[Retros] Die Schwalbe theme tourney 205

Joost de Heer joost at sanguis.xs4all.nl
Sat Oct 11 09:42:00 EDT 2008

For the definitions of the different categories, see
http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/retros/2008-March/002461.html

When more authors are mentioned, it doesn't mean that these authors
found this exact position, but that they found a position that was very
similar to the given one (mirrored a|h, pawn singlestep instead of
doublestep, etc).

I)
Silvio Baier, Bernd Gräfrath, Roberto Osorio & Jorge Lois, Mario Richter
rsb1kbs1/pp1ppp1p/2p5/8/8/8/P1PPP1PP/2BQKBSR (12+13)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R |*S |*B | . |*K |*B |*S | . |

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

|*P |*P | . |*P |*P |*P | . |*P |

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

| | . |*P | . | | . | | . |

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

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| P | . | P | P | P | . | P | P |

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

| . | | B | Q | K | B | S | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 6.5 (Losing chess)

1. f4 c6 2. f5 Qb6 3. f6 Qb2 4. fg7 Qa1 5. gh8=B Qb1 6. Bhb2 Qc1 7. Bc1

Nicolas Dupont, Unto Heinonen, Juha Saukkola, Ronald Schäfer, Martin
Walter, Göran Wicklund
rs1qkbs1/p1pppp2/1p6/8/8/8/PPPP1P2/RSBQK1SR (12+12)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R |*S | |*Q |*K |*B |*S | . |

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

|*P | |*P |*P |*P |*P | . | |

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

| |*P | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| P | P | P | P | | P | | . |

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

| R | S | B | Q | K | | S | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 6.5 (Losing chess)

1. h4 b6 2. h5 Ba6 3. h6 Be2 4. hg7 Bf1 5. gh8=R Bg2 6. R8h7 Bh1 7. Rh1

Dirk Borst, Bernd Gräfrath
1sb1kbsr/3ppppp/8/8/8/8/2PPPPPP/R2QKBSR (12+11)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| |*S |*B | . |*K |*B |*S |*R |

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

| . | | . |*P |*P |*P |*P |*P |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

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

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| | . | P | P | P | P | P | P |

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

| R | | . | Q | K | B | S | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 6.5 (Losing chess)

1. b4 c5 2. bc5 Qa5 3. c6 Qa2 4. cb7 Qb1 5. ba8=R Qc1 6. R8a7 Qa1 7. Ra1

Dirk Borst, Bernd Gräfrath
rs2kbsr/p1p2ppp/1p6/8/8/8/PPP2P1P/RSBQK1SR (12+12)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R |*S | | . |*K |*B |*S |*R |

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

|*P | |*P | | . |*P |*P |*P |

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

| |*P | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

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

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

| P | P | P | . | | P | | P |

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

| R | S | B | Q | K | | S | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 6.5 (Losing chess)

1. d4 b6 2. d5 Bb7 3. d6 Bg2 4. de7 Bf1 5. ed8=Q Be2 6. Q8d7 Bd1 7. Qd1

Dirk Borst, Vlaicu Crisan
rsb2bsr/ppp3pp/8/8/8/8/PPP1P1PP/RS1Q1BSR (12+11)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R |*S |*B | . | |*B |*S |*R |

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

|*P |*P |*P | | . | |*P |*P |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

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

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| P | P | P | . | P | . | P | P |

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

| R | S | . | Q | . | B | S | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 6.5 (Losing chess)

1. f4 e5 2. fe5 Qh4 3. e6 Qe1 4. ef7 Qd2 5. fe8=Q Qc1 6. Qed7 Qd1 7. Qd1

And Bernd Gräfrath published two originals to show a knight Pronkin and
a king Pronkin:

Bernd Gräfrath
rsbqkbs1/p1pp3p/8/8/8/P7/1P2PPPP/R1B1KBSR (12+11)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R |*S |*B |*Q |*K |*B |*S | . |

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

|*P | |*P |*P | . | | . |*P |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| P | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| | P | | . | P | P | P | P |

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

| R | | B | | K | B | S | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 9.0 (Losing chess)
1. d4 b5 2. d5 b4 3. Qd4 b3 4. Qg7 bc2 5. Qh8 cb1=S 6. Qg8 Sc3 7. Qf7
Sd5 8. Qe7 Se7 9. a3 Sg8

Bernd Gräfrath
rsb5/pp1pp3/2p5/3k4/5p2/8/PPPPP1P1/1R2KBSR (11+10)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R |*S |*B | . | | . | | . |

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

|*P |*P | . |*P |*P | | . | |

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

| | . |*P | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . |*K | . | | . | |

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

| | . | | . | |*P | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| P | P | P | P | P | . | P | . |

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

| . | R | . | | K | B | S | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 13.5 (Losing chess)

1. h4 c6 2. h5 Qb6 3. h6 Qf2 4. hg7 Qe1 5. gh8=K Qd1 6. Kg8 Qc1 7. Kh7
Qb1 8. Rb1 Bh6 9. Kh6 f5 10. Kh5 Kf7 11. Kh4 Ke6 12. Kg3 Kd5 13. Kf2 f4
14. Ke1

II)
Unto Heinonen
6S1/3Q4/8/b2q4/2pB1p2/rS1K1S1r/4R3/1ks2b2 (7+9)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| | . | | . | | . | S | . |

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

| . | | . | Q | . | | . | |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

|*B | | . |*Q | . | | . | |

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

| | . |*P | B | |*P | | . |

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

|*R | S | . | K | . | S | . |*R |

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

| | . | | . | R | . | | . |

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

| . |*K |*S | | . |*B | . | |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
White is stalemate. 78 illegal white moves

III)
Silvio Baier, Roberto Osorio & Jorge Lois, Mario Richter, Juha Saukkola,
Göran Wicklund
r1b2r1k/ppppSppp/8/8/2s5/8/s1PPPPPP/KS1R1B1R (12+13)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R | . |*B | . | |*R | |*K |

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

|*P |*P |*P |*P | S |*P |*P |*P |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| | . |*S | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

|*S | . | P | P | P | P | P | P |

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

| K | S | . | R | . | B | . | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 13.5 (double maximummer)

1. Sf3 Sf6 2. Se5 Se4 3. Sg6 Sc3 4. Sf8 Sd1 5. Se6 Sb2 6. Sc3 Sc4 7. Ba3
Sa3 8. OOO Sa6 9. Sd8 OO 10. Sc6 Sb4 11. Se7 Kh8 12. Sb1 Sa2 13. Kb2 Sc4
14. Ka1

Unto Heinonen
r1b2r1k/pppp1ppp/8/8/1Ps5/B7/P1P1sPPP/K2R1B1R (11+13)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R | . |*B | . | |*R | |*K |

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

|*P |*P |*P |*P | . |*P |*P |*P |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| | P |*S | . | | . | | . |

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

| B | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| P | . | P | . |*S | P | P | P |

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

| K | | . | R | . | B | . | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 13.5 (double maximummer)

1. Sf3 Sf6 2. Se5 Se4 3. Sg6 Sc3 4. Sf8 Sd1 5. Se6 Sc3 6. Sd8 OO 7. Sc6
Sb1 8. Se7 Kh8 9. Sc6 Sc6 10. b4 Sd2 11. Ba3 Sd4 12. OOO Se2 13. Kb2 Sc4
14. Ka1

Ronald Schäfer
r1b2r1k/ppppSppp/s2B4/8/8/2Ss4/P1PPPPPP/K2R1B1R (14+13)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R | . |*B | . | |*R | |*K |

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

|*P |*P |*P |*P | S |*P |*P |*P |

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

|*S | . | | B | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | S |*S | . | | . | |

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

| P | . | P | P | P | P | P | P |

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

| K | | . | R | . | B | . | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 13.5 (double maximummer)

1. Sf3 Sf6 2. Se5 Se4 3. Sg6 Sc3 4. Sf8 Sd1 5. Se6 Sb2 6. Sd8 OO 7. Sc6
Sa6 8. Se7 Kh8 9. Sc3 Sa4 10. Ba3 S4c5 11. OOO Sb3 12. Kb2 Sc1 13. Bd6
Sd3 14. Ka1

Göran Wicklund
k2r1b1r/pSppSppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPsPPP/R1Bs1R1K (13+12)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*K | . | |*R | |*B | |*R |

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

|*P | S |*P |*P | S |*P |*P |*P |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| P | P | P | P |*S | P | P | P |

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

| R | | B |*S | . | R | . | K |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 13.5 (double maximummer)

1. Sf3 Sf6 2. Se5 Se4 3. Sc6 Sg3 4. Sd8 Sf1 5. Sb7 Se3 6. Sc5 Ba6 7. Sa7
Sd1 8. OO Sc6 9. Sc3 OOO 10. Sd5 Sd4 11. Se7 Kb7 12. Sc5 Ka8 14. Sb7 Se2
14. Kh1

IV)
Vlaicu Crisan & Ion Murarasu & Paul Raican
rkbq1b2/pp4pp/8/1Spppp2/PPPPPPPP/8/8/RSBQK2R (15+13)
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|*R |*K |*B |*Q | |*B | | . |

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

|*P |*P | . | | . | |*P |*P |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| . | S |*P |*P |*P |*P | . | |

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

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

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

| . | | . | | . | | . | |

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

| | . | | . | | . | | . |

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

| R | S | B | Q | K | | . | R |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PG 32.0 (Duellist chess)

1. h3 Sf6 2. h4 Sh5 3. f3 Sf4 4. c3 Se6 5. c4 Sc5 6. a3 Sb3 7. a4 Sa5 8.
e3 Sac6 9. e4 Se5 10. g3 Sg4 11. b3 Se3 12. b4 Sg2 13. Bg2 d6 14. Bh3 d5
15. Bd7 Sd7 16. d3 Sc5 17. d4 Se6 18. g4 Sg5 19. f4 Sf3 20. Sf3 e6 21.
Se5 f6 22. Sd7 f5 23. Sf6 Kf7 24. Sd7 Kg8 25. Se5 c6 26. Sg6 c5 27. Se7
Kf7 28. Sg6 Ke8 29. Sh8 Kd7 30. Sf7 Kc7 31. Sd6 Kb8 32. Sb5 e5


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