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The winners of "Petko Petkov 70 JT" 2012

ppHere are the top three winners on each section of "Petko Petkov - 70JT" 2012 organized by Strate Gems in occasion of the 70th anniversary of GM Petko Petkov who is the World ranking number one and the best Bulgarian chess composer.

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Section Selfmates 

46 problems by 26 authors from 11 countries

pp1

   1) Set: 1…Kg1 2.Sd1+ Kh2 3.Se3 Kg1 4.Qh3 Kf2 5.Qg2+ Ke1 6.Bb2 d4 7.Qf1+ Kd2 8.Bc1 Kc3

9.Sd5+ Kb3 10.Qe2 d3 11.Qc2+ dxc2#

     Play: 1.Kc1 Kg1 2.Kd2+ Kh2 3.Qf4+ Kg2 4.Qh4 Kf3 5.Rf1 Kg2 6.Ke1 Kf3 7.Se4+ Kg2 8.Rg1+ Kf3

9.Kf1 dxe4 10.Bf2 e3 11.be1 e2#

 

   2) 1.Qa7! (2.Sc7+ Kxd6 3.Qa3+ Sxa3#)

 1...Rxf4 2.Bd5+ Ke5 (2.Sxd4+? Rxd4+ 3.f4+?) 3.Sf3+ Rxf3# (3.Qxd4+? Rxd4+ 4.f4+?)

 1...Sxf4 2.Sxd4+ Ke5 (2.Bd5+? Sxf4+ 3.Rxg5) 3.Sg6+ Sxg6# (3.Qc5+? Sd5+ 4.Rxg5?)

 

   3) 1.c8S! (2.Scb4+ Kb3 3.Rc3+ Ka4 4.Sxc5+ Ka5 5.Sb7+ Ka4 6.Qd1+ Rxd1#; 2…Rxc1 3.Sxc5+ Rxf1#)

 1...axb2 2.Sa3+ Kxd4 3.Rc4+ dxc4 4.Sb5+ Kd5 5.Sf4+ Ke5 6.Qe1+ Rxe1#

 1...cxd4 2.Se5+ Kc5 3.Qc4+ dxc4 4.Sd7+ Kd5 5.Sb4+ Ke6 6.Re1+ Rxe1#

 

pp2

   4)  PET:  1…Se~ 2.Sf4+ exf4 3.Be4+ Qxe4#, 1…Sf5!? 2.Se7+ Sxe7 3.Be4+ Qxe4# 

     1.Sd8! (2.Qc6+ Bxc6 3.Rb5+ Bxb5#)

1…Bc6 2.Qxd4+ exd4 3.Rb5+ Bxb5#, 1…Sc4 2.Sf4+ exf4 3.Be4+ Qxe4#

     KOV: 1.b7? (zz) c6 2.Qb5+ cxb5#, 1…c2!; 1.Rc2! (zz), 1…cxb6 2.Qc7 b5#, 1…c6 2.Qb5+ cxb5# 

 

Section Fairy problems

69 problems by 31 authors from 18 countries

 

А: Help-Self problems without fairy pieces

 

pp5

 

5) 1.Se7 Kd7 2.Sc6 Sd6 3.Kc5 Sb5 4.Kb6 Sa7 5.Kb7 Kc8+ 6.Ka8 Sb5 7.Sa7 Sxa7= = (7…Sc7?)

     1.Ke4 Ke6 2.Sf6 Ke7 3.Kf5 Sg5 4.Kg6 Sh7 5.Kg7 Kf8+ 6.Kh8 Sg5 7.Sh7 Sxh7= = (7…Sf7?)

 

6) 1.Kc1 Rc8 2.h8B c4 3.Bf6 c3 4.Bg5! (4.Be7?) c2 5.Kxc2 [wKc2-e1]+ Rc1#

    1.Ka1 Ra8 2.h8R a4 3.Rg8 a3 4.Rg4! (4.Rh5?) a2 5.Kxa2 [wKa2-e1]+ Ra1#

 

7) 1.exd4[A] Bc7 [Rf6] 2.Sf7 Ba5 3.bxa5[B] (zz) Rxf7 [Ba6]#

    1.bxa5[A] Rd7 [Ba8] 2.Sb7 Rd4 3.exd4[A] (zz) Bxb7 [Re3]#

 

B: Help-Self problems with fairy pieces 

 

pp4

 

8) 1...LEd8 2.PAxe6-c4 (bBc1) Rxc4-c3 (wPAc5) 3.PAxc1-h6 (bBc7)+ Kd7#

   1...LEb8 2.VAxc5-f5 (bRh3) Bxf5-g4 (wVAe6) 3.VAxh3-a3 (bRd7)+ Kc7#

 

9) a) 1…h1LE! 2.NAe5 NAb2 3.LEc4+ g1NA#

(1…h1PA? 2.NAe5 NAb2 3.LEc4+ g1NA+ 4.PAh8!, or 2.VAc5 ~ 3.PAb4+ Ka2!)

    b) 1…h1PA! 2.VAc5 NAa2 3.PAb4+ g1VA#

(1…h1LE? 2.VAc5 NAa2 3.PAb4+ g1VA+ 3.LEh7!, or 2.NAe5 ~ 3.LEc4+ Kb2!)

 

10) 1.cBxf5=cR cSd2=cB 2.Kg5 cBc1=cR 3.cRf6=cQ cRd1=cQ 4.cSf3=cB+ cQxf3=cS#

      1.cRg5=cQ cSg2=cB 2.Kxf5 cBh3=cR 3.cQf6=cS cRxh6=cQ 4.cBh4=cR+ cQxh4=cS#

  

 

 

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