10th ISC – Problems with Solutions – Category 2

10th International Solving Contest (ISC)
26th January, 2014

Category 2 – Problems and Solutions

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#2
Vatslav GEBELT
Pauli MT (v) 1934

1.Be1! [5] (2.Sb3#)
1… Rd2 2.Bf2# 
1… Bd2 2.Rd3# 
1… Rd5 2.Qe4# 
1… Bd5 2.Sb5#
1… Se5 2.Db6# 
1… Q/Re5 2.Qc4# 
1… R:e1/d3 2.Rd3(:)# 
1… Be4 2.Q:e4#

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#2
Efim RUKHLIS
1st Pr. Revista de Sah 1962

1.Bg6? (2.Qc6, Sd3#) Q:b5!
1.Bf5? (2.Rd5, Sd3#) Rd6!
1.Bf6? (2.Qc6, Rc3#) S:a5!
1.Be5? (2.Rd5, Rc3#) Sb6!
1.Qg6? (2.Sa6, Se4# ) Sd6!
1.Qf6! [5] (2.Sa6, Bd4#) 

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Sergiy DIDUKH
1st Pr. Uralsky Problemist 2004

1.Sg6+ Ke8 2.Re3+ [1] Kd8 3.Se5 c1Q 4.Sc6+ [+1] Q:c6+ 5.K:c6 d2 6.Rd3+ [+1] Kc8 7.Rh3! [+1] Bf3+ (Bh5) 8.R:f3 (R:h5) d1Q 9.Rf8+ (Rh8+) Qd8 10.Rg8! [+1] Q:g8 stalemate

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s#2
Alexei KOPNIN
7th Pl. Tourney of Socialist countries 1975-76

1… Qf6 2.S:f6 Bb6#
1… Qg7 2.S:g7 Bb6#
1… Q:g8 2.Q:g8 Bb6#
1.Qd7! Qf6 2.Qd6+ [1.5] Qd6#
1… Qg7 2.Qe7+ [1.5] Q:e7#
1… Q:g8 2.Qd5+ [1.5] Q:d5#

All three lines [5]

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#2
Comins MANSFIELD
Problem 1977

1.B:h5! [5] zz 
1… Bb2,Ra3 2.Rce2#
1… B:g2,R:g2 2.S:g2#
1… Bh~ 2.Rg1#
1… Rb2 2.Bc3#
1… R:c2,Q:c2 2.S:c2#
1… Rh1 2.Rge2#
1… f5 2.Sc4#
1… Q~ 2.Sf5,Rc1#

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#2
Gerhard LATZEL
1st Pr. Nynorsk Vekeblad 1951

1.Sd2? (2.Sf3,Sb3#) Be5! 
1.Sec5? (2.Sb3,Se6#) g2! 
1.Sg5? (2.Se6,Sf3#) b3! 
1.S:g3! [5] (2.Sf5,Se2#)
1… hg3 2.Q:h8#
1… S:g3 2.Qa1#

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#3
Petko A. PETKOV
1st HM Shakmatna Misl 1968

1.Qb4! (2.Rde3+ [1] de3 3.d3#)
1… Sgf5 2.Sg5+ [1] R:g5 3.Sf6#
1… Sdf5 2.Sf6+ [1] R:f6 3.Sg5#
1… cd3 2.Re3+ [1] Kf5 3.R:e5#
1… B:b4 2.R:d4+ [1] ed4 3.Rf4#

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h#2 4.1.1.1
Živko JANEVSKI
original for ISC 2014

1.Ra6 Re4 2.Rc6 R:e5# [1.25]
1.R:b3 Kd2 2.K:c4 Se3# [1.25]
1.B:c3 R:c3 2.Kd4 Rd3# [1.25]
1.B:g4 b4 2.Be6 R:c5# [1.25]

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