Amazed that there are so many Circe variants. Many i did not know. One can easily get bamboozled ?
Wow! Valery Semenenco -- surprise entry in the Fairy section prize list! And Kuzovko does it again winning #3 and…
Great compilation and structure work! As I'm not sure if you intend to compile rather "complete" listings, here are some…
Great work by Shankar
Finally, I've tried so many further (unconventional) approaches with the given stones, but all of them resulted in more than…
By removing stones (e.g. without bBh1) you might find other "valid" (shorter) solutions: 1.Qg8 2-5.Sf3-e1-c2-a1/a3 6.g1=S 7.Qf8 Q×d2# (via d1)
Without wPg6, we have an alternative solution: 1.Qg8 2.Sf3 3.Se5 4.Sg6 5.Sh8 6.Qf8 7.g1=R 8.Rg2 Q-d1xd2#
Without bBa5, we have a shorter solution: 1.Qg8 2.Sf3 3.g1=S 4.Se1 5.Sg2 Q-d1xd2#
Tested also by Jacobi with this input: cond marscirce stip ser-h#8 forsyth 2rkrq2/2P1PPQ1/6PK/b5P1/7p/7p/3pP1pP/6sb (in less than an hour)
Yes, you're right! The wQd2 can neither mate directly, she too requires the empty home square d1 for the mate…