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Bruno's Chess Problem: 11/20/2024
T.Zirkwitz, Sachsische Zeitung, 1997
Mate in 3(***)White to play
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 1. ... Kxe4 2. Qxe6+ Be5 3. Qxg6# 1. ... Qxc2 2. Nc5 ... 3. Qxe6# 2. ... Qf5 3. Nd7# 1. ... Bxc2 2. Nd6 ... 3. Nxg4# 2. ... Bf5 3. Nf7# |
- 2024-11-20 12:51:21, by problemist
- "A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that’s just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it’s a joke."
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Either-Or, pt 1, 1843.
Today is the 100th anniversary of the publication of Thomas Mann's great novel "The magic mountain".
1st HM. The problem-like key is the sacrificial 1. Ne4 which threatens 2. Qxg5+ KxN 3. Qf4# If the bK takes 1.. KxN 2. Qxe6+ Be5 3. Qxg6# There are two defenses by capturing on c2 creating a flight on d3: 1.. Qxc2 now 2. Nc5 (3. Qxe6#) Qf5 3. Nd7#; 1.. Bxc2 2. Nd6 (3. Nxg4#) Bf5 3. Nf7# using the black self-blocks on f5 and the discovered guard by wBb1.
Thorsten Zirkwitz (* 26.4.1965, † June 2016 in Berlin) German composer and International Master. "Thorsten Zirkwitz has mostly composed direct mates in collaboration (mainly with Keller) and has obtained many prizes. His personal webpage proposes a collection of his own problems classified by genres and themes, a list of chess problems links." See chesscomposers.blogspot.com for more. His obituary by Jörg Kuhlmann is to be found in "Die Schwalbe" (Heft 280, August 2016, p. 585 ff) available online.
Since the opening in October 2000, I had published online more than 6650 free chess problems. If you want more details, look at my chess figures pages.
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