Richard has it. Puzzle originally from Zheltonozhko - or at least I think so, though I don't understand what the 65 JT refers to, as given in Juraj Lörinc: Chess Composition Microweb, Andrej V Selivanov.
Go on, I'll have a stab at the 09-10 pattern. Alternating White/black-square key moves? (but admittedly this breaks down at puzzle 10 where it goes black-black)
Another comment under the radar to continue my experiment of applying Levitt and Friedgood's aesthetic criteria or "elements" to ejh's selection of puzzles. I mentioned Geometry and Paradox in #1 and #2. The other two are Flow and Depth which we'll come back to when they seem to apply. Here I think it's another case of Geometry - in the way the white bishop tracks its black counterpart up the diagonal to stop it interfering with the action of the rook.
1.Qa8 threats 2.g3# 2.g4#
ReplyDelete1..Bg3 2.Rf1 B~ 3.g3# or g4#
1..Bxg1 2.Qf3 Kh2 3.Qh3#
sorry,
ReplyDelete1.Qa8
others as above
1..Be5+ 2.Bd4 Kh2 3.Bxe5#
Guessed the key move instantly! Do I detect a pattern emerging?
ReplyDeletePG
Nope - 1.Qa8 Bg3 2.Rf1 Be5+
ReplyDeleteQg8 looks good.
ReplyDelete1...Bg3 2. Bf2+
1...Bxg1 Qg4
1... Bb8,c7,d6,e5,f4,g3 2. Ba7+/b6+/c5+/d4+/e3+/f2+
Richard
Pattern? There's always a pattern.
ReplyDeleteRichard has it. Puzzle originally from Zheltonozhko - or at least I think so, though I don't understand what the 65 JT refers to, as given in Juraj Lörinc: Chess Composition Microweb, Andrej V Selivanov.
Jubilee Tournament. Someone was celibrating their birthday by sponsoring a composition tournament. That's more or less how it works
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeletePattern. I mean mate in 1, mate in 2, mate in 3. Looking forward to mate in twelve. Sort of.
ReplyDeletePG
Oh yes, I understood that! What I was saying is, every year there's a pattern, it's just that until now, nobody seems to have mentioned it...
ReplyDeleteMaybe because no-one noticed it?Looking at last years puzzles I can't detect a pattern at all. Do tell.
ReplyDeletePG
No, no telling! But it's there if people look hard enough.
ReplyDeleteGo on, I'll have a stab at the 09-10 pattern. Alternating White/black-square key moves? (but admittedly this breaks down at puzzle 10 where it goes black-black)
ReplyDeleteI'm not even sure what that means, but it's not the answer...
ReplyDeleteAnother comment under the radar to continue my experiment of applying Levitt and Friedgood's aesthetic criteria or "elements" to ejh's selection of puzzles.
ReplyDeleteI mentioned Geometry and Paradox in #1 and #2. The other two are Flow and Depth which we'll come back to when they seem to apply.
Here I think it's another case of Geometry - in the way the white bishop tracks its black counterpart up the diagonal to stop it interfering with the action of the rook.