C.C.Moore, in which
Loyd could have mated in three by a Nowotny sacrifice
leading to matching battery shut-offs. Jack speculated on
whether Loyd unwittingly discovered the Nowotny theme
in the course of a game, or possibly created a game
position for the purposes of his book Cress Sfrafegy,
dated 1878 but published in 1881. Browsing through the
bookstall at the recent British Solving Final I discovered a
volume by the famous naughty person Percy Wenman
called 175 Chess Brilliancies (published '1947), which
contains the score of the Loyd v Moore game. No venue

is given, and the date (1806) is obviously incorrect,

although it is possibly a misprint for 1860. The game

score is as follows: 1.e4 e5 2.14 exl4 3.d4 d5 4.8d3 Sfo

5.Bxf4 c5 6.895 dxe4 7.Bxe4 cxd4 8.Bxf6 Qxfo 9.Sf3 Bcs
10.O-O O-O 11.Sbd2 d3+ 12.Kh1 dxc2 13.Bxh7+ KxhT
14.Qxc2+ QgG 15.Qxc5 Sa6 16.Qb5 Sc7 17.Qc4 Qb6
18.Sh4 a5 19.Sdf3 Ra6 20.Se5 f5 21.Rf3 Qxb2 22.Re1 fs
23.Rh3 f4, at which point the unreliable Wenman gives

new magazine, the American Chess Journal. The following year Moore purchased the magazine, gradually
encouraging Loyd to take on the entire editorial burden.
He also suggested the writing of the Chess Strafegy, and
provided substantial financial backing. By the end of 1879
however Moore realised that the magazine was a bad bet
and sold out. Loyd's involvement came to an end, and
within two years the magazine ceased publication.

AN EXERCISE IN COMPOSITION
So far, this Supplement has attempted to introduce
readers to the varied world of chess composition. lt has
carried articles ranging from the orthodox world of
directmates, selfmates and reflexmates to the exotic
fantasy land of fairy chess. lt has carried one article by
John Beasley on the solving of endgame studies that has
been re-published in Thema Danicuml lt is now time to
try and get our new readers composing as well as
solving. To this end, here is a diagram to get you started.

This is perhaps an
idea that a composer
might come up with
when seated at his
chessboard intending to
compose an orthodox

mate in two

problem.

There will be set play;

after 1-..Rf3 the mate
will be 2.Qe8# and after
1...R94 2.Qf5#. The key
will be 1.Qd1 after

which there will

be

changed mates after the

two rook moves. 1...Rf3 will lead to 2.Qa4# and 1...R94
to 2.f3#. Your task is to complete this so that it is a sound
mate in two. Remember that there must be only one
solution, and that there must be only one mate possible
after each black move. To give full rein to everybody's
imagination, the end product does not have to be any
particular type of two-mover (ie mutate, block{hreat etc).

The position before the key could be a complete

or

incomplete block, and the key could carry a threat or

could be merely waiting, just as you like. lt is up to you to
find the best setting for the idea! There are no actual
prizes on offer, but I will judge the entries and publish an
award in a later issue of The Supplement. There will be
special places in the award for the best efforts by novice
composers, but experts should enter, please. lt will be
fascinating to see their different approaches to the same
idea. No doubt this competition will generate some
entries that are anticipated. but that isn't the point. Entries
should reach me by the end of July, 1996.

BDS