British Problem Solving Championship

Start position

(1) Gilbert S Dodds - 1st Prize,Good Companions February 1915, 05.03.2011 [Nunn,John] 1.Rc3 Qe3 [1...Qd4 2.Bxd4# ; 1...Qxc3 2.Qxc3# ; 1...d5 2.Rc6# ; 1...Ne4 2.Rf3# ] 2.Rxe3# *

Start position

(2) Thomas Ricketts - 4th Prize,BCF Tourney No.117 1967-8, 05.03.2011 [Nunn,John] 1.Bxe5 [1.-- Kxe4 ; 1.-- g3 ; 1.exd3 ; 1.exf3 ] 1...-- [1...Kxe4 2.exf3+ Kxf3 (2...Kf5 3.Qe4# ) 3.Bd5# ; 1...fxe2 2.Qf2+ Kxe4 3.Qf4# ; 1...f2 2.Qxf2+ Kxe4 3.Qf4# ; 1...dxe2 2.Bd4 threat 3 Rf4# 2...Kxe4 3.Qb1# ; 1...fxe5 2.Qc3 threat 3 Qxe5# 2...Kf6 (2...Kxe4 3.Qxd3# ) 3.Rf4# ; 1...Ng5 2.Nd4+ Kxe4 3.exf3# ; 1...Nd6 2.Rf4+ Kxe5 3.Qc3# or 3 Qa1#] 2.Qg3 *

Start position

(3) Valery Kopyl & Gennady Kozyura - 1st Prize,Borodavkin-40 JT 2010, 05.03.2011 [Nunn,John] 1.b3 hxg1B [1...hxg1N 2.Qd6+ Kxd6 3.f8Q+ Ke5 4.Ng4+ Ke4 5.Qf3+ Nxf3# ] 2.Rxc6+ Kxc6 3.c8R+ Kb7 4.a6+ Ka7 5.Qxe3+ Bxe3# *