Shot Problems

[tommyc]

A nice wee handy sight solver this one,just the kind i like.............13-9 6x13 and the banana shot then by 10x7 finishing in 1st position.

[JohnAcker]

White to move and win. This came up in a Kurnik game tonight.

[JohnAcker]

Red to move and win; this is from a game I just played. I'll tell you right now that 9-14 is a positional win, but there's also a tactical shot here.

[jaguar72]

John's 28 July 2011 shot problem.

John, I managed to sight-solve this one (very unusual for me, alas). It is a spectacular shot, especially since it occurred in a real game. A nice waiting move and the sting at the tail end of the combination is quite pretty.

Here's what I got (it took me awhile).

Black to move and win:

7-11 21x14, 12-16 19x3K, 2-7 3x10, 6x31K 13x6, 1x17 and Red should win (I think).

I think that is probably correct; if not, I can't find anything else...I've shot my bolt.

Great problem.

V/R,

Gary Jenkins/Jaguar72

[JohnAcker]

Yes, Gary, that's correct. Here's another sight-solver, an old one:

Red to move and win.

[Jason Solan]

.... a bit of an experiment
The next phase of my games viewer will be handling problems.

Let me know what you think

http://www.usacheckers.com/problemTestAcker.php

[George Hay]

Jason, very good! I like the "flip" option like you have in the weekly random game.
The test run worked fine for me! --George Hay

[jaguar72]

Yes, Gary, that's correct. Here's another sight-solver, an old one:
(29 July shot problem):

R: 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,12,14
W: 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 30, 31

Sorry, John. It wasn't a sight-solver for me, at least not completely.

9-13 18x9, 13-17 21x14, 6x13 15x6, 2x27 31x24 and then 7-10 (I think) gives Red the opposition but it's a tricky ending anyway and requires some care (or maybe not, but it did for me...).

Thanks. Nice problem.

V/R,

Gary Jenkins/Jaguar72

[JohnAcker]

This one is based on an idea in Moiseyev vs. Borghetti G29, but the actual position didn't come up. Red to move and win.

[JohnAcker]

A nice escape, from 12-16 22-17 16-19. Red to move and draw.

[JohnAcker]

Here's a simple one: white to move and win.

[Eric Strange]

If you guys are enjoying these random games, I added something to front page of icheckers.net that pulls random games from my endgame database. You can click "new game" to get a new problem and even click "maximize" to get full playback options. I am sorta addicted to it. Enjoy

[George Hay]

Eric, thanx for the update and explanation. I thought those were "screen shots." : -)
http://icheckers.net/
--George Hay

[Mac Banks]

In 1958 my friend Matt Long pulled a shot on J. C. Monroe while playing in The Denvir Master Mail Tourney. Here is the position:

J. C. Monroe -Red: 2,3,10,11,15,21,17,27K

Matt Long- White: 30,26,22,13,20,12,18, 1K and it is white's move

Now White goes 26-23 (A), 17-26, 13-9, 15-22, 1-5, 27-18, 30-7, 3-10,

9-6, 2-9, 5-16, White Wins

(A) Starts a big stroke that takes eleven pieces off the board and shocks Mr. Monroe.

Bill, Matt Long really enjoyed solving problems and composing problems but maybe his best problem was this as it came up in actual play.

All the best,
Mac Banks

[Mac Banks]

Sorry I didn't put diagram but I didn't know how to get the diagram into the forum after setting up the position.
What is meant by putting the code into your HTML documents?