Christmas Puzzles 2006

(1) Brenzinger,Karl - Brenzinger,Francis Eugene [C58] Correspondence, 1859 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Qe2 Nxc4 7.Qxc4 Bd6 8.d3 0-0 9.Nc3 h6 10.Nge4 Kh8 11.0-0 Nh5 12.d4 f5 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Qe2 Qe8 16.Nb5 f4 17.f3 Ng3 18.hxg3 fxg3 19.f4 Bd7 20.Nd6 Qe7 21.Ne4 Qh4 22.Nxg3 Qxg3 23.Rf3 Bg4 24.Rxg3 Bxe2 25.Re3 Bc4 26.d6 Rxf4 27.Re1 Rd4 28.b3 Bb5 29.c4 Bc6 30.c5 Rg4 31.Re2 Rf8 32.Be3 Kg8 33.a4 Rb4 34.Rb2 Kf7 35.Bd2 Rg4 36.Bc3 Ke6 37.b4 Rf3 38.Bxe5 Kxe5 39.b5 Be4 40.Rd2 Rfg3 41.Raa2 Bxg2 42.d7 Bc6+ 43.Kh2 Bxd7 44.Rxd7 Rg6 45.Re2+ Kf6 46.Rde7 This mistake was attributed to impatience after Black took seven months over his 45th move. 46...Rg2+ 47.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 48.Kxg2 Kxe7 49.Kf3 h5 50.a5 Kd7 White resigns 0-1

(2) Eric Angelini - constr Europe Echecs, 1988 1.Nd8# 1-0

(3) Petrovic,Nenad - retrograde, 1-2p T.T. Problem, 1953 1...f5 2.exf6+ Kxf6 3.d5+ e5 4.dxe6+ *

(4) Velimirovic,Milan 2nd Prize, Mat Plus, 1997 [Nunn,John] 1.Qf2 [1.Bg7? Rxa6 ; 1.Be5? Rxb5 ] 1...Ra3 [1...Ra4 2.Rc5+ Re4 3.Re5 Kc1 4.Qc2+ ; 1...Rxb5 2.Rc6+ Rf5 3.Rf6 Kc1 4.Qc2+ ; 1...Rxa6 2.Rc7+ Rg6 3.Rg7 Kc1 4.Qc2+ ] 2.Rc4+ Rd3 3.Rd4 Kc1 4.Qc2+ Kxc2# *

(5) Puzzle 5 Christmas Puzzles 2006, 26.12.2006 Black to play, White wins. *

(6) Nesic,M - h#2 Schach-Echo, 1970 [Nunn,John] 1...Qa8 [1...-- 2.Re4 Rg7 3.Rh4# ] 2.Bb3 Rh6 3.Rc7# *

(7) Kornilov,Andrei - reconstruction [A00] Thèmes-64, 1985 Proof game: 1.g4 Nc6 [1...h6 2.g5 Rh7 3.g6 f6 4.gxh7 Kf7 5.e4 Kg6 6.e5 Qe8 7.e6 Qf7 8.exf7 e5 9.f4 e4 10.Nf3 exf3 11.Bc4 Kf5 12.Be6+ dxe6 13.d4 Ke4 14.Kf2 Ne7 15.Kg3 Nec6 16.Kh4 Na5 17.Bd2 Nb3 18.Bc3 Ke3 19.Kh5 Kf2 20.Kg6 Kg2 21.d5 Kh3 22.d6 Be7 23.dxe7 Kh4 24.Qd6 cxd6 25.Be5 dxe5 26.axb3 Nc6 27.Ra6 Nb4 28.Rc6 bxc6 29.Nc3 a5 30.Nd5 cxd5 31.Re1 a4 32.Re4 dxe4 33.c4 Nd5 34.cxd5 a3 35.d6 a2 36.d7 Bb7 37.b4 a1Q 38.b5 Bc6 39.bxc6 Ra5 40.c7 Rc5 41.b4 Qd4 42.bxc5 Qd6 43.cxd6 Kg4 44.f5 h5 45.h3+ Roberto Stelling, Rio de Janeiro] 2.f4 Nd4 3.Kf2 Nb3 4.axb3 a5 5.Ra4 h5 6.Rc4 a4 7.Kf3 f6 8.g5 Rh7 9.g6 a3 10.gxh7 Kf7 11.Nc3 a2 12.Rc6 a1Q 13.Ke3 bxc6 14.Bg2 Kg6 15.Bd5 Kf5 16.Nf3 Kg4 17.Ke4 Kh3 18.Kf5 Qa4 19.Kg6 cxd5 20.Ne4 dxe4 21.Rg1 exf3 22.Rg5 Qc4 23.bxc4 Ra6 24.Rd5 Kg4 25.Rd6 cxd6 26.e4 Nh6 27.e5 Rc6 28.e6 Nf7 29.exf7 d5 30.Qe2 Qc7 31.Qe4 dxe4 32.d4 e6 33.d5 Be7 34.d6 Bb7 35.dxe7 d6 36.b4 Rc5 37.Bb2 Kh3 38.Be5 dxe5 39.bxc5 Bd5 40.cxd5 Kg4 41.c6 Qd7 42.cxd7 Kh3 43.d6 Kg4 44.f5 Kh3 45.c3 Kg4 46.c4 Kh3 47.c5 Kg4 48.c6 Kh3 49.c7 Kg4 50.h3+ *