In Russia there exists a recurring sluggish discussion concerning the comparison of directmates and selfmates. That is, if in a…
I think that Seetharaman meaned - if wK is ready to get mated in hs# then it might be transformed…
While the versions of Dmitry and Georgy are both good and interesting, one cant say that they have achieved a…
I do not think the answer is so easy. Let's take as an example Julia's helpselfmate that got 2nd Prize…
This is very good, matching the original intention. I like especially the first variation ! Thanks Dmitri Turevski and Georgy…
As initially author wanted to show a Leo movement along the battery line, the following position seems to better match…
Nice! This is getting very interesting !
Sébastien most probably meant direct mate when he had labelled this as probably the longest problem with gnu. With another…
Excellent question Dmitri, what is a genuine helpselfmate?
I don't want to be understood wrongly, I can enjoy a different approach so I quote a part of my…