[Retros] Seasonal greetings -- and feenschach news

[Thomas Brand]

Seasonal greetings to everyone!

At www.feenschach.de you'll find three out of the four new feenschach issues 2011 for early reading --all issues are in print and to be shipped in the next few days.

Of course you'll find interesting Retro staff!

Best regards,

Thomas

Jens Guballa <Jens at Guballa.de> schrieb:


>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

>+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

>|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

>+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

>|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

>+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

>|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

>+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

>|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

>+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

>| 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

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