No.679 |
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No.679 by Peter Harris – Paradoxal four-men Aristocrat with two quite different surprising mate-finals! (JV)
Definitions:
Royal piece: Piece that executes a function of the King on the board.
Sentinels: When a piece (Ks included but not pawns) moves, a pawn of the same colour appears on the vacated square unless that square is on the first or eighth ranks or there are 8 pawns of that colour on the board already.
Chameleon Chess: All pieces on the board which are displayed as orthodox Q, R, B, S, are Chameleons. A Pawn can promote only in Chameleon-pieces.
No.679 Peter Harris |
Solutions: (click to show/hide) |
white bd5
white royal re5
black be6
black royal rd4
hs#3 b) wB↔bB (2+2) |
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Thank you for the dedication, Peter!
Part a) is just as expected: the royal rooks transform into weaker pieces that can more easily be mated and forced to mate, respectively, and only 2 of the 5 sentinel pawns are actually needed for the play to work.
But part b)!
Quite shockingly, both royal rooks must be transformed into powerful royal queens, and there is still a s#1 at the end (where 4 of the 5 sentinel pawns are essential). This ending is the great gag in the composition, of course.