Afternoon. The 2# is brilliant and therefore easy! There was a gag in store for the Zagreb participants on the 3#. Two minutes into the challenge I hear voices and laughter, which is unusual. Before I had asked any questions, a participant informed me that a solver had just recognised the problem, and for good reason - he had composed it! I reply: will he be able to find the solution? Not sure, he says. In fact, he will only score 4 points out of 5! This really terrible 3# took me maybe 40 minutes. Its main variation is a combination of effects that I have never seen in almost 60 years. A 2nd variant recalls a 4# by Léon Ségal (session of 11 April 2017). All the solvers present suffered, the 2016 Croatian runner-up even skipped.
The study was more affordable than the morning one, but I had other worries. The helpmate 3# seemed within my grasp, but I will only crack the 2nd twin. The first three moves of the 10# come quickly, but then... it still takes time to finish it. And in these conditions, it's impossible to seriously do the selfmate 4#. Total: 17.5/30.
In the end I get 36.5 out of 60. Actually out of 50, having boycotted the studies. It was clearly harder than last year.
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1 Alain On Saturday, february 10, 2018
https://www.wfcc.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018-01-21-POL-Wroclaw-Champ-Problems.pdf
(voyez les problèmes 10 à 12)
Si vous pensez venir vous-même d'une autre galaxie, sans en être sûr, c'est un bon moyen de le vérifier. N'oubliez pas de me communiquer votre temps.
2 Capron On Wednesday, january 31, 2018
Et bravo au Maître pour cette très belle place.
Une remarque à la lecture du classement qui aide à essayer d'imaginer la répartition des forces mondiales : dans un intervalle de 9 points figurent 15 solutionnistes (du 2ème au 16ème) puis 43 solutionnistes (du 16è au 59è)... et il faut parcourir ce même intervalle dans l'autre sens pour atteindre le premier en partant simplement du deuxième !
Les extra-terrestres existeraient donc bien.