TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
Mightiest of Minds (Problems)
British Junior Problem Solving
IM Malcolm Pein - Friday 17th June 2011
IM Malcolm Pein reports on the "Mightiest of Minds" Challenge, the inaugural British Junior Chess Problem Solving competition.
The "Mightiest of Minds" Challenge, the inaugural British Junior Chess Problem Solving
Championship, was staged last Sunday at Felsted Preparatory School in Essex. The competition was organised jointly by the British Chess Problem Society and Mike Basman's UK Chess Challenge.Competitors had to solve four mates, two selfmates and two helpmates in two hours, not an easy task. The event is a welcome addition to the UK junior chess scene.
The overall winner was Peter Lalic from Sutton, son of GM Bogdan and WGM Susan Lalic - clearly a chip off the old block. Peter scored a splendid 37.5 out 40 points and won the £250 cash prize for top under 18 and a bonus of £750 as the highest-scoring solver in any section.
The results were: U-18 Boys 1 Peter Lalic 37.5; 2 IM Yang-Fan Zhou 36; 3 Michael Pettit 35.
The Under-18 Girls 1 Sheila Dines 33/40
Under-11 Boys 1 Marley Robinson 27.5
In the Under-11 girls, Lauren Weaver, aged nine, scored an amazing 29/40, outscoring all the Under 11 boys and most of the Under 18s. This only confirms my view that splitting boys and girls or men and women is something that should gradually be phased out in chess as female achievement improves apace.
Here is one of the problems
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White to play and mate in 2
Answer:
1.Ka6! wins
a) Rxb6+ 2.Kxb6#
b)1...Bb7+ 2.Kxb7#
c) 1...Rh5 2.Qa5#
d) 1...Rg2 2.Rb1#
A more conventional puzzle from a game played by the Kyrghyz GM Leonid Yurtaev who passed away recently.
V. Malaniuk - L. Yurtaev
USSR Army Team Ch Novosibirsk 1986
Torre Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 d6 5.Nbd2 0-0 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.0-0 Na5 10.Be2 h6 11.Bf4 Be6 12.h3 a6 13.a4 b6 14.Ne5 Qc8 15.Bd3 Rd8 16.Bh2
Leonid Yurtaev
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Vladimir Malaniuk
Black to play and win
Answer:
16...Nh5! 17.Be2
(17.Bc2 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Nc4; 17.Qe2 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Qd7)
17...Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Nb3 0-1
Vasily Ivanchuk played a little too provocatively in round three of the Kings tournament at Medias and was defeated by home representative Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. All games were drawn in round four. Magnus Carlsen was a little better here but there was no way to exploit the extra pawn.
Scores: 1 Carlsen 2.5/4; 2-5 Karjakin, Nakamura, Ivanchuk, Nisipeanu 2; 6 Radjabov 1.5
S Karjakin - M Carlsen
Caro Kann
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.0-0 c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.dxc5 d4 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ng6 11.Qe4 Bxc5 12.a3 a5 13.Nbd2 Bb6 14.Rb1 a4 15.b4 axb3 16.Rxb3 0-0 17.c5 Bxc5 18.Rxb7 Qd5 19.Qxd5 exd5 20.Nb3 Bxa3 21.Bxa3 Rxa3 22.Nbxd4 Ngxe5 23.Nxc6 Nxc6 24.Rc7 Rc3 25.Re1 Rc4 26.Rd7 Nb4 27.g3 h6 28.Ree7 Nc6 29.Re1 Rc5 30.Kg2 Nb4 31.Ree7 Nc6 32.Re1 Rb8 33.h4 Rc8 34.Rb1 d4 35.Nxd4 draw
