[Retros] Solutions problems from Mark Kirtley's article

[Jens Guballa]

"Andrew Buchanan" <anselan at mediaone.net> writes:


> Re: Shortie number 2

> 

> >Can a composer show symmetry across the mid-point of the board, as in

> >1. d3 e6 2. Bh6 Ba3 3. Qd2 Qe7 4. Kd1, but with non-symmetric play?

> 

> How exactly do you define "non-symmetric" here? Here are two shortie

> compositions, for example:

> 

> rn2qbnr/pppkpppp/3p4/8/8/4P3/PPPPKPPP/RNBQ2NR

> PG 4.0.

> 

> rnb1kbnr/pppqpppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPQPPP/RNBK1BNR

> PG 3.5


In both examples above the first move is symmetrical.

I composed the following shortie:

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| r | n | b | k |   | b | n | r |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| p | p | p | p |   | p | p | p |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| Q |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   | q |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| P | P | P |   | P | P | P | P |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| R | N | B |   | K | B | N | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
[rnbk1bnr/pppp1ppp/8/Q7/7q/8/PPP1PPPP/RNB1KBNR]
SPG 4.0

Jens