SOLUTIONS
CHESS CAMEOS
No. XXVI
Black has made the false move Kt from Q sq to Kt 3. When this is replaced, and the king is moved as the proper penalty, White mates at once with one or other of the Knights.
No. XXVII
Replace the White Kt at B 7, and a Black Pawn at K 4; then P takes P en pas. Mate.
ANALYSIS AND PROOF
It can be proved that Black’s last move must have been P from K 2 to K 4, so that White may take the P en pas.
The Black King cannot have moved from any occupied square.
(The White Kt now occupies B 7.)
Nor from Kt 3 or 4, as both are now doubly guarded, so that he cannot have moved out of a check.
(The White Kt now helps to guard Kt 5.)
Nor can he have moved from K 2, as the White P on Q 6 cannot have moved to give check.
No other P can have moved.
The K P cannot have moved from K 3, became of the position of the White King.
Therefore Black’s last move must have been P from K 2 to K 4, which White can take en pas giving Mate.
No. XXVIII
B—Q 2P—R 7 B—R 5P—R 7 becomes Q P—Kt 4any White hasno move.
The way in which the B runs to earth and is shut in is most ingenious. Black with the new Q cannot anyhow give White a move.
No. XXIX
R—Kt 7, ch.K moves R—Kt 5P becomes Q R—B 5, ch.Q × R, stalemate.
No. XXX
B—Kt 8.
No. XXXI
B—R 4.
No. XXXII
B—R sq.
No. XXXIII
B—Q 4.
No. XXXIV
B—B sq.
No. XXXV
K—R 4.
No. XXXVI
Kt—Kt’s 6.
No. XXXVII
R—Kt 5Kt × R Kt—B 6Kt—B 6 ch. Kt × Kt mate
No. XXXVIII
Kt—R 7B moves Q—KB 8B returns Q—R 8 mate.
Any other move of the Kt would impede the movements of the Q.
No. XXXIX
R—R sq.B moves. Q—Kt sq.B returns. Q to Kt sq. mate.
No. XL
This beautiful problem is solved by:—
Q—Kt 6P × Q K—B 2any mates accordingly.
or
Kt—K 3 R—B 3any mates accordingly.
No. XLI
R—R 2.B × Kt Q—R sq.any Q mates.
if
B—Q sq. Kt—QB 8,any Q or Kt mates.
if
B elsewhere Kt—QB 6,any Q or Kt mates.
No. XLII
Kt—Kt 4, dis. ch.K—R 8. Q—KR 2, ch.P × Q. Kt—B 2, mate.
There are other variations.
No. XLIII
B—Kt sq.P × Kt, Q—QR7,K × Kt. Q mates.
If K × Kt, Q × P, and mates next move.
No. XLIV
K—Q 7,K moves R—Q 5,K × R Q mates.
No. XLV
R—Q 8K moves Q × P, ch.K × Q B mates.
if
B moves Q—K 7any Q mates.
No. XLVI
B—B 6K × R Q—Q 7, ch.K × Q R mates.
if
B × R R—B 6, ch.K × P Q mates.
There are other variations.
No. XLVII
Q—R 8Kt × Q Kt—B 6any mates accordingly.
No. XLVIII
B—Kt 8B—K Kt 2 Q × B, ch.Kt—K 4 Q—QR 7, mate.
if
B—B 3 Q—Q 2, ch.K moves P mates.
No. XLIX
B—Kt 2K—K 4 Q—K 3 ch.any mates.
There are other variations.
No. L
Q—KR 2K—B 3 or B4 Q—Q 6, ch.Q × Q Kt—K 5. double ch. mate.
There are other variations.
No. LI
R—QR sq.P moves R—R 2P × R P mates.
No. LII
Q—B sq.P—K 7 Q × BP ch.K—Q 3 Q mates.
if
K—Q 2 Q × BP ch.K—B 3 Q mates.
There are other variations.
No. LIII
B—R 8K—R 2 Q—QR sq.K moves Q—Q Kt. 7, mate.
No. LIV
Q—R 5B × Q or B—B 2 Kt—Kt 5any Kt mates.
No. LV
K—Kt 7Kt—B 3 Q—Q 5, ch.Kt × Q Kt. mates.
if
P—K 3 Q—B 8, ch.K moves Q mates.
No. LVI
R—Kt 6P moves B—Kt 4P × B R × P mate.
No. LVII
Kt from R 3—Kt 5P × Kt B—B 4P × B P—Q 4 ch.P × P en pas R—B 5 mate.
if
R × B R—Kt 5 ch.any mates accordingly.
and if
Q—K 6 Kt—Q 6Q—Kt 3 R—B 5 ch.Q × R Kt—B 7 mate.