February 29th

Alois Szerencsics (29-02-1908 - 17-11-1992) Austrian composer

Alois Szerencsics has problems selected in the FIDE Album and some of his works are quoted in "Problempalette. Schachprobleme österr. Autoren aus den Jahren 1901-1970" (1972) or in "Problempalette II" (1991) by Friedrich Chlubna and Klaus Wenda.

Ebner, Bruno & Szerencsics, Alois
1^st WCCT, 1972
11^th Place, 1972-1975

#3 v		5 + 6

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1. Kg7? (2. f8=Q+ Se8 3. Qfxe8#)

1... Qxf7+ a 2. Sxf7+ A Sxf7 3. Sb7# B
1... Sxf7 b 2. Sb7+ B Qxb7 3. Sxf7# A

but 1... Sf5+!
1. Kh8! (2. f8=Q+ Se8 3. Qfxe8#)

1... Qxf7 a 2. Sb7+ B Sxb7 3. Sxf7# A
1... Sxf7+ b 2. Sxf7+ A Qxf7 3. Sb7# B

This Meredith problem shows the Tura theme, which requests a reciprocal change of continuations with interchange of the 2nd and 3rd white moves.
The problem was also quoted on page 96 of Erik Zierke's very long article "Einheitliche unsymmetrische Mechanismen des reziproken Fortsetzungswechsels über zwei Phasen im vollständigen orthodoxen Direktmatt-Dreizüger" about such reciprocal exchanges in threemovers.

Szerencsics, Alois
Schach-Aktiv TT, 1983
1^st Prize

#2 vv

10 + 11

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1.Qxe6? (2.Qxe5#)

1...Sf3[a] 2.Qxg4#[B]
1...Rf5[b] 2.Qd5#[C]
but 1...Bf5!

1.Qxc7? (2.Qxe5#)

1...Sf3[a] 2.Qxh7#[E]
1...Rf5[b] 2.Qxb7#[F]
but 1...Rxc4!

1.Rxe6! (2.Rxe5#)

1...Sf3[a] 2.Bd3#[A]
1...Bf5/Rf5[b] 2.Qd4#[D]

Zagoruiko 3x2 in a unified and attractive presentation.