11th European Chess Solving Championship

Iasi, 02-03.05.2015

1st Round 2# Time used: Points:

20 min
Name: l e u t m c
A

Joseph Warton & Thomas Warton

The Observer 1944

1. Qg1! zz (5)

#2 9+9
B

Edmond Bernard
The Problemist 1979

1. Rd2! (5)

#2 9+13
C

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov

Best Problems 2004

1. Qh5! (5)

#2 11+11

Arbiter: Ryszard Królikowski

 11th European Chess Solving Championship
Iasi, 02-03.05.2015

2nd Round 3# Time used: Points:

60 min
Name: l e u t m c
D
Yakov Georgievich Vladimirov
Moscow Championship 2009

1. Qh7! ~ 2. e5 ●

1. ... Be5 2. Sh2 ● 1. ... c5 2. Bxb4 ●

1. ... Qd5 2. ed5 ● 1. ... Qe5 2. Qxg7 ●
1. ... Qc5 2. Bb6 ● 1. ... e5 2. Sh2 ●

● (0,7) / ●● (1,4) / ●●● (2,1) / ●●●● (2,8)

●●●●● (3,5) / ●●●●●● (4,2) / all (5)

#3 11+9
E Andrey Jakovlevic Lobusov
«64» 1978

1. Qe2! ~ 2. Sf3+ ●

1. ... Rxc6 2. Qc4+ ● 1. ... Re5 2. Rc4+ ●

1. ... Re3 2. fe3+ ● 1. ... Rxe2 2. Rc4+ ●
1. ... Bxe2 2. Rd6+ ● 1. ... Bxc6 2. Qe5+ ●
1. ... Se3 2. fe3+ ● 1. ... Sxf2+ 2. Qxf2+ ●
1. ... Bc4 2. Rxc4+/Qxc4+ ●

● = (0,5)
#3 11+10
F Marcin Banaszek
Wola Gułowska 2008

1. Qc4! ~ 2. Rd5+ ●

1. ... Rf4 2. Rgf5 ● 1. ... Rf3 2. Bf5 ●

1. ... Rf2 2. Ref5 ● 1. ... Rf1 2. Bxe8 ●
1. ... Bf4 2. Qb4+ ● 1. ... Bxg5 2. Qb4+ ●
1. ... Qxd4 2. Qxd4+ ●

● (0,6) / ●● (1,2) / ●●● (1,8) / ●●●● (2,4) / ●●●●● (3)

●●●●●● (3,6) / ●●●●●●● (4,3) / all (5)
#3 11+13

Arbiter: Ryszard Królikowski

 11th European Chess Solving Championship
Iasi, 02-03.05.2015

3rd Round endgames: Time used: Points:

100 min
Name: l e u t m c
G

Andrzej Jasik

Please, don't reprint - it's original problem

1. a5 (0,5) h2 2. Qxh2 (0,5) Kf7 3. Qh5+ Kf8 4. Qh1 (1) Rf6

5. Qh2 (1) Rh6+ 6. Qxh6 Bxh6 7. b7 Ra7 8. a6 (2) 1–0

+ 5+6
H
Andrzej Jasik

Please, don't reprint - it's original problem

1. Nd7 (0,5) Bd8+ 2. Nxd8 (0,5) Rxd8 3. f8=N+ (1)

Rxf8 4. Nxf8+ Kg8 5. Rh5 (1) Nf3 6. c3 (1,5)
Qxc3 7. h7+ Kh8 8. Ng6+ (0,5) 1–0

+ 7+5
I

Andrzej Jasik

Please, don't reprint - it's original problem

1. h7+ (0,5) Kxh7 2. f7 Bf3+ 3. Kxf3 (1) Qa8+ 4. Kg3 c3

5. Bxc3 (0,5) bc3 6. Rxa4 (1) Qf8 7. Rh4+ Kg7 8. Rf4 (2) =

= 7+7

Arbiter: Ryszard Królikowski

 11th European Chess Solving Championship
Iasi, 02-03.05.2015

4th Round h# Time used: Points:

50 min
Name: l e u t m c
J
Stevan Djulinac
Liga Problemista 1984

1. ef5 c4 2. Sdf3 Sd5 # ●

1. Kc3 Rd6 2. Sxc2 Sd1 # ●
1. Qc3 Rh7 2. Sdc6 Rb7 # ●
1. Qc4 fe6 2. Sb5 Sd5 # ●

● (1,2) / ●● (2,5) / ●●● (3,7) / all (5)

H#2 4 solutions 6+8

K

Imre Sztankovszky
Magyar Sakkélet 1951

1. Ke6 Sg5 2. Kf6+ Kxf8 3. Be6 Sh7#

(2,5)

1. Qc2 Bg6 2. Qf5 Kh8 3. Ke4 Sf6#

(2,5)

H#3 2 solutions 4+12

L

József Hutya
Sakkélet 1999

1. Rg1 Bh8 2. Rb1 Sg7 3. Sd5 Se6+ 4. Sc3 Sd4 5. Sa2 Sc2 #
(2,5)

1. Rg3 fg3 2. f2 Sf4 3. f1=B Sd5 4. Bd3 Sxb4 5. Bb1 Bxf6 #

(2,5)

H#5 2 solutions 7+10

Arbiter: Ryszard Królikowski

 11th European Chess Solving Championship
Iasi, 02-03.05.2015

5th Round n# Time used: Points:

80 min
Name: l e u t m c
M
Denis M. Saunders
The Problemist 1996

1. Se2! ~ 2. Qxg7 ~ 3. Bb2 (1,5)

1. ... Sac7 2. Qxc7 ~ 3. Rf4 (1)

2. … g5 3. Bf7 (1)

1. ... f4 2. Bxg6 ~ 3. Qe4 (1,5)

#4 7+11
N
Gerald Sladek
Schach-Aktiv 1996

1. f4! ~ 2. Kf8 ~ [3. Rd8#] Sg6+ 3. Kf7 Sh8+ 4. Rxh8 (1,5)

3. ... Se5+ 4. fe5 (0,5)

1. ... ef3 e.p. 2. Bd3 ~ 3. Bxf5+ Sxf5 4. Rd8+ (1,5)

2. ... cd3 3. Rxc5 dc5 4. Rd8+ (1,5)

#5 8+14
O

Valerij A. Kirillov & Grigorij L. Popov

Olimpiya dünyası 2014

1. Sd8 ! ~ [2. Sxf7#]

1. ... Kxd6 2. Sb7+ Ke5 3. Se1 ~ [4. Sxd3#] 3. ... Qa3
4. Sf3+ Ke4 5. Sd6+ Qxd6 6. Se1+ (5)

#7 7+11

Arbiter: Ryszard Królikowski

 11th European Chess Solving Championship
Iasi, 02-03.05.2015

6th Round s# Time used: Points:

50 min
Name: l e u t m c
P
Hartmut Laue
Wola Gułowska 2005

1. Bf5! ~ 2. Qxc5+ ●

1. ... ef5 2. Qe6+ ●

1. ... Qxe3 2. Bxe6+ ●

● (1,6) / ●● (3,3) / all (5)

S#2 12+14
R
Ludovít Lacný
2nd WCCT 1980

1. Sxd3! ~ 2. Qe6 ~ 3. Qe4+ (1)

1. ... Qb8 2. Qe5+ Qxe5 3. Sf5+ (1)

1. ... gh4 2. Sc2+ Bxc2 3. Qe5+ (1)
1. ... Rxd3 2. Bc5+ Qxc5 3. Qxd5+ (1)
1. ... Bxd3 2. Rc4+ Bxc4 3. Qxd5+ (1)

S#3 14+12
S
Sven-Hendrik Loßin
Probleemblad 2013

1. Rc8! ~ 2. Sc7+ Kc5 3. Ba3+ Sxa3 4. Sb5+ Kd5

5. c4+ Sxc4 6. Sc3+ ●
1. ... Qf2 2. Rxe5+ de5 3. Rc5+ Kxc5 4. Qb6+ Kd5
5. Qb5+ Qc5 6. Qc4+ ●
1. ... Rc1 2. Qxe5+ de5 3. Rd4+ ed4 4. c4+ Rxc4
5. Sgf6+ Ke5 6. Bxd4+ ●

● (1,6) / ●● (3,3) / all (5)

S#6 11+13

Arbiter: Ryszard Królikowski