WSCC 2019 - 2nd day - solutions

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World championship 2019 - Vilnius

Helpmates - 50mn

Valentin Lukyanov
Wola Gu?owska 2006
Comm.

h#2(9+14)
3sol.
*** 1.♘d2 ♖b4+ 2.♔xc3 ♖c4# - x
 1.♔xd5 ♖xb6 2.♔e6 ♗c4# - x
 1.♘xa6 cxb3+ 2.♔xb5 c4# - x

x (1,6) xx (3,3) xxx (5)

Unto Heinonen
Springaren 1999
3rd Comm.

*** 1.♖xd5 ♗h7 2.♖d4 ♗g8+ 3.d5 cxd5→d6#
(2,5)
 1.d6 ♖f7 2.♔xd5 cxd6 3.♔c4 ♖c7#
(2,5)

Aleksandr Pankratiev &
Mihajlo Gershinskij
Problemist of Ukraine 2013

h#5(3+5)
2sol.
*** 1.♖f3+ gxf3 2.f5 ♗a3+ 3.♔e5 ♔g2
4.♔f4 ♗f8 5.♗e5 ♗h6# (2,5)
 1.♖xg2+ ♔f4 2.♔e7 ♔e5 3.♔f8 ♔d6
4.♖g8 ♗a3 5.♗g7 ♔d7# (2,5)

> 3 moves - 80mn

Ladislav Vetešník
?asopis ?eských šachist?
1919

#4(6+6)
*** 1.♗d3! (threatens 2.♘f4+ ♔d4 3.♘e6+ ) - (1)
 1...c5 2.♕e4+ ♔e6 3.♕f5+ - (1)
 1...♔d4 2.♗a6 (menace 3.♕c4+ ) - (1)
 2...♔c5 3.♕e3+ - (1)
 1...♔e6 2.♕a2+ ♔d7 3.♗f5+ - (1)

Štefan Sovik
Pravda
1997

#5(13+14)
*** 1.♖c8! (threatens 2.♖d6+ ♔xe5 3.♖xe6+ ♔d4 4.♗e5+ ) - x
 1...d5 2.♘c6+ ♔xc4 3.♘xa5+ ♔d4 4.♖c4+ - x
 1...♘e7 2.♘f3+ ♔xe4 3.♘g5+ ♔d4 4.♕e4+ - x

x (1,6) xx (3,3) xxx (5)

Gerd Rinder
Die Schwalbe 1976
3rd Prize

#6(10+12)
*** 1.♘c3! (threatens 2.♘xd4+ ) 1...♗xc3 2.b4 dxe3 3.b5+ ♗xb5 4.d4 4...♗b4 5.♖c5+ - x
 4...♗xd4 5.♘xd4+ - x

x (4) xx (5)

Selfmates - 50mn

Johannes Quack
Boswell Centenary Tourney
1999-2000, 3rd Prize.

s#2(9+13)
*** 1.♖f2! (threatens 2.♖xe2+ ) - x
 1...♘d6 2.♕a3+ - x
 1...♘a5 (or 1...♘d8 ) 2.♖e4+ - 2 x
 1...♘c5 2.♘c2+ - x
 1...♕f3 2.♖xf3+ - x
 1...♗xh4 2.♕xe2+ - x

x (0,8) xx (1,6) xxx (2,4)
xxxx (3,2) xxxxx (4) xxxxxx (5)

Baruch Lender
British Chess Magazine
1976, 1st Comm.

s#3(13+10)
*** 1.♖b4! (threatens 2.♘c7+ ♔c5 3.♕xb6+ ) - x
 1...g2 2.♗f3+ ♘e4 3.♘xh8 ♕xb7# - x
 1...♘e4 2.♖xd6+ ♘xd6 3.♖xb5+ ♘xb5# - x

x (1,6) xx (3,3) xxx (5)

Vladimir Pankov
Lev Kajev MT
1990-91, 4th HM

s#5(11+9)
*** 1.♘a7! (threatens 2.♕f4+ ♔d5 3.♗e4+ ♔d4
4.♗xf3+ ♔d3 5.♗e2+ ) - x
 1...♗c7 2.♕xe6+ ♔c5 3.♕d6+ ♔c4
4.♗a2+ ♔c3 5.♖xf3+ ♗xf3# ) - x
 1...♗xg6 2.♖xd8+ ♔e5 3.♕c5+ ♘d5
4.♘d7+ ♖xd7 5.♕c3+ ♘xc3# ) - x

x (1,6) xx (3,3) xxx (5)

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