Unofficial World Championship Checker ProblemComposing Contest #54

[Bill Salot]

It is underway.

This quartet of contest entries houses a bunch of commonalities: five White sacrifices leading to equivalent sweeps and into equivalent finishes, all piece-up wins, all different, all original, all unpublished, all tough, all by long-time composers, including the defending champion composer and three former champions.

If you can solve one of these settings, the clues it demonstrates will help you solve the others. Even if you don't have time to solve them, the world, including the composers, would love to know which of these offerings impresses you most. Scan all their solutions and tell us by voting for the best.

Compare your choice with that of other voters. See the fireworks animated. Test your evaluation skills with those on the voters' ladder. Review past contests. Enter your own unpublished composition in a future contest. All of the fun-filled details are spelled out on this web site.