No.1737
Bruno Stucker
(Switzerland)
Warm welcome to Bruno!
Original Fairy problems
JF-2023:
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023
☝ Definitions
+/- Russian translation
| conditions | 'No More Kings' | условия |
| No More Kings: | On the board, one piece is designated as the starting piece. The starting piece captures all the pieces from the board in as few moves as possible, taking over the move of the captured piece for each capture - except for the king. The king must be eliminated as the last piece. |
No. 1737 Bruno Stucker
Switzerland
original - 19.02.2023
White Qh5
Black Ke4 Qg6h1 Ra4b4c4d4e1e2e3e5e6e7e8f4g4h4 Ba8b1b7c2d3f3g2h7 Sc3c5d2d6f2f6g3g5 Pc6d5f5
starting piece is wQh5 in a) and then moves to:
b) wQf1 ; c) wSf1 ; d) wBg7 ; e) wRg7 1+36
No More Kings
b) wQf1 ; c) wSf1 ; d) wBg7 ; e) wRg7 1+36
No More Kings
Solution: (click to show/hide)
a) 1.Qh5*g5=S!! 2.Sg5*e6=R! 3.Re6*d6=S! 4.Sd6*b7=B! 5.Bb7*a8! 6.Ba8*c6=P {
} 7.Pc6*d5 8.Pd5*c4=R 9.Rc4*c3=S!! 10.Sc3*b1=B! 11.Bb1*c2 12.Bc2*d3! {
} 13.Bd3*e2=R 14.Re2*f2=S!! 15.Sf2*g4=R! 16.Rg4*f4! 17.Rf4*h4! 18.Rh4*h7=B! {
} 19.Bh7*g6=Q 20.Qg6*f6=S!! 21.Sf6*e8=R 22.Re8*e7 23.Re7*e5 24.Re5*c5=S! {
} 25.Sc5*a4=R 26.Ra4*b4 27.Rb4*d4 28.Rd4*d2=S! 29.Sd2*f3=B 30.Bf3*g2 {
} 31.Bg2*h1=Q 32.Qh1*e1=R 33.Re1*e3 34.Re3*g3=S 35.Sg3*f5=P 36.Pf5*e4 {
Keystone Pf5!}
b) wQh5-->f1
1.Qf1*f2=S! 2.Sf2*d3=B! 3.Bd3*e2=R! 4.Re2*d2=S! 5.Sd2*f3=B! 6.Bf3*g2! {
} 7.Bg2*h1=Q 8.Qh1*e1=R! 9.Re1*e3! 10.Re3*g3=S! 11.Sg3*f5=P 12.Pf5*g4=R {
} 13.Rg4*h4! 14.Rh4*f4! 15.Rf4*f6=S 16.Sf6*h7=B! 17.Bh7*g6=Q 18.Qg6*g5=S! {
} 19.Sg5*e6=R 20.Re6*e7! 21.Re7*b7=B! 22.Bb7*a8! 23.Ba8*c6=P 24.Pc6*d5 {
} 25.Pd5*c4=R 26.Rc4*c3=S! 27.Sc3*b1=B! 28.Bb1*c2 29.Bc2*a4=R 30.Ra4*b4 {
} 31.Rb4*d4 32.Rd4*d6=S 33.Sd6*e8=R 34.Re8*e5 35.Re5*c5=S 36.Sc5*e4 {
Keystone Sc5!}
c) +wSf1 -wQh5
1.Sf1*g3! 2.Sg3*f5=P! 3.Pf5*g4=R 4.Rg4*h4! 5.Rh4*f4! 6.Rf4*f6=S! {
} 7.Sf6*e8=R! 8.Re8*e7! 9.Re7*e6! 10.Re6*e5! 11.Re5*g5=S! 12.Sg5*h7=B! {
} 13.Bh7*g6=Q 14.Qg6*d6=S! 15.Sd6*b7=B! 16.Bb7*a8! 17.Ba8*c6=P 18.Pc6*d5 {
} 19.Pd5*c4=R 20.Rc4*c5=S! 21.Sc5*d3=B! 22.Bd3*e2=R! 23.Re2*f2=S! 24.Sf2*h1=Q {
} 25.Qh1*e1=R! 26.Re1*e3! 27.Re3*c3=S! 28.Sc3*b1=B! 29.Bb1*c2 30.Bc2*a4=R {
} 31.Ra4*b4 32.Rb4*d4 33.Rd4*d2=S 34.Sd2*f3=B 35.Bf3*g2 36.Bg2*e4 {
Keystone Bg2!}
d) -wQh5 +wBg7
1.Bg7*f6=S 2.Sf6*h7=B! 3.Bh7*g6=Q 4.Qg6*g5=S! 5.Sg5*e6=R! 6.Re6*e7! {
} 7.Re7*b7=B! 8.Bb7*a8! 9.Ba8*c6=P 10.Pc6*d5 11.Pd5*c4=R 12.Rc4*c3=S!! {
} 13.Sc3*b1=B! 14.Bb1*c2 15.Bc2*a4=R! 16.Ra4*b4 17.Rb4*d4 18.Rd4*d6=S! {
} 19.Sd6*e8=R! 20.Re8*e5 21.Re5*c5=S! 22.Sc5*d3=B 23.Bd3*e2=R 24.Re2*d2=S!! {
} 25.Sd2*f3=B 26.Bf3*g2! 27.Bg2*h1=Q 28.Qh1*e1=R! 29.Re1*e3 30.Re3*g3=S {
} 31.Sg3*f5=P 32.Pf5*g4=R 33.Rg4*h4! 34.Rh4*f4 35.Rf4*f2=S 36.Sf2*e4 {
Keystone Sf2!}
e) -wQh5 +wRg7
1.Rg7*e7! 2.Re7*b7=B! 3.Bb7*a8! 4.Ba8*c6=P 5.Pc6*d5 6.Pd5*c4=R {
} 7.Rc4*c5=S!! 8.Sc5*e6=R! 9.Re6*d6=S! 10.Sd6*f5=P! 11.Pf5*g4=R 12.Rg4*h4! {
} 13.Rh4*f4! 14.Rf4*f6=S! 15.Sf6*e8=R! 16.Re8*e5 17.Re5*g5=S 18.Sg5*h7=B! {
} 19.Bh7*g6=Q 20.Qg6*g3=S 21.Sg3*e2=R! 22.Re2*f2=S!! 23.Sf2*d3=B! 24.Bd3*c2 {
} 25.Bc2*a4=R! 26.Ra4*b4 27.Rb4*d4! 28.Rd4*d2=S 29.Sd2*f3=B! 30.Bf3*g2 {
} 31.Bg2*h1=Q 32.Qh1*e1=R 33.Re1*e3! 34.Re3*c3=S 35.Sc3*b1=B 36.Bb1*e4 {
Keystone Bb1!
Unbelievable how completely different the clear paths
through the labyrinth are!}
(C- (but tested by the author's own testing program))
Apart from the Pc6 - and the starting piece - all 34 pieces on the board can capture the king, so in principle they can be used as keystones.
