[FEN "8/5p2/8/8/R7/5k2/B2Q3B/5K2 w - - 0 1"] 1. Be6 fxe6 {From now on all the black moves are only moves.} 2. Qg5 e5 3. Bg3 e4 4. Be1 e3 5. Qg1 e2# {Checkmate.}
[FEN "8/5p2/8/8/R7/5k2/B2Q3B/5K2 w - - 0 1"] 1. Be6 f6 {Again from now on Black has only one move.} 2. Bh3 f5 3. Bg4+ fxg4 4. Qe1 g3 5. Bg1 g2# {Checkmate.}
Yes that must be it. I was to fixated keeping the White King on f1.
The stipulation said mate had to happen on or before Black's fifth move,
a bit misleading unless there is a quicker forced mate. We have five moves.
It is from the lastest CHESS (there is prize but it would have been won by now).
Hi BigDoggProblem,
Yes, I always get them mixed up. Though the thread title works.
It was composed by Andrei Selivanov in 2000. Good!
Maybe you can rescue the thread by giving us a Helpmate....please do...and not too hard.
Yes that must be it. I was to fixated keeping the White King on f1.
The stipulation said mate had to happen on or before Black's fifth move,
a bit misleading unless there is a quicker forced mate. We have five moves.
It is from the lastest CHESS (there is prize but it would have been won by now).
Hi BigDoggProblem,
Yes, I always get them mix ...[text shortened]... . Good!
Maybe you can rescue the thread by giving us a Helpmate....please do...and not too hard.
OK...
G. Backsi
Helpmate in 2, 2 solutions
Black moves first. White's 2nd move should be mate.
I think I have this one as well. it's a sister to the Selfmate I had in
the blog where a Black Knight shields the Black King from White Rooks.
This time the Black Knight shields the White King from Rooks. This one is excellent.
1... Nb2 {The White King has to get to e1. First the Knight blocks the Rooks.} 2. Kb4 Nc4+ 3. Kc3 Ne3+ {Now it is blocking the f4 Bishop.} 4. Kd2 Nd1+ {The Knight is back to blocking the Rook again.} 5. Ke1 Ng4 {Blocks a flight square.} 6. Bxc6# {Checkmate. Brilliant.}
[FEN "Q2R4/2k3nR/2p5/P7/5K2/8/8/6N1 w - - 0 1"] 1. Ke3 c5 {Only legal move and from now on that is all Black has, one legal move.} 2. Qb8+ Kc6 3. Rh6+ Ne6 {A Rook giving check and the Knight intervening appears again and again.} 4. Kd2 c4 5. Rd6+ Kc5 6. Rh5+ Ng5 7. Kc1 c3 8. Qb6+ Kc4 9. Rh4+ Ne4 10. Rg4 c2 11. Rd4+ Kc3 12. Rg3+ {Black has only one move.} 12... Nxg3 13. Ne2+ {At the risk of repeating myself, Black has no choice but to play...} 13... Nxe2 {Checkmate. Brilliant.}
@greenpawn34said I think I have this one as well. it's a sister to the Selfmate I had in
the blog where a Black Knight shields the Black King from White Rooks.
This time the Black Knight shields the White King from Rooks. This one is excellent.
[pgn]
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[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1B6/2r2n2/K ...[text shortened]... sk of repeating myself, Black has no choice but to play...} 13... Nxe2 {Checkmate. Brilliant.}[/pgn]
The theme is a "Rundlauf" - the Black Knight returns to the square where it started.
I learned about this problem while trying to compose my own helpmate with a Knight Rundlauf and check screening. This one was much more economical [meaning, less material on the board] as well as shorter [less wasted/non-thematic moves] than mine!
I never noticed the Black Knight ends up on it's original square.
This makes it all the more amazing.
I got the idea for that one fairly quickly.
It was the placing of the f6 Knight and why was it there.
(it is how I have stumbled upon a few solutions....what is that piece there for.)
I saw if the f6 Knight went to g4 then the King is in a mating net
waiting for Bxc6. Then it's just a matter of getting the White King to e1
02 Oct '20 01:39
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