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1 No. 86 (Vol. VI) OCTOBER 1986 GBR class 0500 White to Move Ken Thompson's algorii maximum length win, t Kd8 Ke7 Kf8 Kg7 Kh8 Kg8 Kf7 Ke6 Kd5 Kc4 Kc3 Kd2 Kel Ke2 Kf3 Kf4 Kg5 Rg4 Kf5 Rd4 Ke4 Kd3 Kc2 Kc3 Rd3 Kxd3 Kc4 Rb6 Kc3 Kc2 Ra6 Rd6 + Re6 + Rf6 + Rf7 + Rh7 + Rh8 + Rf8 + Rf6 + Rf4 + Rf4 + Rc4 + Rd4 + Rdl + Rel + Re3 + Rf3 + Rf8 Ra8 Ka2 Ka3 Rh8 Rhl Rh2 + Rh3 + Rxd3-f Ka4 Ka3 Ka2 Kal Ka2 mate. White to Move Ken Thompson's algorithm produces a maximum length win, to checkmate Kd8 Kd7 Kd6 Kd5 Kd4 Ke3 Kf2 Kf3 Ke3 Ke4 Kf3 Ke3 Ke4 Kd5 Kd6 Ke6 Kf7 Kg6 Kh7 Qg7 Qg6 + Kxg6 Qdl Kf6 Ke5 Qd5 + Kd4 Qb5 Kc3 Qa5 Qf8 + Qf7 + Qf6 + Qc6 + Qa4 + Qa3 + Qc5 + Qd5 + Qc5 + Qe7 + Qf6 + Qc3 + Qb4 + Qb5 + Qc5 + Qc8 + Qc7 + Qd6 + Qd7-f Qf5 + Qxg6 + Kb5 Kc5 Kb4 Kb5 Kb4 Ka3 Ka2 Ka3 mate. 129

2 DIAGRAMS AND SOLUTIONS No I. Galushko 2 Comm., Victory Ty of RSFSR, 1985 Draw No. 6178: I. Galushko (Volgograd). 1. Kd6 (for b3)/i 1...., a4 2. Ke5 Kg2 3. Ke4 Bb3 4. Ke3/ii Kg3 5. Kd2 Kf4 6. Kcl Ba2 7. b4 a3 8. b5 Ke5 9. b6 Kd6 10. Kc2 Kc6 11. Kc3. i) 1. Kf6? Kg2 2. Ke5 Kf3 3. Kd4 Bb3. ii) wk heads for cl, while preventing bk from playing to f3. 3. Kd4? Kf3 4. Kc3 Bb3. No V.Prigunov 3 Comm., Victory Ty of RSFSR, 1985 Rb4+ 4. Kd3 Rb Kd2 Rb Kcl. "The paradoxical first move is simply grandiose!" David Hooper: "Paradoxical? What an inappropriate word! There is no paradox in stalemate avoidance, merely common sense." No.6180 E. Pozdnyak Special Prize for War Veteran, Victory Ty of RSFSR, 1985 No I.Yarmonov Special Prize for Schoolchild, Victory Ty of RSFSR, No. 6179: V. Prigunov (Kazan). 1. Se6 c2 2. Sf4 clr 3. Sd5 Rc6 4. Se7 Ra6 5. Sg8 Rc6 6. Se7 Rc5 7. Sd5 Rc6 8. Se7 Rd6 9. Sg8. The II WCCT theme. No. 6180: E. Pozdnyak (Podolsk). 1. Rb4+ Rxb4-f 2. Kc3 Rb5 3. Kd4 No. 6181: I. Yarmonov (Zhdanov). 1. Rf5+ Kb4/i 2. Sd4 Sc4/ii 3. Rg5/iii Ba4 4. Sc6+ Ka3 5. Rg3 + Ka2 6. Sb4 + Kal 7. Rg2 Bb3 8. Ra2 + Bxa2 9. Sc2 mate. i) 1...., Kc4 2. Sf4 Kc3 3. Rg5 Bc2 4. Se2+. ii) 2...., Kc3 3. Sxb5 + Kb3 4. Rg5 a6 5. Rg3 + Ka2 6. Sc

3 2...., Bg4 3. Rxb5+ Kc3 4. Rxb2 Kxd4 5. Rb4 + and 6. Rxg4. Hi) 3. Rxb5 +? Kc3 draws. No Em. Dobrescu 1st Prize, UV CSTV, 1981 c9.v.81 Sc3+ Kal 9. Rf2. White has no threat, and could not win with the move: ie, it is a position of reciprocal zugzwang. Now BPs only way to control a2 is by 9...., Qa3, which leads to mate after 10. Rfl+ Kb2 11. Rbl mate. "Bazlov skilfully weaves quiet W moves into the fabric of the combination." No Yu. Bazlov 2nd Prize, UV CSTV, 1981 No. 6182: Em. Dobrescu (Romania). "UV CSTV" stands for (I think) Ustredny Vybor Ceskoslovensky zvaz Telesnej Vychovy. The award is in a 1982 brochure. 1. Bg6 + /i Kal/ii 2. g8q flq 3. Qg7/iii Qdl 4. Bc2 Qf Bd3 Qg4 6. Bg6 Ka2 7. Qg8+ Kal 8. Qg7 Qd7 9. Bf7 Kbl 10. Qh7+ Kal 11. Qg7 Qa4 12. Bb3 Qc Bc4 Qd7 14. Bf7 Qg4 15. Bg6 Qdl 16. Bc2. i) 1. g8q? Rcl+ 2. Kb3 flq 3. Bg6 + Bf5. ii) 1...., Kcl 2. g8q flq 3. Qxc8 Qf Kb3+ Kdl 5. Qc2+ Ke2 6. Qe4 +, or 5...., Kel 6. Qbl +. iii) 3. Qxc8? Qf Kb3 Qb Ka4 Qa Kb5 Qa6+ 7. Kc5 Rcl +. "An original positional draw with beautiful geometrical moves." No. 6183: Yu. Bazlov. 1. Sd4 b2 2. Kc3 dls+ 3. Kd3 alq. Bl does not mind 4. Sb3 + Kb2 5. Sxal Kxal 6. Kc2 Ka2 7. Ra8 Sa3, with a draw. 4. Rfl+ Kb2 5. Rf2 + Sd2. This time the fork favours W after 5...., Ka3 6. Sc2+ Ka2 7. Sxal + Kxal 8. Kc4 a5 9. Kb3. 6. Rxd2 + Kbl 7. Se2. Despite his material deficit W has implacable threats , Qa5 8. No I.Krikheli 3rd Prize, UV CSTV, 1981 No. 6184: I. Krikheli (Gori, Georgian SSR). 1. Se6 and: 1...., Rxa6 2. Sc5 Ra5 3. Be7 Ka2 4. Kc2 Ka3 5. Se4+ Kxa4 (Ka2; Bb4) 6. Sc3 mate , Ka2 2. Kc2 Ka3 3. Kc3 Kxa4 4. Kxc4 Ka5 5. Bd8 + /i Kxa6 6. Sc5 mate. i)5. Sc5? Kb6 6. Bd8 + Kc6. No. 6185: Vladimir Kos (Brno, Czechoslovakia). 1. ba Ra6 + /i 2. Kh5/ ii Ra5+ 3. Kh4 Ra Kh3 131

4 Rxa Kh2/iii glq + 6. Rxgl cbq 7. Rxbl Rh Kg2 Rg Kf2 Rf Ke2 Re Kd2 Rd Kc2 Rc Kb2 Rc Kb3 Rc Kb4 Rc Kb5 Rc Ka6 Ra5 + /iv 18. Kb6 Ra Kc7 Rc Kd8 wins. i) 1...., Rxa3 2. Sb6 + Kxa7 3. Rd , cbq 2. Rxbl Rxa3 3. Rgl Rh Kg5 Rg Kf4 Rg8 6. Ke5 Kb7 7. Se7. ii) 2. Kg5? Rg Kxg6 glq+ 4. Rxgl cbq 5. Rxbl stalemate. 2. Kh7? cbq 3. Rxbl Rxa3 4. Rgl Rh Kg6 Rg Kf5 Kb7. Hi) 5. Kxg2? Rg3+ 6. Kf2 Rg2+ 7. Ke3 Re2+ 8. Kd3 Rd2 +. iv) , Rxc8 18. Rel Rc Kb5 Rh6 20. Sc6 Rh2 21. Re7 Rb Kc5 Rc Kd6 Rd Kc7 Rc2 25. Rd7 Rd2 26. Sd4 Rh2 27. Kb6 wins. No V.Kos 4th Prize, UV CSTV, 1981 No. 6186: M.B. Truliko (Zhitomir, USSR). 1. d6 + Ka7 2. Bd5 Sb7 3. Bxb7 Se Kd7 Sf Kc7 Se6 + /i 6. Kd7 Sc Kc7 Sxb7 8. Sc6 + Ka8 (Ka6; Sb8 + ) 9. d7 Rh7 10. Kc8 Sd Kc7 Se Kc8Sd6+. i) 5...., Rh7+ 6. d7 Se6+ 7. Kd6 Rh6 8. Ke7 Kxb7 9. d8s+ Sxd8 10. Kxd N.G. Pandzhakidze anda.v.svetilsky 2 Hon.Men., UV CSTV, 1981 No. 6187: N.G. Pandzhakidze (Borzhomi Cagveri) and A.V. Svetilsky (Krivoi Rog) - both USSR. 1. Bc6 Bb4/i 2. Be4+ Kb2 3. Bxb4 alq + 4. Kb6 Kxb3/ii 5. Bc3 Qa4 6. Bc6 Qc4 7. Sd2+ Kxc3 8. Sxc4 Kxc4. i) 1...., alq2. Be4+ Kdl 3. Bf3 +. ii) 4...., Qa2 5. Bc3 + Kcl 6. Bd2 +. No V.I.Kalandadze 1 Comm., UVCSTV, 1981 No M.B. Truliko 1 Hon.Men., UV CSTV, No. 6188: Velimir I. Kalandadze (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR). 1. Rd4 + Ke7/i 2. Sxg6+ Kf6 3. Sxf4/ii g5+

5 4. Kg4 gf 5. Ra4 Rb3 6. Rb4 Rc3 7. Rc4 Rd3 8. Rd4. i) 1...., Kc7 2. Sxg6 Rxf3 3. Rxf4. ii) 3. h8q? Rxh8 4. Sxh8 g5+ 5. Kg4 Kg7. No B.Sivak 2 Comm., UV CSTV, 1981 Sf8+ Kc8 5. Sg6 Sa7/iii 6. Se7 + Kd7 7. Kb7 Kxe7 8. Kxa7 Kd7 9. Kb7. i) 1. Sd5 +? Kd6 2. c7 Sc6 3. Kb6 Kd7 4. Sf6 + Kc8 5. Kxc6 stalemate. ii) 3...., Se7 4. Sf4 Sc Kb7 Kd7 6. Sd5 Sd6+ 7. Kb8 Ke6 8. Sb6 Kf6 9. Sc4 wins. iii) 5...., Kd7 6. Se5+ Sxe5 7. Kb7. No V.I. Kalandadze(xi.84) 1st Prize, 64-ShakhmaJnove Obozreniye, 1984 Draw No. 6189: Bohuslav Sivak (Zvolen, Czechoslovakia). 1. Sd7 b2/i 2. Sxb6 + Kb8 3. Sd7+ Kc7 4. b6 + Kxd7 5. Bd3 Sc6/ii 6. Kf2 Sb4 7. Bbl d4/iii 8. Kf3 Kc6 9. Ke4 d3 10. Ke3 Kxb6 11. Kd2 Kb5 12. Kc3 Kc5 13. Kxb2 d2 14. Bc2 Sxc2 15. Kxc2. i) 1...., d4 2. Sxb6 + Kb8 3. Sa4 and 4. Sb , Sc8 2. Bxc8 b2 3. Sxb6+ Ka7 4. Bf5. ii) 5...., Sc8 6. b , Sb5 6. Bxb5+ Kd6 7. Bd3. iii) 7...., Kc6 8. Ke3 Kxb6 9. Kd4 Kb5 10. Kc3. No M.B.Truliko 3 Comm., UV CSTV, No. 6191: V.I. Kalandadze. Judge: V. Khortov (Cherepovets). 1. Ra2/i Rdl+ 2. Ke8 Rd2/ii 3. Ral Rdl 4. h8q Rxal 5. Qxal Kg2 6. Qg7 + Kfl 7. Qc7 Kgl 8. Qg3+ Kfl 9. Qh2 clq 10. Qhl + Kf2 11. Qxcl h2 12. Qhl. i) 1. h8q? Rdl-r- 2. Ke6 Rel + 3. Kf5 Rfl+ 4. Kg4 Rgl + 5. Kf3 Rfl + 6. Ke2 clq. ii) 2...., Rel+ 3. Kf7 Rfl + 4. Kg7 Rgl + 5. Kh6 Rg2 6. Ral Rg8 7. hgb. No E.L. Pogosyants (xii.84) 2nd Prize, 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, 1984 No. 6190: M.B. Truliko. 1. Se6 + /i Kd6 2. c7 Sc6 3. Kb6 Kd7/ii

6 No. 6192: E.L. Pogosyants. 1. Sf3 Rc8 2. Sxe5 Re6 3. Sc7+ Rxc7 4. Sf7 + Kc6 5. Rd8 Sf6 6. Rc5+ dc 7. d5 + Sxd5 8. Rd6+ Rxd6 9. Se5 mate. No V.Vlasenko(xi.84) 3rd Prize, 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, Rf8 + /i Kc7 2. Rf7 + Kb6 3. Rf6+ Kb5 4. Rf5+ Kb4 5. Rf4 + Kb3 6. Kh8 clq 7. g7 Qc3 8. h4 Ka3 9. h5 Bxh5 10. Rc4 Qal 11. Rcl Qb2 12. Rc2 Qf6 13. Rc6. i) 1. Kh8? elq 2. g7 Qh6+. No V.Prigunov(iii.84) 1 Hon.Men., 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, No. 6193: V. Vlasenko. 1. Be4 + Kh2 2. Be5 + Kh3 3. Bf5+ g4 4. Kgl Bd5 5. Bd3 Bg2 6. Bb5 b3 7. Bc4 b2 8. Bxb2 b5/i 9. Bxb5 Bf3 10. Bfl + Kg3 11. Be5 mate, i) 8...., Kg3 9. Be5+ Kf3 10. Bd5 +. No M. Hlinka (xii.84) 4th Prize, 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, No. 6195: V. Prigunov (Kazan). 1. c7 c2 2. c8r Kd2 3. Ke4 clq 4. Rxcl Kxcl 5. Kxd4 Kb2 6. Kd3 Kxa2 7. Kc2 Kal 8. g4 Ka2 9. g5 hg 10. h6 g4 11. h7 g3 12. h8b g2 13. Bd4. No. 61% Yu. Makletsov (x.84) 2 Hon.Men, 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, 1984 No. 6194: M. Hlinka (Czechoslovakia). The absence of the aspirate 'h' in Russian has interesting consequences, as here. The name appears as Glinka when literally transliterated - and we suddenly realise that the Czech chess composer has the same name as the Russian musical composer. No. 6196: Yu. Makletsov. 1. b8q Rd Qxd8 Sf Kg8 Sxd8 4. e6 + Kd6 5. Rd5+ Ke7 6. Rd7 + Ke8 7. Sd5 Rxe6 8. Re7+ Rxe7 9. Sf6 mate. No. 6197: the late V.A: Bron. 1. Sc2+ Kfl 2. Se3 + Kel 3. Bg4 134

7 Rxa2/i 4. Rxa2 Qh2 5. Kbl Qb Rb2 Qh2 7. Ka2 Qe5 8. Re2 mate, i) 3...., Rc7+ 4. Kbl Rb Kal Qxg4 6. Sxg4. No V.A.Bron(v.84) 3 Hon.Men., 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, 1984 No. 6199: G.A. Nadareishvili. 1. Sf3? d4+ 2. Kf2 d3 3. Sd4 d2 4. Se2 dls +. Therefore: 1. Sg4 d Kf2 d3 3. Sd4 d2 4. Se2 and now 4...., dlq 5. Sg3 mate, or 4...., dls 5. Kg3 Sf2 6. Sxf2 mate. No V. Kozyrev (iii.84) Commended, 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, 1984 No S.Osintsev(iv.84) 4 Hon.Men., 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, 1984 No. 6200: V. Kozyrev. 1. Sd3 Bxd3 2. gh Bb Ke7 b2 4. Sg5 blq 5. h8q+ Kxh8 6. Kf8 Qb4 7. Be7 Qf Bf6 + Qxf Sf7 + Kh7 stalemate. No A. Maksimovskikh (ix.84) Commended, 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, No. 6198: S. Osintsev. 1. Rb5 Rxb5 2. Rg6+ Kd5 3. Ba2+ Kd4 4. Rd6+ Ke4 5. Rxh6 Rb2 6. Rh2. No G.A. Nadareishvili (ii.84) Commended, 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, 1984 Draw 135 No. 6201; A. Maksimovskikh. 1. Kc5 d3 2. e6 Kg8 3. Kd6 d2 4. Ke7 Sf4 5. f7 + Kh7 6. f8q Sg Kf7 Sxf8 8. e7 dlq 9. efs+ Kh8 10. Sg6 + Kh7 11. Sf8 +, draw. No. 6202: K. Sumbatyan. 1. Ra6 alq 2. Be8 + Rxe8 3. Rxal g3 4. fg Kg4 5. Qh2 Qel + 6. Rxel Rxel +

8 7. Qgl Rxgl+ 8. Kh2 Rhl + 9. Kxhl Kxg3 10. Kgl Kf4 11. Kf2 Kg4 12. Kfl, drawn. No K. Sum bat van (xii.84) Commended, 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, 1984 Kd7;) 3...., Kd6 4. Qc6 + Ke7 and Bl's interposition facilities will enable him to stop the checks and win. ii) No variations given. No G.M. Kasparyan 1 Hon. Mention, Belokon Memorial, 1984, award: Vecherny Kharkov, 10.viii.85 No O.Mazur(xi.84) Commended, 64-Shakhmatnoye Obozreniye, 1984 Draw No Yu. Bazlov and V.S. Kovalenko 2 Hon. Mention, Belokon Memorial, 1984 Black to Move, White draws No. 6203: O. Mazur (Krasnoyarsk) , Sb4+ 2. Ke4 Kxd6 3. Be5 + Bxe5 4. e7 Sd5 5. e8s+ Ke6 6. Sg7 + Bxg7 stalemate. No. 6204: G.M. Kasparyan (Erevan). I. Qc3/i Qe4 + /ii 2. Kgl + Be Kh2 Bf4+ 4. Kgl elq + 5. Qxel Be3+ 6. Qxe3 alq+ 7. Kf2 Qb Kgl Qal+ 9. Kf2 Qf Kgl Bf3 II. Bxf3 fqxf3 12. b7 + Kb8 13. Qf4+ and stalemate, whichever bq captures. i) No variations given. The obvious 1. Kgl +? Kb8 2. ba + seems to founder against 2...., Kc7 3. Qc3+ (a8s +, No. 6205: Yu. Bazlov and V.S. Kovalenko (soviet far east). 1. Sf7 Rg6 2. Bh7 Rg7 3. Bxf5 Bf Kc5 Rxf7 5. Ra2+ Kb7 6. Be4 + Kc8 7. Ra8+ Kd7 8. Bc6 + /i Ke7 9. Re8 mate, i) No variation given, but 8. Ra7 +? Ke8 9. Bg6 Be7 + draws. AJR: All that could be desired is here: a natural enough position, straightforward play, no tough or obscure variations, every piece moves, a minimum of captures, a single really difficult move (4. Kc5!), and a mate that is the envy of all composers. (If you do not believe this last claim, try composing a study ending in a similar checkmate posi- 136

9 tion, using as the midboard checkmating force only wk, wr and wb.) The GBR class 0441 with B's on opposite colours can be considered as won. A recent otb example is Bjornsson vs. Johanessen, Reykjavik, No V.N.Dolgov and L.A. Mitrofanov 3 Hon. Mention, Belokon Memorial, 1984 David Hooper: "1 don't call this a pendulum." NO.6208 V. Kondratiev and A.C.hopnin 5 Hon. Mention, Belokon Memorial, 1984 No. 6206: V.N. Dolgov and L.A. Mitrofanov. 1. Se7+ Kf8 2. Sc6 Ke8 3. Re7+ Kf8 4. Rd7 Se6 5. Rf7+ Ke8 6. Re7+ Kf8 7. Rxe6 Sg2 8. Re4 Bh2 9. Rd4 Sf Kf6 Sh Kg5 Sg7 12. Kg6 Se6 13. Rd7 Sf Kf6 Sh Kg5 Sg7 16. Kg6 Se6 17. Rf7 + Ke8 18. Re7 +. No V.N.Dolgov 4 Hon. Mention, Belokon Memorial, No. 6208: V. Kondratiev and A.G. Kopnin. 1. Kd6, with 2 lines: 1...., dlq+ 2. Bd5+ Kb8 3. Rb7+ Kc8 4. Rg7 Kb8 5. Rg8 + Ka7 6. Kc , c2 2. Bd5 + Kb8 3. Rb7 + Ka8 4. Rd7 + Kb8 5. Rd8 + Ka7 6. Kc7 clq + 7. Bc6. "The idea behind the first variation was shown by the composers in the Platov Memorial." No E. Asaba 1 Special Hon. Mention, Belokon Memorial, 1984 Dra> No. 6207: V.N. Dolgov. 1. Sa5 hlq 2. Rd8 + Ka7 3. Sc6+ Kb7 4. Rb8 + Ka6 5. Ra8 + Kb5 6. Ra5+ Kb6 7. Be3 + Kb7 8. Ra7 + Kc8 9. Ra8 + Kd7 10. Rd8 + Kc7 11. Bf4 + Kb7 12. Rb8 + Ka6 13. Ra8+. "Perpetual pendulum." No. 6209: E. Asaba (Moscow). 1. Rf4 Bg8+ 2. Kb4 Bd5 3. Kc6 Bb7 4. b6 + Ka6 5. Rh4 Ka5 6. Rh7 Ka6 7. Rd7 e3 8. Rd3 Be4 9. Rxe3 f2 10. Ra3 + Kb7 11. Ra7 + and 12. Rf7. No. 6210: N. Bantish (Vitebsk). 1. Ba7 Kf3 2. Sf2 Rd5 3. Sh3 Kg4 4. Sf2 + Kg3 5. Kf6 Sb5 6. Ke6 Sc7+ 7. Kf6 Sb5 8. Ke6 Rh5 9. Bc5 Kf3 10. Sd3 137

10 Ke4 11. Sf2+ Kf3 12. Sd3, positional No. 6212: L.A. Mitrofanov (Lenindraw - grad). 1. Rg8+ Kb7 2. Sd8 + Kb6 3. No N. Bantish r> nc, i/uc A TiCn "> c o n \ r\ c 2 Special Hon. Mention, R S 6 + K b5 4. Rf6 a2 5. Sc6 alq 6. Bdokon Memorial, 1984 Sd4-f and bqal is not long for this world. No G.A. Nadareishvili 1st Prize, "Vani-85", award: 21.vi No D. Godes and A.J. Roycroft 3 Special Hon. Mention, Belokon Memorial, No. 6211: D. Godes (Ryazan) and A.J. Roycroft (London). 1. gf g6 2. fg Kf6 3. h4 Bxg3 4. gf Bxh4 5. fg Kxg5 and we have reached AJR's EG40 p Kh7 and the gp promotes to Q, not 6. g7? Kh6 7. g8q Bf6+. Excelsior, or as the judge wittily observes "Slalom by wp." No L.A. Mitrofanov 4 Special Hon. Mention, Belokon Memorial, 1984 No. 6213: G.A. Nadareishvili. Judge: D. Gurgenidze... Vani is a small township in Caucasian Georgia. The tourney was organised by the chess club there and was open to anyone. The award was published in the Tbilisi paper "Merani" that appears as a supplement to the sporting paper "Lelo." 1. g8b/i Rb2 + /ii 2. Kel Rbl + 3. Kd2 Rb2+ 4. Kd3 Rb8 5. abb. i) 1. g8q? Rb2+ 2. Kel Rbl + 3. Kd2 Rb Kd3 Rb3+ 5. Kc4 Kb2. ii) 1...., Kb2 2. Bxa2 Kxa2 3. a8q Kb2 4. g6 a2 5. g7. No R. Dadunashvili = 2/3 Prizes, "Vani-85" No. 6214: R. Dadunashvili. 1. Qe3 + Kd5 2. Kd7 Re5 3. Qd3 4- Kc5 4. Kxc7 Rd5 5. Qc3+ Kb5 6. Kxb7 Rc5 7. Qb3 + Kxa5 8. Kxa7 Rb5 9. Qa3 mate. 138

11 No Yu.Akobiya = 2/3 Prizes, "Vani-85" No D. Makhatadze Hon. Mention, "Vani-85" No. 6215: Yu. Akobiya. 1. Rb2 + /i Ka4 2. Ra2 + Kb5 3. Bc7/ii Qxb7/iii 4. Bd7+ Rxd7 5. Rxa5 + Kc6 6. Rxc5 mate. i) 1. b8q +? Qxb8 2. Rb2+ Ka4 3. Rxb8 Rxd3. ii) 3. Bd7 +? Rxd7 4. Bc7 Rg7+ 5. Kfl Qxb7. iii) 3...., Rg5+ 4. Kfl Qxa2 5. b8q + Kc6 6. Qb6+ Kd5 7. Qxc5 + Ke4 8. Qxg5. No Krikheli Hon. Mention, "Vani-85" No N. PandzKakidze Commended, "Vani-85" Draw No. 6218: N. Pandzhakidze. 1. Sc6 + Kc8 2. a7 Qa3 3. Sb5 Qa2 4. a8q + Qxa8 5. csa7+ Kd8 6. Be4 Kd7 7. Bc6+ Kd6 8. Be4. No D. Gurgenidze (i-iii.84) Prize, Themes-64, 1984 Award: x-xii.85 No. 6216: I. Krikheli. 1. Rb2+ Ka7 2. Kc7 Ka6 3. Ra2+ Kb5 4. c4+ Kxc4 5. Rxe2 d5 6. Rc2 + Kd3/i 7. Rc5 d4 8. Kd6 Ke2 9. Re5 + Kf3 10. Rd5 Ke3 11. Kc5. i) 6...., Kb3 7. Rd2 Kc4 8. Kd6 d4 9. Ke5. No. 6217: D. Makhatadze. 1. Qd3+ No. 6219: D. Gurgenidze. Judge: Kxd3 2. Sb4+ Ke4 3. Sd2+ Kxf4 4. Alexander Hildebrand, who always de- Sd3+ Kg5 5. Se4+ Kg6 6. Sf4+ Kh7 mands a high standard of originality, 7. Sf6+ Kh8 8. Sg6 mate. not to mention artistic content and 139

12 composing technique. For instance, as a FIDE judge he does not feel bound to award a prescribed number of prizes, honourable mentions and commendeds if the level of entries is insufficiently high. In this case he found only three of the 12 originals worth honouring. 1. a8q drel + 2. Kd4 Rdl + 3. Kc5 Rcl+ 4. Kd6 crdl + 5. Ke7 drel + 6. Kf7 Ke Kg6 Rgl + 8. Kh5 Rhl + 9. Kg4 ergl Kf3 Rfl-f 11. Ke2(e3) Rel Kd3 Rdl+ 13. Kc4 Rcl Kb5 Rbl Kc6 brcl Kd7 crdl Ke7 wins. " Beyond any doubt the best study in the tourney. wk's beat comprises 1 Vi loops around bk and is in my opinion both elegant and original. Studies with the major pieces (Q, R) often give a mechanical impression. But even if we do not find either tactical points or conflict at depth between W and Bl, nevertheless the originality of the royal circuit is enough to justify the study's place at the top." No B.OIympiev(iv-vi.84) 1 Hon. Mention, Themes-64, 1984 No A. Maksimovskikh and Yu. Makletsov(i-iii.84) 2 Hon. Mention, Themes-64, No. 6221: A. Maksimovskikh and Yu. Makletsov. 1. Rg5 Qxg5 2. Bd5+ Se4 3. Bxe4 + Qg mate, or 2...., Qg Sfl 4. Rxfl mate, or 2...., Kgl (Qxd5) 3. Ke(f)2+ Sfl 4. Rxfl mate. "A castling study of great charm. The solution is short but clear, and the key is very good. There are 4 mates in all, in 2 of which bq is pinned - not bad for a miniature. (With 8 men it is not a miniature. AJR) 1...., Qf6 may have been omitted because of the dual: and 2. Bd5 +. No Yu. Bazlov and V.S. Kovalenko Prize, Magadan Pravda, 1985 award: 5.xi.85 and 21.i.86 Draw No. 6220: B.G. Olympiev. 1. Rb7 Sa8 2. Kc5 (for Rxc7) 2...., Bf5 3. Ra7 Be4 4. Ra4 Bb6+ 5. Kd6 Bb7 6. Rb4 Ba6 7. Ra4 Bb7 8. Rb4 Bf3 9. Rb3 Be4 10. Rb4 Bc Kc5 Bg6 12. Ra4 Bb Kd6Bc Kc5. "No fewer than 3 of the 12 studies dealt with the class It has been a common theme of such as Ponziani, Kling and Horwitz, Rinck, Akerblom and so on, but the present study is in my view one of the best." No. 6222: Yu. Bazlov and V.S. Kovalenko (Soviet Far East). Judge: V. Razumenko (Leningrad). 1. Qh4+ Sg4 2. Qxg4/i Kd5+ 3. Khl/ii Ral + 4. Bbl Rxbl + 5. Rgl Rxgl + 6. Qxgl Bxgl 7. g7 Qa8 8. g8q+ Qxg8 stalemate. 140

13 i) 2. Rxg4 +? Kd5+ 3. Khl Ral + 4. Kh2 Qa2+ 5. Rg2 Bc7 +. ii) 3. Kfl? Rf2+ 4. Kel Qal +. The results quoted here in EG reflect the final judgement, after confirmation time adjustments. No V.N.Dolgov and L.A. Mitrofanov Prize, Magadan Pravda, Kh2 Bg3+ 5. Qxg3 + Kfl 6. Qf2 + Kxf2 stalemate. i) 1. Sxg4? Bxg Kgl Bxb7 3. Sh4 and loses. ii) 1...., hg+ 2. Sg2Kf2 3. Sxg , Bxb7 S2f3 gf 3. Rxg3 f Kh2 flq 5. Rgl. iii) 2. b8q? hg + 3. Kgl Bf2 mate. 2. Kgl? hg 3. Sxg4 Bxb7. No D. Gurgenidze and L. Katsnelson Hon. Mention, Magadan Pravda, 1985 No. 6223: V.N. Dolgov and L.A. Mitrofanov. 1. Rh4 Rgl + 2. Rfl Rg2 3. Kdl Ka6/i 4. Rel/ii Ra2 5. Kcl Rg2 6. Rdl/iii Ra2 7. Kbl Rg2 8. Rcl/iv Ka5 9. Kal Rgl 10. Rbl Rg2 11. Rh8 b4 12. Ra8 Kb4 13. Ra2, or in this, , b4 11. Rh6b3 12. Txb3 Rgl+ 13. Rbl Rg2 14. Rh3. i) 3...., b4 4. Rf5 + Ka6 5. frh5 b3 6. Kcl. ii)4. Kcl? b4 5. Rdl b3. iii) 6. Kbl? b4 7. Rcl b3 8. Rh3 b2. iv) 8. Kal? b4 9. Rbl Ka5 10. Rh6 Ka4 11. Rh3 b3. No V.S. Kovalenko Prize, Magadan Pravda, 1985 No. 6225: D. Gurgenidze and L. Katsnelson. 1. Ra7/i b2/ii 2. Rxa2 Rdl + 3. Ke2 Rel + 4. Kf2 Rf Kg3 Rf Kxf3 blq 7. Rh6+ Kgl 8. Rg2+. i) 1. Ra6? b2 2. Rxa2 Rdl + 3. Ke2 Rel + 4. Kf2 Rfl + 5. Kg3 blq. ii) 1....,Rdl + 2. Kxdlb2 3. Ke2blQ 4. Rh6+ Kg2 5. Rg7 +. No A. Kalinin Special Prize, Magadan Pravda, 1985 No. 6224: V.S. Kovalenko. 1. Sh4/i Bxh4/ii 2. Sf3 + /iii Bxf3 3. b8q hg + No. 6226: A. Kalinin. This study was dedicated to ex-world Champion Vasi- 141

14 ly Smyslov. 1. Ba6+ Qxa6 2. Rb8 + Kxa5 3. f8q Be7+ 4. Qxe7 Qd Kb3 Qxe7 6. Rb6 Kxb6 7. Sd5+ and 8. Sxe7. No A. Manyakhin Commended, Magadan Pravda, Qxe7 Rd2 8. Qb7 Rd7 9. Qxd7 fsd Kb8 Sc6+. ii) 4. Qc8? Se5 5. Qb8 Rd8 6. Qxd8 Sd7 7. Qxd7 Qal. No B.N. Sidorov Special Commendation, Magadan Pravda, 1985 No. 6227: A. Manyakhin. 1. Bb4 + /i Kdl 2. h8q Bxe Ka7 flq 4. Qal+ Kc2 5. Qc3+ Kbl 6. Qb3 + Kcl 7. Bc5. i) 1. h8q? Bxe2+ 2. Ka7 flq 3. Bb4 + Kf2. Draw 2+16 No M.Matous(x.84) 1st Prize, Tidskrift for Schack, 1984, award: ix.85 No V. Kozhakin Special Hon. Mention, Magadan Pravda, 1985 No. 6228: V. Kozhakin. 1. Qb3 clq + 2. Sxcl e2 3. Sxe2 Qxe2 4. Qb8 + Kh7 5. Qg8+ Kg6 6. Qf7 + Kg5 7. Qxg7 + Bg6 8. h4+ Kh5 9. Qe5+ Qxe5 10. Bf3 mate. No. 6229: B.N. Sidorov. 1. c7/i Re2 2. c8q Re8 3. Qxe8 Rd2 4. Qb8/ii Rd8 5. Qxd8 Qal 6. Qb8 Qh8 7. Qxh8 fsd4 8. Qb8 Sc6 9. Qxb7+ Ka5 10. Qa6 + Kxa6 stalemate. i) 1. cb? Qal 2. b8q Qh8 3. Qxh8 Re2 4. Qc8 + Ka5 5. Qb7 Re Ka7 Re7 No. 6230: M. Matous (Czechoslovakia). Judge: Lars Falk (Uppsala). 1. Rb f7? Sfl+ 2. Kcl d Kb2 dlq 4. f8q Qd2 + and 5..., Qa5 +. If in this 2. Kel d2+ 3. KG dlq 4. f8q Qd Kxfl Bg2 mate , Kxb4 2. n Sfl + 3. Kel d2+ 4. Ke2. 4. KG? dlr 5. f8q+ Ka4 6. Qe8+ Ka3 7. Qe7+ Kb3 8. Qe6 + Bd5 9. Qb6 + Kc2 10. Qc5 + Kb2 11. Qb6 + Bb3 12. Qf6+ Kbl 13. Qg6+ Bc2 14. Qb6 + Kcl 15. Qh6+ Rd Kel Bd3 wins. Here promotion to bq would result in stalemate , Bf3 +. Or 4...., dlq + 5. Kxdl Bf Kel hlq 7. f8q+ Ka4 8. Qxf3 Qxf3 stalemate

15 Kf2, and now: 5...., dlq 6. f8q + Ka4 7. Qb4+,or5...., hlq 6. f8q +, or 5...., dls+ 6. Kel hlq 7. f8q +, or 5...., hls + 6. Kgl dlq +, in all cases with subsequent stalemate. No Bo Hedlund (iii-iv-and vi-vii.84) 2nd Prize, Tidskrift for Schack, 1984 Kfl Qf8 7. erf7 ( g Rf7? Rhl +;) 7...., Qe8 8. Re7 Qd8 9. Re6 (Rd7? Qf6;) 9...., Qh8 10. ere7 Rhl Kf2 Qa8 12. Rg2 (Rg6? Rh2+;) , Qh8 13. grg7 Rh Kfl draw. No Em. Dobrescu (vi-vii.84) 1 Hon.Men., Tidskrift for Schack, 1984 No. 6231: Bo Hedlund (Lysvik, Sweden). I.h7(b7? Rbl + ;) 1...., Bxg6 2. b7 Bxh7 3. Ka2 Bg8+ 4. Kb2 Ba2 5. b8q (Kc3? Rh3 + ;) 5...., Rbl + 6. Kc3 Rxb8 stalemate. No K.Yndesdal (vi-vii.84) 2 Hon.Men., Tidskrift f6r Schack, 1984 No A. Maksimovskikh and V. Shupletsov (vi-vii.84) 3rd Prize, Tidskrift for Schack, No. 6232: A. Maksimovskikh and V. Shupletsov (USSR). 1. Rh3+ Rxh3 2. Kh6 dlq 6. c8q+ Bg8 7. Qb7 Bf7 8. Qa8+ Bg8 9. Qg2 Qd7 10. Qg7 + Qxg fg mate. No. 6234: K. Yndesdal (Norway). 1. Sg8 + Kf7 2. Rxf6 + Kxg8 3. Kg5 Be7 4. Kh6 Bf8+ 5. Kg5 Kg7 6. h6+ Kg8 7. Rxf8 + Kxf8 8. Kf6 Ke8/i 9. Kg7 Rf8 10. Kxh7 Rxf5 (Kf7; f6) 11. ef Kf7 12. Kh8 e4 13. h7 e3 14. f6 Kf8 15. f7 with stalemate. i) 8...., Rg8 and W is stalemated, or 8...., Kg8 9. Ke7 and W returns the compliment. No. 6233: Em. Dobrescu (Romania). 1. Rg6 + Kh2+ 2. Kf2 Qh8 3. Rg2 + Kh3 4. Rg3 + Kh4 5. grg7 Rh No. 6235: J. Rusinek (Warsaw). 1. hsf6 Sa Kb4 b5 3. Bxb5 c6 4. Sd7 + Kb7 5. Ba6 + Kxa6 6. Sc7 + Sxc7 7. Sc5 + Kb5 8. a5 mate. 143

16 No J. Rusinek (xii.84) 3 Hon.Men., Tidskrift for Schack, 1984 Bgl+ 3. Kb7 Rh c7 Bxa7 5. Ka8/i Rh Kb7 (Kxa7? Kc6;) 6...., Rh7 7. Ka8 drawn, i) 5. Kxa7? Kc6 6. Kb8 Rx7. No A. Maksimovskikh (iii-iv.84) Commended, Tidskrift for Schack, 1984 No J. Fritz (x.84) 4 Hon.Men., Tidskrift for Schack, 1984 Draw Draw No. 6236: the late Jindrich Fritz (Prague). 1. h7 Kg7 2. Kb2 Bg5 3. Rd7 + KM 4. Rd5 Rc2+ 5. Kbl Bd2 6. Rd7. 1. Kb2? Be2. No G.A. Nadareishvili (vi-vii.84) Commended, Tidskrift for Schack, 1984 Draw No. 6237: G.A. Nadareishvili (Tbilisi). 1. a6 Kd5 2. a7 (Kb7? Rh7 + ;) 2...., No. 6238: A. Maksimovskikh. 1. b3 + Ka5 2. Bc7+ Bb6 3. Bf4/i Bgl 4. Bc7 + Bb6 5. Bf4 Bd8 6. Kc5 Be Kc6 e5 8. Bd2 + /ii Bb4 9. Bg5 Bf8 10. Bd2 + Bb4 11. Bg5 Bel 12. Kc5 Bf Kc6 Bel 14. Kc5 Bb Kc6 Bel 16. Kc5 Bf2 + /iii 17. Kc6 Bel 18. Kc5 Bb Kc6 Bc3 20. Bd8 + /iv Kb4 21. Be7 + Ka5 22. Bd8 +. i) 3. Be5? Bd8 4. Kc5 Be Kc6 Kb4 6. Bg3 Kc3. 3. Bg3? Bd8 4. Kc5 Be Kc6 e5 6. Bel + Bb4 7. Bh4 Bd2 8. Kc5 g5. ii) 8. Be3? seems to be met by 8...., g3. iii) We follow the given solution, with its repetitions and near repetitions, presumably based on the o-t-b- 3-fold repetition rule. It has always seemed to us that this is irrelevant to studies, since it unduly prolongs a solution, iv) 20. Kc5? Bd Kc6 Kb4 22. Bd2+ Bc3 23. Bg5 Bel. 20. Bh4? Bd2 21. Kc5 g5 22. Bf2h4. No. 6239: Yehuda Hoch (Israel). Judge: Vazha Neidze. 1. a7 Ra3/i 2. Rc3 dra2 3. Rd2+ Ke6 4. Kg6 Ral 5. Rdl Rla2 6. a8q Rxa8 7. Re3 mate, i) 1...., Rh3+ 2. Kg7 Rg Rg6 Rxg Kxg6 Rd6+ 5. Kf7 Ra6 6. Re8 Rxa7 7. Re

17 No Y.Hoch 1st Prize, L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1982, award: ix.83 Bd6+ 9. Kd4 Bc Ke5 Qh Kf4 Bd Ke3 Qf Kd4 Qf Kd3 Qg Kc2 Qf Kd3 Qfl Kd4 Bc Ke5 Bd Kd4 Qdl Ke3 Bc Kf4Qf Ke5. No M.Zinar Special Prize, L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1092 No G.M. Kasparyan 2nd Prize, L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1982 No. 6240: G.M. Kasparyan (USSR). 1. c6 Kh2 2. Rg2+ Khl 3. Rxf2 Bxf2 4. c7 b2 5. c8q blq 6. Qh8+ Kgl 7. Qg7 + Bg3 8. Qd4+ Kfl 9. Qdl + stalemate. No Em.Dobrescu 3rd Prize, L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1982 No. 6242: M. Zinar. 1. g5 hg 2. Ke7 a4 3. d6 a3 4. d7 a2 5. d8q alq 6. Qh8 +. Alternatives on Bl's move 2: 2...., b4 3. d d8q blq 6. Qd6+ Kxe4 7. Qg , g4..., 5. d8q hlq 6. Qd6 + Kxe4 7. Qc6+, or, the other promotion, 5...., glq 6. Qd5 + Kf4 7. Qf5 + Ke3 8. Qxc , c4 5. d8q clq 6. Qd5 + Kf4 7. Qf5+ Ke3 8. Qxg5. No A. Sochniev 1 Hon.Men., L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1982 No. 6241: Em. Dobrescu (Romania). 1. Qf6+ Kg2 2. Qc6+ Se Kf5 Qf3+ 4. Ke5 Qg Kf5 Qf Kg6 Qg Kf5 Qh3+ 8. Ke5 No. 6243: A. Sochniev (Leningrad). 1. b8s + /i Bxb8 2. Bc8+ Kb6/ii 3. c5 + Ka7 4. Kxb5 Ka8 5. Bb7+ Ka7 6. Ka5 Kxb7 7. c6+ Ka7 8. Kb5 Ka8 9. Ka6 Ba7 10. d6 cd 11. c7. 145

18 i) 1. b8q? c5+ 2. dc Bxb8 3. cb + Kb6. 1. Bc8? c dc Kb6 3. cb Bb8. ii) 2...., Ka7 3. Kxb5 Ka8 4. Kc6 Ka7 5. Bg4 Ka6 6. Bf3 Ka7 7. Kd7 Kb7 8. c5 Ka6 9. c6 Kb6 10. Kc8 Ba7 11. Bg2. No B.C. Olympiev 2 Hon.Men., L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1982 Kh6;) clq 3. Bxcl glq 4. Rg8+ Kh7 5. Rxgl alq 6. Bc2+ Kh8 7. Rhl + Kg8 8. Bb3 +. i) 1...., alq2. Bxb3 + Kh7 3. Bxc2 + Kg7 4. Bf8+ Kh8 5. Bg7 +, but not 5. Rxal? glq 6. Rxgl stalemate , clq 2. Bxcl glq 3. Bb , glq 2. Bb2+ Qg7 3. Bxb3 + Kh7 4. Bxc2+. No E. Paoli 1 Commendation, L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1982 No. 6244: B.G. Olympiev (USSR). 1. Rc7+ KM 2. Be5 Ka8 3. Sb6 + Qxb6 4. Rc8+ Ka7 5. Bd4 Qxd4 6. Ra8 + Kb6 7. Rb8-f Kc5 8. Rc8+ Kb4 9. Rb8+ Kc5 10. Rc8+. No G.A.Umnov 3 Hon.Men., L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1982 No E. Melnichenko 2 Comm., L'ltalia Scacchistica, No. 6245: G.A. Umnov (USSR). 1. Bb5+ Kb6/i 2. Rcl g2 3. Rbl Ka5 4. Kxd5 f2 5. Kc5 glq 6. Rfl h5 7. d4 hg 8. d5 g3 9. d6 g2 10. d7 gfq 11. d8q mate. i) 1...., Ka7 2. Rcl g2 3. Rgl. No. 6246: E. Paoli (Italy). 1. Ra8 (Bxb3? glq;) Kg7/i 2. Bxb3 (Bb2 +? No. 6247: E. Melnichenko (New Zealand). 1. b8s d2 2. d8r/i Sxd8 3. edr Rxd8 4. cdr Bdl 5. f8r Bc2 6. a8b. i) 2. d8q? Bc6+ 3. Bxc6 Sd4 4. Qxd4 Rd8 5. Q(S)xd8 dlq + 6. Qxdl stalemate. No. 6248: V. Gerasimov (USSR). Judge: M. Matous (Czechoslovakia). 1. Kc3 b2 2. Bg5+ Kbl 3. Ra7 Rb3 + /i 4. Kd2 Rd3+ 5. Ke2 Rb3 6. Kdl Rd Bd2 Rb3/ii 8. Bc3 Rb

19 Kd2 Rb3 10. Bf6 Rb6 11. Bg7 Rb5 12. Bb4 Rb4 13. Be5 Rb3 14. Bc3 Rb4...and we do not know how the solution should finish. i) 3...., Rc5+ 4. Kb4 Kc2 5. Ra2 Rc3 6. Rxb Bf6. ii) 7...., Rd8 8. Ra8 Rxa8 9. bab and will win , Rxd2+ 8. Kel Rd8 9. Ra8 Kc2 10. Rc8+. No V.Kozirev andg.a. Uranov 3rd Prize, L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1983 No V.Gerasimov 1st Prize, L'Italia Scacchistica, 1983 award: x.84 No Em. Dobrescu 4th Prize, L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1983 No A.A.Sochniev 2nd Prize, L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1983 No. 6249: A. Sochniev (USSR). 1. Bel + Kb3 2. g7 Ra8 3. c8s ed 4. g8s flq 5. Bxfl Bf2 6. h8b/i Rxc8 7. Bg2 Rc5 8. a8r/ii. i) 6. h8q? Rxa Sxa7 Bd Qxd4 stalemate. ii) 8. a8q? Bd4+ 9. Bxd4 Ra Qxa5. No. 6250: V. Kozirev and G.A. Umnov (USSR). 1. Bd3 + Kb6 2. a8q e2+ 3. Kd2 elq + 4. Kxel f2+ 5. Kd2 fls + 6. Ke2 Sg3+ 7. Kd2 Sfl + 8. Ke2 Re6+ 9. Be4 Rxe Kf2 Rf Kgl Bxa8 stalemate. No. 6251: Em. Dobrescu (Romania). 1. Rf3 + /i Ke4 2. Rf4 + Ke5 3. Rf5 + Ke6 4. Rf6+ Ke7 5. Qel + Se2 6. Qxe2 + Kd8 7. Rf8 + Sxf8 8. g6 + Re7 9. Qxe7 + Qxe7 10. g7 Qf Bxf6+ Ke8 12. Be7 wins, 12. g8b being, of course, a dual today, though not a dual when the study was composed. See also No i) 1. Qf5 +? Kc3 2. Bel+ Kb2 3. Qf2+ Kbl 4. Qf5+ Kb2. No V. Nestorecu 1 Hon.Men., L'ltalia Scacchistica,

20 No. 6252: V. Nestorescu (Romania). 1. Bb7+ Kb6 2. Be3 Qe2/i 3. Rxe5 + Kc7 4. Bf4 Qf2 5. Re7 + Kd8 6. Bg5 Qg3 7. Rg7 + Ke8 8. Bc6 + Kf8 9. Bh6 Qxh3 10. Rh7 + Kg8 11. Rg7 + Kf8 12. Rh7 +. i) 2...., Bc4 3. Kb8 Qe2 4. Rxe5 + Qxe3 5. Rxe3. i) 3...., Kgl 4. Rf7 Bg6 5. Rf6 Bh5 6. Kxe4Kh2 7. Rh6+. ii) Not 8. Rf2? because of 8...., Bg6. No P. Angelini 4 Hon.Men., L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1983 No P. Rossi 2 Hon.Men., L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1983 Draw No. 6253: P. Rossi (Italy). 1. b7 + /i Kb8 2. Qc3 Qd Qxd3 elq+ 4. Kc2 Qcl + 5. Kb3 Qb Ka4 Qb Kxb4 Sxd Ka5 Bf7 9. e8q + Bxe8 stalemate, i) 1. Qc3? Qd Qxd3 elq 3. Kc2 Qcl + 4. Kb3 Qb Ka4 Qb4+ 6. Kxb4 Sxd Ka5 ba+. No. 6255: P. Angelini (Italy). 1. h6 Sb8 + /i 2. Ke6 Bxh6 3. Bxh6 h2 4. f8q hlq 5. Qa3 Qxel/ii 6. Qb3 Kd4 7. Qd5 + Kc3 8. Qxa5 +. i) 1...., Sc5+ 2. Ke7 Bf6(f8)+ 3. Kxf6(f8) h2 4. Ke7 hlq 5. f8q Qh Qf6 Q- 7. Qf3 +. ii)5...., Qxh6 6. Qd3+ Kf4 7. Qd2+. No A.Maksimovskikh and Yu. Makletsov 1 Comm., L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1983 No Y. Afek 3 Hon.Men., L'ltalia Scaccistica, 1983 No. 6254: Y. Afek (Israel). 1. Rg8 Kfl 2. h7 Bxh7 3. Rf8 + Kel/i 4. Rf2 glr 5. Rg2 Kfl 6. Rf2+ Kel 7. Rg2 Rfl 8. Rgl/ii Bf5 9. Rhl Bg6 10. Rgl. No. 6256: A. Maksimovskikh and Yu. Makletsov (USSR). 1. Rhl/i Bxe2 2. Kb3 Bdl 3. Rh8+ Kb7 4. Rh7+ Bc7 5. Rxc7 + Kxc7 6. Rc5 + Kb6 7. Rc6 + Kxb5 8. Rxc2 alq stalemate, i) 1. Rf8 +? Kb7 2. Rhl Bxe Kb3 Bdl 4. Rh7+ Bc7 5. Rxc7+ Kxc7 6. b6+ Kb7, but not 6...., Kxb6? 7. Kxa2 clq 8. Rb

21 No C. Grzeban 2 Comm., L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1983 No F.S. Bondarenko 4 Comm., L'ltalia Scacchistica, No. 6257: G. Grzeban (Poland). 1. Sf2+ Kgl 2. Sh3+ Khl 3. Bxd5 Rg3 + /i 4. Kf2 + /ii f3 5. Sf4 Rh3 6. Se2(h5) Rg3 7. Sxg3 mate. i) 3...., Rg2 4. Be4 Rg8 5. Kxf4+ Rg2 6. Kf3 Rg8 7. Kf2+ Rg2+ 8. Bxg2 mate. ii) 4. Kxf4 +? Rg2 5. Kf3 Rd2 6. Be4 Rd4, drawn. No P. Benko 5 Comm., L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1983 No M. Travasoni 3 Comm., L'ltalia Scacchistica, 1983 No. 6260: P. Benko (USA). 1. b7 Sd7 2. b8s+ Sxb8 3. Kxb8 Kb6 4. Kc8 Kc6 5. Kd8 Kd6 6. Ke8 Ke6 7. Kf8 f5 8. g5 wins. No Em.Dobrescu 1st Prize, V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 No. 6258: M. Travasoni (Italy). 1. Se3 elq 2. Sc2 + Kbl 3. Sxel f2 4. Sf3 (f8q? flq;) 4...., Sxf3 5. f8q Sd Kc3 flq 7. Qb8 + Kcl 8. Qb2 + Kdl 9. Qxd2 mate. No. 6261: Em. Dobrescu (Romania). No. 6259: F.S. Bondarenko (USSR). Judge: Bozhidar Petren (Yugoslavia). 1. c7 g2 2. Sc8 + Ka8 3. Sb6+ Ka hi A Rd Khl/ii Sxh7 3. Sd6 + c8s + Kb8 5. Sa6 mate. Kd8 4. Sf7 + Kc8 5. Sd6 + Kd

22 Sf7 + Ke8 7. Sd6 + Kf8 8. Sb7+ Kg8 9. Se7-f Kh8 10. Sg6 + Kg8 11. Se7 + Kf8 12. Sd5 Ke8 13. Sd6+. i) Sd6 +? Kf8 2. h7 Rhl + 3. Kg3 Bel+ 4. Kf4 Sxd5 +. ii) 2. Kh3? Rd Kh4 Sxh7 4. Sd6 + Kf8 and wba3 is en prise. 2. Kgl? Qa Khl Rdl +. For the studies honoured in the IV Solidarity (Yugoslavia) tourney, See EG60: No F.S. Bondarenko and A.S. Kakovin = 2/3 Prizes, V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 hin. 1. Rel/i a5+ 2. Ka4/ii hg/iii 3. e3 a2 4. Re2+ Kbl 5. Kb3 a Kxa4 g2 7. Rxg2 alq-r- 8. Kb3. i) 1. Rgl? h3. 1. Rfl(hl)? hg. (2. e3 now met by 2...., a2). 1. Rdl? h3 2. Rd2 + Kcl 3. Ra2 Kbl 4. Kxa3 h2 5. Rb2+ Kal. 1. gh? Kxcl 2. Kxa3 Kd2 3. c4 Ke3 4. c5 Kf4. i) 2. Kxa5? hg 3. e3 a2 4. Re2 + Ka3 5. Rel Kb2. iii) 2...., h3 3. e4 and as main line until 6...., h2 7. Rxh2, a parallel main line. No F.S. Bondarenko and A.S. Kakovin 1 Hon. Mention, V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 No. 6262: F.S. Bondarenko and S. Kakovin. 1. Ra8 + Sa Rxa2 + ba 3. Se2 Bh7 4. Sd4 Rg3 5. Bd3, and 5...., Rxd3 6. Sxc2 mate, or 5...., Bxd3 6. Sb3 mate. If 3...., f5 4. Sd4 Rc7 5. Bc4 and 5...., Rxc4 6. Sb3 mate, or 5...., Bxc4 6. Sxc2 mate. No B.N.Sidorov andv.shanshin = 2/3 Prizes, V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 No. 6264: F.S. Bondarenko and A.S. Kakovin. 1. f8q Rxf8 2. Sf7 Rxf7 3. d8s+ Ka8 4. Sxf7 c4 5. Sg5 c3 6. Sf3 c2 7. Sel cls 8. Sd3 Se2 9. Sc5 Sc3 10. Se4 Sdl 11. Sxg3. No V. Kos 2 Hon.Men., V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981, No. 6265: V. Kos (Czechoslovakia). 1. No. 6263: B.N. Sidorov and V. Shans- Sf4 Bc8 2. a6 Bxa6 3. Sd5 Sa

23 Kb2 Sd6 5. Bc6 Sb4 6. Bxb5 + Sxb5 7. Sb6+ Ka5 8. Sc4 + Ka4 9. Sb6+. No V.I. Kalandadze 3 Hon.Ment., V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 No. 6266: V.I. Kalandadze. 1. Rb8 + Kal 2. f7 a2 3. Rd8. The point of this cunning move will be revealed much later , Rc6+ 4. Kg5 Rc5+ 5. Kg4 Rc Kg3 Rc Kf2 Rc Ke3 Rc3+ 9. Kd2 Rc Kd3 Rf2 11. Kc3 Rf Kc2 Rf Rd2. wr's long-planned destination , Rxd Kxd2 Kbl 15. f8q alq 16. Qf5+ Ka2 17. Qd5 + Kbl 18. Qd3+ Ka2 19. Qc4+ Kbl 20. Qc2 mate. There is another embellishing line: 1...., Ka2 2. n Rc6+ 3. Kg5 Rc Kg4 Rc Kg3 Rc3+ 6. Kf2 Rc6. With this Bl hopes for 7. f8q? Rf6+, but 7. f8r wins. o B. Milosheski and Z. Mikhailovski 4 Hon.Men., V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 hailovski (Yugoslavia). 1. g6 Rf4+ 2. Kg5 Rf5+ 3. Kg4/i and: 3...., Kf6 4. g7 Rfl 5. g8s+ Kf7 6. Sh6+ Kg6 7. Sg8 + Kf7 8. Sh6+ Kg6 9. Sg8 Rf7 10. d6 draws , Rfl 4. Kg5/ii Rgl + 5. Kh6 Kf5/iii 6. h5 Kf6 7. d6 Rg5 8. d7 Rd5 9. g7 Kf7 10. d8q Rxd8 11. Kh7 Rg8 12. h6 Rd8 13. g8q+ Rxg8 stalemate. i) 3. Kh6? Kf6 4. d6 Ra5 5. d7 Ra8 6. Kh7 Rd8 7. h5 Rxd Kh6 Rd5 9. g7kf7. ii) 4. Kh5? Kf6 5. Kh6 Ral 6. g7 Ra8 7. Kh7 Ra7. iii) 5...., Kf6 6. h5 Rg5 7. d6 Rd5 8. d7 Rxd7 9. g7 Kf7 10. Kh7 Rd8 11. h6 Rg8 stalemate. No D. A. Gurgenidze 5 Hon.Mention, V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 Draw No. 6268: D.A. Gurgenidze (Chailuri, Georgian SSR). 1. Rb8 + (Kxc6? Rg6 + ;) 1...., Ka7 2. R5b7 + /i Ka6 3. Kxc6 Rcl +* 4. Kd5 alq 5. Rb6 + Ka5 6. Rb5+ Ka4 7. Rb4 + Ka3 8. Rb3 + Ka2 9. R3b7 Rdl Ke6 Rel Kf7 Rfl Kg8 Rgl+ 13. Kh7. i) 2. Kxc6? Rg6+ 3. Kc7 Rg7+ 4. Kc6 alq. No. 6267: B. Milosheski and Z. Mik- No. 6269: V. Nestorescu (Bucarest, Romania). 1. Re8 Kf7/i 2. Rc8 g2 3. Sd8+ Kg7 4. Se6+ Kh7 5. Sf8+ Kg7 6. Se6+ KH7. Sd8+ Ke8 8. e6glq + 9. Kh6 Qe f4 Qxf4 (Qh3 + ; Kg7) 11. Kh7 Qe Kg8/ii Qg Kh7 Qh Kg8 Qg Kh8 Qh Kg8. 151

24 i) 1...., g2 2. Rxe7+ Kf8 3. Kf6 glq 4. Sd6 Kg8 5. Re8+ Kh7 6. Re7 +. ii) 12. Kh6? Qe Kh5 Kf8. No B.N.Sidorovand V.Shanshin 2 Comm., V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 No V. Nestorescu 6 Hon.Men., V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 No V. Kichigin 3 Comm., V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 No J. Pasztor 1 Comm., V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), No. 6270: J. Pasztor (Hungary). 1. h6 Bel 2. h7 Bg5 3. h8b Bd2+ 4. Kd3 Be3 5. Be6 Kd6 6. Bf5/i Bb6 7. Kc4 Kc6 8. Be4+ Kc7 9. Be5 + Kc8 10. Bb7 + Kd8 11. Kd5 Kd7 12. Bf4 Bf2/ii 13. Bc6+ Kc8 14. Kd6 Kd8 15. Bg5 + Kc8 16. Bd7 + Kb8 17. Bf4. i) 6. Kxe3? Kxe6 7. Bd4 Kd5 8. Bxa7 Kc6. 6. Bc8? Kc7 7. Bb7 Bf4 8. Bd4 Kb8. ii) , Kd8 13. Kc6 Ke8 14. Bc8 Kd8 15. Kb7 Bf2 16. Bb8. No. 6271: B.N. Sidorov and V. Shanshin. 1. Kg6+ Kg4 2. Rh4 + Kxh4 3. Kf5 Rb7 4. Rg8 Rh7 5. Rg4 + Kh5 6. Rxg3 Kh6 7. Rg6 + Kh5 8. Rg3 Kh4 9. Rg4+ Kh5 10. Rg3 gls 11. Rh3 + Sxh3 stalemate. No. 6272: V. Kichigin (USSR). 1. Kc7 Bb7 2. Ra3 + Ba6 3. Sb3 hlq 4. Sd4 Qcl + 5. Sc6 + Qxc Kxc6 f2 7. Bc4 be 8. Kc7/i flq 9. b5. i) 8. Ral? Kb8 9. Rfl c3 10. Rxf2 Bd3 11. Ra2 Bbl 12. Ra3 c2 13. Rc3 e5 14. Kd5 Kb7. No V. Kichigin 4 Comm., V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia),

25 No. 6273: V. Kichigin. 1. Bh4 Ral (Qxh4; Qd8 + ) 2. Qxal + (Bxg5 +? Kxg5;) 2...., Ke6 (Kg6; Qxg7 + ) 3. Bxg5 Bxal 4. Be3 b4 5. a6 b3 6. Bel Bd4 7. Bb2. No A.S.Kakovin and AI.P. Kuznetzov 2nd Prize, VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 No M. Marysko 5 Comm., V 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1981 No. 6274: M. Marysko (Czechoslovakia). 1. Rc7+ Qf7 2. Rxf7+ Kg6 3. Bh5 + Kxh5 4. Rh7 + Kg4 5. Kf2. Old wine in a new bottle. No B. Petren 1st Prize VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 No. 6276: A.S. Kakovin and AI.P. Kuznetsov. 1. a4 Qf4 + /i 2. Se3/ii Qxe Kbl f Ka2 Rf7 5. Qxf7 Qb Qxb3 (Kxb3? Bg8;) 6...., Bc2 7. Qxc2 (else Bb3 + ;) 7...., b Ka3 be 9. b4 mate, i) ba 2. Qa7+ Kxb5 3. Qa4+. ii) 2. Kbl? Qb8 3. Qxf6 f4 4. Qc6 Bxc2+ Qd8. No D.A.Gurgenidze 3rd Prize, VI 'Solidarity' Ty, (Yugoslavia), 1983 Draw No. 6275: B. Petren (Novi Sad, Yugoslavia). Judge: Ofer Comay (Israel). 1 b8b/i Bxb4/ii 2. b7+ Kd5/iii 3. Qc6 + /iv dc 4. Bxe6 + Ke4 5. Bf5 + Kf3 6. Bg4+ Kg2 7. Bh3 +. i) 1. b8s +? Kd b7 + Ke7. 1. b8q? Bxb4. ii) 1...., Sc7 +? 2. bc + Kd5 3. Bb7 + Ke5 4. c8q+. iii) 2...., Rxa6 3. Bd7 + Kd5 4. Bc6+. iv) 3. Qxb5 +? Sc5 4. Qxb4 Rxc8. No. 6277: D.A. Guigenidze (Chailuri, Georgian SSR). 1. Rh8+ Kg7 2. Bf6 + Kxf6 3. Rf8+ Ke5 4. Rfl Kd4 5. Kg4 Kd3 6. Kf5 Kc2 7. Rf2+ Kbl 8. Rf4 Kc2 9. Rf2+ Kbl 10. Rf4. 153

26 No B. Milosheski and Z. Mikhailovski 4th Prize, VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 No E. Gavrilov and R. Fedorovich 2 Hon.Men., VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 No. 6278: B. Milosheski and Z. Mikhailovski. 1. h7 a2 2. Kc4 Rxe5 3. h8q alq 4. Qg7 + /i Ka6 5. Qf6+ Ka5 6. Qd8+ Ka4 7. Qdl + Qxdl stalemate. Or 1...., Bg3 2. Bg7/ii a2 3. Kc4 Re5 4. h8q alq 5. Bxe5. i) 4. Qh7 +? Ka6 5. Qg6+ Ka5. ii) 2. Ba8? a2 3. Kc4 Re5. No B. Milosheski and Z. Mikhailovski 1 Hon.Men., VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 No. 6280: E. Gavrilov and R. Fedorovich (USSR). 1. Se5 Rb4 2. Sd3 Rbl + 3. Scl Kg3 4. Rxbl abb 5. Se2+ Kh3 6. Sf4+ Kg3 7. Se2 + Kh3 8. Sf4 + Kg4 9. Se2 Bd3 10. Sd4 Kg3 11. Se2 + Kg4 12. Sd4 Kh3 13. Sf3 Be4 stalemate. No B. Petren 3 Hon.Men., VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 Draw No. 6279: B. Milosheski and Z. Mikhailovski. 1. Rbl e2 2. b6 Sb4 3. b7 Sc6 4. b8q Sxb8 5. Rxb8 elr 6. Rbl Re4 7. Rb8/i Re2 8. Ra8 Re7 9. Ra7 Bd7 10. Ra8 + Be8 11. Ra7 Rd7 12. Rb7/ii Rdl 13. Rbl Rd2 14. Rb8 Re2 15. Ra8 Re4 16. Rb8 Re7 17. Rb7 Rd7 18. Ra7 Rdl 19. Ral Rd2 20. Ra8. i) 7. Rel? Re2 8. Rbl Rf2. ii) 12. Rc7? Rdl 13. R- Rhl. No. 6281: B. Petren. 1. gh/i Qxf6 + /ii 2. Bb2 c3/iii 3. Sxc3 (Bac3? Qa6 +;) 3...., Qa6 + /iv 4. Ba3 + Qxa Sa2 Bxh7 6. f8q+ Kxf8 stalemate. i) 1. Bb2? Kxf7 2. g6 + Bxg6. ii) 1...., Qh8 2. Bb2Kxf7 3. Se4. iii) 2...., Qa6+ 3. Ba3 +. iv) 3...., Qxh6 4. h8q , Kf7 4. Sa2. No. 6282: B. Petren. 1. Bg2 hlq 2. Bxhl Slh2+ 3. Kh3/i Rxhl 4. Sf2 Kxf2 5. Rg2 + Kfl 6. Kg3/ii Kel 7. Ra2(b2) Rgl + 8. Rg2 Rfl 9. Ra2(b2) Rgl Rg2. 154

27 i) 3. Kh5? Rxhl 4. Rd6 Sd4 5. Sc5 Sf Kg6 Se Kf6 Rf Kxe5 Rf5 mate. 3. Kg3? Rxhl 4. Rd6 Sf Kg4 Rgl + 6. Kf5 Sg Ke6 Sd4+ 8. Ke5 gsf5. ii) 6. Ra2? Sgl + and 7...., hsf3. 6. Rf2 +? Kel 7. Kg2 Rgl + 8. Kh3 Rg7 9. Rfl + Ke2 10. Rf2+ Ke3 11. Re2 + Kd4 12. Re4 + Kd5. No B. Petren 4 Hon.Men., VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), , Qe5 3. d4+. Or 2...., Kd6 3. Be7 + Ke5 4. Rxc6. i) 3. Ka7? Kd6 4. d4 Be4. ii) 3...., Kd6 4. Be7 + Ke5 5. Kc7 f5 6. Kxc6 blq 7. Bd6 + Kf6 8. g5 mate. iii) 3. Ka7? Kd6 4. Kb6 Bd7. iv) 3...., Bxe4 4. Be7+ Kb6 5. Rd6 + Bc6 6. Bd8+ Kc5 7. Kc7 Qhl 8. Rd , Qxa3 4. Be7 + Kb6 5. Rb7 + Bxb7 6. Bxa3 Bc6 7. h5 gh 8. gh Be8 9. h6 Bg6 10. Kc8. No B.N.Sidorov 2 Comm., VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), No B. Petren 1 Comm., VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 No. 6284: B.N. Sidorov (USSR). 1. Bc6+ Kxc6 2. Ke7 and: 2...., b3 3. d7 b2 4. d8q blq 5. Qd7+ Kxc5 6. Qd6+ Kb5 7. Qb , c3 3. d7 c2 4. d8q clq 5. Qd7+ Kxc5 6. Qc7(c8) , h3 3. d7 h2 4. d8q hlq 5. Qa , g3 3. d7 g2 4. d8q glq 5. Qd7+ Kxc5 6. Qa7 +. No B.N.Sidorov 3 Comm., VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 No. 6283: B. Petren. 1. Bd8+ Kc5 2. Rc7 and: 2...., b2 3. Rb7/i Bxb7/ii 4. Kc7 and 5. Be7- mate , e5 3. Rd7/iii Bxd7/iv 4. Kc7 and 5. Be7 wins. Or 2...., Qel 3. Be7 + Kb6 4. d4 Qg3 5. Bc5 + Ka6 6. e5. Or 2...., Qfl 3. Be7 + Kb6 4. a4 Qcl 5. d4 Qxc4 6. Bd8 Qxa4 7. Rb7 Ka6 8. Rb6 mate. Or No. 6285: B.N. Sidorov. Obviously a version of No. 5846, maybe even an earlier version! 1. g7 Qb3 2. Qf7 Kal 3. Qc4 Qxc4 4. Rc8 Qb3 5. Rc4 Qxc4 6. Rc8 Qb3 7. Rc4 Qxc4 8. g8b. 155

28 No V.I. Kalandadze 4 Comm., VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 Rc8 Re5 10. Ra8 Re7 11. Re8 Rxe8 stalemate. "A study of high class synthesising stalemate and positional draw. Technically irreproachable." No N.R. Ryabinin 1st Prize, Kommunist (Saratov), 1985 award: xii.85 No. 6286: V.I. Kalandadze. 1. g7 Sd7+ 2. Kf7 Sf6 3. Bf4 + /i Kh5 4. Kxf6 Bc Be5 Bxe Kxe5 Sg4+ 7. hg + Kh6 8. g8s+ Kg5 9. Sf6 h6 10. Ke6 Kg6 11. Se4 h5 12. g5 h4 13. Ke5 h3 14. Kf4. i) 3. Kxf6? Bc Be5 Bxe5 +. No F.S. Bondarenko 5 Comm., VI 'Solidarity' Ty (Yugoslavia), 1983 No A.Belyavsky and L. Mitrofanov 2nd Prize, Kommunist (Saratov), 1985 No. 6287: F.S. Bondarenko (Dnepropetrovsk). 1. e7 c2+ 2. Kcl Re6 3. Rxe6 d5 4. Re5 Bxe5 5. e8q Bd6 6. Qel +. Not 4. e8q? Bd6 5. Kb2 Ba3 +. No. 6288: N.R. Ryabinin (Tambov region). Judges: Gurgenidze (Georgia) and A. Khait (Saratov). The All-Union tourney commemorated the 25 years since Yuri Gagarin's first human spaceflight. 1. a7 Ra5 2. Rb8 Bb7 3. Rxb7 Sel 4. Rb4 + Kxa3 5. Rb8 Rh Kgl Bd4+ 7. Kfl Bxa7 8. Ra8 Ra5 9. No. 6289: A. Belyavsky and L.A. Mintrofanov (both Leningrad). 1. f6 gf 2. Kc7 Rd5. Remarkable. 3. Be4 blq 4. b6. Both sides continue to produce remarkable moves , Qb3 5. Bf3. Preventing bq's threat to check on h , fg. Bl stays cool. 6. Kc8 g4 7. Bg2 g3 8. Kc7. There do not appear to be valid alternatives. If 8. Bhl? g2 9. Bxg2 Qxb6 10. Bxd5 + (or stalemate after cb) , Ka7 11. cb+ Kxb , Qxb Kxb6. 156

29 No V. Blokhin 3rd Prize, Kommunist (Saratov), No. 6291: A. Malyshev (Yaroslav region). 1. Be7 Rc8 2. Be4 Sf5 3. Bxf5 Rf8 4. Bg6 Rxf Kel Kg7 6. Ke2, and either 6...., Kh8 7. Bd6, or 6...., Ra4 7. Bf6 +. The position after 6. Ke2 appears to be a reciprocal zugzwang, a discovery of significance for endgame theory. No L. Katsnelson and O. Pervakov 2 Hon.Men., Kommunist (Saratov), 1985 No. 6290: V. Blokhin (Vladimir oblast). With W's great material advantage it would not be surprising to find an alternative win - but the main idea is superb. 1. Rdl Rel 2. Ba2+. The GBR class 0402 is accepted as won. So Bl seeks stalemate. David Hooper comments that "one has to consider 2. Rxd2+ Kc3 3. Rc2+ Kb3 4. Sc6 Rxbl 5. Sd4+..." 2...., Ka3 3. Rxd2 Re2 4. Rd8 Rxh , Rxa2 leaves W with his material, and the ap is no serious threat. 5. Bg8. Only this square, as will be seen , Rb2+ 6. Kc4. Standing on wb's diagonal to preempt the self-stalemate defence that would occur after 6. Kc5? Rxb8 7. Rxb8. 6 Rb4+ 7. Kd5 Rb5+ 8. Ke6 Rb6+ 9. Kf7 Rb Sd7. Blokhin is a new name to us. No A.Malyshev 1 Hon.Men., Kommunist (Saratov) No. 6292: L. Katsnelson and O. Pervakov (Leningrad). 1. Rb7 h2 2. g7 Rg2 3. Bxh2 Rxd Kc3 Rd3+ 5. Kxd Rd7 Kxd7 7. g8q Rxg8 8. Bb8 and wins. No A. Sochniev 3 Hon.Men., Kommunist (Saratov), No. 6293: A. Sochniev (Leningrad). 1. Bf3 Bb5 2. c7 Bd7 3. Kf4 g Kxg5 h3 5. Kf6 h2 6. Ke7 Bg4 7. Bxg4 hlq 8. c8q Qh Ke8 Qxf2 10. Bf5 + Kh6 11. Qe6+ Kg5 12. Qg6 + Kf4 13. Qg4+ Ke3 14. Qe4 + Kd2 15. Qd3 + Kel 16. Bg4 Qd2 17. Qf3 d5 18. Kd7 d4 19. Qhl + Kf2 20. Qh2 + Ke3 21. Qg3 + Ke4 22. Qf3 + Ke5 23. Qf5 mate. No. 6294: L. Topko (Krivoi Rog). 1. Kd7 Rh6 2. Bg6+ Kh8 3. Sf5 hrxg6 4. Se7 R8g7 5. Se6 Rf7 6. Ke8 R6f6 7. Sg6+ Kh7 8. Se7 Kh8 9. Sg6 + Kh7 10. Se7. 157

30 No L. Topko 1 Comm., Kommunist (Saratov), 1985 No. 6296: A. Popov and L. Mitrofa- Rxd2 4. f7 + Kd7 5. f8q clq 6. Sc5 + Kc6 7. Qa8+ Kc7 8. Qa7+ Kd6 9. Qd7+ Ke5 10. Qe6 + Kf4 11. Sd3 + Rxd3 12. Qxh6 + and 13. Qxcl. No N. Kralin 1st Place Moscow Championship, 1985, award(?): Bulletin of Central Chess Club of USSR, i.86 Draw No A. Grin 2 Comm., Kommunist (Saratov), Draw No. 6295: A. Grin (Moscow), a veteran. 1. Sh6+ Kh8'2. e6 Bxe6 3. Bxd4 glq 4. Bxgl d2 5. Bd4 dlq 6. Be5 Qd5 and now the solution dissolves, since 7. Bc3? Qf3 + or 7. Bb2? Qd2 or 7. Bal? Qhl. (AJR is writing to the composer.) No A. Popov and L. Mitrofanov 3 Comm., Kommunist (Saratov), 1985 No. 6297: N. Kralin. The composing championship of Moscow takes place irregularly. This time it was a competition with a set theme for each section. A. Grin was judge-in-chief, with A. Kalinin judge for the studies section(s). The studies title was taken by E. Pogosyants by the shortest of heads (in fact, on tie-break, though the details are unclear) from N. Kralin, with E. Asaba third. The only set theme mentioned in the award summary (as usual, there is no complete award published another soviet 'tradition'...) was: any combination in which win of a tempo is decisive. However, the 4 published positions are captioned respectively '1st Place', '2nd Place', '1st Place' and '2nd Place', with the latter pair 'published! The USSR is like that: the more questions are answered, the more are asked... well, we other endgame paupers are grateful, even for crumbs of mystery from the rich composers' table. 158

31 1. e7+ Ke8 2. Rc8 Qxc8 3. Bb5 + Sc Kd5/i Kd7 5. Kc5 Ke6 6. Bxc6 Qb8 7. Kc4 Kxd6 8. e8q Qc7 9. Qd7 + Qxd7 10. Bxd7 Kxd7 11. Kd5 Ke7 12. Kc6 Ke6 13. f3/ii Ke7 14. Kc7 Ke6 15. Kd8. i) 4. Kc5? Kd7 5. Kd5 Qg8 +, or 5. f3? with tempo-loss in the finale. ii) of tempo again. No E.L. Pogysyants 2nd Place, Moscow Championship, 1985 No. 6299: E. Asaba. 1. Khl a2 2. Rgl Sbl/i 3. Sg4+ Kh7 4. Sf6+ Kh6 5. h5 alq 6. Rg6 mate, or, 3...., Kh5 4. Sf6+ Kxh4 5. Kh2 alq 6. Rg4 mate, i) It looks as if Bl has achieved his objective, but now there is a mating attack. No E. Pogosyants 2nd Place, Moscow Championship, 1985 No. 6298: E.L. Pogosyants. 1. Sg3 glq 2. Se2+ Ke3 3. Sxgl Kf2 4. Kg4 Kgl/i 5. Kg3 e4 6. h4 Kfl 7. Kf4 Kf2 8. Kxe4. i) The central moment. Now 5. h4? is over-hasty because of 5...., Kf2 6. Kf5 Kf3 7. Kxe5 Kg4. No E. Asaba 1st Place, Moscow Championship, 1985 No. 6300: E. Pogosyants. 1. Sg4 d2 2. Sf2 c3 3. d6 dlq 4. Sxdl Sd4+ 5. Bxd4 c2/i 6. Se3 clq 7. d7 Qc7 8. Bb6+ Kxb6 9. Sd5 + Kb7 10. Sxc7 Kxc7 11. Ke6 Kd8/ii 12. Kd5 Kxd7 13. b6 and wins. i) W is at the parting of the ways. 6. Sc3? is wrong: 6...., clq 7. d7 Qfl + 8. Ke6 Qc4+ 9. Ke7 Qc Ke8 Qh Kd8 Qg Kc8 Qc Bxc5 stalemate. Therefore W takes the other road. ii) An attempt to provoke stalemate after 12. b6? The 4 studies above were awarded 12, 11, 13 and 12 'points' respectively, suggesting that the first two were unpublished originals (ie, they first appeared in the award itself) judged in a sub-section separate from the second pair but that the results of both sub-sections were combined for purposes of the championship title. We have no details of any other entries or entrants. 159

32 "A.P. GRIN" Cheron Memorial - Final Award Some years ago the composer Alexan- No is anticipated by the same der Pavlovich GULYAEV, fed up with composer (No in EG69), and all the western variations made on his hence eliminated. Russian name (Gulyayev, Guljaev, Gu- No is also reported eliminated laev), adopted the composing name of through anticipation in the 1966 Ise- GRIN. Did this solve his problem? It negger Memorial event, but AJR fails did not. In western magazines his na- to trace the earlier study in EGll (Nos. me is now more often given as ). GREEN than GRIN. Recently I met No has 2nd Honourable Menhim in Moscow and learned that his tion alone, and all other placings are humorous intention had indeed been unchanged, to adopt the pseudonym of the English word 'grin' meaning the act of showing teeth, especially in amusement or pain. EG85 - ERRATA p. 97 'indtroductory' should read: introductory omit comma after 'type' p. 98 'GBR class ' should read: GBR class p. 128 'to learn that of should read: to learn of EG UK ISSN British or European subscriptions may be paid to National Giro account All communications to: A.J. Roycroft, 17 New Way Road, London NW9 6PL. *C* (or similar motif) denotes a computer-related article or diagram. CBR code (after Guy / Blandford / Roycroft) denotes chessboard force. Examples: is the code for two (white) knights against one (black) pawn; 4100 codes a white and a black queen, with a white rook; two (white) bishops against a (black) knight codes as Nex meeting: Friday, 9th January, 1987 at B.T. Batsford, 4 Fitzhardinge St., London, Wl. Time: 6.15 pm. (But phone or ). Annual subscription: 8 or $15. Calendar year EG **RENEW NOW!!** EG does NOT require originals unless an EG-tourney is announced. Unless plainly indicated, or obviously contradicted by the context, all reviews and comments are by AJR. 160