[Retros] Haunted SPGs

[A J Mestel]

Thanks Michel. Perhaps I'll only send cooked problems to this list then!!
They're easier to compose, in my experience... I'll see if we can mend it.

 Jonathan

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 CAILLAUDM at aol.com wrote:


>  Hello Jonathan (and everybody),

>

>

> > Is the general feeling that one should not send unpublished problems to

> > this list then? I assumed it would thereby meet the attention of most of

> > the people who are interested in this sort of thing...

> >

>

> The problem is only when you intend to publish them as "originals" elsewhere

> later.

> I feel it can still be done if the editor of the column agrees...(just before

> sending this mail, I see Thomas and Joost already expressed something like

> this)

>

> >

> > > The following did not make the award, but I was quite pleased with it

> > > (if it's not cooked...please inform me of any found)

> > >

> > > J. Mestel + O. Comay

> > >

> > > rn1qrBQK/pp3ppp/3Pp3/2p5/3pnb2/1P3B2/P1PPNPPP/RN1R1b1k

> > > SPG 19.5 Haunted Chess

> > >

> >

> > 1 e4 d5 2 Ke2 Bh3 3 Kf3 Bxg2+ 4 Kg4 e6 5 Kh5 Bd6 6 Qg4 Ke7 7 Qxg7 Nf6+

> > 8 Kh6 Re8 9 exd5 Ne4 10 Kxh7 Bf4 11 Qg8[Pg7] Kf6 12 Be2 Kg5 13 Bf3 Kh4

> > 14 Ne2 Kh3 15 Rd1 Kxh2 16 b3 Bf1[Pg2] 17 Ba3 Kh1[Ph2] 18 Bf8 c5

> > 19 d6[Pd5] d4 20 Kh8[Pg7]

> >

>  Intricate play with 2 royal "walkings through the walls" (quite appropriate

> for ghosts...), but there seem to be possible intervertions in the begining :

>  2.Qg4 Nf6 3.Qxg7 Bh3 4.Ke2 e6 5.exd5 Ne4 6.Kf3 Bxg2+ 7.Kg4 Bd6 8.Kh5 Ke7

> 9.Kh6 Re8...

>

>  Best wishes,

>   Michel

>