[Retros] StrateGems 42, Apr-Jun 2008

[Joost de Heer]

R0141v - Dmitri Baibikov
4RqBq/2pRbQQp/3ppK2/2P5/5k1P/1p3Pq1/p4PPB/6S1 (13+11)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   | . |   | . | R |*Q | B |*Q |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| . |   |*P | R |*B | Q | Q |*P |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   | . |   |*P |*P | K |   | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| . |   | P |   | . |   | . |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   | . |   | . |   |*K |   | P |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| . |*P | . |   | . | P |*Q |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*P | . |   | . |   | P | P | B |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| . |   | . |   | . |   | S |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Last 54 single moves?

R0145 - Dragan Petrovic
8/Kp6/p1pp4/P1bPPP2/r1rqbrP1/ppBpQBP1/1sPSSRP1/3sk3 (15+16)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   | . |   | . |   | . |   | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| K |*P | . |   | . |   | . |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*P | . |*P |*P |   | . |   | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| P |   |*B | P | P | P | . |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R | . |*R |*Q |*B |*R | P | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*P |*P | B |*P | Q | B | P |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   |*S | P | S | S | R | P | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| . |   | . |*S |*K |   | . |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Circe, 3 black rooks.
Last 6 captures by black pawns in the shortest resolution of the position?

P0221 - Paul Raican
1sbqkb1r/3p2pp/5BsR/pBp2p1Q/1p6/S1P1PP2/P1PPS1PP/R3K3 (16+14)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   |*S |*B |*Q |*K |*B |   |*R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| . |   | . |*P | . |   |*P |*P |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   | . |   | . |   | B |*S | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*P | B |*P |   | . |*P | . | Q |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   |*P |   | . |   | . |   | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| S |   | P |   | P | P | . |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| P | . | P | P | S | . | P | P |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| R |   | . |   | K |   | . |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Proofgame in 16.0 moves

P0222 - Paul Raican
rssk4/ppq3b1/8/2P5/1P3B2/pr1b4/pP2Q1P1/RSS3K1 (10+12)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R |*S |*S |*K |   | . |   | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*P |*P |*Q |   | . |   |*B |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   | . |   | . |   | . |   | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| . |   | P |   | . |   | . |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   | P |   | . |   | B |   | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*P |*R | . |*B | . |   | . |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*P | P |   | . | Q | . | P | . |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| R | S | S |   | . |   | K |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Proofgame in 29.5