JULY, 1965 _ _ • . No.

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No. 1, A.J. Roy croft (London), Original.
1 Bg7, Kbl (i) 2 Sf6 (ii) b4 (iii) 3 Kxb4, Kb2 (iv) 4 Bh8 (v) Sc2+ (vi) 5 Ka4,
Kxc3; 6 Se4 mate.
(i) 1.. , Ka2 ; 2 Sf6 wins. 1.. , Kbl; threatens 2.. , b4 ; 3 Kxb4, Sd5+ =
(ii) 2 Kxb5? Sdl ; 3 Ra3, c3+ 4 Kb4, Bxh7 =
2 Ra3 ? Sc2 ; and White fs own first move has deprived him of the defence
3 Ra7, so that wSh7 is lost, =
(iii) 2 . . . Sdl, 3 Ra3, c3 ; 4 Sd5, c2 ; 5 Ral mate
(iv) Apparently putting White in Zugzwang and threatening 4.. , Sc2+
(v) But this puts Black instead into Zugzwang.
4 Rxd3? cd ; 5 Sg4+ Kcl 6 Bh6 or Sxe3, d2 =
(vi) 4 . . . Sf5 ; 5 Se8 wins.
No. 2, C M . Bent, Ceskoslovensky Sach, 12/64.
1 C5+ (i) Qxc5 (ii) 2 Sxf3, Sf2+ 3 Bxf2, Qxf2 ; 4 Sc4+ Kc7 ; 5 Se3, Kd8 (iii)
6 Kf4, Ke8 ; 7 Kg4, Kf8 ; 8 Kf4, Kg8 ; 9 Kg4, Kh8 ; 10 Kf4, Kh7 ; 11 Kg4,
Kg6 ; 12 Sh4 (e5) + (iv) Kg7 ; 13 Sf3, Kh6 ; 14 Sf5+ (v) Kg6 ; 15 Se3, Qe2 ;
16 Kf4 (vi) Qf2 ; 17 Kg4, Qe7 ; 18 Kf4, Kh5 ; 19 Kg3 *
(i) 1 Sf (b) 5 ? f2 ; 2 Bxf2+ Sxf2+ wins.
2 Sxd6, fg (Q)+ wins.
2 c5+ Qxc5 wins.
(ii) 1 . . , Kxc5 ; 2 Sb7+ or 1 .. , Sxc5 ; 2 Sc4+
(iii) If bK approaches other than around the edge of the board it allows white
duals, either by K shuttle or by check from wS's.
(iv) 12 Kf4? Kh5 wins.
(v) 14Kf4? Kh5 wins,
(vi) 16 Kg3? Kh5 ; 17 Kf4, Qf2 wins.
No. 3, C M . Bent, Szachy, 12/64.
1 Sg7+ (i) Kh6 (ii) 2 Sxe6 (iii) dl (Q) (iv) 3 de (v) Qd6+ (vii) 4 Kf5, Qxe7 ;
5 Sg4+ Kh7 (viii) 6 Sf6+ Kh8 ; 7 Ke5, Qf7 ; 8 Kf5, Qe7 ; 9 Ke5 =
(i) 1 d7? dl (Q) ; 2 Sg7+ Kh4 wins.
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 (ii) 1 . . , Kg6 ; 2 Sxe6, dl (Q); 3 d7, Qd6+ 4 Kf3 = , or 1 .. , Kh4 ; 2 Sf3+
Kh3 ; 3 Sxd2, Rxd6 ; 4 Se4, Rxa6 ; 5 Sf5, e6 ; 6 Sd4, Kh4; 7 Sc5 =
(iii) 2 d7? dl (Q); 3 Sxe6, Qxd7 ; 4 Sg4+ Kh5 ; 5 Sg7+ Kh4 ; 6 Sf5+ Kh3 wins.
2 de? Kxg7 wins, or 2 Sf5+ Kh7 wins.
(iv) 2 .. , ed ; 3 Sg4+ any ; 4 Sf2 =
(v) 3 Sg4+? Kh5 ; 4 Sg7+ (4 de? Qd6+ 5 any, Qe7 wins), Kg6 ; 5 de (vi) Qd6+
6 Se5+ Kxg7 wins, or 3 d7? Qxd7 ; 4 Sg4+ Kh5 ; 5 Sg7+ Kh4; 6 Sf5+
Kh3 wins.
(vi) 5 Se3+? Kxg7 ; 6 de, Qh5 wins, or 5 d7? Kxg7 ; 6 SeS, Qd6 wins,
(vii) 3 . . , Qd7 ; 4 Sg4+ any ; 5 S+, any ; 6 Sxd7 wins, or-3 . . ,Qh5 ; 4 Sg4+ wins.
(viii) 5 . . , Kh5 ; 6 Sf4+ Kh4 ; 7 Sg6+ Kh3 ; 8 Sxe7 wins.
No. 4, P. Sojka, Szachy, 8/64.
1 Rhl, S e l ; 2 Rh2+ Sg2 ; 3 Rhl, Se3+ 4 Kh5, Sfl; 5 c7, Bxc7 ; 6 d8 (Q), Bxd8 ;
7 Rh2+ Kf3 (i) 8 Rh3+ Kg2 (ii) 9 Ra3, Be7 ; 10 Ra4, Kh3 ; 11 Rh4+ Kg2 ; 12 Ra4,
Kf3 ; 13 Rf4+ Kg2 ; 14 Ra4 =
(i) 7 , # , Sxh2 Stalemate.
(ii) 8 . . , Kf4 ; 9 Rf3+ Kxf3 Stalemate.
No. 5, S. Isenegger, 2nd/3rd Prize, Schach-Echo, 1964.
1 Se6, Be4; 2 Rxh3, Bf5 ; 3 Sxf4+ Kg5 ; 4 Rf3, Bg4; 5 Sh3+ Kh4; 6 Rf8, Bxh3 ;
7 Rh8+ Kg4 ; 8 Rh7 wins.
No. 6, P.Perkonoja, Tidskrift for Schack, 1/65.
1 c7 (i) Bd7 (ii) 2 Sd4, Bc8+ 3 Kb6, Bxd4+ 4 cd, gl (S); 5 Bxf7, h i (B) ;6 d5,
Be4 (iii) 7 Be6 (iv) Bf5 ; 8 Bxf5, Bxf5 ; 9 c8 (Q), Bxc8 ; 10 Kc7, B any ; 11 d6 =
(i) 1 Sxh2? Bxc6 ; 2 Sf3, Be3 wins.
(ii) 1 . . , Bb5+ 2 Kxb5, Kb7 ; 3 Sxh2, Bxh2 ; 4 Bf3+ Kxc7 ; 5 Bxg2 =
(iii) 6 . . , Bg2 ; 7 d6 (v) followed by 8 Be8 and 9 d7 draws. Black must play
Be4 to allow Sf3 without cutting off the black Bishop's control of the
long diagonal - see next note,
(iv) 7 d6? Sf3 ; 8 Be8, Se5 ; 9 d7. Bxd7 wins,
(v) 7 Be6* Bh3 ; 8 Bxh3, Sxh3 ; 9 d6, Sf2 ; 10 Kc6, Sg4; 11 d7, Se5+ wins.

No. 7, V. Bron, 1st Prize, Galitzky Memorial Tourney, 1965.

1 Bd4, Ra2 ; 2 a7, Kxe2 ; 3 Rh8, Be5 ; 4 Re8, Kd3 ; 5 Bc5 (i) Bd6 ; 6 Rd8, K c 4 ;
7 Bb6, Bc7; 8Rc8, Kb5 ; 9 Bd4, Kc4; 10 Be3, Kd3 ; 11 Bc5, Ral+ 12 Kg2,
Ra2+ 13 Kf3, Rf2+ 14 Bxf2, gf; 15 Kg2, Ke2 ; 16 Re8+ wins.
(i) 5 Bb6? Bc7 ; 6 Bc5, Kc4; 7 Be3, f4.
No. 8, E. Pogosjants, 2nd Prize,Galitzky Memorial Tourney, 1965.
1 Bh6+ Ke2 ; 2 Bh7, Se4 ; 3 Bxe4, Bc6 ; 4 Bxc6, Bd2 ; 5 Bf3+ Kel ;6 Bf8, c l (Q);
7 Bd6, Be3 ; 8 Bb4+ Bd2 ; 9 Bd6, Bf4 ; 10 Bb4+ Bd2 ;11 Bd6=
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 No. 9, G. Amiryan, 4th Commend, Galitzky Memorial Tourney, 1965.
1 Reel, Rxfl+ 2 Rxfl, Be5 ; 3 Sc6, Be2 ;4 Rgl+ Bg7 ; 5 Sxd4, Bd3 ; 6 Se6, Kf7 ;
7 Sxg7, Bg6 ; 8 Se8, Be4+ 9 Kh2, Kxe8 ; 10 Rel wins.
No. 10, P. Perkonoja, 1st Prize, Dunder Jubilee Tourney, 1965.
1 b6, cb (i) 2 Sxb6+ Ke6 ; 3 Bxg7, a3 ; 4 Sa8, Kf7 (ii) 5 Bh8, Kg8 ; 6 Bf6, Kf7 ;
7 Sc7, a2 (iii) 8 Sxe8, Ke6 ; 9 Sg7+ (iv) Kf7 ; 10 Sh5, Ke6 ; 11 Sf4+, Kf5 (v)
12 Kf3. al(Q); 13 e4 wins.
(i) 1 . . , Sf5+ 2 Kd3, cb ; 3 e4+ Ke6 ; 4 ef+ Kxf5 ; 5 Sd6+ Ke6 ; 6 Sxe8, Kf7 ;
7 Bc5, be ; 8 Sd6+ Ke6 ; 9 Sc4 wins.
(ii) 4 . . , a2 ; 5 Sc7+ Kf7 ; 6 Sxe8, Ke6 ; 7 Sc7+ Kf7 ; 8 Bh8, Kg8; 9 e6, Kxh8 ;
10 e7 wins.
4 . . , Bh5 ; 5 Bh8, a2; 6 Sc7+ Kd7 ; 7 Sa6, Ke6 ; 8 Sc5+ wins.
(iii) 7 . . , Bd7 ; 8 e6+ Kxf6 ; 9 ed, Ke7 ; 10 Se6, Kxd7 ; 11 Sc5+ Kd6 ; 12 Kd4
wins.
(iv) 9 Sc7+? Kf5. *
(v) 11 . . , Kf7 ; 12 Bh8, Kg8 ; 13 e6 wins.
No. 11, V. Kivi, 2nd Prize, Dunder Jubilee Tourney, 1965.
1 d6 (i) ed (ii) 2 Kg4, Kh2 (iii) 3 Be6, f5+ 4 Kh4, d5 ; 5 Bxd5, b2 ; 6 Sg5,
bl (Q) ; 7 Sf3+ K any; 8 Sd2+ wins.
(i) 1 Bc6? ba ; 2 d6+ Kh2 ; 3 d7, al (Q); 4 d8 (Q), Qe5+
(ii) 1 . . , ba ; 2 de, al (Q) ; 3 e8 (Q), Qfl+ 4 Kg4, Qc4+ 5 Kg3, Qd3+ 6 Kh4,
Qh7+ 7 Kg4, Qg7+ 8 Kf4, Qh6+ 9 Kf3 wins.
(iii) 2 . . , Kg2 ; 3 Bc6+ Kfl; 4 Bd5, ba (iv) 5 Bxa2, Kel; 6 Sf4, Kd2 ; 7 Kf5,
Kcl; 8 Bg8, Kb2 ; 9 Sd3+ Kbl; 10 Sb4 wins.
(iv) 4 . . , b2 ; 5 Be4, d5 ; 6 Bf5, Kel; 7 Sf4, d4; 8 Ke6 wins.
No. 12, R. Heiskanen, 3rd Prize, Dunder Jubilee Tourney, 1965.
1 f7, f2+ 2 Kh2, fl (S) + 3 Kh3, g4+ 4 Kh4, Sd6 ; 5 f8 (Q)+ Sf5+ 6 Kh5, Be8+
7 Qxe8, Sg7+ 8 Kg6, Sxe8 ; 9 a6, c5 (i) 10 Bxc5, g3 ; 11 a7 (ii) Sc7 ; 12 Bd6+
Kg4; 13 Bxc7, g2 ; 14 Bb6 wins.
(i) 9.. , c6, 10 Bb6 wins.
(ii) 11 Bb6? g2 ; 12 a7, Se3.
No. 13, B. Breider, 4th Prize, Dunder Jubilee Tourney, 1965.
I d 7 , Sg6+(i) 2 Kd6, Rf8 ; 3 d8 (Q) + (ii) Rxd8 ; 4 Bxd8, Kxa7 (iii) 5 Bxb6+(iv)
Kxb6 ; 6 Sc5, Sxc5 (v) stalemate
(i) 1 . . , Sxd5+ 2 Ke8
(ii) 3 Sc7+ Kxa7 ; 4 Se8, S (B)e5
(iii) 4 . . , b2 ; 5 Bxb6
(iv) 5 Bf6? Se5
(v) 6 . . , b2 ; 7 Sa4+ Kxb5 ; 8 Sxb2, Sxb2 ; 9 Ke6 =
 No. 14, A. Fred, 5th Prize, Dunder Jubilee Tourney, 1965.
1 Rd8, Qh7 ; 2 Rh8, Qf5 ; fr g4f Qf4 (i) 4 Rh5+ Kf6 ; 5 g5+ Kf5 ; 6 g6+ Kf6 ;
7 Rh2, Kg5 ; 8 Rxf2, Qh4; 9 Sf3+ wins,
(i) 3 . . , Qf6 ; 4 Rh5+ Kf4 ; 5 Rh3, Kg5 ; 6 Rf3, Qh6 ; 7 Sf7+ wins.

No. 15, M. Myllyniemi, Special Prize, Dunder Jubilee Tourney, 1965.

1 Kb2 (i) Rxa2+ 2 Kxa2, Sc4 (ii) 3 Rh7+ Kg2 ; 4 Rg7+ Kf2 ; 5 Rf7+ Ke2 ; 6 Re7+
Kd2 ; 7 Rd7+ Kc3 ; 8 Rc7 (iii) Kd4 (iv) 9 Rxc4+ (v) Kxc4 ; 10 Kb2, Kd3 ; 11 Kcl,
Kc3. Stalemate No. 1.
(i) 1 Rh7+? Kb2 ; 2 Rc7 (A) Rc4 (B) and Black wins.
(A) 2 Kb2, Rxa2<- 3 Kxa2, c l (Q) wins
(B) 2 . . , c l (Q)+ ?>3 Rxcl, Sb3+ 4 K B - , Sxcl; 5 Bd5+ Kf2 ; 6 Kxcl =
2 . . , Sc4? 3 Rg7+ Kf3 ; 4 Rg3+ (4 Rgl? Se3 ; 5 Rcl, Ke2 ; 6 Kb2, Kd2 ;
7 Bb3, Rb4^, Ke4 (4 . . , Kg3 Stalemate No. 2, or 4 . . , Ke2 ; 5 Rg2+
Kd3 ; 6 Rxc2, Kxc2 Stalemate No. 3); 5 Rc3, Se3 (5 . . , Sa3 ; 6 Bb3) ;
6 Kb2, Sdl+ 7 Kxc2, Rxc3 ; 8 Bb3.
(ii) 2 . . , c l (Q); 3 Rg2+ Khl; 4 Rh2+ Kxh2 Stalemate No. 4.
(iii) 8 Rdl ? cd (Q,R) ?.Stalemate No. 5, but 8 . . , cd (B) and Black wins.
(iv) 8 . . , c l (Q); 9 Rxc4+ Kxc4 Stalemate No. 6.
(v) 9 Rd7+ Kc5 ; 10 Re7+ Kd5 (10 . . , Kb5? 11 Rb7+ Ka6 ; 12 Rbr> 11 Rd7+ Kc6.
No. 16, R.Heiskanen,lst Hon. Men. ,Dunder Jubilee Tourney, 1965
1 b6.(i) g2 (ii) 2 Bg7+ (iii) Kxf7; 3 Bxd4, Sxd4; 4b7, gl (Q)(iv) 5b8 (Q),Qg3+
6 Kd7, Qxb8 Stalemate,
(i) 1 Bg7+? Kxf7; 2 Bd4,Sxd4; 3 b6, Sb5+ 4 Kd7, Sd6; 5 Kxd6, g2; 6 b7,
gl(Q); 7 b 8 ( Q ) , Qg3+wins. If 1 Kd7? Kxf7; 2 Bd6, g2; 3 b6,gl(Q); 4 b 7 ,
Se5+ 5 Bxe5, Qg4+ 6 Kc7, d3; 7 b8 (Q), Qc4+ 8 Kd6, Qe6+ 9 Kc5,d2;
10 Qbl, Qxe5+ 11 Kc6, Qf6+ 12 Kc5, Qg5+13 Kc6 (4), Qg6 (4)+ wins,
(ii) 1 . . , d3; 2 Bh6
(iii) 2 Kc7? gl(Q); 3 Bd6, Kxf7; 4 b7, Se5; 5 b8 (Q) (5 Bxe5, d3; 6 b8(Q),
Qc5+ 7 Kd7, Qd5+ 8 Bd6, d2), Qcl+ 6 Kb7, Qb2+ 7 Kc8, Qxb8; 8 Kxb8,
d3; 9 Bb4, Sc6+ wins.
(iv) 4 . . , gl (B); 5 b8 (Q), Bh2+ 6 Kd5 =

No. 17, V. Nejdse, 2nd Hon. Men. , Dunder Jubilee Tourney, 1965.
1 e8 (Q), Rxe8+ 2 Bxe8+ Kc7; 3 Bxc6 (i) Rh2+(ii) 4 Kd3, Ra2 ; 5 a8 (R) wins,
(i) 3 a8 (Q)? Rh2+ 4 Kd3, Rd2+ 5 Kc4, Rd4+ or 3 a8 (R) ? Re7+ 4 Kd2, Kb7 ;
5Rd8, Kc7.
(ii) 3 . . , Rh8 ; 4 Bd5 (4 a8 (Q) ? Rh2+ 5 Kd3, Rd2+ or 4 a8 (R) ? Rh2+ 5 Kd3,
Kxc6), wins.

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 No. 18, R. Heiskanen, 3rd Hon. Men. , Dunder Jubilee Tourney, 1965.
1 Rb4 (i) Ba7; 2 Rb7 (ii) Bxd3 ; 3 Rxa7 (iii) Be (e) 4; 4 d5, Bxd5 ; 5 Ra4,
Bc4 (iv) 6 Ra8+ Bg8 ; 7 Ra4, hi (Q,R); 8 Rh4+, Q (R) xh4
(i) 1 Ra4? c2; 2 Kb2, cl (Q)+ 3 Kxcl, hi (Q); 4 Ra8, Bxd3 ; 5 Kd2, Qbl wins.
1 d5? Kg8; 2 Rh4, c6. Stalemate.
(ii) 2 Ra4? c2; 3 Kb2, cl (Q)+ 4 Kxcl, hi (Q); 5 Rxa7, Bxd3+ 6 Kd2, Be4.
(iii) 3 Rxc7? Bxf5; 4 Rxa7, Bxg6.
(iv) 5 . . , hl(Q,R); 6Rh4+
No. 19, C M . Bent, Tidskrift for Schack, 8/64.
1 Bb5, Qxb5 (i) 2 Rel+ Qfl ; 3 Rxfl+ Bxfl; 4 Kg3, Bxg2; 5 Sdf2+, Kgl;
6 Sh2, K any ; 7 Sxf3 (h3) mate,
(i) 1 . . , Qxe8; 2 Bxe8, hg; 3 Sdf2+ Kgl; 4 Kg3, Bb7 ; 5 Sh2.
No. 20, A. Hall, Tidskrift for Schack, 9/64.
1 Bg7+ Kg8 (i) 2 Rf8+ Kh7 ; 3 Rh8+ Kg6; 4 Rh6+ Kf7(ii) 5 Rf6+ Kg8 ; 6 Rf8+ =
(i) 1 . . , Kh7 ; 2 Rh6 + Kg8 ; 3 Rh8+ Kf7 ; 4 Rf8+ Kg6 ; 5 Rf6+ Kh7 (iii)6 Rh6+ =
(ii) 4 . . , Kg5 ; 5 Bf6+ Kxh6 ; 6 Sf5+ =
(iii) 5 . . , Kh5 ; 6 Rh6+ Kg4 ; 7 Rh4+ Kg5 ; 8 Bh6+ =
No. 21, Chr.Jonsson,Tidskrift for Schack, 10/64.
1 Sa5(i)b2; 2 c7, bl(Q); 3 c8 (Q)+Qb8 (ii) 4Qa6+Qa7; 5 Qc6+Kb8; 6 Qe8+
Kc7; 7 Qe7+ Kb6; 8 Sc4+ Ka6; 9 Qa3+ Kb7; 10 Sd6+ Ka8; 11 Qf3+ Kb8;
12 Qf8+ Kc7; 13 Sb5+ wins.
(i) 1 Sd8+? or 1 Sd6+? Kb8 = or 1 Sc5?b2; 2 c7, bl (Q); 3 c8 (Q)+ Ka7;
4 Qa6+ Kb8; 5 Sd7+ Kc7 =
(ii) 3 . . , Ka7; 4 Sc6+ Kb6; 5 Qb8+ Kxc6; 6 Qxbl wins.
No. 22, C M . Bent,Tidskrift for Schack,9/64.
1 h8 (Q)+ Sxh8; 2 Bf8+ Kh5; 3 Sg7+ Kh4; 4 Be7+ Kg3; 5 Bd6, Qxd6; 6 Sxf5+
Bxf5; 7 Se4+ Bxe4 Stalemate.
No. 23, E.Granlund, Tidskrift for Schack, 10/64
1 c8 (Q)+ Rxc8; 2 Kxc8, Be3 (i) 3 Ra6+ Ba7; 4 Rd6, Be3; 5 Rxd3, cl (Q)+
6 Sxdl, Bxcl; 7 Rc3, Bb2; 8 Rc4, Ka7; 9 Ra4+ Kb6; 10 Rb4+ wins.
(i) 2 . . , Ka7; 3 Sc3, cl (Q); 4 Sb5+ Ka8; 5 Sc7+ Ka7; 6 Ra6 mate.
No. 24, V. Pachman, 1st Prize,Shakhmaty, 1961.
1 Bb6+ Kxb6 ; 2 Bxe8, Sc5 ; 3 Bg6, Rhl+ 4 Kb2, a3+ 5 Kxa3, Rxal; 6 Bbl,
Sa4; 7 Bc2, Sc5; 8 Bbl, Rxbl Stalemate.
No. 25, V. Dorogov, Shakhmaty v S. S. S. R. , 10/64
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1 Bc2+ Ka5 ; 2 b4+ Ka6 ; 3 Bxdl (i) Ba7 (ii) 4 b8 (S)+ Bxb8 ; 5 Kc6, h3 ;
6 Be2+ Ka7 ; 7 b5, h2 ; 8 Bf3, Ka8 ; 9 b6, cb ; 10 Kxb6 mate.
(i) 3 b8 (Q)? Ba7+ 4 Bxdl, c6+ = or 3 b8 (S)? Kb5 ; 4 Bxdl, Bc3 =
(ii) 3 . . , Kxb7 ; 4 Kxd4 wins.
No. 26, V. Korolkov and E.Koshakov, Shakhmaty v S. S. S. R. ,9/64.
1 c7 (i) Bxh7+ 2 Kh8, Rc6 ; 3 Sxc6, Kd7 ; 4 Se7, Kxc7 (ii) 5 Sxd5+ Kd6 ;
6 Sf6, Re6 ; 7 Sxh7, Rg6 ; 8 Sf8, Rg4; 9 d5, Ke7 ; 10 Se6, Kf7 ; 11 Sd8+ =
(i) 1 h8 (Q)? Rb8+ 2 Kg7, Rxh8 ; 3 Kxh8, Rxe5 wins. 1 Sxg6, Rb8+ 2 Kg7,
Rg4 wins.
(ii) 4 . . , Rxe7 ; 5 c8 (Q)+ Kxc8 =
No. 27, V. Bron, Shakhmaty v S. S. S. R. , 8/64.
1 Sxh4,f Sxh4, Sxh4 ; 2 Kc6, Bb8 ; 3 d6, cd ; 4 Bd5, Ka7 ; 5 Be4, Ka6 ;6 Bd3+
Ka7 ; 7 Be4 =
No. 28, T.Gorgiev, Shakhmaty v S. S. S. R. , 7/64.
1 Qf7+(i) Kxf7 (ii) 2 Sg5+ Kf8; 3 Se5, Bg8+ 4 Kh8, Rb7 ; 5 a6, Ra7 (iii) 6 b5,
Rc7 ; 7 d3, Ra7 ; 8 d4, Rc7 ; 9 d5, Ra7 ; 10 d6 wins,
(i) 1 Sg5+? Kd7 ; 2 Se5+ Kc8 ; 3 Sxc4, Bc7.
(ii) 1 . . , Kd7 ; 2 Se5+ Kc8 ; 3 Qxc4+ Kb7 ; 4 Sd6+ Ka7 ; 5 Sb5+ Ka6 ; 6 Sc7+
Kb7; 7a6+ wins.
No. 29, D. Banni, Shakhmaty v S. S. S. R. , 7/64.
1 Sf4, Qa8; 2 Se6, Qxa7; 3 Rd8+ Kh7; 4 Sg5+(i) fg; 5 Ka2 Qa6; 6 Kb3, Qa4+
7 Kb2 =
(i) White's 3rd and 4th moves can be transposed.
No. 30, E.Pogosjants, Shakhmaty v S. S. S.R. , 6/64.
1 Kg5, dl (Q); 2 Sf2+ Kd2; 3 Sxdl, e2; 4 Sd4, ed (Q); 5 Bc2 =
No. 31, A. Kopnin, Shakhmaty v S. S. S.R. ,6/64.
1 d5 (i) Bxd5 (ii) 2 Se7, Sb3; 3 Bb4, Re6; 4 Kf7 (iii) Re5+ 5 Kf6, Re6+ 6 Kf7,
Rd6+ 7 Ke8, Bc6+ 8 Kf7, Rd7; 9 Ke8, Rd6+ 10 Kf7, Bd5+ 11 Ke8, Re6;
12 Kf7 =
(i) 1 Se7?Rc2; 2 Bg5, Bb3; 3 d5, Sd3; 4 d6, Ba4+ 5 Kf7,Se5+6 Ke6,
Sd7 wins.
(ii) 1 .. , Rc2; 2 Bxcl, Rxcl; 3 d6, Rel+ 4 Se7,Bb3; 5 d7, Ba4; 6 Kf7, Rdl;
7 Sg6+ Kxh7; 8 Sf8+ and 9 Ke7 =. The Se7-g6+ - f8+ threat explains
the draw in the main line. 1. . , Rc8+ 2 Kd7, Rc2; 3 Bxcl,Rxcl; 4 d6,
Bb3; 5 Sd4, Ba4+ 6 Ke7, Kxh7; 7 Se6, Rdl; 8 Sc5 =
(iii) 4 Kd7? Bc4 wins.

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 No. 32, F. Bondarenko and Al. Kuznetsov, Shakhmaty v SSSR. 6/64 & 11/64
1 Qa6+ f6; 2 Qfl, h5+(i) 3 Kf4, Sf5; 4Qhl, Sg3; 5 Qxh2, Kf7; 6 a4,Ke7;
7 a5, Kd7; 8 a6,Kc6; 9 c3,d4(ii) 10 cd, Kb6; 11 d5,Kxa6; 12 d6,Kb7;13 d7,
Kc7,.14 Ke3 wins,
(i) 2 . . , f5+3 Kf4,Sh5+ 4 Ke5,Sg3; 5 Qa6+ Kh5; 6 Qb7, Kh6;7Qc6+ Kh5;
8 Qd7, Kh6, 9 Qe6+ Kh5; 10 Kf6 wins.
(ii) If 9 . . ,Kb6; 10 Qgl+ wins, because it is check. Similarly, the K avoids
d6 and c7 because then Ke3 and the S is pinned.
No. 33, G.M. Kasparyan, 1st Prize, Theme 1. International Friendship Match
1962, Shakhmaty v S. S. S. R. , 2/65.
1 Sf6+ Kf7; 2 Sg4, Se6+ 3 Kf5 (i) Bel; 4 Se5+ Ke7; 5 Sc6 + Kd6; 6 c4,Bc3;
7Sa7,Sd4+ 8 Ke4,Sxb3; 9 Sb5+ Kc5; 10 Bf8+ Kxc4; 11 Sa3 mate
(i) 3 Kh5? Bel; 4 c4, Sc5; 5 Se5+ Ke6; 6 Sf3, Bc3; 7 Bd2, Bxd2; 8 Sxd2,
Ke5; 9 b4,Sd3; 10 b5, Kd4; 11 Sb4 =
No. 34, V. Korolkov and V. Chekhover,lst Prize,Theme 3, International
Friendship Match 1962, Shakhmaty v S. S. S.R. ,2/65.
1 Bd5,Bf8; 2 Ra8+(i) Kc7; 3 Rc8+ Kb6; 4 Rb8+ Ka5; 5 Ra8+ Kb4;6 Rb3+ Ka3;
7 Ra8+ Kb2; 8 Ra2+ Kbl; 9 Rg2,Bg7; 10 Rgl+ Kb2; 11 Rg2+ Ka3; 12 Ra2+Kb4;
13 Ra8., Bf8; 14 Rb8+ Kc5; 15 Rb5+ Kxb5;16 Sxd6+ Bxd6; 17 Bxg8 =
(i) 2 Rb3?Ka7; 3 Rb7+ Ka6; 4 Bc4+ Ka5; 5 Ra7+ Kb4 and will evade checks
in a few moves.
No. 35, Dr. A. Wotava, Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1964.
1 Rf6 (i) Pd6 (ii) 2 Be5, Pxe5 (iv) 3 Rb6,al (Q); 4 b4+ ab; 5 Ra6+ Kb4;6 Rxal,
b2; 7 Rel wins.
(i) 1 Rf5+?gf; 2 Be5,Kb4; 3 b3,ab; 4 Kb6,Ka3; 5 Bd6+ Kb2 or 1 Ra4+?
Kxa4; 2 b3+ Kxb3; 3Be5,Kc2; 4 Bc3,d5; 5 Kb6,d4;6 Bxd4,Kxd2;7 Kc5,
Ke2; 8 Kc4,Kf3; 9 Kb3,Kg4; 10 Kxa2,Kxh4; 11 Kb3,Ka4; 12 Kc3,Kf3;
13 Kd2,h4; 14 Kel,h3; 15 Be5,Kg2.
(ii) 1 . . ,al (Q); 2 Be5, Kb5 (4Xiii) 3 Rb6+ any; 4 b3 (4)+ wins.
(iii)2 . . , Qbl; 3Rb6,P-; 4b3,or 2 .. , Qel; 3 Bc3+ Kb5;4 Rb6+any;
5 d3 (4)+ wins.
(iv) 2 . . , Kb5 (4); 3 Rd6+ any; 4 Rb6+ wins.
No. 36, Dr. A. Wotava, Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1965.
1 Sab4, Sf5 (i) 2 Rxf5 (ii) Bxf5 ; 3 c8 (Q), Bxc8 ; 4 f5, Bxf5 ; 5 Sf4, Bc8 ; 6 Sbd3,
Ba6 ; 7 Se2, Bxd3 (iii) Stalemate.
(i) 1 . . , Bf5 ; 2 c8 (Q), Bxc8 ; 3 f5.
(ii) 2Rg8? Bdl wins.
(iii) 7 .. , else; 8 Sxf2 =

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N o , 31 Black N o . 32 Black

White White
B|
No. 3 3 Black No. 34 ack

Draw Whjte
White
Black Black
N o . 35 No. 36

White White

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 THE CHESS ENDGAME STUDY CIRCLE

The above circle is now in existence. The inaugural meeting was held
on the evening of Friday 19th March 1965 at St Bride's Institute, Bride
Lane, London, E.C.4. The attendance was eleven:- Barry Barnes,
Mike Bent, Hugh Blandford, George Fisher, John Roycroft (founder),
Adam Sobey, Don Stallybrass, John Taylor, Paul Valois, Walter Veitch
and Bob Wade.
The events preceding the inaugural are briefly related. After several
earlier false starts the founder began in November 1964 to collect names
and addresses of interested people. In all 340 prospective members were
written to, and 65 columnists in addition. All were resident in the British
Isles, What was sent was a duplicated sheet setting out a 28-item agenda
for the inaugural meeting, and asking for it to be returned with comments.
In fact 52 were returned by March 19th, mostly accompanied by letters.
In addition letters of greeting to the Circle had been solicited from the
famous composers Andre Cheron, Harold Lommer and Joseph Peckover. All
three responded and extracts from their letters were read to the meeting.
The following is a summary of the main decisions of the meeting.
1. That the Circle be initially informal and with no constitution, at least
until there are 100 subscribing members.
2. That the subscription be £1 (one pound) per year and that this cover
four issues of a quarterly bulletin to be called "E G" and include
attendance at meetings.
3. That a list (not exhaustive) of the aims of the Circle is:
to produce a bulletin every three months
to promote the composition of originals
to hold talks and discussions, and to further research
to keep members abreast of events in the study world
to obtain new members
4. That the printing quotation from the British Chess Magazine be accepted
in principle. This means that a 16-page bulletin of 5i" x 8|" format,
with six diagrams to the page, can be produced and distributed at a
cost of under £25 (twenty-five pounds) per issue if The Chess Endgame
Study Circle provides the typescript and the hand-written diagrams.
The basic economics of the project are therefore clear. Four issues
at £25 totals £100 per annum. 100 subscriptions at £1 also reach the
same total, which, as envisaged, will also cover the small charge for

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 hiring a room for meetings. All bulletin work by members is entirely
voluntary and unremunerated. At the time of writing it appears
probable that the bulletin will "lose" about £20 in its first year. This
loss will be borne by the founder - but all donations are welcome.
5. That lists of members' names and addresses be circulated.
6. That the following distribution of tasks be allocated:
Membership, Meetings and Lists Co-ordinator,
all General Problems A. J. Roycroft
Bulletin General Editor P. S. Valois
7. Next Meeting: Friday 1st October 1965, 6.30 p.m. at St. Bride's
Institute, London, E.C.4.
Item 1: The Cheron, Lommer and Peckover Letters - AJR
2: The Modern Miniature - A.J. Sobey
Tourney Announcement: E G is proud to announce its first Tourney,the Joseph
Jubilee Tourney. D. Joseph, composer of the most famous study extant,
dating from 1922, celebrates his 70th birthday on 21st February 1966.
Entries in duplicate to the General Editor. Any number of entries, no
restriction on themes. Closing date: 30th November 1965. Three prizes.
Judge: H. M. Lommer.

Annual Subscription for E G 1-4, 5-8 etc, each July: £1 - to

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E.C.3.
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To magazine and study editors: Please arrange to send the complimentary
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