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AAI08
"Dead Last" - Andriy Frolkin & Andrew Buchanan
"A Creature Ex-Humed" - Andrew Buchanan
"Intermediate Value Theorem applied in Chess" - Joaquim Crusats
"Relative Purity in the Option principle" - Wilfried Neef & James Quah
"Closing the Zigzag Chain" - Andrew Buchanan & Ofer Comay
"Superpositions" - Eduard Eilazyan
"Happy Square Year" - Various Composers
"Anticipatory Mixed Anti-Bristol" - Marjan Kovacevic
"The Secret of Retro Manor" - Hauke Reddmann & Andrew Buchanan
"On the forking and merging of paths" - Elliot Glazer & Andrew Buchanan
"Atomic Chess Retro" - Marken Foo
"Contra Parrain Circe Retro" - Dmitrij Baibikov
"Two Rebuses for Beam" - Andriy Frolkin & Jeff Coakley
AA118
Paul Jordan (Germany)
Die Schwalbe 1930
(11+6) #2 Grasshoppers
AA119
Joaquim Crusats (Spain)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(21+0) Colour the pieces to prove that, at some point during the game, both sides had the same number of units on the board (< 16).
AA120
Walther von Holzhausen (Germany)
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1928
(5+6) #3
AA121
Walther von Holzhausen (Germany)
Werner Speckmann (Germany)
Das logische Schachproblem 1965
WFvH version WS
(5+6) #3
AA122
Walther von Holzhausen (Germany)
Werner Speckmann (Germany)
Das Logische Schachproblem 1965
WFvH version WS
(7+6) #3
AA123
Wilfried Neef (Germany)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(11+7) #6
AA124
Ado Kraemer (Germany)
Deutsche Tagezeitung 1929
(6+6) #4
AA125
François Labelle (Canada)
Retro Mailing List, 2005
Prove that there exists a natural number, N, such that there is no pair (P(N),k)N)) where: (a) P is a legal chess position, (b) k is a natural number, (c) P can be reached from G in exactly k single moves in exactly N ways.
AA126
Elliot Glazer (USA)
Andrew Buchanan (SIngapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
Prove that for any natural, N, there exists a triple (A(N), B(N), k(N)) where: (a) A & B are legal chess positions, (b) k is a natural number, (c) B can be reached from A in exactly single k moves in exactly N ways.
AA127
Marken Foo (Singapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(8+9) #4 Atomic chess
AA128
Dmitrij Baibikov (Israel)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(3+13) a) Last 63 single moves? b) Which King visited squares a2, b6, f2, g6? Start position: Ps instead of Bs and Ss Contra Parrain Circe Grasshoppers e1c4g6, Locusts f1b8,<br> Dabbaba e7, (0,6)-Leaper h1, Ubi-Ubi d7
AA129
Ofer Comay (Israel)
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(14+15) PG in 15.0 How many solutions?
AA130
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(4+4) ser-H#10 How many solutions?
AA131
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(7+5) ser-H=10 How many solutions?
AA132
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(2+5) ser-H#14 How many solutions?
AA133
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(7+4) ser-H#12 How many solutions?
AA134
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(5+4) ser-H#14 How many solutions?
AA135
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(4+4) ser-H#7 2 variants B) Rh8→f6
AA136
Marjan Kovačević (Serbia)
3rd-4th Prize “64”, 2022 Version 28-Dec-2024
(10+12) #2
AA137
Marjan Kovačević (Serbia)
Phenix 2024
(8+8) #2
AA138
Marjan Kovačević (Serbia)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(6+6) h#2 b) Se5-->e3
AA139
Marjan Kovačević (Serbia)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(4+13) h#2 b) -bBe5
AA140
Viktoras Paliulionis (Lithuania)
2nd HM H.P.Rehm 70 JT, Group B, 2013-14
(2+4) h#7
AA141
Andriy Frolkin (Ukraine)
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(15+1) Last 6 single moves?
AA142
Hauke Reddmann (Germany)
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(7+12) Last move?
AA143
Jonathan Mestel (UK)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(16+9) H#1 How many solutions?
AA144
Joachim Hambros (Austria)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(15+15) PG in 9.0 How many solutions?
AA145
Joachim Hambros (Austria)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(16+0) ser-PG in 21 How many solutions?
AA146
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(16+16) PG in 9.0 How many solutions?
AA147
Davide Colazingari (Italy)
Original 30-Dec-2024
(2+13) ser-= 23 How many solutions? Madrasi
AA148
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 30-Dec-2024
(15+15) PG in 11.0 How many solutions?
AA149
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 31-Dec-2024
(16+16) PG in 6.0 How many solutions?
AA150
Miguel Ambrona (Spain)
Original 31-Dec-2024
dedicated to all chess vampires
(16+16) PG in 5.0 How many solutions?
AA151
François Labelle (Canada)
Original 31-Dec-2024
(16+16) PG in exactly 4.0 How many solutions?
AA152
François Labelle (Canada)
Original 31-Dec-2024
(16+16) PG in 4.5 How many solutions?
AA153
Noam Elkies (Israel)
Retro Mailing List, 1-Jan-2024
(16+16) PG in 10.0 How many solutions?
AA154
Ofer Comay (Israel)
Variantim 94, Dec-2024
(16+16) PG in 10.0 How many solutions?
AA155
Joaquim Crusats (Spain)
Problemas 49, Jan-2025
(7+10) H#3.5 How many solutions?
AA156
Ofer Comay (Israel)
Variantim 94, Dec-2024
(16+14) PG in 13.5 How many solutions?
AA157
Andriy Frolkin (Ukraine)
Jeff Coakley (Canada)
Original 31-Dec-2024
BEAM
(6+4) Each letter represents a different type of piece. Uppercase is one colour, lowercase is the other. Determine the position and the last move.
AA158
Andriy Frolkin (Ukraine)
Jeff Coakley (Canada)
Original 31-Dec-2024
BEAM ON
(12+13) Each letter represents a different type of piece. Uppercase is one colour, lowercase is the other. Determine the position and the last move.
AA118
Paul Jordan (Germany)
Die Schwalbe 1930
AA119
Joaquim Crusats (Spain)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA120
Walther von Holzhausen (Germany)
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1928
AA121
Walther von Holzhausen (Germany)
Werner Speckmann (Germany)
Das logische Schachproblem 1965
WFvH version WS
(11+6) #2 Grasshoppers
(21+0) Colour the pieces to prove that, at some point during the game, both sides had the same number of units on the board (< 16).
(5+6) #3
(5+6) #3
AA122
Walther von Holzhausen (Germany)
Werner Speckmann (Germany)
Das Logische Schachproblem 1965
WFvH version WS
AA123
Wilfried Neef (Germany)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA124
Ado Kraemer (Germany)
Deutsche Tagezeitung 1929
AA125
François Labelle (Canada)
Retro Mailing List, 2005
(7+6) #3
(11+7) #6
(6+6) #4
Prove that there exists a natural number, N, such that there is no pair (P(N),k)N)) where: (a) P is a legal chess position, (b) k is a natural number, (c) P can be reached from G in exactly k single moves in exactly N ways.
AA126
Elliot Glazer (USA)
Andrew Buchanan (SIngapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA127
Marken Foo (Singapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA128
Dmitrij Baibikov (Israel)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA129
Ofer Comay (Israel)
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
Prove that for any natural, N, there exists a triple (A(N), B(N), k(N)) where: (a) A & B are legal chess positions, (b) k is a natural number, (c) B can be reached from A in exactly single k moves in exactly N ways.
(8+9) #4 Atomic chess
(3+13) a) Last 63 single moves? b) Which King visited squares a2, b6, f2, g6? Start position: Ps instead of Bs and Ss Contra Parrain Circe Grasshoppers e1c4g6, Locusts f1b8,<br> Dabbaba e7, (0,6)-Leaper h1, Ubi-Ubi d7
(14+15) PG in 15.0 How many solutions?
AA130
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA131
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA132
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA133
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(4+4) ser-H#10 How many solutions?
(7+5) ser-H=10 How many solutions?
(2+5) ser-H#14 How many solutions?
(7+4) ser-H#12 How many solutions?
AA134
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA135
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA136
Marjan Kovačević (Serbia)
3rd-4th Prize “64”, 2022 Version 28-Dec-2024
AA137
Marjan Kovačević (Serbia)
Phenix 2024
(5+4) ser-H#14 How many solutions?
(4+4) ser-H#7 2 variants B) Rh8→f6
(10+12) #2
(8+8) #2
AA138
Marjan Kovačević (Serbia)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA139
Marjan Kovačević (Serbia)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA140
Viktoras Paliulionis (Lithuania)
2nd HM H.P.Rehm 70 JT, Group B, 2013-14
AA141
Andriy Frolkin (Ukraine)
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(6+6) h#2 b) Se5-->e3
(4+13) h#2 b) -bBe5
(2+4) h#7
(15+1) Last 6 single moves?
AA142
Hauke Reddmann (Germany)
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA143
Jonathan Mestel (UK)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA144
Joachim Hambros (Austria)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA145
Joachim Hambros (Austria)
Original 28-Dec-2024
(7+12) Last move?
(16+9) H#1 How many solutions?
(15+15) PG in 9.0 How many solutions?
(16+0) ser-PG in 21 How many solutions?
AA146
Eduard Eilazyan (Ukraine)
Original 28-Dec-2024
AA147
Davide Colazingari (Italy)
Original 30-Dec-2024
AA148
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 30-Dec-2024
AA149
Andrew Buchanan (Singapore)
Original 31-Dec-2024
(16+16) PG in 9.0 How many solutions?
(2+13) ser-= 23 How many solutions? Madrasi
(15+15) PG in 11.0 How many solutions?
(16+16) PG in 6.0 How many solutions?
AA150
Miguel Ambrona (Spain)
Original 31-Dec-2024
dedicated to all chess vampires
AA151
François Labelle (Canada)
Original 31-Dec-2024
AA152
François Labelle (Canada)
Original 31-Dec-2024
AA153
Noam Elkies (Israel)
Retro Mailing List, 1-Jan-2024
(16+16) PG in 5.0 How many solutions?
(16+16) PG in exactly 4.0 How many solutions?
(16+16) PG in 4.5 How many solutions?
(16+16) PG in 10.0 How many solutions?
AA154
Ofer Comay (Israel)
Variantim 94, Dec-2024
AA155
Joaquim Crusats (Spain)
Problemas 49, Jan-2025
AA156
Ofer Comay (Israel)
Variantim 94, Dec-2024
AA157
Andriy Frolkin (Ukraine)
Jeff Coakley (Canada)
Original 31-Dec-2024
BEAM
(16+16) PG in 10.0 How many solutions?
(7+10) H#3.5 How many solutions?
(16+14) PG in 13.5 How many solutions?
(6+4) Each letter represents a different type of piece. Uppercase is one colour, lowercase is the other. Determine the position and the last move.
AA158
Andriy Frolkin (Ukraine)
Jeff Coakley (Canada)
Original 31-Dec-2024
BEAM ON
(12+13) Each letter represents a different type of piece. Uppercase is one colour, lowercase is the other. Determine the position and the last move.