64th World Congress of Chess Composition
Internet Composing Tourney Announcement
Theme: #3 using fairy condition Superguards: A piece (including King) cannot be captured if it is guarded by a piece of its own colour.
Supported by: Popeye and WinChloe.
Allowed: Multi-solutions. Up to two entries per composer. Joint compositions are allowed but will count as a full entry for both composers.
Not allowed: Twins, Zeroposition, Duplex, Fairy pieces, other Fairy conditions or Fairy boards.
Judge: N.Shankar Ram | Closing date: 29-Oct-2022, 23:59 UTC time
Send entries by email only to the tournament director Thomas Brand: t.brand@gmx.net
Please, write your comments in English, if possible.
Prizes: Cups, medals and money prizes for the best WCCC participants (joint problems with some of the WCCC participants included).
Examples:
No.1
N.Shankar Ram, Original
#3 Superguards 2 Solutions (2+1)
1.Sd7-c5 ? threat: 2.Kd8-c7/c8 threat: 3.Kc7-b7 #
1…Ka8-a7 2.Kd8-c7 threat: 3.Kc7-b7 #
but 1…Ka8-b8 !
1.Kd8-c7 ! threat: 2.Kc7-b8 #
1…Ka8-a7 2.Sd7-c5 threat: 3.Kc7-b7 #
1.Kd8-c8 ! threat: 2.Kc8-b8 #
1…Ka8-a7 2.Kc8-c7 zugzwang.
2…Ka7-a6 3.Kc7-b6 #
2…Ka7-a8 3.Kc7-b8 #
No.2
K.Seetharaman & N.Shankar Ram, Original
#3 Superguards (3+4)
1.Kc6-c7 ? threat: 2.Kc7-b8 # but 1…Ka8*a7 !
1.Sf6-d7 ? threat: 2.Sd7-c5 threat: 3.Kc6-b7 #
but 1…d6-d5 !
1.Sf6-e8 ? threat: 2.Kc6*b6 threat: 3.Se8-c7 #
1…d6-d5 2.Se8-d6 threat: 3.Kc6-b7 #
1…Bf8-g7/h6 2.Se8*d6 threat: 3.Kc6-b7 #
but 1…Ka8*a7 !
1.Sf6-e4 ! threat: 2.Se4-c5 threat: 3.Kc6-b7 #
1…d6-d5 2.Se4-d6 threat: 3.Kc6-b7 #
No.3
Hubert Gockel & Jacques Rotenberg
1st Prize, The Problemist 2014 (Section 2: Direct Play)
#3 Superguards (8+12)
1.Qb3? (>2.Q×b4 A (>3.Qb7)) c3 a 2.Q×d5 C (>3.Qd8), but 1…Bc3!
1.Qg5? (>2.Q×f6 B (>3.Qf8) e4 b 2.Q×d5 C (>3.Qd8); 1…Rf4 2.Q×g6 (>3.Qe8), but 1…Bd4!
1.Qd2? (>2.Q×b4 A (>3.Qb7), 2.Q×d5 C (>3.Qd8)) but 1…c3! a.
1.Qf3? (>2.Q×f6 B (>3.Qf8), 2.Q×d5 C (>3.Qd8)) but 1…e4! b.
1.Qd4! (>2.Q×d5 C (>3.Qd8)) 1…c3 a 2.Q×b4 A (>3.Qb7); 1…e4 b 2.Q×f6 B (>3.Qf8).
See also the original announcement and award of K.Seetharaman 64JT:
https://juliasfairies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Superguards-Theme-Tourney-_1_.pdf
https://juliasfairies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Superguards-Award.pdf