[Retros] Solutions needed

Joost de Heer joost at sanguis.xs4all.nl
Tue May 15 13:00:44 EDT 2007


Here are the solutions (and one cook) to four of the six problems. I
don't have Phenix, so I can't check those solutions.

Joost

> Henryk Grudzinski, Probleemblad, 2003

> PG 9.5 Circe

> rRbBk1sr/pppppppp/8/8/4S3/b7/PqPPPPPP/3QKBSR


1. a4 b5 2. Ra3 ba4[+wPa2] 3. Rb3 a3 4. Rb8 ab2 5. Bb2[+bPb7] e5 6. Ba3
Qf6 7. Be7 e4 8. Bd8 Qb2 9. Sc3 Ba3 10. Se4[+bPe7]

>

> Bernd Gräfrath, /Stratagems, 2003

> /PG 11.0 Losing Chess

> rsbkq1sr/ppp4p/4/3pp1p1/8/5P2/PPPPPP1P/SRBQKBSR


1. Sc5 f5 2. Rb1 f4 3. Se4 f3 4. gf3 d5 5. Sg3 g5 6. Sh5 Bg7 7. Sg7 Kd7
8. Sf5 e6 9. Sd4 e5 10. Sb3 Qe8 11. Sa1 Kd8

Cooked: 1. Sa3 e6 2. Sb1 Ba3 3. Sa3 f5 4. Sc4 d5 5. Se5 f4 6. Sef3 Ke7
7. Sd4 e5 8. Sb3 Qe8 9. Rb1 Kd8 10. Sa1 f3 11. gf3 g5


> *Michel Caillaud*, /Probleemblad 5/2002/

> Shortest Proof Game? (a) Orthodox (b) Circe

> rsb1kbr1/pppp1pp1/3p3s/7p/P4P2/6PR/1PPPP1P1/1SBQKBS1


a) 1. a4 h6 2. Ra3 h5 3. Rd3 Sh6 4. Rd6 ed6 5. f3 Qg5 6. f4 Qg3 7. hg3
Rg8 8. Rh3
b) 1. h4 h5 2. Rh3 Sh6 3. Rd3 Rg8 4. Rd6 ed6 5. a4 Qh4[+wPh2] 6. Ra3 Kd8
7. Rh3 Qg3 8. hg3 Ke8 9. f4

>

> (I have solved part (a) of this one!)

>

> Bernd Gräfrath, /Probleemblad 6/2003/

> PG 9.5^, Losing Chess

> r1bqBb1r/ppp1p1p1/8/3p1pPp/1P6/8/P1PPPP1P/RSBQ1KSR


1. g4 Sf6 2. g5 Sd5 3. Bg2 f5 4. Bd5 Kf7 5. Bf7 Sa6 6. Kf1 Sc5 7. b4 Sa4
8. Bb3 h5 9. Ba4 d5 10. Be8




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