Found after 16 years!

(Text on this page was written by Peter Gvozdják.)

The case of the "lost son". When I wrote in CYCLONE about the possibly first 4-fold Shedey cycle (see p. 19) I did not expect it would be found ever. That problem took part in the Sala-Zvolen match (1988) but being unthematic was never published.
Ludovit Lacny
Original for Chess Composition Microweb 2004

a) 1.fxe5! th. 2.Qxf3# A
1...Kxf5 a 2.Qd3# B
1...Kd5 b 2.Sce3# C
1...exf5 c 2.Qd4# D

b) 1.Se1! th. 2.Qd3# B
1...Kxf5 a 2.Se3# C
1...Kd5 b 2.Qd4# D
1...exf5 c 2.Qf3# A

After 16 years, at the meeting of Slovak composers at Smizany, the organizer of the then tourney Marian Krizovensky showed it to audience! (Nor the author, who was present, did remember it...)









#2 (12+9)
b) f3 -» c6, h3 -» h5
Ludovit Lacny
Emil Klemanic
dedicated to Marian Krizovensky
288 Pat a Mat 46, September 2004

a) 1.gxf5! th. 2.Qg3# A
1...Kxg5 a 2.Qe3# B
1...Kxe5 b 2.Sdf3# C
1...Rxg5 c 2.Qe4# D

b) 1.Sf1! th. 2.Qe3# B
1...Kxg5 a 2.Sf3# C
1...Kxe5 b 2.Qe4# D
1...Rxg5 c 2.Qg3# A

Then, at the very meeting, Emil Klemanic helped to improve the construction.









#2 (12+9)
b) e1 -» f8
Jozef Havran
289 Pat a Mat 46, September 2004

a) 1.d6! th. 2.Rc5# A
1...Kxf5 a 2.Rg5# B
1...Re1 b 2.Qxf4# C
1...Kd5 c 2.Qxd4# D

b) 1.f6! th. 2.Rg5# B
1...Kf5 a 2.Qxf4# C
1...Re1 b 2.Qxd4# D
1...Kxd5 c 2.Rc5# A

And another surprise followed... When seeing it, Jozef Havran, who was there, too, said, he managed the same theme for the same toruney (not published, too!). Who would expect there were two of the "lost sons"?









#2 (12+7)
Promoted force (3 white bishops)
b) b1 «-» h1

Comments to Juraj Lörinc.
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