[Retros] The Problemist, november 2008

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R403 - Itamar Faybish
rs1qkb2/ppp5/3p3Q/4pp1R/6PP/5P2/PPPPPK2/RSB3SB (16+11)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 13.0

R404 - Unto Heinonen
rs2k1sr/ppp1pp1p/8/8/1B6/2S5/PPP2PPP/RSqQKB1R (14+12)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|   | B |   | . |   | . |   | . |

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

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

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

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

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

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

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 8.0 (2 solutions)

R402c - Nicolas Dupont
1ss2q2/1p1b2p1/1pr1pb2/4k1r1/4p3/3p2p1/1P1PP1p1/RSBQKBSR (11+16)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   |*S |*S | . |   |*Q |   | . |

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 27.5

F2683 - Paul Raican, Vlaicu Crisan
5b2/1k3p1p/8/4r3/1P5K/1p2p3/p1s5/8 (2+9)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

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

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

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

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

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

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

| . |   | . |   |*R |   | . |   |

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
-6 & #1, Proca retractor, Circe Assassin

F2684 - Bernd Gräfrath
1sb2b1B/1pkppp1p/rp6/p7/8/P7/P2PP1P1/R2QKBSs (11+13)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 12.5 Losing chess