JUGEMENT - AWARD :
PROBLEMESIS 2001 HELPMATES,
by Mario PARRINELLO

[2001] H50 ... H77
I warmly thank Christian Poisson for inviting me to judge the present tourney.
13 helpmates in two, 10 in three and 5 in more than 3 moves took part, all correct; despite the high quality of this web magazine, the average level of the participating problems was not.

Before the award, some brief notes about a few interesting problems :
H52: nice annihilations of a white pawn but nothing else.
H53: familiar pin mates and moreover they are not convincing, in fact the Sd5 and the Rf4 could be substituted by two black pawns.
H63 shows well known play and the bRe6 could be a black pawn.

Prix : Michel CAILLAUD (H68)

The strategy is not very profound but I enjoyed the play with three promotions and very good use of the WQ. Perfect construction.

Michel CAILLAUD
Problemesis 2001
Prix
1.Te6 Db5+ 2.Rd6 d×c8=C‡
1.Te7 Dd4+ 2.Re6 d8=C‡
1.Cf7 De3+ 2.Rf6 d×e8=C‡
Rb1 Pd7 Db6 + Re5 Pb7 Pc7 Pg6 Te8 Fc8 Cf5 Cg5
h‡2 (3+8) C+
3.1.1.1

Mention d'Honneur : Gennady CHUMAKOV (H61)

Good reciprocal chain of square vacation by White motivated by the need to control the BK's field and to vacate the mating square. Unfortunately the black play is not so interesting in comparison to that of White.

Gennady CHUMAKOV
Problemesis 2001
Mention d'Honneur
a) 1.Dg3 Cd6 2.Re5 Cc4+ 3.Rf4 Fe3‡
b) 1.Rc3 Cd5+ 2.Rb3 Ce3 3.Db2 Fc4‡
Rh1 Pb6 Pf5 Fg1 Cc4 Ce3 + Rd4 Pa4 Pa3 Pb7 Pc6 Pf3 Pg4 De5
h‡3 (6+8) C+
b) fg1®b5

Recommandé : Abdelaziz ONKOUD (H51)

Reversal of the black moves which well fits in the interchange of functions between the thematic white pieces.

Abdelaziz ONKOUD
Problemesis 2001
Recommandé
1.Fb8 Td7 2.T×a2 D×a2‡
1.T×a2 Dh7 2.Fb8 T×a2‡
Rc1 Pa2 Db1 Td2 + Ra7 Pb6 Pb4 Ta1 Ff4 Cb7
h‡2 (4+6) C+
2.1.1.1

Recommandé : Nikolaj ZUJEV (H54)

Nice white battery creation on two different lines. The pa5 could be saved by moving the pb2 to d2 and the Bb6 to a7.

Nikolaj ZUJEV
Problemesis 2001
Recommandé
1.Rc4 R×h2 2.Fc5 Ff1 3.Fb4 Tc3‡
1.Dd6 Tf3 2.Rd5 b3 3.Fc5 Te3‡
Rh1 Pb2 Td3 Fg2 + Rc5 Pa5 Pd4 Ph2 Dd5 Fa8 Fb6
h‡3 (4+7) C+
2.1.1...

Recommandé : Lkhundevin TOGOOKHUU (H55)

Anticipatory black selfpin with reversal of the white moves ending with model mates and delayed follow-my-leader; unfortunately the latter motif is not very convincing and it only is merely decorative in the solution starting with 1.Rc4 because the Rc7 could be placed elsewhere along the c-file.

Lkhundevin TOGOOKHUU
Problemesis 2001
Recommandé
1.Ff5 C×c7 2.Rf8 Cg6‡
1.Tc4 C×g6+ 2.Re6 Cc7‡
Re3 Tf4 Fb3 Ca6 Ch4 + Re7 Pa2 Pb4 Pd7 Pd6 Pg7 Da4 Ta3 Tc7 Fg6 Fh6 Cc8
h‡2 (5+12) C+
2.1.1.1

Recommandé : Abdelaziz ONKOUD (H58)

Good Zajic theme with pin mates but it has to be remarked the fact that the thematic white pawns are immovable in the initial position which is against the purity and spirit of the theme.

Abdelaziz ONKOUD
Problemesis 2001
Recommandé
1.h3 g×h3 2.R×h3 Dh8‡
1.Fg3 f×g3 2.R×g3 De5‡
Rf1 Pf2 Pg2 Da1 Ta3 + Rh2 Pg5 Pg4 Ph4 Ff4 Cf3 Cg1
h‡2 (5+7) C+
2.1.1.1

Recommandé : Abdelaziz ONKOUD (H62)

Nice miniature with chameleon-echo mates and good interchange of functions between the white Bishops.

Abdelaziz ONKOUD
Problemesis 2001
Recommandé
1.Rc4 Fg2 2.Tc3 Fh3 3.d3 Fe6‡
1.Rc5 Ff2 2.Tc3 Fh4 3.Tc4 Fe7‡
Ra5 Fg1 Fh1 + Rd5 Pd4 Tf3
h‡3 (3+3) C+
2.1.1...

Recommandé : Daniel NOVOMESKY (H75)

Another appealing chameleon-echo mates here with WK tempo moves.

Daniel NOVOMESKY
Problemesis 2001
Recommandé
1.Dc4 Rd2 2.e4 Rd1 3.Ce5 Re1 4.Rd4 Rd2 5.Fd5 e3‡
1.Fd6 e3 2.Dc5 Re2 3.Cf4+ Rd2 4.Ce6 Rd3 5.Fc6 e4‡
Rd1 Pe2 + Rd5 Pe5 Dc3 Fb7 Fc5 Cd3
h‡5 (2+6) C+
2.1.1...

Many thanks to Mario for his award, which will remain open until 01-09-2002.
Claims to Christian Poisson.