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MatPlus.Net Forum Selfmates Which version would you prefer redux
 
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(1) Posted by Steven Dowd [Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014 18:16]

Which version would you prefer redux


If interested, take a look at:

http://kobulchess.com/en/problems/chess-originals-2014/456-steven-dowd-selfmate.html

Your comments there will be very helpful to me in that Diyan has told me I can decide later which of the two versions I enter as my final choice. Even if you aren't a selfmate composer, you probably have an opinion as to whether the "technical pawn" is a good or bad choice just based on the aesthetics of the two mates.

Thanks all!
 
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(2) Posted by Sven Hendrik Lossin [Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014 12:41]

To make it short: I am with Diyan in this specific case and think there is not a lot to add to his words.
 
 
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(3) Posted by Jacques Rotenberg [Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014 18:35]

For me you made the good choice, and I don't hesitate.

The mate in the middle of the board is lovely, nothing to be compared with a mate alike on the edge
 
   
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(4) Posted by Sven Hendrik Lossin [Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014 20:21]

Maybe it is more a question of expressing your own style in a composition than a matter of quality.
 
   
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(5) Posted by Steven Dowd [Thursday, Jan 23, 2014 01:17]

Thanks to both of you. In addition to Jacques' comment about the more centralized mates, I'll note that 1. Sa5 as key, since it was more of a move to the edge of the board than 1. Sb5, provided a better contrast to the centralized mates in my view. The moves of the S to the center are also uniquely refuted, and thus you have a little paradox in that an edge knight move (Springer am Rande bringt... nun einmal nicht!) is superior to one to the middle of the board.
 
 
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