T S U M E F A Q ================= Please find below a description of Tsume Shogi, Tsume Shogi rules, and a collection of Tsume problems. More problems can be found in the book 'Shogi for Beginners' by John Fairbairn (caution - I think there may be one or two misprints here!), and Reijer is posting tsume on a weekly basis on the list. This is my second attempt to collect all of Reijers tsume problems into one place. I do this for myself on a weekly basis and carry the results around in the lid of my miniature shogi set - very useful. I usually have a Postscript file available for the above. Anyone wanting a copy please mail me and I will send it to them. Most, if not all of the collected problems were initially published in 'Shogi Sekai' a monthly publication of NSR (Nihon Shogi Renmei). Thanks are due to them for permission to reproduce the problems in this form, here. If you have any comments on this file, please address them to the person responsible: Roger Hare rjhare@ed.ed.ac.uk Last update: 17 April 1993 _______________________________________________________________________________ TSUME SHOGI RULES ----------------- Tsume are to Shogi what mating problems are to European chess - there are a few differences but it would not be stretching a point too far to describe tsume as 'shogi mating problems'. Tsume are an important part of Shogi, particularly if you can't find opponents very often - they allow you to 'practice' on your own. The rules for tsume are really quite simple - here they are: 1) The attacking side is always black, the defending side white 2) Black has only the pieces shown on the board, plus those in hand. White is deemed to have all other pieces (except the black king) available for dropping. 3) As Black is attacking, the black king is not shown on the board. 4) Black has first move, and all moves must be check. White may defend by moving the king, taking the checking piece, or interposing a piece, either by a normal move or a drop. 5) The 'best' move must always be made by each side. What this means is that black must always make the move which will lead to the shortest exchange, of moves before mating and white must make that move which delays the mate for as long as possible. 6) Moves are numbered in the Japanese fashion, ie: blacks first move is 1, whites first move is 2, etc. Move numbers are often not shown. 7) Tsume are usually displayed as taking place at the 'upper right hand corner' of the board. Ascii Board representations are painful, so I won't bother with them here, but will present a problem in a standard notation which is described in more detail below. Black: +B3d, P2e In hand: R White: K1c, B2b, G1e, L1a That is, Black has a promoted bishop on 3d a pawn on 2e and a rook in hand. White has the king at 1c, a bishop at 2b, a gold at 1e and a lance at 1a (and in hand all pieces not shown except for the black king). Here is the solution: R*1b Lx1b +B2d Set the problem up on your board and play through the solution. This should give you a little feel for what tsume are all about. Remember, every move by black must be a check. Now, here are a few more notes on tsume. They repeat (far more eloquently) much of what I have said above and were contributed by Reijer Grimbergen who has also been posting the tsume problems on the board. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TSUME SHOGI DESCRIPTION ----------------------- Solving tsume shogi is a special skill that is neglected by a lot of Shogi players. This is unfortunate, since tsume shogi sharpens your endgame and because Shogi has drops, the endgame and especially mating the enemy king can turn a game completely around. Countless are the games I won starting from a bad position and I think I have my tsume shogi to thank for that. But even more important, solving tsume shogi is lots of fun. I love puzzles and that is exactly what tsume shogi is about. Some of my fellow players call me crazy but one of my greatest joys in Shogi is solving a very hard tsume problem after hours of puzzling, frustrated to the bone, but refusing to give up and look at the solution. Of course you don't have to get so obsessive about it, but tsume shogi is an essential part of studying the game. The rules of tsume shogi: Tsume shogi problems are given by means of a diagram, showing the position from which you have to mate the king by consecutive checks. You are always black and only the enemy (white) king is shown (since you are about to mate your opponent without giving him a chance to mate, your own king is not important - although there are some special kinds of tsume problems that have both kings on the board-) alongside the defending pieces and the pieces you can use to mate (both on the board and in hand). All pieces not shown are considered to be in your opponent's hand and can be dropped in defence. Often the number of moves is given in Japanese count (blacks first move counted as 1, white's answer as 2, blacks second move as 3, white's answer as 4 and so on) but this is not necessary. It is important to note that a useless defensive move (like dropping a piece between king and checking piece that can be taken without changing the mate) is not counted as a move. This is neither a design nor a qualification fault but a basic rule of tsume shogi (but be careful, in some of the more tricky problems dropping a piece can change the mate according to the piece dropped). How to solve tsume shogi problems: The basic idea is to solve tsume shogi problems without moving the pieces, just like in a game situation. Some players prefer to put the position on a board but I trained myself to solve the problem directly from the book or magazine so that tsume shogi is useful way of killing time in train, car or plane. Roughly said, problems with more moves are more difficult than problems with fewer moves. Although this is not always true , it is easy to find books working according this principal starting with simple problems and moving up to more difficult ones. As you solve them your Tsume Shogi skill progresses as you move through the book. I started tsume shogi with a book by Kato, containing 180 tsume problems (unfortunately this book is now out of print). At the start I had a very difficult time, but going through the book I was amazed at the beautiful themes used in tsume and I began to like it more and more. Shortly after finishing this book I became sho-dan, winning more than one game in a close endgame fight. Reijer Grimbergen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TSUME PROBLEMS -------------- Now, here are the collected tsume which have been contributed so far by Reijer. I have separated them out into 3- 5- and 7- move problems. Tsume are not usually differentiated this way, but for a novice like myself, it certainly makes life easier if I know that I have a reasonable chance of solving a problem in less than a geological time span - I guess that might be true for other folks reading this file also: The notation is as usual, 1a is the square at the top right, 2a is the second square along the top row (rank) moving leftwards from 1a, etc. K=king, G=gold general, S=silver general, R=rook, B=bishop, N=knight, L=lance, P=pawn. x indicates capture, * a drop, a + at the end of a move means the piece concerned promotes on that move, an = that the piece does not promote (moving a piece without promoting is sometimes advantageous). A + preceding a piece means that the piece is already promoted. In the solutions, note that when X is used as a piece name in a drop, this means that *any* piece may be dropped at that point. 3 Move Problems 1. Black: +B3d, +B1c In hand: G White: K2a, +R3c, L1a 2. Black: +B3d, P2e In hand: R White: K1c, B2b, G1e, L1a 3. Black: R2b B1e In hand: G White: K1c, B4d, G2a 4. Black: R4d, +B4c, +P2a In hand: G White: K2c, G3c, S4b, L1b, P4a 5. Black: R2b, G3e, S3a, L2e In hand: None White: K3c, G4c, S1d, P4e 6. Black: R5c, +P6c, P4c In hand: G White: K4a, S5a 7. Black: +R4d, S1b, +P1a, P2d In hand: None White: K2b, +R3c, S1c, L3a 8. Black: B5b, S3c, S2b In hand: G White: K2c, R1d, P4b, P1b 9. Black: +R5b, +B3a, S1d, P4c In hand: None White: K3c, P5d, P4d, P3d, P2a 10. Black: +B4d, S4c, P1f In hand: G White: K2c, +B2a, L1d, P4a, P1c 11. Black: +R6c, +R5a, +P5b In hand: None White: K3b, B2c, G2d, P3d 12. Black: +R4b, +B4a, N2e In hand: None White: K2a, B1d, G3b, S4c, L1a 13. Black: +R4b, R3a, L1d, P2e In hand: None White: K2c, G2b, S4a, S3d 14. Black: R5b, B1c, S4b, S1b, P5c, P1d In hand: None White: K3b, N3a, P5d, P3c 15. Black: R5a, B4d, S3d In hand: S White: K3b, S4b, S2b, N2a 16. Black: R1d, B4c, S3g In hand: B White: K3e, G2c, P4d, P3b 17. Black: +R4b, +B1b, S1d, N2f In hand: None White: K2d, R3e, B3a, L2a, P3c, P1e 18. Black: +B1f, N2f, L2d, +P5b In hand: R White: K3c, R4d, G1c, S3e, L3b 19. Black: R5a, S2b, P5c In hand: R White: K3b, P2c 20. Black: +B1d, S5a In hand: R, G White: K3a, G3b, P3c 21. Black: R3a, +B4d In hand: G White: K1b, R1a, S2a, P1c 22. Black: +R4f, L3d, L1c In hand: G White: K2a, B3b, P2b 23. Black: +R2a, +B4c, +P3a In hand: None White: K2c, B2b, G2d, P4d, P1d 24. Black: S4c, N3d In hand: R White: K3a, S5a, S5c, N2a, L1a, P2c, P1c 25. Black: +R3a, +B1a, S2a In hand: None White: K2c, +R4b, S1d, P2d 26. Black: B1c, S1b, +P5c In hand: G White: K3b, B3a, N2a, P4c, P3c 27. Black: +B2a, G3e, S5c, L2d, +P2b In hand: None White: K3c, G4a, S3d 28. Black: +R1c, B1b, S5c In hand: L White: K3b, S5b, L2b, P4c, P2d 29. Black: B3a, S5a, S4e, S2d In hand: G White: K4c, G5b, G2b 30. Black: +R5b, +P5a, P1b In hand: B White: K3a, G4d, G2c 31. Black: R4d, N2d, P1d In hand: R, G White: K2b, G3c, L4a, P2a, P1a 32. Black: R4d, +B3c, +P3b, P1e In hand: None White: K1c, R2d, N1b, P3e, P1d 33. Black: R4a, B4b, P2e In hand: S White: K2c, S5a, P2b, P1b 34. Black: +B1e, S3a, +P4b, P2e In hand: R White: K2c, R3d, B1d, G2b, L1b, P1c 35. Black: R2a, B2e, S4c, L2f In hand: None White: K1b, R1a, B1c, S3c, P1d 5 Move Problems 36. Black: B3c, B3b, P2e In hand: 2S White: K1c, R2a, S2c, P1b 37. Black: R2e, N1c In hand: R, B White: K1b, B3d, S3b, S3e 38. Black: +B2a, B2b, S3a In hand: R White: K2c, G1d, S4b, L1a, P3d, P2d 39. Black: +B2a, +P3a, P2e, P1f In hand: R, B White: K2c, G3d, G3c, L1a, L3b, P1c 40. Black: +R6d, +B2a In hand: B White: K4b, S2c, S4a, P4c, P3d, P2d 41. Black: +R6b, +P6a, +P1c In hand: G White: K4a, B3c, P5c, P4c, P3b 42. Black: +R3a, B4d, N2f In hand: G White: K2d, +R2c, B4a, +P1f 43. Black: R1a, +B1e In hand: S, N White: K2b, B2a, S3b, L3a 44. Black: R3b, +B4b, B2b, S2f, +P1a In hand: None White: K1d, G2c, +P1f 45. Black: +B3g, +P3c, P1f In hand: R White: K2e, R2b, N3a, N1c, L3e 46. Black: +R4e, R3d, +P5a, P2f In hand: S White: K3b, N2a, L1a, P3c, P1c 47. Black: R4a, B2a, S1c, P4e In hand: S White: K2c, B1a, G3c, N2e, P1d 48. Black: +B4c, S4a, +P1b, P4d, P2e In hand: R White: K2c, R4b, B2d, L3a, P3d, P1d 49. Black: R2b, B1d, S3a, N1c In hand: G White: K3c, G1b, P4d, P2e 50. Black: +R1c, B2a, S2b, L4d, P2e In hand: G White: K3d, G3c, S3e, L3a, P4e, P1d 51. Black: +R3e, N1g, +P3b In hand: S, L White: K2c, +R2f, G1b, L3a, P1c 52. Black: R4a, B3d, N3e In hand: G White: K3b, +R2b, B1d, P3a, P2d 53. Black: +R3e, R1a, +P4a In hand: G White: K2b, B4d, G1c, L2d, P2e 54. Black: B3e, S1a, N1f In hand: S White: K1b, B2c, P1d, P3b 55. Black: +R3c, B2e, +P3b In hand: N White: K1b, R2a 56. Black: B2c, P4d In hand: R, G White: K3c, +R6b, +B2a, S5a, P6a, P5c, P2b, P1b 57. Black: +R4d, R3b, L4e, P1e In hand: G White: K2c, G3e, G3d, S1a, P4a, P2b 58. Black: B3b, +P3a In hand: R White: K2b, B3c, G2d, P1c 59. Black: +B4a, B2a, +P1a, P1b In hand: R White: K2b, L3a, P4b, P3c, P2c 60. Black: +B5d, B3a, +P5c, P3e, P2c In hand: N White: K3c, G3b, L4a, P2d, P1d 61. Black: +R2d, S6c, P5b In hand: R, S White: K3b, +B3e, G2c, P4b, P3a 62. Black: B3e, N1d, +P1a, P2e In hand: R White: K2c, G3d, P3c, P1e 63. Black: R4c, B2a, +P4b In hand: G White: K1a, N1b, P3d, P2d, P1c 64. Black: +R4e, B4b, P2c In hand: 2S White: K3b, S3a, S1b, N1c, +P1e, P3c, P2a 65. Black: R5b, B5a, S1a In hand: B, G White: K2c, G1c, S4d, S2a, P4c 66. Black: +R1e In hand: B, G White: K2c, B3c, S3b 67. Black: R4b, S4d, P4c, P3d In hand: G White: K3a, B2a, B1d, S1a, P1b 68. Black: +R3d, +P4b In hand: G, N White: K2b, B4a, G4d, P1c 69. Black: R4b, R3a, N3d In hand: G White: K1c, P3e, P2c 70. Black: +R2a, R2e, P2f In hand: G White: K1d, B4b, G2b 71. Black: +B4c, P2b In hand: R, G White: K1a, S3b, P4b 72. Black: B1c, P3f, P1e In hand: R, G White: K2c, B3d, P3c, P2e 73. Black: R1a, G2d, S1c, P4d In hand: G White: K3b, B2a, L3a, P3d, P2c 74. Black: N3c, P2d, P1d In hand: R, B White: K1b, G3b, P4b, P3d 75. Black: B2b, S3c, N2e In hand: G White: K1b, +R1d, +R1f 76. Black: S3d, S2c, P1f In hand: B, G White: K2d, B5a, L1c, L1b, P3d, P2d 77. Black: B2c, S5b, S3b, +P4a, P2d In hand: G White: K2b, R3c, N2a, L1a 78. Black: +R5b, +P1c In hand: R White: K3a, G5a, S4b, P4c 79. Black: +B4c, +P3a In hand: R White: K1b, +R4a, P2c 80. Black: +B5c, B1b, +P1a, P4c In hand: G White: K3b, G3c, P4a 81. Black: N2e, +P3a In hand: R, G White: K2b, R4e, B3d, B1a, P3e, P2a 7 Move Problems 82. Black: +R4d, R3a, P3b In hand: G, L White: K1a, B4b, N2a, P1c 83. Black: R1a, B3a, S5c In hand: B White: K3b, G4a, S2b, P3c, P2c 84. Black: +R4a, B4c, S3a, P3e, P2e, P1e In hand: None White: K2c, G3c 85. Black: N3e, P1f In hand: R, G, S White: K3b, L2a, +P2f, P3d, P2c 86. Black: +R2a, R1d, B1e, S4c In hand: None White: K2c, B2b, G3b, L3a, P1a 87. Black: B2d, P2g, P3e In hand: R, G White: K2c, R1e, L1a 88. Black: R3b, B3a, P2f In hand: 2G White: K2d, G4c, G4e, S1d, P1e 89. Black: B4b, G4d, N3d In hand: R, G White: K1c, G1d, S4a, N2a 90. Black: +B3b, L3e, L2f In hand: B, P White: K1c, G2c, G1b, P3c, P1e 91. Black: R2b, P3c In hand: G, S White: K1c, B4e, G3b, G1f 92. Black: B3d, +P4a, +P1c In hand: G, N White: K2a, B2b, N3a, P4c 93. Black: +R3d, B5c In hand: S, N White: K2b, B5d, N3c, L1a, P2c, P1b 94. Black: R3c, R4b, N4e In hand: G White: K2a, B2c, S4a, S2b, P1b 95. Black: B3c, +P2a In hand: R, B White: K2c, G5a, G3d, G4d, P5c, P4c 96. Black: R5c, +B1b, L5d, +P5b In hand: P White: K3a, G3d, S3c, L2b, P4d 97. Black: R3a, B1b In hand: G, N, P White: K2b, B4a, G4c, P5a, P1c 98. Black: +R5a, P4c In hand: B, G, S White: K1b, +R5d, +B2c, P3d, P2d, P1c 99. Black: B1d, S1a, N2e, P4b, P1e In hand: R White: K2a, G4c, L1b, P4d, P3d 100. Black: R4a, L4e In hand: B White: K3c, N2a, P3d, P2c, P1c 101. Black: R3a, +B1e, S3d In hand: G White: K2b, R1b, P4a, P2a 102. Black: B4b, +P2c In hand: R, L White: K2a, S2b, N4a 103. Black: R2g, S3e In hand: 2G, N White: K1e, R1f, G3d 104. Black: +R4b, S2a, P2b In hand: G White: K1a, +B3c, G1c, P2c 105. Black: B4b, S2d In hand: G, L White: K2a, S5a, L1a, P2c, P1b 106. Black: +P3a, +P3b In hand: 2R White: K1b, B3d, S2e, N2a 107. Black: B2d, G3d, N1f, +P3b In hand: P White: K1b, N2a, L1a 108. Black: R5c, +B4c, +P3c In hand: L White: K3a, B1b, S4a, P2b 109. Black: +R1e, P2d In hand: R, G White: K2b, S3c, N2a, L1a 110. Black: G3f, L3d, +P3c In hand: R, B White: K1b, S3b, S1e, N2a, L1a, P1d 111. Black: R3f, +B4b, N2f, +P3a In hand: P White: K2b, B1b, L1a, P2c 112. Black: +B3d, S3b, N2d, P1d In hand: None White: K2b, +R1b, S1a, P3c 113. Black: +R5d, B4e, P4c In hand: G White: K3b, G3a, G2d, N2a, L1a, P3c 114. Black: R3d, B2e In hand: G, L White: K2b, N2a, L1a, P4a, P3a, P1c 115. Black: R3a, R3d, B5c In hand: None White: K2b, G2c, S1b, L1a 116. Black: R4d, +B3c, B1d, P2b In hand: None White: K1a, G3b, S1e 117. Black: B3e, P4d, P2e In hand: R, G White: K2c, P6b, P5b, P4b, P3b, P2b 118. Black: +R1d, B1a In hand: B, S White: K2a, G3c, P6b, P4b, P2d 119. Black: B3c, +P5a, P1c In hand: B, S White: K2a, S3d, L5c 9 Move Problems 120. Black: +R3a, +B4f, P2e In hand: G, N White: K2c, B4c, N2a, L1a, P4d, P2b, P1d 121. Black: +R3e, S5c, P1d In hand: L White: K2c, S4e, L2a, P4c, P2b, P1b 122. Black: R5d, B5b, B2c, S3c In hand: No pieces White: K2a, S4a, P1c 123. Black: +B3d, B2c, N3e, +P5b In hand: S White: K2b, R3a, G3c, N2a, L1a 124. Black: R5a, +B3e, +P3a, P4e, P2e In hand: N White: K2b, S4c, N2a, L1a, P2c, P1b 125. Black: +R4d, S3a, P1c In hand: R White: K2a, B4a, B3e, P3b, P1e 126. Black: +R2e, S3a, N3e In hand: S White: K1a, B4a, G3b, P1c 127. Black: +R4e, +B4a, +P4b In hand: S White: K2b, B3f, N2a, L1a, P2c 128. Black: N3e, +P2a, P3b In hand: G, S, N, L White: K1b, R1e, B3c 129. Black: G2e, S2a, N2f, P4e In hand: R, B White: K2c, G2d, G2b, N3a, P4c 130. Black: S3a, S2f In hand: R, B, S White: K2a, S4b, P4c, P3e, P1c 131. Black: R3d, P2b, P1d In hand: R, N, L White: K1b, B4b, G2c, S2e, P3e _____________________________________________________________________________ And here are the Solutions: 3 Move Problems 1. Solution:+B4c, +Rx4c,G*2b 2. Solution: R*1b, Lx1b, +B2d 3. Solution: G*1b, Gx1b, R2d+ 4. Solution: +B3b, gGx3b, (Kx3b, G*2b; K1c, R1d), G*2d 5. Solution: G3d, Gx3d, (Kx3d, R2d+), R4b+ 6. Solution: R5b+, Sx5b, (K3a, G*3b), G*4b 7. Solution: +R4b, +Rx4b, (X*3b, or, L3b, then, S2a+), P2c+ 8. Solution: G*3d, Rx3d, B4a+ 9. Solution: +R2b, Px2b, (Kx4c, +R4b), +B4b 10. Solution: G*2b, +Bx2b, (K2d, +B3d), +B3d 11. Solution: +R3c, Kx3c, +R4b 12. Solution: +B3a, Gx3a, (K1b, N1c+), N3c= 13. Solution: R3c+, Gx3c, (Kx1d, +R2d), R1b+ 14. Solution: B2b+, Kx2b, (K4c, +Bx3c), S4a= 15. Solution: B3c+, Nx3c, (S2bx3c, S*2c; S4bx3c, S*4c), S*2a 16. Solution: B*1c, Gx1c, (X*2d, R1e; K5e, B5f+), B3d+ 17. Solution: +R2b, Lx2b, (Bx2b, +B2c), +B1c 18. Solution: +B4c, Kx4c, (Rx4c, R*3d; Kx2d, R*2e), R*5c 19. Solution: R*4b, Kx4b, R5b+ 20. Solution: R*4a, Kx4a, G*4b 21. Solution: R3b+, Sx3b, G*2b 22. Solution: +B3c, Kx3c, +R3b 24. Solution: N2b+, Kx2b, R*3b 25. Solution: +R3c, +Rx3c, +B1b 26. Solution: B2b+, Bx2b, G*4b 27. Solution: +B4c, Sx4c, L2c+ 28. Solution: +R3c, Kx3c, L*3d 29. Solution: B5c+, Gx5c, G*4b 30. Solution: B*2b, Gx2b, +R4a 31. Solution: R*2c, Kx2c, G*1c 32. Solution: +B2c, Kx2c, R4c+ 33. Solution: S*3d, Kx3d, B2d+ 34. Solution: +B3c, Kx3c, R*4c 35. Solution: R2c+, Kx2c, B3d 5 Move Problems 36. Solution: S*2b, Rx2b, B2d+, Sx2d, S*1d 37. Solution: R*1a, Kx1a, B*3c, Sx3c, R2a+ 38. Solution: R*4c, Sx4c, (X*3c, Bx3c+, Sx3c, +B2b), B3c+, Kx3c, +B2b 39. Solution: B*1b, Lx1b, (K1d, R*1e), +B2b, Kx2b, R*2a 40. Solution: B*5c, K3c, B4d+, Px4d, +R5c 41. Solution: +P5a, K3a, +R4b, Kx4b, (K2a, G*1b), G*4a 42. Solution: G*2e, K1c, (Kx2e, +R3e), G1d, +Rx1d, +R2b 43. Solution: S*1c, Kx1a, (Kx1c, +B2d), +B3c, Sx3c, N*2c 44. Solution: +B2d, Gx2d, (Kx2d, R3e+, K1d, +R2e), B1c+, Kx1c, R1b+ 45. Solution: R*2f, K1d, R2d, Kx2d, (or, Rx2d), +B1e 46. Solution: S*2c, Kx2c, R2d, Kx2d, (K1b, +R4b; K3b, +R4a), +R2e 47. Solution: S*2d, K3d, (Gx2d, R3c+, X*3c, B1b+), R4c+, Gx4c, B*1b+ 48. Solution: S3b=, Rx3b, (Kx1b, +Bx3d, K2b, R*1b; Lx3b, R*2b), +B3c, Kx3c, (Rx3c, R*2b; Bx2c, R*1c), R*4c, 49. Solution: S4b=, Kx2b, (K4c, G*5c, K3d, Rx2e+; K3d, Rx2e+, K4c, G*5c), B3b+, Kx3b, (K1a, G*2a; Kx1c, G*1d), G*3c 50. Solution: +R2c, Kx2c, (Gx2c, B4c+; Kx4d, G*5d), B1b+, Kx1b, G*1c 51. Solution: L*2e, +Rx2e, (X*2d, +R3c, K1d, +Rx2d), S*1d, Px1d, (+Rx1d, +R3c; Kx1d, +Rx2e), +R3c 52. Solution: R4b+, Kx4b, (K2a, G*1b, +Rx1b, Bx1b+), G*5b, K3b/3c, B4c+ 53. Solution: G*1b, Gx1b, R2a+, Kx2a, (K1c, +R2ax2d), R3a+ 54. Solution: B1c+, Kx1c, S*2b, K1b, N2d 55. Solution: N*2d, Rx2d, B3d, Rx3d, (X*2c, +R2b; K1a, +R1c), +R2b 56. Solution: R*3d, K4b, R3a+, +Bx3a, (Kx3a, G*4a; K5b, B4a+), G*4c 57. Solution: R3c+, Gx3c, (K1b, G*1c, K2a, +Rx4a), G*1c, Kx1c, (K3b, +Rx4a), +R1d 58. Solution: R*2a, K1b, R2c+, Gx2c, B2a+ 59. Solution: B3b+, Lx3b, +B3a, Kx3a, (Kx1a, R*2a), R*2a 60. Solution: N*4e, Lx4e, (Kx2c, +Bx3b, Kx3b, G*2b), +B4c, Gx4c, (Kx2c, +B3d), B2b+ 61. Solution: S*2a, K4c, R*3c, Gx3c, +R5c 62. Solution: R*2b, Kx1d, B1c+, Kx1c, R1b+ 63. Solution: G*2b, Kx2b, R2c+, Kx2c, B3b+ 64. Solution: S*4c, Kx2c, S*2d, Kx2d, (K2b, Bx3c+), +R3d 65. Solution: R3b+, Sx3b, (Kx3b, B*4a, Kx4a/K3a, G*4b), B*1b, Kx1b, (Gx1b, G*2d; K1d, G*1e), G*2b 66. Solution: B*4e, K2b, (X*3d, G*1c), +R1a, Kx1a, G*1b 67. Solution: R2b+, Kx2b, (Sx2b, G*4b), S*3c=, K1c/2c, (K3a, G*4b), G*2d 68. Solution: G*2c, Bx2c, (K1a, +R3a, X*2a, G2b), +R3a, K1b, N*2d 69. Solution: R1b+, Kx1b, (K2d, G*1e), Rx1a+, Kx1a, G*2b 70. Solution: G*1c, Gx1c, (Kx1c, Rx2b+, K1d, G*2e), R1e, B/Kx1e, +R2e 71. Solution: G*2a, K1b, +B3d, K1c, (X*2c, R*1a), R*1b 72. Solution: R*2b, Kx1c, R2d+, Kx2d, (K1b, G*2b), G*1d 73. Solution: R1b+, Bx1b, G3c, Kx3c, G*4c 74. Solution: R*1c, K2b, B*3a, Kx3a, (Gx3a, P2c+), R1a+ 75. Solution: B1a+, K2c, +B1b, +Rx1b, (Kx1b, G*2b), G*2d 76. Solution: B*4b, Bx4b, (X*3c, Sx3c=, Kx2c, G*2d), S3c=, Kx3c, (Bx3c, G*3d), G*3d 77. Solution: S3a=, Rx3a, B3b+, Kx3b/Rx3b, G*2c 78. Solution: R*2a, Kx2a, +Rx5a, Sx5a, (K3b, G*2c; X*3a, G*2b), G*2b 79. Solution: R*1d, K2b, (X*1c, +B2a), R1a+, Kx1a, +B2a 80. Solution: G*2b, Kx2b, +B3a, Kx3a, B2a+ 81. Solution: R*3b, K2c, R1b+, Kx1b, (K2d, G*1e), G*1c 7 Move Problems 82. Solution: G*2b, Kx2b, L*2c, Kx2c, Rx2a+, X*2b, N*3e 83. Solution: B*2a, Kx3a, B3b+, Kx3b, Rx4a+, Kx4a, G*4b 84. Solution: +R3b, Gx3b, B3d+, K1c, P1d, Kx1d, +B2d 85. Solution: R*1b, L2b, (K3c, G*4c, K2d, R1e+; X*1b, G*4c, K3/4a, S*4b), S*3c, Kx3c, G*4c, K2d, R1e+ 86. Solution: R1b+, Px1b, +Rx3b, K1d, (Lx3b, G*2d), +R2c, Kx2c, (Kx1e, G*2f), G*2d 87. Solution: R*3c, K1d, (Kx2d, R3d+, K2e, G*2f; K1b/K2b, G*2c, K2a, R3b+), B1c+, Lx1c, G*2d, Kx2d, R3d+ 88. Solution: G*2c, Kx2c, (Sx2c, G*2e), G*3c, K2d, (Gx3c, B2b+, K2d/K3d, Rx3c+), B1c+, Kx1c, R2b+ 89. Solution: G*2c, Kx2c, B3c+, Nx3c, R*2a, K3b, (or, K1b), R2b+ 90. Solution: B*2d, Gx2d, (K1d, +Bx2c, Kx2c, Lx3c+, K1d, G*2e), P*1d, Gx1d, +Bx1d, Kx1d, G*2d 91. Solution: S*2d, K1d, (Kx2b, Px3b+, Kx3b, G*3c, and, mate), S1e, K1c, (Gx1e, G*2d), G*1b, Bx1b, R2d+ 92. Solution: N*3c, Bx3c, (K3b, G*4b; K1a, +P1b), B1b+, K3b, +B2c, Nx2c, G*3a 93. Solution: S*3a, K1c, (K2a, +Rx2c; K3b, B4b+, K2a, +Rx2c), N*2e, Nx2e, S2b=, Kx2b, B3a+ 94. Solution: R3a+, Kx3a, (Sx3a, N3c=, K1a, G*2a), Rx2b+, Kx2b, S*3c, K1c, G*2d 95. Solution: B*1d, Kx1d, (Kx3c, R*2c, K4b, R2b+), R*1e, K2c, R1b+, Kx3c, (Kx1b, B2b+), +R3b 96. Solution: P*3b, Kx3b, R4c+, Kx4c, +B2a, X*3b, +P5c/L5c+ 97. Solution: N*3d, Gx3d, P*2c, Kx3a, B2a+, Kx2a, (K4b, G*4c), G*2b 98. Solution: G*1a, K2b, B*4d, +Rx4d, (K3b, +R4b; X*3c, R2a+), S*3c, Kx3c, (+R/+Bx3c, +R2a), +R4b 99. Solution: N1c=, Lx1c, B3b+, Kx3b, (Kx1a, R*2a, K1b, R2b+), R*1b, K3a/3c/2a/2c, R2b+ 100. Solution: B*4b, K2b, (or, 3b), B3a+, K3c, (K1a/1b, +Bx2a), +B4b, K2b, +B3b, Kx3b, R4b+ 101. Solution: G*3b, K1c, S2c+, Kx2c, G3c, K1c, G2c, Kx2c, R3c+ 102. Solution: B3a+, Sx3a, R*1a, Kx1a, L*1c, K2a, L1b+ 103. Solution: G*1d, Kx1d, G*2d, K1e, (Gx2d, Rx2d, K1e, N*2g), R2e, Gx2e, N*2g 104. Solution: S1b+, Kx1b, G*1a, Kx1a, +R3a, K1b, +R2a 105. Solution: G*2b, Kx2b, S3c=, K1c, L*1e, X*1d, B3a+ 106. Solution: R*1a, Kx1a, (K2c, R*2b), R*1c, Nx1c, (X*1b, +P3ax2a), +P3a-2a, K1b, +P3b-2b 107. Solution: P*1c, Nx1c, G2c, Kx2c, B3c+, K1b, (K1d, +B2d), N2d 108. Solution: +P4b, Sx4b, R5a+, Sx5a, (X*4a, +Bx4b, K2a, +Rx4a), L*3c, K4a, L3b+ 109. Solution: R*1b, Lx1b, +Rx1b, Kx1b, G*2c, K1a, L*1b 110. Solution: R*2b, K1c, R2d+, Sx2d, (Kx2d, B*3e), B*3a, K1b, B2b+ 111. Solution: R3c+, K1c, +R2d, Px2d, P*1d, K2c, +B3b 112. Solution: P1c+, +Rx1c, (Kx1c, Nx1b+, Sx1b, R*2c, K1d, +B2d), S2a+, Kx2a, +B4c, K2b, +B3b 113. Solution: G*2b, Kx2b, (Gx2b, +R5b, K3a, +R4b), +Rx2d, K3b, +R2b, Gx2b, (Kx2b, G*2c), G*4b 114. Solution: G*2c, Kx2c, L*2d, K1b, R3b+, Px3b, B3d 115. Solution: R3a-3b+, K1c, +R2b, Gx2b, (Kx2b, B3a+), B3e+, K2c, +B2d 116. Solution: P2a+, K1b, (Kx2a, Bx3b+, K1b, +B3b-2b), B2c+, Gx2c, R1d, Kx2a, (Gx1d, +B2b; X*1c, +B1a), R1a+ 117. Solution: B1c+, K3c, (Kx1c, R*1a, X*1b/K2c, G*2d), R*3d, Kx3d, G*3e, K3c, +B2d 118. Solution: B*4c, K3a, (Gx4c, +R2c, K3a, S*3b; Px4c, S*2b, K3b, Sx3c+, K4a, G*4b), B2b+, Kx2b, S*3a, Kx3a, +R1a 119. Solution: B1a+, Kx1a, (K3b, S*3c, K2c, B*3b, Kx1c, +B2b; K3a, B*2b, K4b, B3c+, K3a, B2b+), B*4d, K2a, (X*2b, S*1b), S*2b, K3b, B3c+ 9 Move Problems 120. Solution: +B2d, K1b, G*1c, Nx1c, +B3d, Bx3d, N*2d, K2c, +R3b 121. Solution: L*2e, B*2d, (N*2d, Lx2d, Kx1d, N*2f, K1c, +R1f), +Rx2d, K3b, +R3c, Kx3c, B*5a, K3d, (K3b, B4b+), B2d+ 122. Solution: B4c+, K1a, B1b+, Kx1b, +B2a, Kx2a, R2d, K3a, R2b+ 123. Solution: +Bx3c, Rx3c, (Nx3c, B1b+, Lx1b, G*2c, K1a/2a, S*2b), S*3a, Rx3a, (K1c, G*1d; Kx3a, B4a+, K2b, G*2c), B3b+, Rx3b, G*2c, K3a, N4c= 124. Solution: N*3d, K3c, (Sx3d, R5b+, Kx3a, +B5c), +P3b, Kx3b, (Sx3b, +B4d), R3a+, Kx3a, +B5c, K3b, +B4b 125. Solution: P1b+, Kx1b, +R1d, N*1c, R*2b, K1a, +Rx1c, Bx1c, N*2c 126. Solution: S*2b, K1b, +R2c, Gx2c, S1a+, Kx1a, Nx2c=, Bx2c, G*2b 127. Solution: +P3b, K1b, (K1c, +R1e, X*1d, +B3a, K1b, +B2b), S*1c, Nx1c, (Kx1c, +R1e, etc.), +P2b, Kx2b, +R4b, K2a, +R3b 128. Solution: L*1d, Rx1d, (Kx2a, G*3a, K2b, S*2c), S*1c, Rx1c, (Kx1c, G*2c; Kx2a, G*3a, K1a, N2c=), N*2d, Kx2b, (Bx2d, G*2b), P3a+, K2b/K1a, G*2a 129. Solution: B*1d, Gx1d, (K3c, R*3b, Gx3b, Bx3b+; K1c, Gx2d, Kx2d, R*2e, K3c, G*3b, Gx3b, Bx3b+), R*1c, G2bx1c, (G1dx1c, G3d), G3d, K2b, Nx1d, Gx1d, (Kx2a, G*2b), G*1b 130. Solution: S*1b, Kx3a, (K3b, B*2c, K3c, R*3d; Kx1b, R*3b, K2c, S2b+, K2d, B*1e, K1d, R3d+), R*2a, K3b, B*4a, K3c, R2d+, Kx2d, B2c+ 131. Solution: N*2d, Gx2d, (Bx2d, R*1a, Kx1a, [Kx2b, R3d-3a+], R3a+, K1b, +R2a; Kx2b, R3b+, K1a, N1b+), Kx2b, R1b+, Kx1b, R3b+, X*2b, L*1c