Bristol 18

D.Gurgenidze
Bulletin Central Chess Club USSR
1982
4th Honourable Mention

Draw

1.b8Q+ Qxb8 [1...Rxb8 2.Rac2+ Kd7 3.Rcd2+ Ke7 4.Kd5+ (dual 4.Kd4+ Kd6 5.Kc3+=) 4...Kd7 5.Ke5+ Ke7 6.Kd5+ perpetual check] 2.Reb2! Re8+ 3.Kf4 Rf8+ 4.Kg3 Rg8+ 5.Kh2 Rh8+ 6.Kg1 Qg8+ 7.Rg2= (pseudo-Bristol)

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Bristol 17

F.Bondarenko
L'Italia Schacchistica
1962

White wins

1.g5! hxg5 2.b4! g4 3.b5 g3 4.b6 gxh2 5.Rb5! h6 6.Rg5 hxg5 7.b7 g4 8.b8Q g3 9.Qb5# (pseudo-Bristol)

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Bristol 16

S.Isenegger
National Zeitung
1940

White wins

1.b7 d2 2.Bh8!! d1Q 3.b8Q+ Kc2 4.Qb2+ Kd3 5.Qc3+ Ke4 6.Qe3+ Kf5 7.Qe5+ Kg6 8.Qf6+ Kh7 9.Qg7# (pseudo-Bristol)

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Bristol 15

T.Kok
Tijdschrift v.d. KNSB
1939

White wins

1.Kd4! [1.Bxa7? stalemate] 1...a6 2.Ba7! Kg1 3.Kd5+ [minor dual 3.Kc4+ ] 3...Kh1 4.Kc5 Kg1 5.Kc6+ Kh1 6.Kb6 Kg1 7.Kxa6+ Kh1 8.Kb6 Kg1 9.Kb5+ [minor dual 9.Kc6+ ] 9...Kh1 10.Kc5 Kg1 11.Kc4+ [minor dual 11.Kd5+ ] 11...Kh1 12.Kd4 Kg1 13.Kd3+ Kh1 14.Bb8 Kg1 15.Ke2 h1Q 16.Ba7+ Kh2 17.Bf1 Kg3 18.Bf2+ Kh2 19.a6 +- (pseudo-Bristol)

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Bristol 14

S.Didukh
Avni-50 JT (EG)
2005
4th Honourable Mention

White wins

1.Bd5+! [Thematic try: 1.Kb3? Nxf7 2.h8Q Nxh8 3.Bxh8 Bg3 4.h7 h4 5.Ba1 h3 6.h8Q h2 7.Qb2+ Bf2 8.Qg7+ Bg3 9.Be5 h1Q 10.Qxg3+ Kf1=] 1...cxd5 2.Kb3! Nf7 3.h8Q Nxh8 4.Bxh8 Bg3 5.h7 [minor dual 5.Ba1 h4 6.h7] 5...h4 6.Ba1! h3 7.h8Q h2 8.Qb2+ Bf2 9.Qg7+ Bg3 10.Be5 h1Q 11.Qxg3+ Kf1 12.Bd4 Qg2 13.Qe3 Qd2! 14.Qf3+ [14.Qxd2? stalemate] 14...Ke1 15.Bc3 +-

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Bristol 13

V.Kozirev
Molodoj Leninets (Kurgan)
1976
1st Honourable Mention

White wins

1.Ba1! Be3+ 2.Kb5! Bd4! [2...d2 3.h8Q d1Q 4.Qc3+ Kb1 5.Qb2#] 3.Bxd4 d2 4.h8Q d1Q 5.Qc8+ Kb1 [5...Kd3 6.Qc3+ Ke4 7.Qe3+ Kd5 8.Qe5#] 6.Qc3 Qe2+ 7.Ka5 f4 8.Be5 Qa2+ 9.Kb4 f3 10.Qe1+ Kc2 11.Qe4+ Kd1 12.Bc3 Qg2 13.Kb3 +-

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Bristol 12 + Banny 1

F.Peterson
Tidskrift för Schack
1954
1st Honourable Mention

White wins

1.Bf3? (A) a3! (a) 2.a7 a2 3.a8Q a1Q 4.Qe4+ Kg3 5.Qg4+ Kf2 6.Qg2+ Ke3=;

1.Bg2? (B) c3! (b) (or 1...cxd3 ) 2.a7 c2 3.a8Q c1Q 4.Qe4+ Kg3 5.Qf3+ Kh2 6.Qh3+ Kg1 7.Qh1+ Kf2=

1.a7! a3 (a) 2.Bg2! (B) a2 3.a8Q a1Q 4.Qe4+ Kg3 5.Qf3+ echo 5...Kh2 6.Qh3+ Kg1 7.Qh1+ +- and 1...c3 (b) 2.Bf3! (A) c2 3.a8Q c1Q 4.Qe4+ echo 4...Kg3 5.Qg4+ Kf2 6.Qg2+ Ke3 7.Qxg5+ +-

Bristol 11

G.Fuchs
La Stratégie
1934

White wins

1.Kg1 h2+ 2.Kh1 Nc1 3.Ra8! Ne2 4.h8Q Kh3 5.Qb8 +-

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Bristol 10

A.Guljajev
Troitzky Ty
Zadachy i Etyudy
1929
3rd Honourable Mention

White wins

1.Rh8! g1Q 2.a8Q+ Ba3 3.Qg8+ Ka1 4.Rh1! Qxh1 5.Qxg7+ Ka2 6.Qf7+ Ka1 7.Qf6+ Ka2 8.Qe6+ Ka1 9.Qe5+ Ka2 10.Qd5+ Ka1 11.Qd4+ Ka2 12.Qc4+ Ka1 13.Qc3+ Ka2 14.Qb3+ Ka1 15.Qxa3#

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