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12 problem(s) found in 875 milliseconds (displaying 12 problem(s)). [A='Crowley' and FIRSTNAME='Aleister'] [download as LaTeX]

1 - P1194738
Aleister Crowley
1002 British Chess Magazine 02/1894

(12+5) C+
s#2

1. Sg5 Ke5 2. Dxd3 Tb1,Ta2#
1. Sg5 Kd6 2. Df5 Tb1,Ta2#
1. Sg5 Kc5 2. Dxd3 Tb1,Ta2#
1. Sg5 Kd4 2. Df5 Tb1,Ta2#
play all

A.Buchanan: Crowley's colourful wikipedia entry does state that chess was one of the interests of this famous/notorious individual. (2013-01-19)
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Keywords: Plus flights
Genre: s#
FEN: 8/8/1PP2P2/PB1k3N/8/Pp1p1N2/1rpP4/K1B2Q2
Input: Frank Müller, 2011-05-06
Last update: Frank Müller, 2011-05-06 more...

2 - P1297032
Aleister Crowley
987 British Chess Magazine 12/1893

(13+8)
s#2

1. Dg6 Dxg6 2. Sxg6+ Lxg6#
1. ... Df5 2. Dxf5+ Lxf5#
1. ... De4+ 2. Dxe4+ Lxe4#
1. ... Dd3 2. Sxd3+ Lxd3#
1. ... c5 2. Dxc2 Lxc2#
play all

Andere Züge gestatten Duale.

A.Buchanan: I would remove WPb3, WPg3, WBe7 & BPb2, while moving WPc4 to c5 and Bc6 to h5. Doesn't get rid of the (minor?) duals but it does lighten the board. (2015-03-18)
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Genre: s#
FEN: 6B1/4BQ2/2pN4/4k1P1/2P2N2/1P2P1Pp/ppqP3P/rb5K
Input: Frank Müller, 2015-02-07
Last update: Alfred Pfeiffer, 2015-03-18 more...

3 - P1299613
Aleister Crowley
3 Eastbourne Gazette 21/02/1894

(6+7) C+
#2

1. Dd4! (Zugzwang)
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Genre: 2#
Computer test: Popeye 4.61
FEN: 5B2/8/1Q6/p7/pp4p1/kN3nR1/3P4/1Kb5
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: Alfred Pfeiffer, 2015-03-21 more...

4 - P1299615
Aleister Crowley
1039 British Chess Magazine 05/1894

(5+8) C+
#3

1. Db6 a5 2. Dxa5+ Kb8 3. Kd7#
1. ... a6 2. Dd8+ Ka7 3. b6#
1. ... axb6 2. Ta2+ Kb8 3. Kd7#
1. ... Th6+ 2. Kc7 droht 3. Dxb7#,Td8#
1. ... Le6 2. Dd8+ Lc8 3. Dxc8#
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Genre: 3#
Computer test: Popeye 4.61
FEN: k5b1/pp4pr/2pK4/1P6/2p5/6B1/3R4/6Q1
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: Alfred Pfeiffer, 2015-03-24 more...

5 - P1299616
Aleister Crowley
4 Eastbourne Gazette 28/02/1894

(11+7) C+
#2

1. Se6 (Zugzwang)
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Genre: 2#
Computer test: Popeye 4.69
FEN: 3Bn3/2p3p1/2Pp1pP1/RN2k3/3N3p/1P5K/3PB3/4R3
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: Alfred Pfeiffer, 2015-03-21 more...

6 - P1299617
Aleister Crowley
6 Eastbourne Gazette 07/03/1894

(10+6)
#2

Thomas Brieden: 1. Df1 Zugzwang (2015-03-21)
Henrik Juel: C+ by Popeye 4.69, except for duals 1... S-c2,d1,g2,f5,c4 2. Sd5,Sg2# (2015-03-21)
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Genre: 2#
FEN: 1B6/2p1N2p/QP1p1K2/8/4pk2/4nP1P/3P3P/4N3
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20 more...

7 - P1299618
Aleister Crowley
9 Eastbourne Gazette 21/03/1894

(5+4)
#2

Thomas Brieden: 1. T3d5 Zugzwang (2015-03-21)
Henrik Juel: C+ by Popeye 4.69 (apart from dual 1... Sbd6 2.Ta5,T5xd6#) (2015-03-21)
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Genre: 2#
FEN: kr1R4/1n6/1B2K3/8/2n5/3R4/8/7Q
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20 more...

8 - P1299620
Aleister Crowley
11 Eastbourne Gazette 04/04/1894

(9+8) C+
#3

1. h8=S! droht 2. Sf7+ Ke6 3. d8=S#
1. ... Ke6 2. d8=S+ Kd6,Ke5 3. Shf7#
1. ... Sd6 2. Sg6+ Ke6 3. d8=S#
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Genre: 3#
Computer test: Popeye 4.61
FEN: 2n5/3P3P/b4N2/pp1Nk3/1Pp3P1/r1Pp4/3P3K/8
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: Alfred Pfeiffer, 2015-03-24 more...

9 - P1299621
Aleister Crowley
12 Eastbourne Gazette 11/04/1894

(10+4)
#3

Thomas Brieden: 1. e3! Zugzwang
1. ... Kxe5 2. Db2+,Da1+
1. ... Kxc5 2. Df1 Zugzwang
1. ... Kc4 2. Ld4 Zugzwang (2015-03-21)
Henrik Juel: C+ by Popeye 4.69, apart from the dual mentioned by Thomas (2015-03-21)
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Genre: 3#
FEN: 3N4/8/3P4/p1PkB2K/p3p3/P7/2P1P1P1/2Q5
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20 more...

10 - P1299622
Aleister Crowley
16 Eastbourne Gazette 30/05/1894

(7+9)
#3

Frank Müller: Very nice source. Have you no solutions to the problems? (2015-03-20)
Henrik Juel: 1. Dxg4 thr. 2. Dd1#
1... fxg4/fxe4 2. Sb3/Dd1+
C+ by Popeye 4.69 (2015-03-20)
A.Buchanan: @Frank: I normally don't post solutions for problems I bring in, because we have such competent solvers here. :) (2015-03-20)
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Genre: 3#
FEN: 6n1/1p1p2n1/4p1B1/1KN2pQ1/3kNPp1/4p3/2P5/8
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: Frank Müller, 2015-03-20 more...

11 - P1299631
Aleister Crowley
1v Eastbourne Gazette 07/02/1894

(12+13) C+
#2

1. Dxf6! droht 2. De6#
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Genre: 2#
Computer test: Popeye 4.61
FEN: 7Q/K1Bnpr1b/1pR2pN1/pP1k3n/N3pr2/1Pq1PP2/2P5/b6B
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: Alfred Pfeiffer, 2015-03-24 more...

12 - P1299632
Aleister Crowley
8 Eastbourne Gazette 14/03/1894

(11+7)
#2

Aleister Crowley articles are now available here:
https://www.100thmonkeypress.com/biblio/acrowley/articles/articles.htm
The Eastbourne Gazette chess articles run from Jan-Jul 1894.
Problem 8 appears in the 14 March issue:
| 8 | 3 p 3 Kt | 3 P P 1 P 1 | R p p k P 3 | 1 P 3 Q p 1 | 1 p 3
B p | 3 P 3 P | 8
Note that the third rank which includes carriage return only adds to 7, and there is no WK.
On 28 March, it was announced:
No.8. Unsolvable. Author’s intention. Q B Sq
(presumably 1.Qf1 in modern notation)
Thomas Brieden: Es fehlt ein wK - unlösbar -
bei YACPDB unter der Nr. 336847 genauso geführt. (2015-03-21)
A.Buchanan: See explanation above. (2015-03-21)
Mario Richter: The wK should be placed on b3, and the black pawn on c3 instead. The idea might have been 1. Df1 c4+ 2. Dxc4# (2015-03-22)
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Keywords: no solution
Genre: 2#
FEN: 8/3p3N/3PP1P1/RppkP3/1P3Qp1/1p4Bp/3P3P/8
Input: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-20
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2015-03-21 more...

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