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1 - s#2 Maximum

Abbé R.GALMARD
1962

white Pd7 Kg5 black Pf7g6 Sh8 Bh7 Ke5
s#2 Maximum(2+5)
white plays and forces black to checkmate him

. black is required to play the longest legal moves

Solution

 

2 - #1 (!!) 2 solutions

B.FORMANEK
1966

white Pc4c2e2g5g7 Kh3 Bh6d3 black Kh5 Bh8
#1(8+2)
2 solutions
Solution

 

3 - serial #27 Sentinelles in opponent's pawn

T.WAKASHIMA
2016

white Le1 black Pd2d3e3d4e4f4f3f2 Kf8
ser-#27(1+9)
🨊e1: Locuste
This problem would benefit from being presented with animation, says the commentator. Well, so be it!

series direct: white plays the n moves in a row and makes mate
. : on each move, a piece defecates an opponent's pawn on the move's starting square
there is no defecation on the 1st row
. : Grasshopper eating the sautoir which must therefore imperatively be an opponent piece
. Of course, the landing square, just behind the sautoir, must be free

Solution

 

4 - #6 Maximum Köko

J.STUNN
2005

white Kd5 Be2e1 black Ke3 Re4
#6 Maximum Köko(3+2)
b) s#6 Maximum Köko
on arrival square of a move, a piece must be in contact with another one

Solution

5 - serial h#25 Functionaries Exchange circe (PWC)

M.CAILLAUD
2016

white Kb8 Bg8 black Kh1 Pc5g3h2 Rg6 Bh7 Sb4
ser-h#25 Functionnaries PWC(2+7)
: to move, a unit must be "observed" by an opposing unit
. (or PWC): the captured piece is reborn on the square where the move started

Solution

 

6 - serial =5 Isardam

R.TURNBULL
2000

white Qf1 Sd1 Rh1 Ba4 Ka3 black Qa5 Pd2f2 Kb5 Ba6
ser-=5 Isardam(5+5)
it is illegal for two opposing pieces of the same kind to "observe" each other

Solution

 

 

7 - h=3,5 AntiCirce

U.HEINONEN
2005

white Pc7e7g7h7 Kf2 black Qf5 Sd8h2 Rh8a1 Kh3
h=3,5 AntiCirce(5+6)
: the capturing piece returns to its native square if it is free, otherwise the move is illegal

Solution

 

8 - s#2 Eiffel

Petko A.PETKOV
2003

white Ba4c3 Kd1 Qe3 Pd3 Sc8 Rg6 black Pb2b3d2e2c5h4 Kd5 Bc1f1 Sg2 Rh1d7
s#2 Eiffel(7+12)
a piece paralyzes an opponent's piece according to the following rules
. Queen paralyses a pawn, pawn - Knight, Knight - Bishop and Bishop - Rook

Solution

 

9 - h#2 AntiCirce

L.BELCSAK
2009

white Qf6 Re4 Bf8 Kc2 black Pb5c6b6d2e2 Kd5 Rb1e1
h#2 AntiCirce(4+8)
2 solutions
Solution

 

10 - h#2 Take&Make

P.TRITTEN
2013

white Pd2 Kg8 Rh3 Sd6e3 Bg1 black Pf4 Sg2 Rf7 Kc1
h#2 Take&Make(6+4)
2 solutions
A piece that captures (Take) is required to make a complementary move (Make) with the characteristics of the captured piece (a kind of posthumous tribute))

Solution

 

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