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Bruno's Chess Problem: 29/09/2025

A.Sarkiz, 1998

Mat en 2(***)
chess problem diagram

Les blancs jouent

Astuce :

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1. Nc4! ... 2. Qe5#
  1. ... Nc6 2. Rxb5#
  1. ... Ne8, Ng8, Nd7, Nh7, Nh5, Ng4 2. Qf3#
  1. ... Ne4 2. N4e3#
  1. ... bxc4+ 2. Qxc4#
  1. ... Rd3+, Re1 2. Qd3#

2025-09-29 15:53:13, by problemist: In "Die Schwalbe,"June 2025, an interesting new competition by Joachim Brügge is announced: The best comments of Schwalbe originals from 2025. "Preisfond von 500€ ... Was sind nun die 'besten' Kommentare? Das ist natürlich in gewisser Weise subjektiv: sie sollten aber Sachverstand zeigen, Humor, Originalität, Sprachqualität, Kritik, Einordnung, Vergleiche, ... Alles zusammen? Schön wäre das - Wir werden sehen!" I think that these comments are OK in any language with a tradition in problem chess (certainly in English, French, or Russian), not necessarily in German. The jury consists of Joachim Brügge, Werner Keym, and Thomas Brand. Send your contributions to Boris Tummes (address to be found in "Die Schwalbe") by February 28, 2026.
2025-09-29 11:44:29, by problemist: The following quotes have been selected from the chapter "Critical Thinking" of "Damn you, entropy! -- 1001 of the greatest Science Fiction quotes" Edited by Guy P. Harrison (* 1963), Prometheus Books, 2024.

"We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is to learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way."
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) "Island," 1962.

Published in "Troll," 1st Commendation. A random move of wNe5 threatens 2. Qe5#, but 1. Nd7?, Ne4!; 1. Ng6? Nc6!; 1. Nf7?, Ne4!; 1. Ng4? Nc6! Only the sacrificial 1. Nc4 solves, with the variations 1.. Nf6~ 2. Qf3# and on the black corrections 1.. Nc6, Ne4 2. Rxb5#, N4e3# using the black self-blocks. Further on the checks 1.. Rd3+, bxc4+ 2. Qxd3#, Qxc4#; 1.. Re1 2. Qd3#. Another try is a random move of wBd6 with the threat 2. Rd6# but this fails to 1.. Ne4! or after the white correction 1. Bc5? Nc6!

Анатолій Лазарєвич Саркіц (* 7.1.1926 in Kostiantynivka, † 31.8.2011 Donetsk) Ukrainian composer.

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