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Bruno's Chess Problem: 08/05/2024

M.Havel, Ceske Listy Sachove, 1899

Mat en 3(***)
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1. Kb5! ... 2. Qa4+ d4 3. Qa8#
     2... Kf3 3. Ng5#
  1... d4 2. Kc4 ... 3. Bd3#
     2... e2 3. Qxe2#
  1... f4 2. Ng3+ Kd4 3. Qxa1#
     2... fxg3 3. Qg4#
  1... Kd4 2. Qxa1+ Ke4 3. Ng5#
  1... e2 2. Qxe2+ Kd4 3. Qe5#
  1... Nc2, Nb3 2. Qc2+ Kd4 3. Qd3#
     2... Kf3 3. Ne5#

2024-05-08 11:46:43, by problemist: "My father had left a small collection of books in a little room up-stairs, to which I had access … and which nobody else in our house ever troubled. From that blessed little room, Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle, Humphrey Clinker, Tom Jones, the Vicar of Wakefield, Don Quixote, Gil Blas, and Robinson Crusoe, came out, a glorious host, to keep me company.… This was my only and my constant comfort."

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) David Copperfield, ch. 4, 1849–1850.

A typical Bohemian threemover with a bunch of model mates. The adjusting key 1. Kb5 threatens 2. Qa4+ (1 point in the ISC) d4, Kf3 3. Qa8# model mate, Ng5# (Qf4#, Ne5# minor dual). On 1.. d4 2. Kc4! (1 point) quiet move (threat 3. Bd3#) e2 3. Qxe2#; 1.. f4 2. Ng3+ (1 point) fxg3, Kd4 3. Qg4# model mate, Qxa1#; 1.. Kd4 2. Qxa1+ (0.5 points) Ke4 3. Ng5# model mate; 1.. e2 2. Qxe2+ (0.5 points) Kd4 3. Qd3#; 1.. Nb3 (Nc2) 2. Qc2+ (1 point) Kd4, Kf3 3. Qd3#, Ne5# model mate. Reprinted in "Norsk Sjakkblad" 1919 and as No. 1 in "Bohemian Garnets" 1923. Selected for the ISC (International Solving Contest), Category 1, 2007, so it should be challenging to solve. Statistics from the ISC: Average 2,95 points (of 5), 85 complete solutions, 41 partial, 20 wrong, 51 missing; wrong key: 1.Kb6? (1.. d4!) 6x, 1.Kd6? (1.. Bh2+!) 6x, 1.Kc5? (1.. Nb3+!) 3x; missing var: Kd4 14x, e2 8x.

Miroslav Havel (* 7.11.1881 in Teplice, † 8.7.1958 in Prague) Czech composer and Grandmaster, see wikipedia de, fr, it, lv, ru. "Miroslav Havel (Miroslav Košťál) composed Bohemian problems with a high degree of mastery and artistry. You can judge by yourself by the selfmate reproduced on wikipedia de. He edited the chess column of newspaper "Čas" (1920-1923) and was honoured by the publication of 500 of his problems in "Bohemian Garnets" in the White Christmas Series. He also wrote "České granáty" (1943)." Both books are available online.
From the 'Kalenderblatt' in 'Die Schwalbe', August 2008: "Dr. Miroslav Kostal, besser bekannt unter seinem Pseudonym Miroslav Havel (7.11.1881-8.7.1958) ist wohl bis heute der bekannteste Vertreter der böhmischen Problemschule. 1923 widmete A. C. White ihm in seiner Christmas-Serie den Band 'Bohemian Garnets'. Unter dem Titel 'Ceske granaty' erschienen 1936 und 1943 weitere Aufgabensammlungen dieses böhmischen Klassikers."

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