No.279,280 (PT)

Two very good Take&Make problems by Pierre Tritten:

No.279 – А super dynamical Zilahi in Meredith-form! (JV)

No.280 – Surprising mates on the same square! (JV)

Definitions:

Take & Make: Having captured, a unit must immediately, as part of its move, play a non-capturing move in imitation of the captured unit from the capture-square. If no such move is available, the capture is illegal. Promotion by capture occurs only when a pawn arrives on the promotion rank as the result of a take&make move. Checks are as in normal chess: after the notional capture of the checked K, the checking unit does not move away from the K’s square.

No.279 Pierre Tritten France original-07.03.2013   h#2               2 solutions             (5+5) Take & Make     Solutions: (click to show/hide)   I. 1.R×e1(Re3)+ K×e3(Kb3) 2.K×h7(Kb1) R×a5(Re1)‡ II. 1.B×e1(Be3) K×e3(Ka7) 2.K×g5(Ka5) B×b1(Be1)‡   Zilahi Black King mated on the initial square of sacrificed black piece Model mates on the same square Diagonal-orthogonal echo (Author)

No.280 Pierre Tritten France original-07.03.2013   h#2                 b) -Ph7                (4+5) Take & Make     Solutions: (click to show/hide)   a) 1.Be5 R×e5(Rb8)+ 2.K×b8(Kh8) B×h1(Ba1)‡ b) 1.Rb1 B×b1(Bb7)+ 2.K×b7(Kh1) R×h8(Ra1)‡   Zilahi, white sacrifice White pieces capture same black pieces on different squares Mates on the same square Diagonal-orthogonal echo (Author)