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Narayanan's Problem corner Glossary | About the author The Miniature Marvels Select  Articles Article 25 Article 24 Article 23 Article 22 Article 21 Article 20 Article 19 Article 18 Article 17 Article 16 Article 15 Article 14 Article 13 Article 12 Article 11 Article 10 Article 9 Article 8 Article 7 Article 6 Article 5 Article 4 Article 3 Article 2 Article 1 Complete List If you are new to problem solving Conventionally all problems with seven pieces or less are called miniatures but there is more than mere limitation to the number of pieces in this category of problem composition. Here the demands of art is greater than the technique and the minimum that is expected of a miniature is the leading message that it conveys in a rather rigid setting. Miniature problems are akin to miniature paintings - the lines must be clear, the colour deep and above the subject of the study arresting. The Bohemian School of composition in the early part of the last century revolved around form of mates. There was pure mate where each square adjacent to the black king is guarded only once by white or blocked by black and the mirror mate where none of the squares adjacent to the black king is occupied. The more popular variety was the model mate where each square in the king’s vicinity is guarded only once by white (with the exception of white king and pawns). I am presenting a few beautiful albeit simple miniatures in this article featuring model mates. E Shulz, I Pr, Dortmunder Zeitung 1937 Mate in three moves. The long range key which grants an escape square to the black king to grab another waits for black to commit error. 1 Qc8!! zugzwang. 1…Kf4 2 Qh3, Ke4 3 Qf3 ( If 2…Kg5 3.Bc1; 2…f5 3.Qh4; 2…g5 3.Qf3) Four models in a single variation! 1…g5 2.Qg4, gxf4 3. Qe6 (if 2…f5 2. Qf3) Altogether six model mates in a delightfully simple setting. The next miniature given below illustrates the multi-line work of art, the message itself being completed by both the lines. Here there is heterogeneous unity, both the parts completing the unity and yet each one of them retaining an individuality though a dependent one. It adds spice to the models with chameleon-echo- where similar mating positions are reached on adjacent ranks, with the two white bishops and two rooks reversing their roles. W Pauly Mate in three moves. Key 1. Bd4!! Waiting. 1…Kd2 2.Rb3, any 3.Be3 1…Ke4 2.Rf2, Kd3 3. Bc2(chameleon echo model) (if 2…d5 3.Bc2 self-block on d5 and if 2…Kd5 3.Bf3 mate and now the block is on d6!)While in the previous example the white king also joined the fray in guarding squares in the second it provides guard to e6 in only one variation although this is not mandatory in model mates. ‘Let those laugh who win’ was the inimitable caption of legendary Loyd to his three mover given for solving. Loyd humbly wrote “ This was a haphazard, impromptu little fellow that I composed in an instant and entered it in the ‘Chess Monthly’ Tournament, and never appreciated it until it received the first prize, since which it has become my most famous problem, and is continually referred to as a difficult and beautiful problem that conflicts with all the established views of composition". Solvers can consider themselves lucky if they could crack this one within four hours! The second problem fittingly won premier honours in the tourney brought up in memory of Loyd. Sam Loyd first prize Chess Monthly 1857  Mate in three moves O Wurzburg first prize Loyd MT 1949 Mate in three moves Solution for two movers in Memorable Mutates: Openoordt - 1 Qb1!         D Banny - 1 Nxf2! - C G S Narayanan More Problems Top Glossary Symbol Meaning + Check # Checkmate x Capture ! Good Move !! Excellent Move ? Bad move ?? Blunder !? Interesting Move ?! Dubious Move 1-0 White Wins 0-1 Black Wins 1/2 Draw Twoer Mate in Two Moves Top About the author C G S Narayanan, an international composer of repute, has been composing Chess problems for the past thirty years. He has won several awards for his compositions in International composing tourneys and he has an output of over 300 problems to his credit. He is the second Indian to win the prestigious Brian Harley Award for the best two-mover composed by a subject of British Commonwealth twice in 1977 and 1991. He has been editing THE HINDU Chess problem column from 1982 onwards, after S K Narasimhan. He has captained the Indian team in the World Chess Compositions Tournaments held by FIDE. More Problems Top
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