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1 - P1375654
Andrew Buchanan
(2) MatPlus.net Forum 09/05/2020
in memory of Wilhelm Steinitz
P1375654
(13+14) C+
PG in 8.0 (-:
1. f4 a5 2. f5 a4 3. f6 a3 4. fxe7 axb2 5. exf8=B! bxa1=L 6. Lb2 Ke7! 7. Lf6+ Ke6! 8. Sc3 Dxf8!
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Henrik Juel: The solution is almost given away by the keywords
1.f4 a5 2.f5 a4 3.f6 a3 4.fxe7 axb2 5.exf8! bxa1=L 6.Lb2 Ke7 7.Lf6+ Ke6 8.Sc3 Dxf8
Even though Black captures the white man on f8, promotion to DTLS will not work
First Schnoebelen with dummy pawn as the captured man, I would think
Very good, Andrew (2020-05-08)
Henrik Juel: Another first:
Never before was a problem commented in the PDB before it was published... (2020-05-08)
James Malcom: When Andrew messaged me this asking about a PG with two dummies, I came back almost right away with the same idea, albeit in a flawed form-1. a4 f5 2. a5 f4 3. a6 f3 4. axb7 fxe2 5. bxa8=Q exd1 6. Ke2 e6 7. Ke3 Qg5+ 8. Kd4 Qxg2 9. Qf3 Qxh1 10. Qxd1. Great minds think alike after all! The best way. I think, to have two dummies is to have one per side and have both kings make the same journey. An idea to make it all unique is the problem though. (2020-05-08)
A.Buchanan: Haha Henrik thank you. Well I'm in lockdown in Singapore, and it was 9-May already when I posted in Matplus. (2020-05-09)
A.Buchanan: Can claim that this is not Schnoebelen because the pawn wasn't promoted! Just remained as a pawn! But I'm sure the Schnoebelen theme was interpreted in a looser sense in 1860s. Although exponents in that era would have been baffled as to *why* the theme was termed "Schnoebelen", as Philippe was not yet born. (2020-05-09)
Henrik Juel: I am sorry to learn about the Singapore lockdown, but here the merriment has no bounds (apart from the notational dilemma: exf8 is not a promotion and still the PDB animation requires exf8=B) (2020-05-09)
Olaf Jenkner: If you consider each pawn move onto the 8th rank as a promotion then we have the Schnoebelen. (2020-05-09)
A.Buchanan: This is not "non-standard material", removing that keyword. (2022-01-26)
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Keywords: Unique Proof Game, Schnoebelen Theme (B), Phoenix (l), Prentos Theme (B), Ceriani-Frolkin Theme (B), Dummy Pawn, Golden Age (Dummy Pawn), Promotion (Bl)
Genre: Retro
Computer test: Jacobi v0.7.4 2020-05-08
FEN: rnb2qnr/1ppp1ppp/4kB2/8/8/2N5/P1PPP1PP/b2QKBNR
Input: A.Buchanan, 2020-05-08
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2023-08-04 more...
2 - P1377133
Robert Norman
Jens Kristiansen

Far off Chess 13/12/2008
RN, Version JK
P1377133
(3+6) C+
#4
1. Kf7! droht 2. Txh5#
1. ... Sd6+,Sd8+ 2. g7+ Kh7 3. g8=D+ Kh6 4. Dg7#
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A beautiful version of P1377131

http://faroffchess.blogspot.com/2008/12/in-twilight-zone-of-chess-rules.html

"Ok, you may say that this is all old stuff, very entertaining but with no relevance for nowadays chess. So? Well, look at this endgame study which circulated among the chess insiders in the 80s:

White to move and win - my version (from memory)

I believe I have read somewhere that the composer is from Dar-Es-Salaam, but I can not find sources for that.

The solution is: 1. Kf7, Nd6+ 2. g7+!, Kh7 3. g8D+ and mate next move.

Then you may object that white is in check, in fact a double check, when he unaffectedly moves his little pawn at the second move. Yes, he is in check BEFORE the move, but is he after? You see, at that time the rules stated that the king is in check "...when the square it occupies is threatened by one or TWO of the opponents pieces." So the check is elegantly parried by making the kings square threatened by THREE pieces!

Relax, nowadays the rules state that the square in question must be threatened by "... if one or more of the opponents pieces."
James Malcom: What is the Winchloe solution then, even with duals? Of course, as an endgame study, it is still correct. (2020-11-13)
A.Buchanan: As a #4, WinChloe gives: 1.Rf7! [2.T×h5‡]
1…Cd8+ 2.g7+ Rh7 3.g8=D+ Rh6 4.Dg7‡
1…Cd6+ 2.g7+ Rh7 3.g8=D+ Rh6 4.Dg7‡
Switchback blanc
Switchback de Pion
Echecs croisés
Guidelli
Echec double
Batterie noire
Auto-clouage indirect
Déclouage indirect
Promotion
Clé désampliative (2020-11-26)
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Keywords: Golden Age, Joke, Bosma, Promotion (D)
Genre: n#, Fairies
Computer test: C+ WinChloe v3.51
FEN: 7k/rn6/5KP1/p1p4b/8/8/8/7R
Input: James Malcom, 2020-06-20
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2024-02-01 more...
3 - P1381700
A. H. Bobbins
154 American Chess Magazine Vol. 1, p. 443, 12/1897
P1381700
(6+3)
=2 durch Schwarz

Black forces a draw in two moves
1. ... c1=wL!
2. Sb1 axb1=wL! Patt
2. Db1+ axb1=B! Patt
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James Malcom: I've added in the solution now. (2020-11-11)
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Keywords: Joke promotion, under-promotion key, konsekutive Umwandlungen 2 (LL, Lb), Dummy Pawn, Golden Age (Dummy Pawn)
Genre: Fairies
FEN: 8/P7/8/5B2/8/K1NQ4/pPp5/k7
Input: James Malcom, 2020-11-10
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2023-08-04 more...
4 - P1381916
James Malcom
PDB Website 14/11/2020
P1381916
(13+9)
s#11
(-:
1. h8=T+! Sh6 2. exd8=K! b3 3. a8=sS! b2 4. b8=sL! La7 5. e4 Lb8 6. e5 La7 7. e6 Lb8 8. e7 La7 9. e8=B! Lb8 10. Ta4 La7 11. Txa7 g4#
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A rather... complicated "joke."
A.Buchanan: If one allows promotion to sB (and there seems no reason to disallow it since promotion to pawn, king and foreign units are allowed) then the problem is cooked. There is no universally agreed notion of how a pawn can move if it starts on the first rank. Does it get a double hop, and if so on which rank? But the problem is unsound in any case. (2022-02-10)
James Malcom: That is if, yes. But I don't think this problem ought to be left as is: a demonstration of the levels of absurdity and tomfoolery old rules used to allow. Promotion to a piece of another color and dummies were loopholes, yes, but promotion to a black pawn was never included, not even implicitly. All pawns are pieces, but not all pieces are pawns. (2022-02-10)
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Keywords: Joke promotion (Ksl), Dummy Pawn, konsekutive Umwandlungen 5 (TKslB), under-promotion key (T), Excelsior white, Golden Age (Dummy Pawn), Illegal position (no wK), Joke
Genre: s#, Fairies
Computer test: Difficult to test at the moment because no engine allows both normal and adversarial promotion.
FEN: 2Rr2n1/PPpBP2P/1pP5/1N4pk/1p4Rb/6pP/4P1P1/1Q6
Input: James Malcom, 2020-11-14
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2023-12-11 more...
5 - P1393313
Michel Caillaud
James Malcom

1639 Julias Fairies 07/30/2021
P1393313
(14+13) C+
BP in 11.0
Dummy Pawn Promotion & Royal Dynasty
1. d4 a5 2. d5 a4 3. d6 a3 4. dxe7 Ta4 5. exf8=B Dh4 6. g4 Ke7 7. g5 Ke6 8. g6 Se7 9. gxh7 Txf8 10. h8=K Tg4 11. f4 Dxh8
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2 “special” Schnoebelen promotions in a single line
Henrik Juel: Definition of the Royal Dynasty condition from Schwalbe
Königsdynastie: Im Diagramm kann jede Partei keinen, einen oder mehrere Könige haben. Ein König ist genau dann königlich, wenn er der einzige König seiner Partei ist. Eine Bauernumwandlung in einen König (derselben Partei) ist erlaubt. Ein König darf nur dann rochieren, wenn er königlich ist und nicht gezogen hat, seit er zuletzt königlich wurde. Die anderen für die Rochade vorgeschriebenen Bedingungen bestehen weiter.
In this problem 10.h8=K makes both white kings non-royal, so 11.f4 is not an illegal self-check
The black king is royal throughout, so 5.exf8=KDTLS? would have given a disturbing check to him, leaving just 5.e8=B
It is nice that both conditions are invisible in the diagram, but they should be mentioned in the stipulation, I think (2021-08-30)
Henrik Juel: Euclide 1.01 reports no solutions in orthodox chess (2021-08-30)
Henrik Juel: in my first comment you should read 5.exf8=B, of course, not 5.e8=B (2021-08-30)
James Malcom: I forget to add the C+, and thank you for your comments. (2021-08-31)
Henrik Juel: Jacobi 0.7.5 in Heuristic Mode found the solution in 35 seconds
A full test required 917 seconds (2021-08-31)
Henrik Juel: Here is a way to use Jacobi:
1. Open the homepage https://wismuth.com/jacobi/latest/solver.html
2. Copy the following two lines to the rectangle for Text representation:
stipulation dia11.0 forsyth 1sb2r1q/1pppspp1/4k3/8/5Pr1/p7/PPP1P2P/RSBQKBSR
condition RoyalDynasty PromOnly P S B R Q K
3. Click on 'Set problem from text'
4. Click on Start (with Heuristic Mode marked, if you just want to find the solution)
5. When Jacobi ends, click on the solution to view it in the Game editor
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James Malcom: For those who advocate N for knight, use "EnglishN" to avoid changing the FEN each time. (2021-08-31)
Henrik Juel: That sounds good, James
Exactly how do you do that? Where do you write EnglishN?
There is an output option called English-N, is that it?
Is there a similar trick to use in Popeye? (2021-08-31)
Henrik Juel: This works in Jacobi, but note the s in promonly
englishn
stipulation dia11.0 forsyth 1nb2r1q/1pppnpp1/4k3/8/5Pr1/p7/PPP1P2P/RNBQKBNR
cond RoyalDynasty PromOnly P s B R Q K
And what about Popeye? (2021-08-31)
James Malcom: Popeye is S only as far as I know. (2021-08-31)
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Keywords: Dummy Pawn, Royal Dynasty, Promotion (BK), Schnoebelen Theme (BK), Unique Proof Game, Prentos Theme (BK), Ceriani-Frolkin Theme (BK), Golden Age (Dummy Pawn)
Genre: Retro, Fairies
Computer test: Jacobi v0.7.5
FEN: 1nb2r1q/1pppnpp1/4k3/8/5Pr1/p7/PPP1P2P/RNBQKBNR
Input: James Malcom, 2021-08-30
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2023-08-04 more...
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