[Retros] Probleemblad 4-2002

[Joost de Heer]

Three (and a half) retro compositions in this issue. Have fun solving!

R175 - Paul Raican
8/8/6P1/1P2PpPB/bPk1PPrb/RpqpKppr/Pppp3s/3s3S (12+16)
+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+

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8   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   8

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7   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   7

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6   .   .   .   .   .   .   P   .   6

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5   .   P   .   .   P  -P   P   B   5

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4  -B   P  -K   .   P   P  -R  -B   4

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3   R  -P  -Q  -P   K  -P  -P  -R   3

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2   P  -P  -P  -P   .   .   .  -S   2

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1   .   .   .  -S   .   .   .   S   1

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+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+
Last move of Pb2? (Circe)

R176 - Bernard Rothmann
A: 4B2s/1SSp3K/1B2b3/8/8/r4P1R/k2pR2b/3Qr2s (9+9)
B: rsbqkbsr/8/8/8/8/8/8/RSBQKBSR (8+8)
+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+

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8   .   .   .   .   B   .   .  -S   8

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7   .   S   S  -P   .   .   .   K   7

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6   .   B   .   .  -B   .   .   .   6

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5   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   5

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4   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   4

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3  -R   .   .   .   .   P   .   R   3

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2  -K   .   .  -P   R   .   .  -B   2

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1   .   .   .   Q  -R   .   .  -S   1

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+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+
+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+

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8  -R  -S  -B  -Q  -K  -B  -S  -R   8

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7   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   7

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6   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   6

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5   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   5

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4   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   4

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3   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   3

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2   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2

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1   R   S   B   Q   K   B   S   R   1

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+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+
A->B in 13.0 moves (black starts) (Circe)

R177 - Andrej Frolkin & Andrej Kornilov
3b2b1/2ppRP1q/2p1pKBR/p4ppp/1P3k1S/3P1PP1/5P1P/6S1 (13+12)
+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+

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8   .   .   .  -B   .   .  -B   .   8

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7   .   .  -P  -P   R   P   .  -Q   7

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6   .   .  -P   .  -P   K   B   R   6

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5  -P   .   .   .   .  -P  -P  -P   5

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4   .   P   .   .   .  -K   .   S   4

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3   .   .   .   P   .   P   P   .   3

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2   .   .   .   .   .   P   .   P   2

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1   .   .   .   .   .   .   S   .   1

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+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+
Last 16 halfmoves?

R157cc - Paul Raican
8/8/8/7B/b7/8/8/8 (1+1)
+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+

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8   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   8

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7   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   7

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6   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   6

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5   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   B   5

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4  -B   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   4

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3   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   3

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2   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   2

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1   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   1

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+---a---b---c---d---e---f---g---h---+
Add 5wK, wQ, wB, 4bK, bP for an IC (Rex Multiplex)
--
I'm sitting here alone in darkness, waiting to be free [ Solitude ]
Lonely and forlorn I'm crying                          [Candlemass]
I long for my time to come, death means just life
Please let me die in solitude

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