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		<title>2nd KoBulChess TT - Christmas tourney 2014 AWARD</title>
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			<title>Diyan Kostadinov says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yes, actually in the 1st Prize problem the tries 2.Rxc7 and 2.Sxc7 with the idea to protect the mating piece on h8 by Circle SneK transformation are nice. Their "refutations" shown why these pieces should be sacrificed on f5/d6 (these squares should be protected by selfblocks). About the comment #8 - Mortan, you are right that on g1 can be wB instead of wS, but the author prefer to add one more SneK effect. Why not? Even that this is somehow artificial - nothing wrong with that. The H#1.5 version which you note in my opinion is weak, because both solutions are not thematic equal - one of them is orthodox. So (repeat - in my opinion) the 3rd Prize problem is better.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Diyan Kostadinov</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Kjell Widlert says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Re 1st Prize again: The only reason that Rf7 in a) and Sb5 in b) have to disappear is because at the end, Rg3 must be the only wR on the board (a) and Sc3 must be the only wS on the board. Given that they have to go, the only ways to get rid of them while keeping f5/d6 covered is to sacrifice them on those squares. What I wrote about "tries" Rf7-d7/h7 is nonsense, you are right. We might regard Rxc7?! and Sxc7?! as semi-thematical tries; they too stop Black from capturing on h8, but they leave f5/d6 unguarded. All very parallel in the two lines!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kjell Widlert</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mortan says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[About 3rd Prize. Can anyone please explain, why a white knight is standing at g1? It is not necessary to Circle SneK that piece, a white bishop there do exactly the same job. In fact, the following setting White : Ka3 Bg1 Pe7 Black : Kc4 Bf1 Sc3 Pd7d5 h#1.5 Circle SneK has the same mates, without idle black pieces and unnecessary transformations .]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mortan</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Diyan Kostadinov says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good analysis Kjell. Only one correction (or addition) - the main reason the wR to be sacrificed exactly on f5 in twin a) and the wS to be sacrificed exactly on d6 in twin b) is because this is the only way these squares to be protected (with selfblocks) after the white pieces being captured. So - the analogue in both twins is excellent and the problem is with really impressive rich fairy strategy. I am happy that for such a short time (only 20 days term tourney) we can see some really wonderful fairy problems in the award.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Diyan Kostadinov</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2014 02:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Kjell Widlert says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Analogously, the selfmate h8B+ Qxg3(wRh8)# (also SneK-specific) requires two preparations: Sb5 has to disappear, so that R/Qxh8?? becomes illegal because Sc3 is the only knight that could promote to a bishop (half-moves 2 and 3), and the white defence hxg3 has to be stopped (accomplished in half-move 1 by placing the lone bR on d2 so that hxg3?? would be a self-check by promotion Rd2=Q)... so this works only in b) where there is just one bR. This has the side-effect of apparently giving the wK a flight on d2, but this is just an illusion because Kxd2?? is a self-check by promotion of Bb2. The twinning is used differently in the two parts, but is in itself interesting, and all the rest is perfectly analogous. The marvellous complexity is realized in quite a homogenous setting. I am very impressed.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kjell Widlert</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2014 23:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Kjell Widlert says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Great winner by Manfred! There are three SneK tricks in each solution, and another one in the twinning. In order to realize the selfmate h8Q+ Bxc3(wSh8)# (a SneK-specific defence), two things have to be prepared: Rf7 has to disappear, so that Rxh8?? becomes illegal because Rg3 is the only rook that could promote to a queen (this is accomplished in half-moves 2 and 3, and not by Rf7-d7/h7 RxR because of Black's defence 3. - Rg7!), and the white defence Sxc3 has to be stopped (this is accomplished in half-move 1 by placing the lone bS on f2 so that Sxc3?? would be a self-check by promotion of the S to a B). This has the side-effect of apparently giving the wK a flight on f2, but in a) this is an illusion as Kxf2?? is illegal by promotion of the lone bQ on g4. In b), however, this is a real flight as White can choose to promote the other bQ on h5.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kjell Widlert</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2014 23:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Seetharaman Kalyan says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So many excellent problems for such a short tourney. Congrats to all the participants for such a wonderful show! And thanks to judge Mr.Gandev for such a quick judgement. I like especially the 5th Prize winner problem of Mr.Themis. The presentation is crystal clear!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Seetharaman Kalyan</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2014 17:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Diyan Kostadinov says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The 2nd Prize is to Mario Parrinello (the wrong name in the text is now corrected). Thanks to Ioannis, Rainer, Themis and Emmanuel who pointed it out.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Diyan Kostadinov</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2014 13:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>IOANNIS GAROUFALIDIS says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[2nd Prize – Kostas Prentos OR M Parrinello ?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>IOANNIS GAROUFALIDIS</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Franz Pachl says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Congratulation to my friend Manfred for this wonderful helpselfmate. This is a masterpiece.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Franz Pachl</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2014 09:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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