[Retros] new Type DD problem + 3 improved problems

Thomas Brand t.brand at gmx.net
Tue Mar 17 03:41:35 EDT 2015


Dear Andrey,

indeed, feenschach is not yet out, but I truely do hope this will happen soon 
-- with just four (!!) issues!

Your records are 11014 and 11015 resp. in 209 feenschach (Sept/Oct 2014) ;-)

Best, Thomas

Am 16.03.2015 um 11:48 schrieb afretro:
> Dear retro friends,
>
> Last year Andrew wrote:
>
>> The remaining two cases are QxR & QxQ. QxR should be doable, but I think QxQ
>
>> is quite a challenge.
>
> After that, I composed the two missing records and sent the positions on May
> 18, 2014, to Thomas Brand for publication in /feenschach/.
>
> QxR: 14+13 pieces.
>
> QxQ: 15+10 pieces.
>
> As far as I know, they haven’t been published yet.
>
> Yours,
>
> Andrey
>
> 16.03.2015, 12:10, "Andrew Buchanan" <andrew at anselan.com>:
>>
>> Dear retro friends,
>>
>> Here are four easy "Type DD" problems. I.e. they all have the stipulation
>> "Last move? Duplex" and the last move turns out to be the same kind for
>> White as for Black.
>>
>> First the improvements:
>>
>> (1) Quick fix to remove 3 units:
>> www.janko.at/Retros/d.php?ff=3brn1N/2ppRKPk/4pp1p/8/8/8/8/8
>> <http://www.janko.at/Retros/d.php?ff=3brn1N/2ppRKPk/4pp1p/8/8/8/8/8>
>> (4+9) Last move? Duplex
>> version of Mario Richter
>>
>> (2) Quick fix to remove 1 unit:
>> www.janko.at/Retros/d.php?ff=8/Pp2p3/kpp5/1p6/1P6/KPP3P1/pP2P3/8
>> <http://www.janko.at/Retros/d.php?ff=8/Pp2p3/kpp5/1p6/1P6/KPP3P1/pP2P3/8>
>> (8+7) Last move? Duplex
>>
>> (3) New approach:
>> www.janko.at/Retros/d.php?ff=NK6/P1pp4/qp6/Bp6/BP6/QP6/b1PPP1P1/nk6
>> <http://www.janko.at/Retros/d.php?ff=NK6/P1pp4/qp6/Bp6/BP6/QP6/b1PPP1P1/nk6>
>> (12+8) Last move? Duplex
>>
>> And a new one:
>>
>> (4) One of the two outstanding tasks:
>> www.janko.at/Retros/d.php?ff=bR1QB3/bn1qpp2/Bpkp4/n1p5/N1P5/1PKP4/bN1QPP2/Br
>> <http://www.janko.at/Retros/d.php?ff=bR1QB3/bn1qpp2/Bpkp4/n1p5/N1P5/1PKP4/bN1QPP2/Br>
>> 1qb3
>> (14+15) Last move? Duplex
>>
>> This is the 56th DD record, leaving us just one outstanding DD task (apart
>> from castlings & en passant, which seem impossible), namely: QxQ.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Andrew
>>
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