The AWARD of Julia’s Fairies Marine TT – 2013
3. Series H# (H=, H==, all types of Pser and Phser problems) in N moves
Participants: Karol Mlynka (Slovakia), Antonio Garofalo (Italy), Andreas Thoma (Germany), Sven Trommler (Germany), Daniel Novomesky (Slovakia).
Although having a “chamber participation” of only 7 problems, I was glad to select 4 good works, confirming the beauty of Marine ideas in the Ser-# genre as well.
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Sven Trommler
Germany Julia’s Fairies Marine TT 2013 Section Series Prize  ser-h#5 2 solutions (6+6)Nereid h8 ; Tritons: e1, e8 |
Sven Trommler Germany Julia’s Fairies Marine TT 2013 Section Series Honorable Mention  ser-h#6 b) bBg8→f8 (5+7)Nereid b5 ; Triton f5 |
Prize: Sven Trommler (Germany) – A beautiful Meredith-problem! Annihilation of the white pawns f6/e4 is realized in a very interesting way – with distant blocks of the squares g7/e3, but after that also with blocks of squares g5/f4 respectively. The black King vacates square е5 for its TR and ND. A new annihilation – this time of the black TRe5/NDe5, occurs on the mating moves! I believe it’s possible to tell that we have a special form of “Novotny” with sacrifices of the black TR/ND on square е5!
I. 1.TRe1-e3 2.Ke5×e4 3.NDh8×f6-e5 4.TRe3-f3 5.TRf3-f4 NDd4×e5-f6 #;
II. 1.NDh8-g7 2.Ke5×f6 3.TRe1×e4-e5 4.NDg7-h6 5.NDh6-g5 TRe8×e5-e4 #
Honorable Mention: Sven Trommler (Germany) – Three black blocks are needed for a mate. They are realized by two Rooks and the black Bishop on g8/f8 in combination with the dismantling of the black battery on the 8th rank. A very pleasant synthesis!
a) 1.Rh1-e1 2.Re1-e2 3.Ke3-d3 4.Re8-e3 5.Bg8-b3 6.Bb3-c2 TRf5-d5 #;
b) 1.Rh1-f1 2.Rf1-f2 3.Ke3×f3 4.Re8-e2 5.Bf8-c5 6.Bc5-e3 NDb5-c6 #
| Andreas Thoma Germany Julia’s Fairies Marine TT 2013 Section Series Commendation  ser-d=16 (2+6)Siren g7 |
Karol Mlynka Slovakia Julia’s Fairies Marine TT 2013 Section Series Commendation  ser-h=3 2 solutions (2+4)Siren d5 |
Commendation: Andreas Thoma (Germany) – A long march of the white King with the aim of a double Annihilation – SIg7, Rh8. After the pawn’s promotion to Siren there follows a pleasant stalemate – (SIa1) with a pin of the black Knight.
1.Ka6-b5 2.Kb5-c4 3.Kc4-d3 4.Kd3-e2 5.Ke2-f1 6.Kf1-g1 7.Kg1-h2 8.Kh2-h3 9.Kh3-h4 10.Kh4-h5 11.Kh5-h6 12.Kh6×g7 13.Kg7×h8 14.Kh8-g8 15.h7-h8=SI 16.SIh8-a1 =
Commendation: Karol Mlynka (Slovakia) – A light but pleasant idea – pins of the black pieces, which are produced by promoted pawns and also block the black pawns.
I. 1.f1R 2.Rg1 3.Kf1 SI×d2-d1= ; II. .f1B 2.Be2 3.Bd1 SI×g2-h1=.