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ISC 2012
ISC 2012 RESULTS: Category 1 - by ranking
8th International Solving Contest (ISC) - Sunday January 29th 2012
Solver From Title Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points Time Rank
Eddy Van Beers BEL GM 2697.00 5.0 5.0 5.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 54.00 240 1
Vladimir Pogorelov UKR IM 2514.91 5 5 5 5 2.5 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 53.50 240 2
Piotr Murdzia POL GM 2801.04 5 4.5 5 5 2.5 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 53.00 239 3
Jonathan Mestel GBR GM 2607.56 5 5 5 3 2.5 5 5 5 5 2 5 5 52.50 240 4
Bojan Vuckovic SRB GM 2642.11 5 4.5 5 2 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 5 51.50 221 5
Kacper Piorun POL GM 2642.62 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 1 3 5 49.00 240 6
Valery Kopyl UKR IM 2465.87 5 5 5 2 2.5 5 5 4 5 0 5 5 48.50 240 7
Boris Tummes DEU GM 2635.61 5 5 5 2 5 5 5 5 – 1 5 5 48.00 240 8
Anatoly Mukoseev RUS IM 2566.28 5 5 5 4 2.5 5 5 5 0 1 5 5 47.50 240 9
Aleksandr Azhusin RUS GM 2579.65 5 5 5 4 2.5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 46.50 240 10
Thomas Maeder CHE IM 2322.00 5 4.5 5 – 2.5 5 5 5 5 – 5 2.5 44.50 239 11
Andrey Petrov RUS FM 2397.14 5 5 5 2 5 5 5 5 0 1 1 5 44.00 240 12
Milan Velimirovic SRB GM 2521.56 5 3.5 5 1 2.5 5 5 4 5 – 5 2.5 43.50 240 13
Ram Soffer ISR GM 2691.67 na 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 – 3 0 43.00 240 14
Hans Uitenbroek NLD FM 2387.16 5 5 0 2 5 5 5 5 – 0 5 5 42.00 240 15
Ofer Comay ISR GM 2631.56 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 5 – 1 3 2.5 41.50 220 16
Aleksandr Bulavka BLR IM 2455.04 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 5 1 5 – 41.00 235 17
Johan de Boer NLD FM 2210.38 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 – 1 5 0 41.00 239 18
Peter van den Heuvel NLD IM 2415.36 5 4 5 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 5 – 41.00 240 19
Dinu-Ioan Nicula ROU 2268.20 5 4.5 5 0 5 5 5 5 0 1 5 – 40.50 240 20
John Nunn GBR GM 2771.56 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 4 – 1 5 – 40.00 238 21
Miodrag Mladenovic SRB GM 2623.63 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 – 0 5 – 40.00 239 22
Piotr Gorski POL IM 2434.66 5 5 5 2 5 5 5 5 – 0 3 – 40.00 240 23-25
Jorma Paavilainen FIN GM 2580.05 5 4.5 5 2 2.5 5 5 5 – 0 1 5 40.00 240 23-25
Andrey Selivanov RUS GM 2566.94 5 5 5 0 – 5 5 5 0 – 5 5 40.00 240 23-25
Ivan Bender HRV 2289.23 5 5 5 4 2.5 0 5 5 – 0 3 5 39.50 240 26-28
Marko Filipovic HRV IM 2536.35 5 5 5 2 5 0 5 5 – – 5 2.5 39.50 240 26-28
Dolf Wissmann NLD GM 2446.47 5 5 5 2 2.5 5 5 5 – – 5 – 39.50 240 26-28
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Arno Zude DEU GM 2631.65 5 4.5 5 2 2.5 0 5 4 5 1 5 – 39.00 240 29
Ramil Javadov AZE FM 2462.62 5 4.5 5 2 5 4 5 5 – – 3 – 38.50 240 30
Mihail Croitor MDA 2561.41 h 5 3.5 5 1 5 3 5 5 – 0 5 – 37.50 225 31
Araz Almammadov AZE FM 2411.29 5 5 5 – 2.5 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 37.50 240 32-33
Mordechay Chovnik ISR 2248.73 5 5 5 – 2.5 5 5 5 – – 5 – 37.50 240 32-33
Klemen Sivic SVN FM 2401.94 5 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 0 – 5 0 37.00 240 34
Oleg Pervakov RUS FM 2300.09 5 4.5 5 2 – 5 5 5 – 0 5 – 36.50 237 35
Nikola Predrag HRV FM 2384.80 5 5 2.5 1 – 5 5 5 – – 3 5 36.50 240 36
Tomas Peitl SVK 2201.08 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 – 1 5 – 36.00 240 37
Sergey Borodavkin UKR 2307.94 5 5 – – 5 0 5 4 – 1 5 5 35.00 236 38
Martynas Limontas LTU FM 2512.95 5 5 0 1 2.5 5 5 5 – 1 5 – 34.50 240 39
Paul Cumbers GBR 2092.38 5 0 5 2 5 4 5 3 – – 5 – 34.00 240 40-44
Borislav Gadjanski SRB 2130.46 5 4 5 – 5 5 5 – – – 5 – 34.00 240 40-44
Andy Ooms BEL 2206.16 5 3 5 0 5 0 5 5 0 1 5 – 34.00 240 40-44
Gilles Regniers BEL 2131.18 5 4.5 5 – 2.5 2 5 5 0 0 5 – 34.00 240 40-44
Ronald Schafer DEU FM 2258.20 5 4 – 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 3 – 34.00 240 40-44
Oto Mihalčo SVK 2089,46 5 4.5 5 1 5 0 5 5 – 0 3 – 33.50 229 45
Kohei Yamada JPN FM 2367.49 5 5 5 – 2.5 0 5 5 0 1 5 – 33.50 234 46
Anatoly Karamanitz UKR 2195.10 5 – 5 – 2.5 4 5 4 5 0 3 – 33.50 240 47
Miroslav Voracek CZE FM 2412.30 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 4 0 1 3 – 33.00 240 48
Martin Hoffmann CHE 2194.65 5 4 2.5 2 5 0 5 4 – 0 5 – 32.50 240 49-52
Harri Hurme FIN IM 2336.35 5 5 5 2 2.5 0 5 5 0 – 3 – 32.50 240 49-52
Kari Karhunen FIN IM 2536.98 5 – 5 2 2.5 5 5 5 0 – 3 – 32.50 240 49-52
Mikalai Sihnevich BLR 2178.07 5 5 5 0 2.5 0 5 5 0 – 5 – 32.50 240 49-52
Vladimir Bartosh BLR 2026.93 5 4.5 2.5 2 – 3 5 5 – 0 5 – 32.00 240 53-54
Vladimir Lipovsky RUS FM 2304.46 5 4 5 2 – 0 5 3 5 – 3 – 32.00 240 53-54
Oleksiy Solovchuk UKR FM 2525.59 5 5 0 0 2.5 4 5 5 0 0 5 – 31.50 236 55
Aleksandr Maximov RUS 1945.34 5 4 – 0 2.5 0 5 5 5 0 5 – 31.50 240 56-57
Stanislav Vokál SVK 2074,24 5 4.5 – 2 0 5 5 5 0 0 5 – 31.50 240 56-57
Vlad-Cristian Jianu ROU 2223.82 5 5 5 2 5 0 5 4 – – – – 31.00 239 58
Michael Pfannkuche DEU GM 2550.78 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 0 0 1 – 31.00 240 59-60
Valery Semenenko UKR FM 2243.83 5 4 0 0 5 4 5 5 0 – 3 – 31.00 240 59-60
Oleg Shalygin UKR 1875.55 5 4.5 – 0 5 0 5 5 – 1 5 0 30.50 235 61
Omer Friedland ISR FM 2423.31 5 4.5 5 1 5 0 5 5 – 0 – – 30.50 238 62
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Miroslav Kasár SVK 1999,66 5 – 5 0 5 0 5 5 – 0 5 – 30.00 233 63
Misradtin Iskandarov AZE 2227.88 0 4.5 5 3 2.5 – 5 5 – 0 5 – 30.00 236 64
Marko Klasinc SVN FM 2328.93 5 5 – – – 5 5 5 – – 5 – 30.00 240 65-68
Viktoras Paliulionis LTU 2187.19 5 4.5 – – 5 0 5 5 – – 3 2.5 30.00 240 65-68
Aleksandr Radchenko RUS 2082.92 5 5 2.5 2 2.5 0 5 5 0 0 3 – 30.00 240 65-68
Vidmantas Satkus LTU FM 2346.31 5 2.5 5 0 2.5 0 5 5 0 0 5 – 30.00 240 65-68
Lev Glanzspiegel ISR 2170.67 5 5 0 1 2.5 0 5 3 5 0 3 – 29.50 238 69
Michael McDowell GBR FM 2368.90 5 4.5 2.5 0 2.5 0 5 5 – 0 5 – 29.50 240 70
Miodrag Radomirovic SRB 2077.02 5 4 5 – 5 0 5 4 0 – – – 28.00 240 71
Agshin Masimov AZE 2111.22 5 5 2.5 0 – 0 5 4 5 0 1 – 27.50 239 72
Anna Bylinkina RUS w 1706.23 5 4.5 0 0 5 4 5 1 – 0 3 0 27.50 240 73-76
Danko Gazarek HRV 2141.55 5 4.5 – 0 5 – 5 5 – – 3 – 27.50 240 73-76
Marek Kolcak SVK FM 2380.52 5 5 – – 2.5 0 5 5 – – 5 – 27.50 240 73-76
Zoran Sibinovic SRB 2107.80 5 2 2.5 – 5 0 5 3 – – 5 – 27.50 240 73-76
Boris Ostruh SVN 2041.32 5 4.5 – 0 2.5 – 5 5 – – 5 – 27.00 236 77
David Friedgood GBR 5 4.5 5 – 2.5 0 5 5 – 0 – – 27.00 240 78-79
Toshiki Kobayashi JPN 1914.22 5 2 – – 5 – 5 5 – – 5 0 27.00 240 78-79
Stephen Emmerson GBR 5 3.5 5 – – 0 5 1 – 1 1 5 26.50 240 80
Albert Ivanov MDA 2002.50 5 0 5 – – 3 5 3 – – 5 – 26.00 238 81
Ryszard Krolikowski POL 2197.04 5 4 5 0 – 0 5 4 0 – 3 – 26.00 240 82-84
Ruzvelt Martsvalashvili GEO 5 5 5 – 5 – 5 – – – 1 – 26.00 240 82-84
Yakov Ronkin ISR 1899.79 5 4 5 – – 0 5 2 – – 5 – 26.00 240 82-84
Terho Marlo FIN 2218.12 5 4 – – 2.5 0 5 3 – – 1 5 25.50 239 85
Ricardo Luiz Vilela de Castro BRA 1780.38 5 – 5 – 5 0 5 – – – 5 – 25.00 237 86
Branko Grbic SRB 1975.06 5 3 2.5 – 2.5 – 5 2 0 0 5 – 25.00 240 87-88
Lubomir Siran SVK FM 2278.06 5 – 5 0 – 0 5 5 0 0 5 – 25.00 240 87-88
Andreas Nievergelt CHE 2044.48 5 4.5 – 0 – 0 5 5 0 – 5 0 24.50 240 89-91
Darko Sitar SVN 1956.81 5 3.5 – – – 0 5 5 – 1 5 – 24.50 240 89-91
Ian Watson GBR 5 0 2.5 2 – 0 5 5 0 0 5 – 24.50 240 89-91
Valery Gorbunov UKR 2021.70 5 – – 5 5 0 0 3 – 1 5 – 24.00 236 92
Dmitri Alexandrov RUS 5 5 – – – – 5 4 – 0 5 – 24.00 240 93-97
Bojan Bubanja MNE 1970.77 5 5 – 0 – 0 5 4 – 0 5 – 24.00 240 93-97
Mikhael Gabeskiria GEO 0 5 – – 5 0 5 4 – – 5 – 24.00 240 93-97
Miroslav Henrych CZE 1951.55 5 – 0 – 5 4 5 – 0 0 5 – 24.00 240 93-97
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Goran Todorovic SRB 2218.07 5 3 – 3 5 – 5 3 0 – – – 24.00 240 93-97
Harry Fougiaxis GRC 2046.10 5 3.5 – – 2.5 0 5 – – – 5 2.5 23.50 234 98
Wilfried Neef DEU FM 2182.40 5 4 5 1 2.5 0 0 5 0 0 1 – 23.50 240 99-101
Anatoly Piriverdiyev AZE 1937.12 5 3 – – 2.5 – 5 3 – – 5 – 23.50 240 99-101
Matej Vyparina SVK 2181.56 5 5 0 2 2.5 – 5 – – 1 3 – 23.50 240 99-101
José Antonio Coello ESP 5 3 0 – 5 0 5 5 – – – – 23.00 235 102
Yuri Viharev RUS 2087.01 5 4 5 – – – 5 4 0 0 – – 23.00 237 103
Sergey Solokhin RUS 1798.76 5 5 – 0 – 0 5 5 0 0 3 – 23.00 240 104
Jurij Belokon UKR 2009.84 5 1.5 – – 5 – 5 3 – 0 3 – 22.50 238 105
Alfred Gaasbeek NLD 2005.74 5 0 – 0 2.5 – 5 – 5 0 5 0 22.50 239 106
Milan Svrček SVK 2134.93 5 0 – – 2.5 0 5 5 0 – 5 – 22.50 240 107
Leokratis Anemodouras GRC 1889.58 5 – 5 – – – 5 4 – – 3 – 22.00 237 108
Anatolie Ghinda MDA 2336.03 h 5 1 0 0 – 3 5 3 – – 5 – 22.00 240 109
Yosi Retter ISR 2013.55 5 3 – – 2.5 0 5 5 – – 1 – 21.50 238 110
Dragan Cica SRB 1868.66 5 4 2.5 0 – – 5 5 0 0 – – 21.50 240 111
Bogoljub Trifunovic SRB 1856.71 5 1 5 – – 0 5 4 – 1 – – 21.00 240 112
Josef Burda CZE 1793.62 5 4.5 0 0 – 0 5 5 – – 1 – 20.50 240 113-115
Panagiotis Konidaris GRC 1999.33 5 0 0 0 2.5 0 5 5 0 0 3 – 20.50 240 113-115
Vasily Zelenkovsky BLR 2009.24 5 3.5 0 – – 3 5 1 0 – 3 – 20.50 240 113-115
Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen DNK 5 – – 2 – – 5 5 – 0 3 – 20.00 235 116
Hannu Harkola FIN 1979.33 5 – – 0 5 0 5 – – – 5 – 20.00 239 117
Radu-Catalin Chirila ROU 5 4 – – – – 5 5 – – 1 – 20.00 240 118-120
Dimitriy Kirjanov UKR 1606.87 h 5 2.5 0 – – 0 5 1 – 1 3 2.5 20.00 240 118-120
Massimo Nardone ITA 1674.91 5 – – – 5 – 5 – – – 5 – 20.00 240 118-120
Petteri Paronen FIN 1962.15 5 0 2.5 2 – – 5 2 – – 3 – 19.50 234 121
Dimitris Efthimakis GRC 1704.03 5 3.5 0 0 5 0 5 – – – 1 – 19.50 237 122
Sven-Hendrik Lossin DEU 2112.35 h 5 – 2.5 – – 0 5 4 – 0 3 – 19.50 240 123
David Klein NLD 5 0 – 0 5 1 5 3 0 – – – 19.00 194 124
Sergey Abramenko RUS 2091.74 5 4 – 0 – – 5 4 – 0 1 – 19.00 238 125
Mihail Gangin RUS 5 – 5 1 – 0 5 – 0 – 3 – 19.00 240 126
Michail Chramcevic BLR 2112.93 5 – – 0 – 5 5 – – – 1 2.5 18.50 240 127-131
Peter Jansen BEL 1814.49 5 – – 0 2.5 0 5 5 0 – 1 – 18.50 240 127-131
Mirko Miljanic SRB 1920.08 5 3.5 – – – – 5 5 – 0 – – 18.50 240 127-131
Ryuji Nakamura JPN 1741.38 5 – – 3 2.5 0 5 – – 0 3 – 18.50 240 127-131
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Georgios Spyropoulos GRC 1753.59 5 – 0 2 2.5 0 5 3 – 0 1 – 18.50 240 127-131
Andrey Kalinin LVA 1795.13 5 4 0 2 – – 5 2 – 0 – – 18.00 236 132
Binyamin Binyamini ISR 1685.92 5 – – – 2.5 0 5 2 – – 3 – 17.50 233 133
Andrey Gribov RUS 5 1.5 0 0 – – 5 1 – – 5 – 17.50 240 134-137
Murad Nuri AZE 5 – – – 2.5 – 5 2 – – 3 – 17.50 240 134-137
Ryo Shiomi JPN 1919.24 5 – – 2 2.5 – 5 – – 0 3 – 17.50 240 134-137
Janne Syvaniemi FIN 1916.48 5 – – – 2.5 0 5 0 – – 5 – 17.50 240 134-137
Evgeny Kopylov RUS 1665.90 5 – – 2 – – 5 3 0 2 – – 17.00 239 138
Andrea Bracci ITA 1582.10 h 5 4 – – – – 5 – – 0 3 – 17.00 240 139
Chaim Temes ISR 1799.61 5 3.5 0 – – 0 5 2 – – 1 – 16.50 232 140
Eldar Jabbarov AZE 5 1 0 2 2.5 – 5 1 – – – – 16.50 239 141
Marco Bonavoglia ITA 1857.45 5 4.5 – 1 – – 5 – 0 0 1 – 16.50 240 142-146
Ana Kuchava GEO w 0 0 5 1 2.5 0 5 2 0 0 1 – 16.50 240 142-146
Janez Nastran SVN 1728.63 5 2.5 – – – – 5 4 – – – – 16.50 240 142-146
Hiromi Tsutsui JPN 1822.27 5 – – – 2.5 0 0 4 0 0 5 – 16.50 240 142-146
Mihajlo Vujasinovic SRB 1743.87 5 3.5 – – – – 5 3 – – – – 16.50 240 142-146
Leonardo Mano BRA 1727.74 5 – – 2 – – 5 – – 1 3 – 16.00 217 147
Jahangir Niftaliyev AZE 5 0 0 2 – – 5 2 0 2 – – 16.00 238 148
Oleg Solovchuk UKR 1820.53 5 – 5 0 – – 5 – – 0 1 – 16.00 240 149
Ken Dewhurst GBR 1819.01 5 – – 2 2.5 0 5 – – 0 1 – 15.50 240 150-151
Steponas Petrauskas LTU 1703.61 5 4.5 – – – – 5 1 – – – – 15.50 240 150-151
Andrej Jakobcic SVN 1658.59 5 – – 0 – 0 5 0 – 0 5 – 15.00 225 152
Dimitris Skyrianoglou GRC 1998.39 5 – – – – 0 5 – – – 5 – 15.00 238 153
Narmina Ruzijang AZE w 5 0 – – – 0 5 2 – – 3 – 15.00 240 154
Jurg Meli CHE 1638.58 5 1.5 0 1 – – 5 2 – 0 – – 14.50 240 155-158
Ari Mottonen FIN 1753.85 5 2.5 – – – – 5 1 0 1 – – 14.50 240 155-158
Oliver Ralik SVK 1779.98 5 3.5 – – – 0 5 – – – 1 – 14.50 240 155-158
Vilimantas Satkus LTU 2107.64 5 3.5 – – – 0 5 – 0 – 1 0 14.50 240 155-158
Frantisek Bobisud CZE 1604.37 5 – – – – – 5 – – 1 3 – 14.00 234 159
Juraj Kolcak SVK 1635.02 5 0 – – – 0 5 1 – – 3 – 14.00 239 160
David Astasio ESP 5 – 0 – – – 5 4 0 – – – 14.00 240 161-165
Fuad Gurbanov AZE 5 0 5 2 – – 0 2 0 – – – 14.00 240 161-165
Oleg Klementiev UKR 1818.01 5 – – – – – 5 – – 1 3 – 14.00 240 161-165
Naoki Matsuzaki JPN 1698.71 5 0 – – – – 5 4 – – – – 14.00 240 161-165
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Bozidar Soskic SRB 1942.57 5 – 0 1 0 0 0 4 – 1 3 – 14.00 240 161-165
Rolf Sieberg DEU 1799.46 5 0 – 0 2.5 – 0 1 – 0 5 – 13.50 240 166-168
Tomomichi Suzuki JPN 2010.98 5 0 – 0 2.5 0 5 – – 0 1 – 13.50 240 166-168
Romanoz Tsurtsumia GEO 5 0 2.5 – – – 5 1 – – – – 13.50 240 166-168
Karol Ruckschloss SVK 1934.85 5 0 5 2 – – 0 1 – – – – 13.00 200 169
Arto Heimonen FIN 1616.70 5 0 – 2 – – 5 – – 1 – – 13.00 236 170
Ana-Margareta-Alexandra Dobre ROU w 5 0 – 0 – – 5 2 0 1 – – 13.00 239 171-172
Andrei Krohmalnik ISR 1820.08 5 – 0 – – 0 5 – – – 3 – 13.00 239 171-172
Alexander Fica CZE 1678.33 5 0 – – – 0 5 – – – 3 – 13.00 240 173-174
Stanislav Shandyga UKR 1567.09 h 5 – – – – – 5 – – – 3 – 13.00 240 173-174
Borut Luzar SVN 1677.87 5 0 – 0 2.5 – 0 2 – – 3 – 12.50 232 175
Grigore Muset MDA 2339.84 0 2 0 0 2.5 0 5 2 – 1 – – 12.50 240 176-177
Georgiy Oblyashevskiy UKR 1783.93 5 – 2.5 – – 0 5 – – 0 – – 12.50 240 176-177
Joza Tucakov SRB 1708.52 5 0 – – – – 5 2 – – – – 12.00 236 178
Lubomir Ursta CZE 1870.22 5 0 – 1 – – 5 1 – 0 – – 12.00 238 179
Zdenko Bender HRV 1745.20 h 5 – 0 0 – – 5 2 – 0 – – 12.00 240 180-181
Martin Söllig DEU 5 0 – 0 – 0 5 1 0 0 1 – 12.00 240 180-181
Alina L'Ami ROU w 5 3.5 – 0 0 0 0 3 – 0 – – 11.50 240 182
Matlab Gadirov AZE 5 0 – 1 – – 5 – 0 0 – – 11.00 237 183
Attilio Andreazza ITA 1895.67 5 – 0 0 – – 5 – – – 1 – 11.00 240 184-187
Titos Betsos GRC 5 0 – – – – 5 1 – – – – 11.00 240 184-187
Julius Pham POL 1664.14 5 0 – – – – 5 – – 0 1 – 11.00 240 184-187
Tadeusz Wozniak POL 1611.94 5 0 – 0 – 0 5 – – 0 1 – 11.00 240 184-187
Klavdiya Solovchuk UKR w 5 – – – 2.5 – 0 – – – 3 – 10.50 240 188
Mihajlo Milanovic SRB 2035.88 0 – 0 – – – 5 – – – 5 – 10.00 237 189
Evaggelos Petridis GRC 1600.00 5 – 0 0 – – 5 – – – – – 10.00 240 190
Harold van der Heijden NLD 1790.89 0 – – 2 – 0 5 – – 2 – – 9.00 227 191
Danut Enache ROU 1830.31 5 2.5 – – – – 0 1 0 – – – 8.50 190 192
Sabina Guliyeva AZE w 5 0 2.5 1 – 0 0 0 – – – – 8.50 203 193
Claudio Falco ITA 5 2.5 – 0 0 – 0 1 – 0 – – 8.50 240 194
Elnur Aliyev AZE 5 – – – – – 0 – – – 3 – 8.00 181 195
Oleg Bagel RUS 1487.55 h 0 0 – – – – 5 3 – – – – 8.00 238 196
Waldemar Starzyński POL 0 0 0 2 – – 5 1 – 0 – – 8.00 240 197
Aleksandr Derevchuk UKR 1805.46 5 0 – 0 2.5 0 – – – – – – 7.50 240 198-201
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Gheorghe Kiliverdi MDA 2336.03 h 0 0 – 0 2.5 – 5 – – 0 – – 7.50 240 198-201
Emmanouel Manolas GRC 1733.92 5 0 – – 2.5 0 0 – – 0 – – 7.50 240 198-201
Paul Valois GBR 2053.54 5 2.5 – – – 0 0 – – 0 – – 7.50 240 198-201
Jose Manuel Blanco BRA 1600.00 5 0 – – – – 0 2 – 0 – – 7.00 160 202
Ramil Safaraliyev AZE 5 0 – 1 – 0 0 1 – 0 – – 7.00 224 203
Iosef Rudshtein ISR 1666.97 5 – – 1 – – 0 1 – 0 – – 7.00 239 204-205
Guy Segal ISR 5 0 – – – 0 0 1 – 0 1 – 7.00 239 204-205
Frantisek sen. Bobisud CZE 1566.29 0 – – 1 – 0 5 – – 1 – – 7.00 240 206-208
Romualdas Račinskas LTU 1635.49 5 2 – – – – 0 – – – – – 7.00 240 206-208
Boris Revyakin RUS 1647.06 5 0 – – – – 0 2 – – – – 7.00 240 206-208
Turkan Hasanova AZE w 0 0 – – – – 5 1 – – 0 – 6.00 220 209
Shalom Brenner ISR 5 0 0 – – – 0 1 – – – – 6.00 229 210
Tudor Bujor MDA 0 0 0 0 – – 5 1 0 0 – – 6.00 236 211
Stefan Chiliverdi MDA 5 0 – – – – 0 1 – – – – 6.00 240 212-215
Dimitrii Dimov MDA 1673.16 h 5 – 0 1 – 0 0 – – – – – 6.00 240 212-215
Luis Carlos Onetxa ESP 0 0 0 0 – – 5 1 0 – – – 6.00 240 212-215
Zenki Sato JPN 1662.52 5 – – – – – 0 – – – 1 – 6.00 240 212-215
Kenneth Solja FIN 1603.33 5 0 – – – 0 0 – – – – – 5.00 235 216
Roxana Adoamnei ROU w 5 0 – 0 – 0 0 – – 0 – – 5.00 238 217
Haji Mammedov AZE 1819.94 5 – – – – – 0 – – – – – 5.00 239 218
Dimitris Hararis GRC 0 – – – – – 0 0 – – – – 0.00 240 219-220
Vidadi Zamanov AZE 0 0 – – – – 0 0 – – – – 0.00 240 219-220
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ISC 2012 RESULTS: Category 2 - by ranking
8th International Solving Contest (ISC) - Sunday January 29th 2012
Solver From Title Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Time Rank
Israel Tzur ISR 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 40.00 180 1
Ţivojin Perović SRB 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 38.00 180 2
Peter Šoltýs SVK 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 38.00 193 3
Jerguš Pecháč SVK 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 36.00 205 4
Razvan-Stefan Dicu ROU 5 5 3 5 5 5 0 5 33.00 180 5
José Fernando Blanco ESP 5 5 3 5 5 5 0 5 33.00 220 6
Katarina Ostojić SRB w 5 5 2 5 5 5 5 1 33.00 234 7
Jozef Kobolka SVK 5 5 3 5 5 5 0 3 31.00 206 8
Kanan Mahmudzada AZE 5 5 3 3 0 5 5 3 29.00 205 9
Giorgi Sibashvili GEO 0 5 3 3 5 5 5 3 29.00 240 10
Vasili Ostojić SRB 5 5 2 0 5 5 3.5 3 28.50 208 11
Nodar Gogadze GEO 5 5 5 2 5 0 5 – 27.00 240 12-14
David Maayan ISR 5 5 2 5 5 0 – 5 27.00 240 12-14
Yves Regniers BEL - 5 5 2 – 5 5 – 5 27.00 240 12-14
Jeyhun Huseynzada AZE 5 5 3 3 0 0 5 5 26.00 169 15
Israel Han ISR 5 5 3 5 5 0 – 3 26.00 222 16
David Stern ISR 5 5 – 0 5 5 5 1 26.00 240 17
Rens ter Veen NLD 5 5 1 0 5 5 3.5 – 24.50 240 18
Mihailo Savić SRB 0 5 3 3 0 5 5 3 24.00 240 19
Alakbar Tahmazov AZE 5 5 3 0 0 5 5 0 23.00 213 20
Marian Červenka SVK 1600,00 5 0 3 0 5 5 – 3 21.00 240 21
Farid Aslanov AZE 5 0 3 4 0 0 5 3 20.00 146 22
Michal Wengierow POL 1600.00 h 0 0 5 5 5 5 – – 20.00 238 23
Giorgi Chumburidze GEO 5 – 5 – 0 5 5 – 20.00 240 24
Anatoly Makovetsky UKR 5 5 3 0 0 5 0 1 19.00 240 25
Bojan Kostić SRB 5 0 0 – 5 5 – 3 18.00 182 26
Jacek Szwaj POL 0 5 3 0 5 0 5 0 18.00 208 27
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Tomer Chiba ISR 5 5 2 – 5 0 – 1 18.00 228 28
Andrei Moseiko UKR 0 5 4 2 0 5 0.5 1 17.50 240 29
Mihajlo Branković SRB 5 – 1 1 0 5 5 – 17.00 240 30
René Mayer ESP 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 15.00 173 31
Emilios Leftheriotis GRC 1600.00 5 0 – 4 5 0 – 1 15.00 206 32
Tristan Gurchiani GEO 5 – – – 0 5 5 – 15.00 240 33
Mihail Kuzmin RUS 5 5 1 – 0 0 3.5 – 14.50 85 34
Dušan Medveď SVK 1600 0 0 3 0 5 0 5 1 14.00 184 35
Christof Asvestopoulos GRC 5 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 14.00 240 36-38
Evgeniy Levchuk UKR 0 0 2 1 5 5 0 1 14.00 240 36-38
Igor Nemytyshev RUS 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 3 14.00 240 36-38
Kyriakos Athanasopoulos GRC 1447.77 h 5 5 – 0 0 0 0 3 13.00 207 39
Beñat Lomas ESP 5 0 3 0 0 0 – 5 13.00 225 40
Marek Ardamica SVK 0 5 3 0 0 5 0 0 13.00 240 41-44
Joseba Egaña ESP 5 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 13.00 240 41-44
Ivan Oleinik UKR 0 0 2 1 5 5 0 0 13.00 240 41-44
Dieter Stremmer DEU 1648.87 h 0 5 3 4 0 0 0 1 13.00 240 41-44
Danila Pavlov RUS 5 5 2 – 0 0 – – 12.00 76 45
Wiktor Błażejczyk POL 0 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 12.00 240 46-47
Mihail Mesteckiy RUS 0 0 2 5 5 – 0 – 12.00 240 46-47
Renato Carvalho BRA 0 5 1 0 5 0 – – 11.00 101 48
Dušan Radovanović SRB 5 5 1 0 0 0 – – 11.00 225 49
Danilo Branković SRB 5 – 1 – 0 5 0 – 11.00 240 50-52
José Ángel López de Turiso ESP 0 0 2 4 0 0 – 5 11.00 240 50-52
Johan Verachtert BEL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 240 50-52
Egor Semenov RUS 1612.49 5 5 0 – 0 0 0.5 – 10.50 90 53
Petruta-Alisia Moldovan ROU w 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 1 10.00 219 54
Lorenzo García Galeote ESP 5 0 2 3 0 0 – – 10.00 235 55
Zaur Bayramov AZE 0 0 0 – 0 5 5 0 10.00 236 56
Daniil Averianov RUS 5 – – – 5 – 0 – 10.00 240 57-60
Alessandro Ettore Cimò ITA 0 0 – 0 5 5 0 – 10.00 240 57-60
Sofoklis Guovas GRC 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 10.00 240 57-60
Vasilije Kostić SRB – – – 0 5 5 – – 10.00 240 57-60
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Semen Dorohin RUS 0 5 1 – 0 0 3.5 – 9.50 84 61
Gregor Vuk SVN 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.5 – 9.50 216 62
Anton Ostrochovský SVK 0 0 1 – 5 0 – 3 9.00 240 63-64
Ivan Paulička SVK 0 0 3 – 5 0 – 1 9.00 240 63-64
Jaroslav Malyhin RUS 0 0 0 – 0 5 3.5 – 8.50 86 65
Lala Rzabayli AZE w 0 5 3 – 0 0 – – 8.00 213 66
Liliana Olea ROU w 5 0 2 1 0 0 – – 8.00 215 67
Fernando Antonio de Barros Madeu BRA 1666.38 – – – 3 5 0 – – 8.00 240 68-69
Herman van Malde NLD 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 8.00 240 68-69
Alexandra Maltsevskaja RUS w 0 0 2 – 5 0 0.5 – 7.50 79 70
Vasilije Ivanović SRB 0 5 1 0 0 0 – 1 7.00 208 71
Gunnar Marklund SWE 0 0 2 0 5 0 – – 7.00 210 72
Reinaldo Mano BRA 0 0 2 0 5 0 – – 7.00 238 73
Stefano Gasperoni ITA 0 5 2 – – – – – 7.00 240 74-75
Ivan Sokur POL 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 7.00 240 74-75
Ilya Galichkin RUS 5 0 1 – 0 0 0 – 6.00 78 76-77
Ksenia Shahmatova RUS w – 0 1 – 5 0 – – 6.00 78 76-77
Gerasimos Malataras GRC 0 0 1 – 0 5 – – 6.00 215 78
Aydan Huseynzada AZE w 0 5 1 0 0 0 – – 6.00 240 79-81
Giovani Kerckhove BEL 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 – 6.00 240 79-81
Dan Shani ISR 0 0 1 5 0 0 – – 6.00 240 79-81
Maria Klyueva RUS w 0 0 0 – 5 0 – – 5.00 90 82
Nikos Betsos GRC 5 0 – – 0 – 0 – 5.00 220 83
Ivan Runec BLR – – – – 5 0 – – 5.00 228 84
Marina-Bianca Bucur ROU w 0 – 2 2 – 0 0 – 4.00 218 85
Anton Zorich BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 – 3.50 232 86
Serge Braichuk BLR 0 0 0 3 0 0 – – 3.00 212 87
Konstantinos Triantos GRC 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 214 88
Jakov Sheletun RUS 0 0 0 – 0 0 2 – 2.00 77 89
Nikolay Maltsevsky RUS 0 0 2 – 0 0 0 – 2.00 85 90
Arsen Manukjan RUS 0 0 2 – 0 0 – – 2.00 90 91
Xaria Brebenel ROU w 0 – 1 – 0 – 0.5 – 1.50 101 92
Arthur Ignatenko RUS 0 0 1 – 0 0 – – 1.00 78 93
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David Milicevic SVN 0 0 1 – 0 0 0 – 1.00 237 94
Anna Maltsevskaja RUS w 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 – 0.00 90 95-98
Kirill Romanov RUS 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 – 0.00 90 95-98
Nikolay Shestuh RUS 0 0 – – 0 0 – – 0.00 90 95-98
Vadim Teljakov RUS 0 0 0 – 0 0 – – 0.00 90 95-98
Feliks Aškinazi LTU - 0 0 0 – 0 0 – – 0.00 240 99-108
Alexei Braichuk BLR 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 – 0.00 240 99-108
Francisco Hornas ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0.00 240 99-108
Nela Kolčáková SVK w 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 240 99-108
Avinoam Krieger ISR 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0.00 240 99-108
Ladislav Krump SVK 0 0 – – 0 0 – 0 0.00 240 99-108
Teodoro Lizarduy ESP 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0.00 240 99-108
Alexander Obernichin BLR 0 0 – 0 0 0 – – 0.00 240 99-108
Petr Sabel BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0.00 240 99-108
Mario Zanchi ITA 0 – – – – – – – 0.00 240 99-108
108 solver(s)
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2
3
Problems and Solutions - Category 1
#2
#3
#4
Aleksandr Pankratiev
Clube Xadrez Belo Horizonte 50JT 1990-2, 1.-3.Pr.
1.Bg1? (2.S3xc4#) Kxe5 2. Qxf6 # 1. … Sc2!
1. Qxf6? (2.Sd7#) Kc5 2. Sd3 # 1. … Sc6!
1.Sd3! (5) thr./Kxe3
2. Qc5/Bg1 #
Don Smedley
Observer 1989-90, 1. Pr.
1.Bg8! dr. 2. f7 (1)
1. … Rc2,Rc1 2. Rxe5+ (0,5) Kxe5 3. Qxe3 #
1. … Sa4 2. Rxe5+ (0,5) Kxe5 3. Qxe3 #
1. … Sxc4 2. Rd4+ (0,5) Kxd4 3. Qxc4 #
1. … Rxc4 2. Sd6+ (0,5) Kd4 3. Qxc4 #
1. … Rd3 2. Rxd3 (0,5) Sxd3 3. Sd6 #
1. … Sd3 2. Rxd3 (0,5) Rxd3 3. Rxe5 #
1. … Sf7 2. Bxf7 (0,5) Bxg4 3. Qxg4 #
1. … Bf1 2. Qxf1 (0,5) - 3. Qh1,Qg2/Qf4 #
Norman MacLeod, Hans Peter Rehm
Die Schwalbe 1989, 2. HM
1. Kh3? c4! 2. Kg2 Qc5!
1. Kg2? Sc4! 2. Kh3 Sxe5!
1.Rf7! dr. 2. fxe6#
1. ... Rf8 2. Kg2 Sc4 3. Kh3 (2,5) Sxe5 4. Bxh6 #
1. ... exf5 2. Kh3 c4 3. Kg2 (2,5) Qc5/d4 4. Rfxf5/Re4 #
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5
6
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h#5
2 solutions
s#3
Oscar J. Carlsson
Mundo de Ajedrez 1975
1. Sb1 (1) (i) Rc8 (ii) 2. Sg8 (1) d4! 3. Bxd4 g1Q! (iii) 4. Bxg1 Rxc2! 5. Kg4!! (1) (iv) Rg2+ 6. Kf3! (1) Rxg8! 7. hxg8B! Kxg1 8. Bc4 (1) (v) +-
(i) 1. h8Q? b1Q 2. Qg8 Qf1 -+; 1. Sg4? g1Q 2. Bxg1 b1Q 3. Sxb1 Kxg1 4. c3 Bxc3 =
(ii) 1. ...d4 2. h8Q g1Q 3. Qa8+ +-
(iii) 3. ... Rxc2 4. Bg1! Rc3+ 5. Kg4 Kxg1 6. h8Q +-
(iv) 5. h8Q? Rh2+! 6. Bxh2 =
5. Kg3? Rh2! = ;
5. Kh4? Kxg1 6. Kg5 Rg2+ 7. Kf6 Rh2 =
(v) 8....Kh2 9. Bf1 Kg1 10. Ke2 Kh2 11. Kf2 Kh1 12. Sd2 b1Q 13. Bg2+ Kh2 14. Sf3 #
P. Makarenko, Aleksandr Pankratiev
The Problemist 1990, 1. HM
I) 1.Bd4 Kb4 2. Bxe3+ Kxc3 3. Bd4+ Kb4 4. Re5 Kb5 5. Rge4 c4# (2,5)
II) 1.Rg8 Ka4 2. Rxe3 Kb3 3. Re5 Kxc3 4. Rc8 Kd3 5. Rc6 c4# (2,5)
Friedrich Chlubna, Klaus Wenda
feenschach 1983, 1. Pr.
1. Ra4? (2.Ba2) Rd8!
1. Ra3? (2.Ba2) e5!
1. Be5? Bg6!
1.Kf1! dr. 2.d3 dr.,Rxf8 3.Sd4+ (1) Bxd4#
1.... ... 2.... dr.,Bg6,e5 3.Se3+ (1) Bxe3#
1.... Rxf8 2.Se3+ Ke6 3.Sf5+ (1) Be3#
1.... Bg6 2.Sd4+ Kxf6 3.Sde6+ (1) Bd4#
1.... e5 2.Se1+ e4 3.Rxa5+ (1) Bc5#
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8
9
#2
#3
#6
Liew Chee Meng
The Problemist 1985-I, 3. Pr.
1. Re4? Rd5! 1. Se5? Rd4!
1.Sb8! (5) dr. 2. Sd7 #
1. ... Be5, Rd5 2. R(x)d5 #
1. ... Re4, Bd3+ 2. S(x)d3 #
1. ... Rd4, Be4 2. Q(x)d4 #
1. ... Rg7 2. Rd5 #
1. ... Re5 2. Qf8 #
Carel Sammelius
Schweizerische Arbeiterzeitung 1980-1, 1. Pr.
1.Bg3! dr. 2. Qa3+ (1) Rd3/Bd3 3. Qe7/Qc1 #
1. ... Rd1 2. Qb3+ (1) Rd3/Bd3 3. Qe6/Qxb6 #
1. ... Bc4 2. Qc3+ (1) Rd3/Bd3 3. Qe1/Qd2 #
1. ... Qh2,Qh7,Qg7,Qf8 2. Rxf3+ (1) Kxf3 3. Qf4 #
1. ... Qxf4 2. Bxf4+ (1) Kd3 3. Rd2,Qc4 #
Dieter Kutzborski, Stefan Eisert
Saechsische Zeitung 1980, 2. Pr.
1. Kb2! (dr. 2. Bd7+ Kd5 3. Sf6+ Kxc4 4. Bb5 #)
1. ... bxa3+! 2. Kb3 Rxh3+ 3. Rf3! Rh5! 4. Sf6 Bh3 5. Rf5 (5) Rxf5/Bxf5 6. Bd7/Bd5 #
1. ... d3 2. Bd7+ Kd5 3. Rf4 (5#)
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h#3
3 solutions
s#5
Siegfried Hornecker
Original
1. Rh1+ (1) (i) Kg2 2. Ba7! (1) (ii) Kxg3 3. Bxd4 Kg2 4. Rh4!! (1) (iii) e2+
5. Ke1 b2 (iv) 6. Rg4+ Kh3 7. Bxb2 (1) axb2 (v) 8. Rb4 Kg2 9. Rg4+ (1) Kh3 10. Rb4 =
(i) 1. Se2+? fxe2+ 2. Kxe2 b2! 3. Rh3 b1Q 4. Rg3+ Kh2 5. Rxe3+ Qxb8 -+
(ii) 2. Be5? d3! -+
(iii) 4. Rh8? e2+ 5. Ke1 (5. Kd2 e1Q+ 6. Kxe1 f2+ 7. Bxf2 b2 -+) f2+ 6. Bxf2 b2
7. Kxe2 b1Q 8. Rg8+ Kh3 9. Rh8+ Kg4 10. Rg8+ … Kh7 -+
(iv) 5… f2+ 6. Bxf2 b2 7. Kxe2 b1Q 8. Rg4+ Kh3 9. Rh4+ =
(v) 7. ... Kxg4 8. Ba3 =
Christer Jonsson
The Problemist 1991
I) 1. Ke4 Bg3 2. Rh3 Bb8 3. Rd3 Rf4 #
II) 1. e6 Be7 2. Sg3 Bc5 3. Se4 f4 #
III) 1. Sf3 Bg5 2. Sd4 f3 3. e6 Bf4 #
(1 sol = 1 pt; 2 sol = 3 pts; 3 sol = 5 pts)
Bertil Gedda
Stella Polaris 1972, 1. Pr.
1.Qa7!
1.... g3 2.Bf8 g2 3.Se7+ Kd6 4.Seg6+ Kc6 5.Se5+ (2,5) Sxe5 #
1.... gxh3 2.Ra3 bxa3 3.b4 cxb4 4.Kb3 Kb5 5.Sd4+ (2,5) Sxd4#
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Problems and Solutions - Category 2
1
2
3
#2
#2
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Herbert Ahues
Thema Danicum 1991, 1. Pr.
1. Bb6? S2e4!
1. Bxe3? S6e4!
1. Bd4? Qc8!
1. Bb4? Sb5!
1. Ba3! (5) dr./S2e4/S6e4/Qc8/Sb5/Bxd5/Qd4
2. Rc5/Sb6/Sxe3/Rd4/Ra4/Bxd5/Rxd4 #
Lev Loshinski
L’Italia Scacchistica 1930, 1. HM
1.Rb1! (5) dr. 2. d4 #
1. … Bg4/Rg4 2. Bg1/Se6 #
1. … Re6/Be6 2. Sd7/Bd6 #
1. … Rb2/Bb2 2. Qxc3/Qf2 #
1. … Rd6 2. Bxd6 #
Mike Brent
Schweizerische Schachzeitung 1987-88, Comm.
1.Sd4+ (1) Sxd4 2. Kf8 (1) Kf6 3. e8S+ (1) (3. e8Q? Se6+ -+) Ke6 4. Sxc7+ Kd7 5. Se8 (1) (5. Sa6? Se6+ -+) Se6+ 6. Kf7 Sc7+ 7. Kf8 (1) Sxe8 =
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5
6
s#2
#2
#2
M Limbach
The Problemist 1988, 2. Pr.
1. Rde1? Qd5!
1.Ba2! (1)
1...... thr. 2.Se3+ (1) Sxe3#
1...... Qe4 2.Rf7+ (1) Sf6#
1...... Qa7,Qb6 2.Rd5+ (1) Se5#
1...... Sg2 2.hxg4+ (1) Rxg4#
Norman MacLeod
Springaren 1988, 3. HM
1. Sc6/Sd7/Sf7/Sg6/Sf3? Sxb5/dxc5/Be3/Rxh8/Bf6 !
1. Sg4! (5) dr. 2. c4 #
1. … Sxb5/dxc5/Rxh8/Bf6 2. Qxa8/Qd8/Qxg5/Sxf6 #
Norman MacLeod
Mat 1988, 1. Pr.
1. Sf7? S4-!
1. Sc8/Se8/Sdc4/Sb5? S4g6/Sh5/Sg2/Se2 !
1. Se4? Kxd4!
1. Sf5? cxd4!
1. Sdb7! (5) dr./S4-/ S8g6/Sd7/ Kxd4/cxd4/Rd6
2. Qe5/Qxc6/Qxd8/Qd6/Rd1/ Rg5/ Qxd6 #
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8
#3
h#2
3 solutions
L. Makaronez
The Problemist 2008
1.Sf6! (0,5) d6 2. Kc7 (1,5) d5 3. Sd7 #
1. … d5 2. Sg8 (1,5) Kd6 3. Qe7 #
1. ... Kd6 2. Qe1 (1,5) Kc5 3. Qb4 #
Attila Benedek
The Problemist 1991
I) 1. Qc5 Sb4 2. Kd4 Re4 #
II) 1. Qd2 Re4+ 2. Kd3 Sb4 #
III) 1. Kd3 Sf3 2. Qc4 Sde1 #
(1 sol = 1 pt; 2 sol. = 3 pts ; 3 sol = 5 pts)
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