Note: In these solutions, those moves that
were required are given in bold type. All else is given for the
sake of completeness and for the interest of solvers. The symbol
'S' is used for knight and threats are given in parentheses.
1) Vittorio de Barbieri
L'Italia Scaachistica , 1918
Mate in 2
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1.Qg1! () (5)
1...B~ 2.Qg7#
1...fxe2 2.f4#
1...cxd4 2.Qh2#
1...Kxd4 2.Qa1#
2) Henk Prins
2nd Prize, Het Belgisch Schaakbord (L'Echiquier Belge) , 1985-1986
Mate in 2
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1.Re7? (2.Be6,Rg5#) 1...Rd5!
1.Qe7? (2.Be6,Rg5#) 1...Sd5!
1.Se7? (2.Be6,Rg5#) 1...d5!
1.Be7! (5)
(2.Be6,Rg5#)
1...Rd5 2.Rf4#
1...Sd5 2.Qd7#
1...d5 2.Se5#
3) Friedrich von Wardener
Tagliche Rundschau , 1904
Mate in 2
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1.Rh8! () (5)
1...Ke5 2.Sc6#
1...e3 2.Qxe3#
1...B~(+) 2.B(x)f6#
1...Be5 2.Qe3#
1...Bxh8 2.Qxh8#
4) Donald G MacIntyre
Natal Mercury , 1917
Mate in 3
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1.Rh8! ()
1...f6 2.Bh2 f5 3.Bd1# (2.5)
1...fxe6 2.Bh7 K~ 3.Bf5# (2.5)
5) Vitaly Stolyarov
1st Prize, Zaporizka pravda , 1978
Mate in 3
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1.Bg2!
(2.Bh3+ @ Ke4 3.Qg2#)
1...d3 2.Qxh7+ @ Kg4,Sg6 3.Qh3#
Ke6 3.f5#
1...Sg6 2.Qc8+ @ Sd7 3.Qxd7#
@ 1.5/3.5/5.0
6) Samuel Isenegger
2nd Comm., Gunst MT, 1958
Win
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1.Nd7 (1)
1...Bb5 2.Kd8 (1)
2...Bxd7 3.Bc7+ (1)
4...Kc6 4.Be5 (1)
4...K~ 5.Kxd7 (1)
7) Aleksandr Maksimovskikh & Vladimir Shupletsov
HM., Birnov MT, 1987
Win
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1.b7 (1)
1...Rh4+ 2.Kg3 (1)
2...Rg4+ 3.Kxg4 Rxb4+ 4.Bc4+ (1)
4...Rxc4+ 5.Rf4 h5+ 6.Kg3 Rc3+ 7.Rf3 h4+ 8.Kg2 Rc2+ 9.Rf2 h3+ 10.Kg3 (1)
10...Rc3+ 11.Rf3 (1)
8) Gligor Denkovski
6th Place, Match: Yugoslavia - Sweden, 1987-1988
Helpmate in 2: 2 solutions
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1.Rd2 Sc6+ 2.Kd3 Qf1# (2.5)
1.Bf2 Sf3+ 2.Ke3 Re1# (2.5)
9) Neal Turner
Comm., Suomen Shakki , 1989
Helpmate in 6: 1 solution
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1.Kg2 Sd6 2.Kf3 Sb7 3.Ke4 Kc1
4.Kd5 Sc7+ 5.Kc4 Sa5+ 6.Kc3 Sd5# (5)
10) Evgeny Fomichev
64 Shakhmatnoe obozrenie , 1980
Mate in 4
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1.Rf6! (2.Bf4#)
1...g5 2.Rf4 gxf4 3.Ba3 f3 4.Bd6# (2.5)
1...gxf6 2.Bh6 f5 3.Bd2 f4 4.Be1# (2.5)
11) Jozef Cengari
1st Comm., Serbian Championship, 2003-2006
Mate in 6
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1.Sa4! ()
1..Kxa2 2.Kc2 Kxa1 3.Sc5 Ka2 4.Sd3 Ka1 5.Sc1 a2 6.Sb3# (2.5)
1..Kxa4 2.Kc4 Kxa5 3.Bd4 Ka4 4.Be5 Ka5 5.Bxc7+ Ka4 6.Sc3# (2.5)
12) Vojko Bartolovic
1st Comm., Arbejder Skak , 1955
Selfmate in 2
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1.Se5? 1...Sfd4!
1.Sc5? 1...Scd4!
1.Sc1? 1...Qxc2!
1.Sf2? 1...gxf2+!
1.Sxb4? 1...Scd4!
1.Sb2!
(2.Qd2+ @ cxd2#)
1...Sfd4 2.Qf3+ @ Sxf3#
1...Scd4 2.Rxc3+ @ Bxc3#
1...Qxc2 2.Rxe2+ @ Qxe2#
@ 1.5/2.5/4/5
13) Ilja Mikan
Narodni osvobozeni , 1947 (v)
Selfmate in 3
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1.Sd8! ()
1...Sc2 2.Qc6+ bxc6 3.Rxb5+ cxb5# (2.5)
1...Sxb3 2.Rxb7+ Ka6 3.Sc5+ Sxc5# (2.5)
