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What the die can land on

# mate, h# helpmate, s# selfmate, + study to win, = study to draw; the number counts the moves. With nothing chosen, the die rolls every kind.

Composer Valery Kopyl

Memorial V. Archakov, 2016, 3-й приз

Selfmate in 6 moves

White pieces: 10, black: 8 White to move

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1.e8B! zz 1...b5 2.Be1 b4 3.Kd1 b3 4.S:g5+ B:g5 5.Qg8+ Kh6 6.Sg4+ B:g4# 1...b6 2.Bb5 b:a5 3.Be2 a4 4.Bd1 a3 5.B:g6+ B:g6 6.S:g5+ B:g5#

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International grandmaster Valery Kopyl's account of 50 years in chess composition.