| No.960 Erich Bartel (Germany) & Seetharaman K. (India) |
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No.960 by Erich Bartel & Seetharaman K. – Valladao in a joint problem presented as an extension to No.864 (by E.Bartel). (JV)
Definition:
VAO: Chinese piece operating along Bishop lines: moves as Bishop, but captures only by hopping over a hurdle to any square beyond.
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No.960 Erich Bartel & Seetharaman K. |
Solution: (click to show/hide) |
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white Ra1 Ke1 VAg1 Pe2d3c7
black Pa2b2h2d4 Sh3 VAf4 Kd5
hs#4.5 (6+7) VAO g1, f4 |
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Sorry for nitpicking, but when one uses fairy pieces, one should go for SuperAUW.
You are right Georgy. Super AUW is perhaps possible. But I was so happy to see the improvements made (No fairy condition, just one fairy piece, AUW and pinmate!) that I rushed it to Eric Bartel and forgot about it!
http://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/search.jsp?expression=PROBID=%27P1312677%27
Julia, You need to correct the spelling of one of the author’s names!
I’m sorry, typing error.. corrected! Thank you, Shankar!
Need to do it in the updates page too!