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
Show Solution1. 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
Show Solution1.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.
Otto Brennert has published more than 100 problems, with a preference for selfmates (unfortunately some were proved cooked). He also explored maximummers, helpmates (check
this one) and even helpselfmates. He experimented some fairy conditions such as
Gleichstein-Längstzüger (longest move by a piece of the same type than the piece that just played). He composed with Pauly, Wolfgang Heidenfeld and Kurt Richter.
[
Thanks to Dr.Dowd for providing precious info.]
Here is a clean fourmover:
Brennert, Otto
Die Schwalbe, 10-12/1946
77
th TT
1
st Prize
Show Solution1.Sh8! ZZ
1...g6/g5 2.Bxg6+ Kf4 3.Sf7 (4.Rf6#)
1...Kf4 2.Bg6 and now 2...e4 3.Sf7 e3 4.Rd4#
or 2...Kg5 3.Ke3 (4.Sf7#)
1...Kf5 2.Ke3 ~ 3.Bg6 ~ 4.Sf7#
Brennert also composed one of the very first helpselfmates:
Brennert, Otto
4862 Deutsche Schachblätter 15/12/1929
Dedicated to T. R. Dawson for his 40
th birthday
Show Solution1. Bd7 Bf1 2. Ba4 Re2 3. Kd3 Sxc2 4. Se3+ Rxe3#
Battery creation for White and Black.
A
selfmate of his was incorrect due to a dual, but Valery Surkov proposed a C+ version of it in 2010:
Brennert, Otto
Deutsche Schachblätter, Nr.2, 1936 (28)
Version Valery Surkov
Show Solution1. Sc1! ZZ
1... Qxg8 2. Sb3+ Qxb3 3. Bf2+ Qe3 4. Rg5 Qxf2#
1... Qxh7 2. Re4+ Qxe4 3. Qa4+ Kd5 4. Se7 Qxe7#
1... Qxg7 2. Qc5+ bxc5 3. Re4+ Kd5 4. Sf6 Qxf6#
This selfmate in 5 is also interesting, with its change of blocks on f7 and the captures of wQ and wR in set play and actual play.
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