tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post317706397290992572..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.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-29544211094364577412010-12-28T19:22:23.359+00:002010-12-28T19:22:23.359+00:00Another comment under the radar to continue my exp...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. <br />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. <br />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.Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-37300755582302314572010-12-28T08:51:24.733+00:002010-12-28T08:51:24.733+00:00I'm not even sure what that means, but it'...I'm not even sure what that means, but it's not the answer...ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-61453193870670425222010-12-27T23:56:36.558+00:002010-12-27T23:56:36.558+00:00Go on, I'll have a stab at the 09-10 pattern. ...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)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-6878584035077598772010-12-27T20:16:14.631+00:002010-12-27T20:16:14.631+00:00No, no telling! But it's there if people look ...No, no telling! But it's there if people look hard enough.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-14387206451354146112010-12-27T19:56:11.663+00:002010-12-27T19:56:11.663+00:00Maybe because no-one noticed it?Looking at last ye...Maybe because no-one noticed it?Looking at last years puzzles I can't detect a pattern at all. Do tell.<br /><br />PGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-26146368447529718042010-12-27T19:31:51.085+00:002010-12-27T19:31:51.085+00:00Oh yes, I understood that! What I was saying is, e...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...ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-62922870317731020492010-12-27T16:05:58.677+00:002010-12-27T16:05:58.677+00:00Pattern. I mean mate in 1, mate in 2, mate in 3. L...Pattern. I mean mate in 1, mate in 2, mate in 3. Looking forward to mate in twelve. Sort of.<br /><br />PGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-36575721569705060862010-12-27T13:59:03.993+00:002010-12-27T13:59:03.993+00:00Thank you!Thank you!ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-38011657490116474732010-12-27T13:43:29.520+00:002010-12-27T13:43:29.520+00:00Jubilee Tournament. Someone was celibrating their ...Jubilee Tournament. Someone was celibrating their birthday by sponsoring a composition tournament. That's more or less how it worksHeinzKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08750644449119303529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-30166261624104481272010-12-27T13:33:35.417+00:002010-12-27T13:33:35.417+00:00Pattern? There's always a pattern.
Richard ha...Pattern? There's always a pattern.<br /><br />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, <a href="http://jurajlorinc.tripod.com/chess/xselivan.htm#uloha1" rel="nofollow">Andrej V Selivanov</a>.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-26713128177816220242010-12-27T11:21:32.443+00:002010-12-27T11:21:32.443+00:00Qg8 looks good.
1...Bg3 2. Bf2+
1...Bxg1 Qg4
1......Qg8 looks good.<br /><br />1...Bg3 2. Bf2+<br />1...Bxg1 Qg4<br />1... Bb8,c7,d6,e5,f4,g3 2. Ba7+/b6+/c5+/d4+/e3+/f2+<br /><br />RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-55608724456415970922010-12-27T11:10:59.109+00:002010-12-27T11:10:59.109+00:00Nope - 1.Qa8 Bg3 2.Rf1 Be5+Nope - 1.Qa8 Bg3 2.Rf1 Be5+ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-65756568591991625892010-12-27T11:09:22.609+00:002010-12-27T11:09:22.609+00:00Guessed the key move instantly! Do I detect a patt...Guessed the key move instantly! Do I detect a pattern emerging?<br /><br />PGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-18584049900123085082010-12-27T08:44:11.814+00:002010-12-27T08:44:11.814+00:00sorry,
1.Qa8
others as above
1..Be5+ 2.Bd4 Kh2 3.B...sorry,<br />1.Qa8<br />others as above<br />1..Be5+ 2.Bd4 Kh2 3.Bxe5#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-23143812237375158862010-12-27T08:40:43.273+00:002010-12-27T08:40:43.273+00:001.Qa8 threats 2.g3# 2.g4#
1..Bg3 2.Rf1 B~ 3.g3# or...1.Qa8 threats 2.g3# 2.g4#<br />1..Bg3 2.Rf1 B~ 3.g3# or g4#<br />1..Bxg1 2.Qf3 Kh2 3.Qh3#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com