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1 - P0001141
George Hume
Jamaica Gleaner 12/1891
Weihnachtsturnier 1891
1. Preis
P0001141
(9+9)
Auf welche Gedanken kommen Sie bei dieser Stellung?

Der Ld6 ist keine UWF und der sBg7 wurde auf seinem Ausgangsfeld geschlagen. Nach dem Autor muss der letzte Zug also Lf8-d6 gewesen sein, also illegale Stellung.
Datum der Originalpublikation nicht 100% sicher, laut ACM aus der "Jamaica Gleaner Christmas column".

Originalforderung: How has the position been arrived at and who is the winner, and in how many moves?

From the Jamaica Gleaner: "White mates in two moves. The last move made was by Black playing his Bishop and announcing mate. As it can be demonstrated that the Bishop is not a promoted Pawn and that Black's King's Knight's Pawn was captured on its original square by White's Queen's Knight's Pawn the Black Bishop must have been played from Bishop's square (f8) to Q3 (d6). This being an illegal move, White enforces the penalty of compelling Black to retract it and move his King whereupon White plays 1 PXB(Q) ch (1.gxf8=Q+) and mates next move by 2 Q-B4 (Qf4#). The following is a brief but pointed analysis, demonstrating the false move: White's Pawns have made six captures all on black squares. The Q Kt P (Pb2) made five of these and consequently captured the Kt P on the square upon which it now stands (g7). They could not have captured the Q B which is also lost. The White Bishop is the QRP (Pa2) promoted, the original KB having been captured on its own square as the unmoved Pawns show. To allow this promotion Black's QRP (Pa7) made two captures, the QKtP (Pb7) one, and the QBP (Pc7) two. The KRP (Ph7) has also made a capture, which accounts for the seven pieces White has lost. The Black Bishop is not a promoted Pawn, as if the Black KBP (Pf7) had played to the 7 th square (f2) and then captured a White piece on K or Kt square (e1 or g1) the captures by White Pawns cannot be accounted for without including the Black QB or KRP neither of which is available. As it can be demonstrated, then that the Black Bishop is not a promoted one, and that the KKtP was captured by the White Pawn which now stands on that square, in order to reach Q3 the Black Bishop must have an impossible move.

Der Kolumnist des ACM merkt aber zurecht an:
ACM: The above is a very fine piece of analytical work; but there is a slight flaw in connection with the minor condition, 'mate in two'. In a position of this kind we believe only that which can be proved; thus we do not think that White has any right to enact a penalty, as neither the analysis nor the conditions show that the Black Bishop came from Bishop's square on his last move; indeed, that Bishop may have played outside the Pawns on the very first move of the game which, being played, brought about the position.
HBae: White plays 1 PXB(Q) ch (1.gxf8=Q+). Muß der sK nicht auf f5 stehen? (2019-10-22)
Henrik Juel: Last move (supposedly) was Lf8-d6#, which is obviously impossible and hence illegal
The penalty for this is that Black must replace Ld6 on f8 AND instead make an arbitrary move with his king
So the forward play is
0... Kf5,Kf6,Kh6 1.gxf8=D+ Kg5,Ke5 2.Df4# (2019-10-22)
A.Buchanan: One long-standing approach to resolving illegal diagram jokes is to suppose that only the last move was illegal, with all prior play legal. The illegal move is then retracted, and play continues. Of course, the “illegal move” might in principle be from *any* legal position (even the game array!). So for sanity, we say the illegal move is a simple but somehow illegal shift of a single piece.

So here, candidates for the last move include Pe5-a4+, Sf4-e1+, Ke5-g5+ & B?-d6+. For all of these, White has 6 visible pawn captures, all on dark squares, so Black light-squared bishop is excluded. wPa must have promoted to light-squared bishop, so if the three Black pawns on a-file remain, there is only one unaccounted capture. Thus bPh could not promote, and must be bPg6 now. Thus bPg7 was captured at home, and bBf8 was thus locked in.

So Bf8-d6 is certainly a possible illegal move, but so are e.g. Be8-d6 (as the light-squared bishop is otherwise unexplained) and Pe5-a~. This is an example of an "implausible" joke according to Dawson & Hundsdorfer, because there is more than one retraction to the current position, and one just has to arbitrarily pick the one that makes the forward logic work. (2023-04-02)
A.Buchanan: Another issue is that according to the 1883 laws, White cannot force Black to move their king. The 1883 rules stated:
- If a player touches a piece or Pawn of his own he must move it.
- If he touches one of his adversary's he must take can be taken.
- If he touches plurality of pieces or Pawns of the same colour, in either of these instances his adversary may elect which such piece or Pawn he will call upon him to play or to take, as the case may be.
- If the rules governing the moves of pieces do not admit of the adversary exacting penalty as above, the player must move his King, but may not Castle. If the King cannot be moved without exposure to check, no penalty can then be exacted
So according to this, Black must play Bf8xPg7 as the penalty move.
Was there another revision to the rules between 1883 & 1891? (2023-04-02)
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Keywords: Illegal position, Joke, Retract illegal move (stuck at home), Touch Move, Volet Pawn, Obvious promotion (L)
Genre: Retro
FEN: 6B1/4p1P1/p2b2p1/p5kq/p7/4P1K1/2PPP1PP/3n4
Reprints: American Chess Monthly 1, p. 11, 03/1892
Jamaica Gleaner 30/04/1892
17 Europe Echecs 14 10/1959
Input: Gerd Wilts, 1995-06-03
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2023-04-02 more...
2 - P0003960
Arthur Ford Mackenzie
467 Jamaica Gleaner 1891
P0003960
(3+1) C+
#3
1. La7 Kxa7 2. c8=T Ka6 3. Ta8#
play all play one stop play next play all
Max J. Meyer in 'Brighton and Hove Society', 1904: "It will be seen that the ideas of these two problems [dieses und P1143870] are the same. The addition of the White B. enables Mr. Mackenzie to get a much better key for this position, a point in which Steinweg's problem does not excel; but, of course, the use of an extra piece renders the miniature less remarkable from the point of view of smallness in size."
Paulo Roque: .
Solution:
1) 1. La7 KxLa7 2. c8=T! Ka6 3. Ta8#

2) Proof da legality of the answer:
Retro: 0... Ka7-a8 -1. b7-b8=L etc (2009-09-06)
Sally: Der letzte weiße Zug von Weiß kann nur Ba7xb8L gewesen sein, demgemäß enthält die Aufgabe 2 Bauernumwandlungen
in verschiedenen Figuren: in der lösung in einem turm und retrospektiv in einen Läufer.
406 Mattaufgaben mit 3 und 4 Steinen (Teil 1) Speckmann 1976 (2016-08-30)
Henrik Juel: There is even a third promotion in the threat 2.c8=D+
C+ by Popeye 4.61 (2016-08-30)
A.Buchanan: Here the threat play (1) is sound & (2) can never occur as Black has no neutral move. But if threat play is *unsound* yet can never occur, can it be safely ignored or will some directmate purists regard that as a defect? (2022-04-02)
Henrik Juel: I think not, Andrew
When I test problems, I ignore plays that do not occur (2022-04-02)
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Keywords: under-promotion (T), Stalemate avoidance, Promotion in the retro play (L)
Genre: 3#, Retro
Computer test: Popeye 4.61
FEN: kB6/2P5/2K5/8/8/8/8/8
Reprints: 64 Chess Lyrics , p. 100, 1905
1359 Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung 5, p. 77, 29/01/1905
5 Vliegend Blaadje 22/07/1911
Szachy 01/1958
The Problemist (20) 03/1969
406 Mattaufgaben mit drei und vier Steinen 1976
diagrammes 64 01-02/1984
(1) diagrammes 15 07-09/1994
Input: Gerd Wilts, 1995-06-03
Last update: Mario Richter, 2020-02-26 more...
3 - P1019116
Benjamin Glover Laws
Jamaica Gleaner 1891
P1019116
(11+10)
s#3
1. Db1! Txb1 2. Sf8 droht 3. Sg6+ hxg6,Sxg6#
1. ... Lxg2 2. Tf3+ Kxf3 3. Dxf5+ Sxf5#
1. ... d4 2. Dxf5+ Kxf5 3. Tf3+ Sxf3#
1. ... Ta8,Ta~ 2. Df1+ Sf3#
play all play one stop play next play all
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 also (2023-07-11)
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Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (3954), Queen sacrifice, Reciprocal moves by White, discovered checkmate, Batteriematt vertikal
Genre: s#
Computer test: Popeye WINDOWS-32Bit V4.37 (359624 KB)
FEN: 8/3N3p/7P/3pPpPK/5k1n/1BN1R1pr/2QP2Rp/r6b
Reprints: Les Mille et un Mats Inverses 1907
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Gunter Jordan, 2023-07-11 more...
4 - P1027028
Rudolf L'hermet
Tri-weekly Gleaner 1884-1885
3. Preis
P1027028
(11+7)
#2
1. La1!
play all play one stop play next play all
BS Problemid: 11911
Authors: L'Hermet, Rudolf
Sources:
Years: 1884
Henrik Juel: dual after 1... Dh8,Dg7,Dd8 (2023-12-04)
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Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (11911)
Genre: 2#
FEN: 5R2/5p1B/5qn1/4R1p1/1NPNrkP1/Q6P/1B5K/7n
Reprints: Jamaica Gleaner 1884
5724 Deutsche Schachzeitung , p. 49, 02/1885
Über Land und Meer 1887
1149 Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung 3, p. 22, 20/01/1901
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Felber, Volker, 2023-12-04 more...
5 - P1030785
Charles Planck
Jamaica Gleaner 1885
P1030785
(8+6) C+
#3
1. Sg6! b5 2. e6
1. ... e6 2. Lb5
1. ... Kxc4 2. Dxe4+
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Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (15686)
Genre: 3#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.89
FEN: 8/4p3/1p6/3NP3/pPBkp2N/p7/K4P2/7Q
Reprints: 282 The Chess Problem: Text-Book with Illustrations , p. 231, 1887
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2024-01-15 more...
6 - P1034814
Benjamin Glover Laws
Jamaica Gleaner , p. 271, 09/1884
2. Preis
P1034814
(9+6) C+
#2
1. Da5! Lb2 2. Dd2#
1. ... Kd4 2. Dc3#
1. ... Kf2 2. Sxg4#
1. ... Lh5 2. De1#
1. ... bxa5 2. Lc5#
1. ... a6 2. Dxb6#
play all play one stop play next play all
Dieter Berlin: In dieser Version fehlten der sLg4 und der wTh4. Nach meiner Korrektur
wurde eine Diagrammdublette angezeigt. (2022-04-16)
Henrik Juel: C+ Popeye 4.61 (2022-04-16)
Henrik Juel: 1.Da5 zz
1... Lc1~ 2.Dd2#
1... Kd4/Kf2 2.Dc3/Sxg4#
1... Lg4~ 2.De1#
1... bxa5/a6 2.Lc5/Dxb6# (2022-04-16)
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Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (19739), Zugzwang-Goal, Flight-giving key, Deckungsverlust
Genre: 2#
Computer test: Popeye 4.61
FEN: 8/p7/1p1B1N2/1P6/2B3bR/4kpP1/Q7/1Nb4K
Reprints: 5904 Deutsche Schachzeitung , p. 360, 11/1885
131 The Chess Problem: Text-Book with Illustrations , p. 153, 1887
Simple Two-move Themes 1924
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Felber, Volker, 2024-03-01 more...
7 - P1051249
Samuel Loyd
New York State Chess Association 22/02/1892
P1051249
(8+8) C+
#2
1. Ta6! droht 2. Df1#
1. ... Txf5 2. Txa4#
1. ... Kxf5 2. Tf6#
1. ... gxf5 2. Lg5#
1. ... Sxf5 2. Lg5#
1. ... e2 2. Df2#
1. ... Ta1,Ta2 2. De4#
1. ... Sg4 2. Dxg4#
play all play one stop play next play all
'AJEC' gibt als Quelle an: "New York Chess Association 1880"

Anmerkung in 'Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems': "In No. 495, place the Black Rook at e5, remove the other Black Rook and the King's Pawn, and shift the Knight from h6 to g7, and a two-mover (I Re6) results almost identical with a celebrated problem by J.B. of Bridport (Ill. Lond. News, 1863 [gemeint sein könnte P1019654]), which has no apparent thematic connection with the American Indian. Thus do very small changes in problems have great effects, and thus are most two-ers, however widely separated in appearance, really closely interrelated."
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Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (36288), Indian, Blocknutzung
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.87
FEN: 8/1n1NBP1K/5Rpn/r4B2/r4k1p/4p3/6Q1/7N
Reprints: Jamaica Gleaner 26/03/1892
883 Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung 48, p. 412, 01/12/1895
Ilustracya Polska 15/08/1902
495 Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems 1913
21 Haarlems Dagblad 24/10/1919
An English Bohemian 1933
13 Schachmatai ir bridzas 01/02/1934
AJEC (Belgischer Fernschachbund) 01/08/1935
4 Straßburger neueste Nachrichten 26/01/1941
100 Years of the American Two-move Chess Problem 1962
Classic Chess Problems by Pioneer Composers 1970
VII. Die Schwalbe 31, p. 269, 02/1975
532 Beispiele zur Ideengeschichte des Schachproblems , p. 117, 1982
41 Encyclopedia of Chess Problems , p. 23, 2012
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Mario Richter, 2023-05-19 more...
8 - P1062731
Charles Planck
The English Mechanic and World of Science 1885
4. Preis
Tourney
P1062731
(9+5) C+
#2
1. Db8! Ke3 2. Sxc4#
1. ... Kxc3 2. Sf3#
1. ... Kc5 2. Sd7#
1. ... Sc5 2. Sg4#
1. ... Sc1 2. Dxa7#
play all play one stop play next play all
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Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (47818), Zugzwang-Goal
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.87
FEN: 7B/pQ2P3/p7/P3N3/2pkB3/RnN5/8/6K1
Reprints: 259 The Chess Problem: Text-Book with Illustrations , p. 220, 1887
XXVI Vom Fels zum Meer , p. 199, 04/1887
Jamaica Gleaner 1889
4 Austrums 01/08/1889
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-04-24 more...
9 - P1062733
Charles Planck
Jamaica Gleaner
1. Preis
Tourney
P1062733
(11+5) C+
#2
1. Tb4! Kd5 2. Sa5#
1. ... Kd4 2. Scb2#
1. ... Kd3,Kf3 2. Sxe5#
1. ... Kf5 2. Sce3#
1. ... Kf4 2. Tf6#
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Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (47820), Zugzwang-Goal, Battery creation, Batteriematt horizontal
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.87
FEN: 5B2/2p4B/2P1p1RP/4p3/2N1k2K/pR6/Q4P2/3N4
Reprints: 251 The Chess Problem: Text-Book with Illustrations , p. 216, 1887
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-04-24 more...
10 - P1062744
Charles Planck
Jamaica Gleaner 1885 ?
3. Preis
Tourney
P1062744
(9+10) C+
#2
1. Kf2! g5,gxh5 2. Tf5#
1. ... Tc6 2. Dg5#
1. ... Tc5 2. Dh1#
1. ... Sc6 2. Dc4#
1. ... Txd6 2. Sf6#
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Keywords: Brian Stephenson Collection (47831), Zugzwang-Goal, Blocknutzung
Genre: 2#
Computer test: Juel: Popeye 4.61
FEN: 4NRB1/1p6/br1Nn1p1/nr1k3P/1p6/1p3KP1/1B6/2Q5
Reprints: 254 The Chess Problem: Text-Book with Illustrations , p. 217, 1887
Input: Brian Stephenson, 2004-08-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2023-04-24 more...
11 - P1175925
William E. Perry
1920 Brownson's Chess Journal 11/1887
P1175925
(5+2) C+
#2
1. Lf2! Sg1,Sd2,Se1,Sh2,Sh4,Sd4,Sg5 2. Dd4#
1. ... Ke4 2. De3#
1. ... Kd6 2. Dc5#
1. ... Kf6 2. Dg7#
1. ... Kxf4 2. De3#
play all play one stop play next play all
A5-333

Siehe dazu auch die späteren P1120185 und P1120186
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Keywords: Miniature Collection (0036798), Aristocrat, Minimal (b), Miniature, Flight giving sacrifice key
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.89
FEN: 7K/Q7/4B3/4k3/5N2/4Bn2/8/8
Reprints: 84 Canadian Chess Problems , p. 86, 1890
797 Jamaica Gleaner 09/07/1892
Input: Felber, Volker, 2010-09-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2024-02-26 more...
12 - P1178288
George Hume
Jamaica Gleaner 27/12/1890
Ehrende Erwähnung
P1178288
(7+5) C+
s#5
1. De8! Sa6 2. Db5+ Sc5 3. Tc2 dxc2 4. Kc1 d3 5. Db3+ Sxb3#
1. ... Sc6,Sd7 2. Dh5+ Se5 3. Te2 dxe2 4. Ke1 d3 5. Df3+ Sxf3#
play all play one stop play next play all
Beim ND in Britisch Chess Magazine 02/1891 ist die Quelle nicht ganz sauber angegeben, entweder Jamaica Tri-Weekly Journal oder Jamaica Gleaner.
Changing Fashions nennt Jamaica Gleaner
SCHRECKE: C+, Gustav 4.1d, Brute Force (2021-08-17)
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Keywords: Echo
Genre: s#
FEN: 1n1N1Q2/8/3p4/3k4/3p4/3p4/1B1K1N2/2R1R3
Reprints: British Chess Magazine , p. 102, 02/1891
54 150 Schachkuriositäten 1910
54 Changing Fashions 1925
Input: Frank Müller, 2010-10-17
Last update: Marcin Banaszek, 2021-08-21 more...
13 - P1213862
Otakar Tot
Illustrated American 1892
3.-4. Preis
P1213862
(8+4) C+
#2
1. Sd6! Txf8,Tf1 2. Dxe3#
1. ... Sxg2,Sc2 2. Sb5#
1. ... Kc5 2. Sf5#
1. ... Ke5 2. Db2#
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Keywords: Flight-giving key, Zugzwang-Goal, discovered checkmate
Genre: 2#
Computer test: SCHRECKE: popeye 4.89
FEN: 5B2/KB6/8/3P4/2Nk4/4nrp1/P3Q1N1/8
Reprints: Jamaica Gleaner 02/04/1892
695 Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung 16, p. 138, 17/04/1892
Input: Felber, Volker, 2011-10-12
Last update: Dieter Berlin, 2024-03-12 more...
14 - P1309011
Alexander Henry Robbins
784 Jamaica Gleaner 07/05/1892
P1309011
(7+8) cooked
#2
1. Df4
play all play one stop play next play all
Cook: unlösbar 1. ... Sxf4!
Anton Baumann: Diagramm nicht korrekt: 1.Tc5#
Es fehlt sLd6!
Korrektur vergl. P1309093 (2023-09-27)
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Keywords: no solution
Genre: 2#
FEN: n2R4/1p6/1B6/3Rp3/Bpk1b3/8/1p1Q2nK/1N6
Input: Frank Müller, 2015-09-04
Last update: Alfred Pfeiffer, 2015-09-08 more...
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