Both pawns reach 8th rank during play, but cannot promote because black king will escape! Beautiful use of T&M as…
an even more specific try : 1.Bh3? cxb8=Q(Qc8) 2.Qa5 b8=Q+ 3.Bxc8->b7!
I wish to quote one of the problems of mine with Vlaicu Crisan published in The Problemist (Prob. F-3033,March 2013):…
"...Unfortunately, white pawns have no physical ability to promote..." not exact, for example 1.Qa3? cxb8=Q(Qa8) 2.Qc5 b8=Q+ does not work…
I suppose there could be a whole lot of positions to be discovered ending in the pattern of the mate…
Fairy condition Koeko? Must be some record. The idea is of course fantastic, playing a waiting move and forcing black…
This is a good problem. It just uses the same tactic used by Dragoun. My criticism (as I already told…
A version suggested by Jacques saves a pawn and has a neat tempo move for black. But I prefer the…
Георгий, спасибо и согласен с Вашими доводами. Постепенно до меня доходят нюансы составления сказок.
Можно подумать ещё об одной фазе. Например, схема: White : Ke1 Rh1 Pc4f4h2 Ga3b1e4 (8) Black : Kf3 Pa4c5d3 Gg2…