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		<title>Problem 320: Steven Dowd - Selfmate</title>
		<description>Discuss Problem 320: Steven Dowd - Selfmate</description>
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			<title>eugene rosner says:</title>
			<link>http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/chess-originals-2014/456-steven-dowd-selfmate.html#comment-916</link>
			<description><![CDATA[beautiful echo! W's 2nd move in the 2nd variation is stunning!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>eugene rosner</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Miodrag Mladenovic says:</title>
			<link>http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/chess-originals-2014/456-steven-dowd-selfmate.html#comment-894</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I agree with Diyan. Problem is better without wPh5 (moving position right). I think there is one more reason to do this. That will reduce number of pieces to 8 and that's a miniature (I've been thought that in selfmates maximum number of pieces for miniature is 8 and not 7).]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Miodrag Mladenovic</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 07:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Nikola Predrag says:</title>
			<link>http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/chess-originals-2014/456-steven-dowd-selfmate.html#comment-893</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Very nice. Echoed selfblocks by wB determine the echo-mates ACTIVELY. wRg6 is only a blocker in 1st variation but plays in 2nd one, guarding 8th rank. The formation of wK,wB with 6.Sb7+/Sc6+ and 7.Qe7+/Qf6+ is also echoed but there's no need for 3rd wR to guard 9th rank. So why would only wK have to avoid the edge of the board and bK not? The whole content could be achieved without that wP which I would not add for such an entirely artificial visual effect. A potentially "more natural" position is spoiled. But there is one true effect, 7.Qg6-f6+ opens the line f6-h6 for bQ, just as 7.Qf7-e7+ opens e7-g7. Perfect echo play and motivations in last 3 moves might be a better reason for adding wP.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Nikola Predrag</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Diyan Kostadinov says:</title>
			<link>http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/chess-originals-2014/456-steven-dowd-selfmate.html#comment-892</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The selfmate is wonderful, but honestly speaking my opinion is opposite - the better version is without wP, because: - the pawn is technical and unnecessary in one of the solutions; - it do not add something so important in thematic view; - even without the wP both final positions are matched and chameleon echo (where are included wK,wB,bQ,bK); - without wP the position will be economical and the problem will be pawnless (which is visual catching eye effect in such settings). In conclusion - different composers may have different opinions in such case, it is a matter of taste, but my personal view is that the version without a technical wP is preferable.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Diyan Kostadinov</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Steven Dowd says:</title>
			<link>http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/chess-originals-2014/456-steven-dowd-selfmate.html#comment-890</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you Kjell this was a hard choice and I doubted myself many times. We'll see if the other readers and the judge agree!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Steven Dowd</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Kjell Widlert says:</title>
			<link>http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/chess-originals-2014/456-steven-dowd-selfmate.html#comment-889</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think you made the right choice!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kjell Widlert</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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