Original Fairy problems
JF-2020-II:
01.07.2020 - 31.12.2020
No. 1549 Armin Geister &
Daniel Papack
Germany
original - 19.10.2020
inspired by R. Kohring
black Kd3 Pe4f3b5c4c3 Bh1 Re1
white Rd4b4 Ka5 Bc2d2 Qe2
hs#3 2 solutions 6+8
Mars Circe
Mars Circe
Solution: (click to show/hide)
Good, but I don’t really understand the bishop h1
A piece on h1 guarantees the purity of 3.Be1+ which prevents 4.Ka5-e1xd1
(and not in addition 4.Re4-h1xd1!).
ok! interesting.
A matter of taste
This comment, together with some more detailed explanation about the moves Daniel gave to me, I’ve added to the problem’s comment (below the solutions). MarsCirce condition is not easy to follow, each move has kind of “virtual continuation”.
Also it seems worth mentioning this try :
1.Bd1 Rg1? 2.Be1 …?? 3.Qc2+ Rf1‡
it means that the solution 1.Bd1 c2 2.Bc3 Rg1 3.Qe1+ Rf1# has also a tempo signification.
About “purity of aim”, it is also made to give black a tempo!