tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post1596636365686864632..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: The twelve puzzles of XmasTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-38695098007949830272008-12-31T17:06:00.000+00:002008-12-31T17:06:00.000+00:00Hurrah! What with Xmas Day being a largely Victori...Hurrah! What with Xmas Day being a largely Victorian invention, I thought I'd use a Victorian puzzle: it's by Healey, Era Problem Tournament 1856. I took it from page 5 of Francis Healey's <I>A Collection of Two Hundred Chess Problems</I> (Longman's, Green and Co, 1866). I accessed it, as you may, via Google Books.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-82306494578288498502008-12-31T16:23:00.000+00:002008-12-31T16:23:00.000+00:00The solution, with credit to AOP for finding it, r...The solution, with credit to AOP for finding it, runs:<BR/><BR/><B>1. Ne6 fxe6 2. Be5 dxe5 3. Qxc5 any 4. Qf8#</B><BR/><BR/>Just two variations, curiously both ending the same way:<BR/><BR/><I>1. ... Rd4 2. Ng7+ Kf6 3. Qg5#<BR/><BR/>2. ... R any 3. Qg5#</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-792982544398159562008-12-31T09:33:00.000+00:002008-12-31T09:33:00.000+00:00Yep - anybody fancy giving the whole solution?Yep - anybody fancy giving the whole solution?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-53033358764655343672008-12-31T09:21:00.000+00:002008-12-31T09:21:00.000+00:00Brilliant!! Well done AOP.Brilliant!! Well done AOP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-3817665523938278632008-12-31T03:51:00.000+00:002008-12-31T03:51:00.000+00:00I finally gave up on 1.Qe7 Rd4. Now I think I have...I finally gave up on 1.Qe7 Rd4. Now I think I have it with 1.Ne6. The second move is pretty good too. It's a "walling in" theme (unless I just made that up). <BR/><BR/>But I am bitterly disappointed that I missed the 12/29 puzzle. Very rusty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-77850088667850984282008-12-26T10:41:00.000+00:002008-12-26T10:41:00.000+00:00Too difficult. Looks like it may be a smothered ma...Too difficult. Looks like it may be a smothered mate type puzzle.<BR/><BR/>PGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-1050240804971807112008-12-25T15:45:00.000+00:002008-12-25T15:45:00.000+00:00Do post your answers: please don't, however, if yo...Do post your answers: please <I>don't</I>, however, if you recognise the puzzle (or have had recourse to a computer) until at least a couple of days after each puzzle appears..<BR/><BR/>All credits and sources will be listed at the end of the series, if not before.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com