No.357 by Paul Rãican – A difficult long-mover! (JV)
Definitions:
Grasshopper(G): Moves along Q-lines over another unit of either color to the square immediately beyond that unit. A capture may be made on arrival, but the hurdle is not affected.
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No.357 Paul Rãican
Romania
original-18.08.2013
s#23* (11+11) C-
Set-play: 1…Bg7 2.Se7 Bf8 3.Sg6 Bg7 4.Gg4 Bf8 5.Rc2 Be7 6.Kc1 Bf8 7.Kb1 Be7 8.Kb2 Bf8 9.Kc1 Be7 10.Kd1 Bf8 11.Rc1 Be7 12.Ge2 Bd8 13.Sf8 Be7 14.Se6 Bd8/f8 15.SxB fxe2#
Real play: 1.Gg4! Be7! (1…Bg7 2.Se7 Bf8 3.Sg6 Be7 4.Ge2 Bd8 5.Sf8 Be7 6.Se6 B~ 7.SxB) 2.Rc2 Bf8 3.Kc1 Be7 4.Kb1 Bf8 5.Kb2 Be7 6.Kc1 Bf8 7.Kd1 Be7 8.Rc1 Bf8 9.Gd2 Bg7 10.Se7 Bf8 11.Sg6 Bg7 12.Gg4 Bf8 13.Rc2 Bg7 14.Kc1 Bf8 15.Kb1 Be7 16.Kb2 Bf8 17.Kc1 Be7 18.Kd1 Bf8 19.Rc1 Be7 20.Ge2 Bd8 21.Sf8 Be7 22.Se6 Bd8/f8 23.SxB fxe2#
Two technical Grasshoppers used only to make sound an old idea:
Set-play: 1. … Bb7 2. Sd7 Bc8 3. Sb6 Bb7 4. Sd3 Bc8 5. Ba2 Bb7 6. Bb3 Bc8 7. Kb1 Bb7 8.Kc1 Bc8 9. Kd1 Bb7 10 Ke1 Bc8 11. Ke2 Bb7 12. Kd1 Bc8 13. Kc1 Bb7 14. Kb1 Bc8 15. Ka1 Bb7 16. Ba2 Bc8 17. Bb1 Bb7 18. Sb2 Bc8 19. Sxc8 cxb2#
Real-play: 1. Sd3 Bd7 2. Ba2 Bc8 3. Bb3 Bd7 4. Kb1 Bc8 5. Kc1 Bd7 6. Kd1 Bc8 7. Ke1 Bd7 8.Ke2 Bc8 9. Kd1 Bd7 10. Kc1 Bc8 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Ka1 Bc8 13. Ba2 Bd7 14. Bb1 Bc8 15. Sb2 Bb7 16. Sd7 Bc8 17. Sb6 Bb7 18. Sd3 Bc8 19. Ba2 Bb7 20. Bb3 Bc8 21.Kb1 Bb7 22. Kc1 Bc8 23. Kd1 Bb7 24. Ke1 24. Bc8 25. Ke2 Bb7 26. Kd1 Bc8 27.Kc1 Bb7 28. Kb1 Bc8 29. Ka1 Bd7 30. Ba2 Be8 31. Bb1 Bd7 32. Sb2 Be8 33. Sc8 Bd7 34. Sd6 Bc8 35. Sxc8 cxb2#
Not 1…. Bb7? due to immediate 2. Sd7 Lc8 3. Sb6!
Cooked by Olaf Jenkner in 19 moves:
1. Sd1 Bd7! 2. Sxc3 Bc8 3. Ba2 Bb7,d7 4. Bb3 Bc8 5. Sxa4 Bb7! 6. Sd7 Bc8! 7. Sb6 Bb7! 8. Kb1 Bc8 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Sxc8 a5 11. Sb6 c5 12. Ba2 b3 13. cxb3 Kb4 14. Sd7 Ka3 15. Sdxc5 Kb4 16. Sa6+ Ka3 17. Sc3 a4 18. Ka1 axb3 19. Bb1 b2# (2009-9-10)
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