[Retros] Traditional Christmas Contest of "Stuttgarter Zeitung"

[Jens Guballa]

Dear retro friends,

the traditional chess contest of the newspaper "Stuttgarter Zeitung" has
been published.

The diagrams are available online on Harald Keilhack's site (German
only):

http://www.kaniaverlag.de/htm/Sonstige%20Berichte.html

Here is the translation:

The following prices are drawn by lot among the senders of correct
solutions for problem A and B: an Apple I-Pod Touch, a Falk navigation
system and an Apple I-Pod Nano.

Participants who solve all 5 problems correctly will be mentioned and
they will receive a book price.

After insertion of a chess man take care that the resulting position is
legal. Furthermore check if more than one solution exists. 

C and D: White begins with the retraction, and Black defends (Proca).
And a move may consist of one or two plies (ply=half move).


A: Günther Weeth
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| B | k | r |   |   | b |   |   |

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

| q |   | p |   | p |   | p | p |

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

| p |   | p |   |   |   |   |   |

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

| P |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   | K |   | B |   |   |   |   |

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

| P | P |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
[Bkr2b2/q1p1p1pp/p1p5/P7/1K1B4/PP6/8/8]
Add a chess man, then checkmate in 1 move.


B: Günther Weeth, Werner Keym
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|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

| p | p |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

| B | k | b |   |   | R |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   | R |   |   |

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

|   | K |   |   |   | B |   |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
[8/8/8/8/pp6/Bkb2R2/5R2/1K3B2]
White retracts one move, so that the game ends in one move.


C: Werner Keym
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   |   | k | r |   |   | N | K |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   | P |   |

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

|   |   |   | P |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   | P |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
[2kr2NK/6P1/3P4/2P5/8/8/8/8]
White retracts three, black two moves, then checkmate in one move.


D: Günther Weeth
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| b | k |   | N | R | b | r |   |

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

| r | P | p |   | p |   | p |   |

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

| p | p | p |   |   | p |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   | R |   |   |   |   |   |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

| P | P | K | P | P | P | P | p |

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

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
[bk1NRbr1/rPp1p1p1/ppp2p2/8/2R5/8/PPKPPPPp/8]
After the insertion of a rook: shortest retraction, until white
checkmates in one move.


E: Günther Weeth/Andrej Frolkin
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| k |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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

| B | R | P |   |   | p | P |   |

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

| Q | R | p |   |   |   |   |   |

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

| n | p | P | p |   |   |   | p |

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

| B |   | P |   |   | P |   | P |

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

| N | b | r | P |   |   |   |   |

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

|   | r | r | p |   |   |   |   |

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

| n | K |   |   |   |   |   |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
[k7/BRP2pP1/QRp5/npPp3p/B1P2P1P/NbrP4/1rrp4/nK6]
Release the position (retraction of moves until the white king is
uncaged)


Send your solutions til 15th Jan. 2012 latest (post stamp) to:

Stuttgarter Zeitung (Schach)
Postfach 106032
70049 Stuttgart
Germany

Have fun solving!


Best regards,
Jens