june 4 2013

Hello everyone,

For this last of the season, and as usual, our friend Michel honoured us with his presence.
An enormous amount of material, both in quantity and quality, was proposed by the Master.
The course almost did not take place, as described by the menu, and by the Master at the right part of this report
To begin with, a warm-up with the following position, originally intended for unfamiliar guests, but unfortunately none came.

1 - h#2

a) Circe : the captured piece is reborn on its original square if it is free, otherwise it disappears from the chessboard.
b) Mirror Circe : the rebirth is on the square of the same piece of opposite colour
c) exchange Circe : as the name of the rule indicates, the captured piece is reborn on the starting square of the capturing piece's move
d) Symmetric-Circe : the renaissance square is the symmetrical square in relation to the central point of the chessboard
e) column Circe : the rebirth is done on the original row and the gripping column
The mats are models.
An educational problem quite easy to solve, even for a neophyte.

 
The traditional attempt to sabotage the lessons of St-Lazare by the hypercalamitous Parisian transporters has now seized a new twist. Only 4 minutes waiting for the RER B train at the Cité Universitaire station. Piece of cake in appearance. A warning sign all the same: several hundreds of pilgrims clustered on the platform.
 
All these beautiful people crowd into the train, hug each other like herrings in a caque, then wait. And then what? Nothing happens. Total immobility, which is hardly "Zen" in this case. Ten minutes go by, the damn train doesn't move. An illiterate man vomits borborygmas at the microphone, of which only the word "traffic" is understandable. This bunch of morons use, as we know, this word meaning "illicit trade" instead of the correct term "circulation". After another 5 minutes, I decide that the joke has gone on long enough. I get out and head for the tram, after 20 minutes of being lost.
 
After hesitation, I gave up the connection to the RER C, fearing a new confusion. So I return to my first... hates, the metro line n° 13. After the most rotten RER line, the most rotten metro line. The rest is a gigantic jostling among a sub-humanity that doesn't need to be detailed. In this magma are various images, ranging from the heroic gesture of Dominique Venner to the comic strip of the 70s, with Berck's "plunge into the rabble".
 
But rot does not disarm. On the way back (11:45 pm), I try to take the same line 13 again, hoping that the late hour will keep the said rabble away. In quantity perhaps, in quality (antiphrase), no. Two "nique-ta-mère" are waiting near the turnstile for a poor taxpayer jerk like me to pass by (paying) so that they can infiltrate (without paying). I refuse this game, advises an idiot who is hiding in his glass cage, wakes him up, asks him if he finds this situation normal, tells him that I risk being assaulted if I pass without covering the two parasites. He tells me that then he will (perhaps) consider intervening. I answer that with his kind of puppets, you feel really safe.
 
I decide to capture the bull by the horns, I run into the turnstile blocking the passage behind me. The most pressing mother-fucker shouts and insults me, I answer him "asshole", "underlarva", "human waste" shouting as loud as possible, hoping (naively) for reinforcements. Luckily, the oar just arrives and I rush in before the mother-fuckers have managed to get through. I hardly dare to imagine what would have happened if I had had to wait 5 minutes on the quay.
 
In the meantime, the fiscal gestapo is blocking my bank accounts and the property manager has just decided, with the help of the "majority" of the co-owners whose votes he bought, an extra 10,000 euros of useless expenses per person. The conclusion is obvious: long live France.
 
Let the master clerk cover the fairy tale (with the exception of the amusing help-stalemate attached) and present some problems for the summer.
 
A helpmate #3 with echo-cameleon.
 
A #2 with try, to be solved in less than 10 minutes. Two #3 with nice mats, the second with sacrifices. The third #3 is a little riddle: how the hell can you break the stalemate without giving too much freedom?  
A spectacular but easy #4. Another one more refined, less easy than it seems. Finally two rather simple multi-movers, by the same author.
 
Have a good holiday and come back in good condition in September. God bless you.

A very pure problem to follow.
2 - h#4 with Lion
Lion : piece moving on the Queen's lines with the help of a sautoir and being able to go beyond with for limit, either an obstacle or the edge of the chessboard
Very aesthetic
it becomes more complicated with the third problem which is one of the first production with Chinese pieces

3 - #2
Mao : Crawling Knight with first a rook step
Vao : Chinese bishop moving normally but needing a sautoir to capture
Pao : Chinese rook with the same properties as above
Really a very nice problem

The author of the next one has a very special name, but that doesn't stop him from composing!
4 - #2 Madrasi with twin Isardam
a) Madrasi : two opposing pieces of the same nature mutualy "observing" are paralysed
b) Isardam : it is illegal for two opposing pieces of the same kind to observe each other
Noctambule : extended Knight
Grasshopper : needs a hurdle to move and lands right behind
A very nice cycle of variations

The next one is by an Italian
5 - hs#3,5 with Pao, Vao and Lions

un festival de switchbacks

6 - PG 16 chameleon chess ending with 16 . 0-0

échecs caméleons : transformation at each movement according to the cycle N - B - R - Q - N (the change in the nature of the piece is of course made at the end of the movement)

7 - h#2 with Paos and Vaos
AntiCirce : the captured piece disappears and the capturing piece is reborn on its original square if this one is free otherwise the capture is illegal
Captures on rebirth square allowed
There is Rehm in there, so it is the great class, even with a 4th prize

A composition by Jean-Marc Loustau which is a very good example of black correction.
8 - #2 with chinese Pieces
‡2 (5+6) C+
chinese Nightrider (Nao) : Extended rider needing a sautoir to capture
Very pretty

9 - #2 Parrain Circe then twin contraparrain Circe with Zebra and Camel
a) parrain Circe : when a piece is captured piece, it remains in suspension and makes an equipollent movement to the next piece playing.
b) contre-parrain Circe : the same but the captured piece's blow is anti-equipollent (opposite direction)
Zebra : bouncer (3,2)
Camel : bouncer (3,1)

Some rest with the next one
10 - h=8


11 - PG 4,5 Sentinels Andernach
R. GANAPATHI

tcfdrfc1/ppppppp1/8/8/6P1/8/PPPPPP1P/TCFDRFCT
Blancs : Ré1 Dd1 Ta1h1 Fç1f1 Cb1g1 Pg4a2b2ç2d2é2f2h2
Noirs : Ré8 Dd8 Ta8 Fç8f8 Cb8g8 Pa7b7ç7d7é7f7g7
Proof Game 4,5 (16+14)
Sentinels : a moving piece defecates a pawn, as long as there is still some left to defecate
Andernach : capturing piece changes its colour after the move

Few material for the next one but a huge headache
12 - h#2,5 with neutral pieces Exchange Circé Take&Make 2 solution with twin with each 2 solutions

b)Tf6-->e7
exchange Circe : the captured piece is reborn on the starting square of the capturing piece's move.
Take&Make : a capture is followed by a movement of the captured piece with the march of the captured piece
huge !

And now, the supergards rule
13 - h#2 supergard 2 solutions
SuperGard : a piece observed by a piece of his side is untouchable
Very interesting as a genre, and moreover, it is Petkov

14 - #2 Supergard

The key is a bit poor, but the variations on the other hand ...

A great problem to follow
15 - serial s#15 Madrasi Anticirce

We continue the headache with the neutral pieces in the following problem.
16 - h#3 parrain Circe with neutral pieces 3 solutions

To start the restaurant part, what could be better than fuddled Men !
17 - h#2 Fuddled men
Fuddled Men : when a piece is playing, it is tired and must rest the next move

18 - h#2 fuddled men with bérolina pawns

Berolina Pawn : diagonal move and vertical capture

Now an "educational" problem on shrinking Men
19 - #2 Shrinking Men with twin

Shrinking Men : a piece can only make one move of a length inferior or equal to its previous move
The Black King not being in check, the Queen's last move could only be inferior to 3
Kings having changed colour, they can only make one horizontal or vertical move, but not diagonal
Very instructive and simple, but destabilizing !
Of course, the symmetrical position does not have the same solution at all!

A serial problem for relaxation
20 - serial h=5 Isardam Anticirce

Laszlo ANYOS
The Problemist, 2009

white Bg8d8 Kd5 Qh4 Pg7a3b5c5 Sd3e3 Re8a1 black Qa8 Pf4d7c7b7 Sf7 Bh5 Ka4

ser-h=5(12+8)
Anticirce
Isardam

Solution

{
}1.Sf7*d8[bSd8->b8] 2.Bh5*e8[bBe8->c8] {
} 3.Ka4*a3[bKa3->e8] 4.f4*e3[bPe3->e7] {
} 5.Qa8*a1[bQa1->d8] Sd3-b4 {stalemate!
Too strong !
Black can't move an ear anymore
If the e-pawn advances, it puts the Queens in mutual "observation"
. The Nb8 has only 2 possible squares but they are forbidden for "observation" of the Nb4
. and pb7, c7 and d7 are unable to advance because of b5 and c5
A nice work}

Pleasant

a very nice switchback for the next dessert
21 - s#10 mandatory Black checks

Gyorgy BAKCSI
Zoltan LABORCZI
The Problemist, 2009

white Pg6f4 Ke8 Bf7 black Qg4 Pf5f3 Ka2 Bb3b8 Sh4

s#10(4+7)
BlackUltraSchachZwang

Solution

{
} 1.Ke8-d7 ! zugzwang. 1...Bb3-e6 + 2.Kd7-c6 threat: 3.Kc6-b5 zugzwang. 3...Be6-c4 + 4.Kb5-b4 zugzwang. 4...Bb8-d6 + 5.Kb4-a4 zugzwang. 5...Bc4-b3 + 6.Ka4-b5 threat: 7.Kb5-c6 threat: 8.Kc6-d7 threat: 9.Kd7-e8 zugzwang. 9...Bb3*f7 + 10.Ke8*f7 10...Qg4*g6 #

Mandatory Black checks : Black is forced to check if he has the possibility, otherwise he does not play and skips his turn

And finally, for the digestive, an Anticirce.
22 - h#2 Anticirce with Grasshopper and twin

John M. RICE
The Problemist, 2007

white Ka8 Re2 Gf6e3 black Pd4c4d5e6g7 Ke4 Ba6 Sg6f3

h#2(4+9)
AntiCirce
b) d5-->f5

Solution

{
}a) {
} 1.c4-c3 Gf6-f2 2.Ba6-d3 Ge3*c3[wGc3->c8] # {
Exceptional !
The Grasshopper in c8 prevents Bd3xe2 and f5 control (in addition, of course, to the discovery of Re2).

} b) bPd5-->f5 { d5-->f5
} 1.Sg6-f4 Gf6-d6 2.g7-g5 Ge3*g5[wGg5->g8] # {
Fabulous !
The Grasshopper in g8 prevents Nf4xe2 and control d5 (plus the discovery of the Re2)

Beautiful!
each time the last white move is overpowering.
A very very beautiful problem}

End of the report.

Good brainstorm to all and good rest for the holidays.

Yours sincerely
Le greffier