Kopajev case

It is known that Vyacheslav Kopajev already some years ago flooded magazines with series of his h#2 showing multiple bicoloured Bristol movements, mostly by two queens. Some were more, some less original, but compared to themselves most of them were largely selfanticipated. And his history repeats again, slightly changed, in field of twomovers...
Vyacheslav Kopajev
11184 Probleemblad 1999
deprived of 1st Prize

1.Rdd3? th. 2.Bf4# 1...Qxf7, Rf6, Bxd5 2.Rb3#, Ra3#, Bd4#, 1...exd3!

1.Ra3? th. 2.Bf4#, 1...Rf6, Bxd5 2.Rdd3#, Rb4#, 1...Qxf7!

1.Rb3? th. 2.Bf4#, 1...Qxf7, Bxd5 2.Rdd3#, Ra4#, 1...Rf6!

1.Rcd3! th. 2.Bf4#, 1...Qxf7, Rf6, Bxd5 2.Rb4#, Ra4#, Rxd5#

In Probleemblad 4/2000 there is award by Henk le Grand where he praises given #2 as a clear example of hypermodern problem. 2 issues later there is revision of award. Wieland Bruch has sent set of examples showing that Kopajev wasn't the first with this idea, of these the following problem is cited in detail...









#2 (11+5)
Vyacheslav Pilchenko
7th HM The Problemist 1996

1.Rdc5? th. 2.exf5# 1...Rxg4, Qxg4 2.Rc3#, Rc2#, 1...Bxd5!

1.Rc2? th. 2.exf5#, 1...Qxg4, Bxe5 2.Rdc5#, Rd3#, 1...Rxg4!

1.Rc3? th. 2.exf5#, 1...Rxg4, Bxe5 2.Rdc5#, Rd2#, 1...Qxg4!

1.Rcc5! th. 2.exf5#, 1...Rxg4, Qxg4, Bxe5 2.Rd3#, Rd2#, Rxe5#

The same base scheme, only part of additional motivation is changed in Kopajev's problem. It may happen sometimes to anyone...









#2 (10+7)
Vyacheslav Kopajev
T0143v Strategems 10 -1999
1st Prize (???) Strategems 1999

1.Rc2? th. 2.Sxf8#, 1...Rg6, fxe4, Rxa1 2.Rdc4#, Rd1#, Qg7#, 1...Qxh4!

1.Rc1? th. 2.Sxf8#, 1...Qxh4, fxe4, Qb2 2.Rdc4#, Rd2#, Sxf3#, 1...Rg6!

1.Rdc4? th. 2.Sxf8#, 1...Qxh4, Rg6, 2.Rc1#, Rc2#, 1...fxe4!

1.Rcc4! th. 2.Sxf8#, 1...Qxh4, Rg6, fxe4 2.Rd1#, Rd2#, Rxe4#

... but it isn't the end. Kopajev have sent almost the same problem to Strategems, where it was awarded by 1st Prize too (by Rauf Aliovsadzade), and ...









#2 (11+11)
Vyacheslav Kopajev
475 Umenie-64 13 - 1999
1st - 2nd Prize ex aequo (???) Martin-Zilina 1998-1999

SORRY - THIS DIAGRAM IS WRONG RIGHT NOW, IT WILL BE CORRECTED AS SOON AS I HAVE THE RIGHT ONE. But the solution is OK.

1.Rc7? th. 2.f3#, 1...Rg3, fxe5 2.Rdc5#, Rd8#, 1...Qxh5!

1.Rc8? th. 2.f3#, 1...Qxh5, fxe5 2.Rdc5#, Rd7#, 1...Rg3!

1.Rdc5? th. 2.f3#, 1...Qxh5, Rg3, 2.Rc8#, Rc7#, 1...fxe5!

1.Rcc5! th. 2.f3#, 1...Qxh5, Rg3, fxe5 2.Rd8#, Rd7#, Rxe5#

... to Slovak magazine Umenie-64, where it got joint 1st Prize (from Juraj Brabec). It all says that the idea of the problems is excellent, also the construction is very good, nevertheless Vyacheslav Kopajev seems to ruin his own name by selfanticipations.









#2 (11+11)

Comments to Juraj Lörinc.
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