GKW

[garykevinware]

Due to an e-mail glitch, the e-mail that Hans Nieuwhart had sent me, with the problem he had composed in the shape of the letter 'W', to complete my name, with the 'G' and 'K' being under Good Grief!, did not get to me until after I had posted the answers to those problems. Here is that problem, along with four more problems composed by Hans, all helpmates, with the first three, being in the shape of the letters, 'G', 'K', and 'W'.



Hans Nieuwhart Gary's Gems 2010 #5



Hans Nieuwhart Gary's Gems 2010 H#3



Hans Nieuwhart Gary's Gems 2010 H#3



Hans Nieuwhart Gary's Gems 2010 H#3



Hans Nieuwhart Gary's Gems 2010 H#3

All of the helpmates are Black to move first, and help White mate him on White's third move. The last problem has two solutions, and 6 points for giving me both variations. Therefore, 20 points are possible, by sending me complete variations to all of the problems. Send your solutions to me at garykevinware@yahoo.com , by next Wednesday.

[garykevinware]

Here are the answers to last week's problems:
Nieuwhart #5-
1 Bc6 (threat 2 Qb2 3 Qd2#) Give and take key f3 2 Qb5 Kf2 3 Qxf5 Ke1 4 Rb2 ~ 5 Qb1#
1...Ng3 2 Qe7+ Kf2 3 Rb2+ Ne2 4 Qxe2+ Kg3 5 Qg2#
1...Nd6 2 Kc2 Ne4 3 Qe1+ Kf3 4 Bxe4+ Kg4 5 Qh4#
Hans gave the following tries:
1 d5? Kf2 2 Qxf4+ Kg1 3 Qf1+ Kh2 4 Be5+ Ng3 5 Rh6#
1...Kf3 2 Be5 Kg2 3 Qxf4 Ng3 4 Qxg3+ Kh1 5 Rh6#
1...Nd6 2 Rxd6 Kf2 3 Qxf4+ Kg1 4 Qf1+ Kh2 5 Ba5#
But 1...Ng3!
1 Qc4? Kf2 2 Qf1+ Kg3 3 Qg1+ Kf3 4 Bc6+ Ke2 5 Rb2#
1...f3 2 Bg5+ Kf2 3 Qf1+ Kg3 4 Qg1 Kh3 5 Bf1#
But 1...Ng3!
1 Qb2? Nxd4 2 Qd2+ Kf3 3 Bf1 Ke4 4 Qd3+ Kd5 5 Qxd4#
But 1...Ng3!
Nieuwhart H#3 G-
1 Nc4 Kxc2 2 Kc5 Kc3 3 Nb6 Na6#
Nieuwhart H#3 K-
1 Rc6 Nd6 2 b5 e4 3 b6 Nb7#
Nieuwhart H#3 W-
1 Nd5 Ka4 2 Kc4 Nd3 3 Nd4 Nb2#
Nieuwhart H#3-
1 Be5 Rd5+ 2 Ke4 Rd3+ 3 Kf4 Rxf3#
1 Bd6 Bd5 2 Ke5 Be4+ 3 Ke6 Bf5#