The BYCA Puzzle League is for anyone to enter and is for fun.  Congratulations to

Henryk Kalafut

who is the winner of Puzzle League IX.

Puzzle League X has started  - Oliver Ronat and Jeff Wellman are joint leaders

 
PL IX Week 19 ish (5-Jun-05) PL X Week 1
(12-Jun-05)		 PL X Week 2 (19-Jun-05) PL X Week 3 (26-Jun-05) PL X Week 4
(3-Jul-05)
Mate in two

Solution

Mate in two Mate in four Mate in two Mate in one
Mate in three

Solution

Mate in three Mate in five Mate in four Mate in three

BYCA Puzzle League X (Week 4) Positions 

Pos Name Country / County / School / Club Age Group Pld Corr BP Total
1= Olivier Ronat France 4 4 14 22
1= Jeff Wellman Oregon USA 6 4 12 22
3= D.A.G. UK 18+ 1 1 2 4
3= Naveen India 1 1 2 4
3= Aaron Brown USA 1 1 2 4

BYCA Puzzle League IX Positions (Week 19 - final positions)

Pos Name Country / County / School / Club Age Group Pld Corr BP Total
1 Henryk Kalafut New Jersey, USA 18+ 32 32 112 176
2 Olivier Ronat France 14 14 42 70
3 Kothandaraman AdventNet India 18+ 13 13 33 59
4 Calum You Bucks / Hamilton U10 10 10 33 53
5 Jeff Wellman Oregon USA 10 10 27 47
6 Neha Pandey India 18+ 7 6 29 39
7 D.A.G. UK 18+ 8 8 21 37
8 Meglavox M 5 4 11 20
9 Syril Pathmanathan London 18+ 4 3 10 17
10 Poul Vestergaard Grenaa Chess Club Denmark 18+ 3 3 8 14
11 Robert Bahador 5 3 5 13
12 Steven Garner     3 3 5 11
13= Philip Makepeace Bucks / Dr Challoner's Grammar School U16 2 2 5 9
13= Alec Howe Bucks / Aylesbury Grammar School / Aylesbury Chess Club U12 2 2 5 9
13= John Howe Bucks / Wingrave School U11 2 2 5 9
16 Phelan Harris Canada U10 2 2 3 7
17 Naveen India 1 1 1 3
18 v.chandrasekha rao India 18+ 2 0 0 2

 

BYCA Puzzle League VIII Positions (Week 18 - final positions)

Pos Name Country / County / School / Club Age Group Pld Corr BP Total
1 Olivier Ronat France 36 36 126 198
2 Philip Makepeace Bucks / Dr Challoner's Grammar School U15 32 32 106 170
3 Karawash     18+ 19 19 63 101
4 Kothandaraman AdventNet India 18+ 15 14 45 74
5 Poul Vestergaard Grenaa Chess Club Denmark 18+ 10 10 35 55
6 Jonathan Hannah KEGS Chelmsford U17 11 10 32 53
7 Ian Crawshaw     18+ 14 8 25 47
8 Steven Garner     9 5 17 31
9 Henryk Kalafut USA 18+ 4 4 15 23
10 Ben Robinson Australia 18+ 4 4 11 19
11 Philip Lee Newcastle-upon-Tyne U17 3 3 7 13
12= Steven Coeckelbergh University of Leuven Belgium 18+ 2 2 6 10
12= Jason Lepack Carleton University - Ottawa, ON, Canada 18+ 2 2 6 10
14 Aniruddh Bharadwaj Santa Clara, California U7 2 1 2 5

 

BYCA Puzzle League VII Positions (Week 18 - final positions)

Pos Name Country / County / School / Club Age Group Pld Corr BP Total
1 Olivier Ronat France 36 36 131 203
2 Philip Makepeace Bucks / Dr Challoner's Grammar School U15 33 33 118 184
3 Karawash     18+ 25 23 81 129
4 Ben Robinson Australia 18+ 19 16 48 83
5 Akilan Arumugham  Nashville TN    14 13 47 74
6 Steven Coeckelbergh University of Leuven Belgium 18+ 6 4 16 26
7 Alex Iceton Buckingham Chess Centre U8 5 3 7 15
8= Matthew Iceton Buckingham Chess Centre U11 4 3 7 14
8= Alan Miscampbell Buckingham Chess Centre U11 4 3 7 14
10 George Jackman Buckingham Chess Centre U8 3 3 7 13
11= David Clyde     U15 3 2 6 11
11= JaSHIRImeet KENSTAR 18+ 2 2 7 11
13 Adam Davis Buckingham Chess Centre U12 4 2 4 10
14= Alec Howe Buckingham Chess Centre U11 2 2 5 9
14= Philip Lee Newcastle-upon-Tyne U17 3 2 4 9
16= Chris Nixon Buckingham Chess Centre U12 3 1 2 6
16= Jamie Craik Buckingham Chess Centre U9 3 1 2 6
18 Thomas Schankler Prague 1 1 2 4
19 Ian Crawshaw 18+ 2 0 0 2
 

BYCA Puzzle League VI Positions (Week 18 - final positions)

Pos Name Country / County / School / Club Age Group Pld Corr BP Total
1= Olivier Ronat France 36 36 117 189
1= Philip Makepeace Bucks / Dr Challoner's Grammar School U15 36 36 117 189
3 Andy Blackwood Weymouth, Dorset 18+ 26 26 82 134
4 Chris Turner Banbury, Oxfordshire 18+ 25 23 69 117
5= Calum You Bucks / Hamilton U9 16 16 51 83
5= Ben Robinson Australia 18+ 16 16 51 83
7 JaSHIRImeet KENSTAR 18+ 14 14 43 71
8 Tommi Kamppuri Finland 15 13 36 64
9 Sally Kwan Canada 18+ 14 13 34 61
10 Bei-Nan Liu Milton Keynes 19 8 8 26 42
11 Rafa Young Australia 18+ 8 7 22 37
12 Matthew Iceton Buckingham Chess Centre U11 10 8 16 34
13 George Jackman Buckingham Chess Centre U8 9 7 17 33
14 Alex Iceton Buckingham Chess Centre U8 8 7 15 31
15 Mark Amery Buckingham Chess Centre U14 9 6 14 29
16 Alan Miscampbell Buckingham Chess Centre U11 7 6 12 25
17= Steven B. Dowd USA 4 4 12 20
17= Adam Davis Buckingham Chess Centre U12 6 5 9 20
19= Alec Howe Wingrave / Buckingham Chess Centre U11 5 5 9 19
19= John Howe Wingrave / Buckingham Chess Centre U10 5 5 9 19
21 Thomas Brewis Buckingham Chess Centre U9 5 3 8 16
22 Jamie Craik Buckingham Chess Centre U9 4 4 7 15
23 Jason Ritchie USA 18+ 4 3 7 14
24 Iain Conway Buckingham Chess Centre 3 2 6 11
25 Joseph Hughes Leicester U18 4 2 4 10
26 Electro 1 1 5 7
27 Stephen Merriman 2 1 1 4

BYCA Puzzle League Rules

  1. The BYCA Puzzle League is open to anyone who wishes to take part.  Anyone can join at any time.
  2. It is intended that two puzzles will be added to the league each week and will remain available for four weeks.  The solutions to the two oldest puzzles will then be published and they will be moved to the Chess Puzzles page.
  3. For any of the puzzles available you need to e-mail your solution to byca@supanet.com.(see below).
  4. Points are awarded as follows:  For each puzzle attempted (ie played), one point.  For each correct solution a further point is given.  A number of bonus points will be added depending on the number of moves set for each puzzle.  For example for a "mate in two" puzzle, four points will be given for a correct solution (1 for played, 1 for correct and 2 for bonus).
  5. The total number of points will be calculated for all entries made and the total score is used to determine current position. Therefore you can have several tries if you wish on any of the puzzles. If you get a correct solution to a puzzle then further entries for that puzzle will not be added to your league table score.  So maximum points are scored if you get the correct solution no matter how many entries are made.
  6. When e-mailing your solution(s) to byca@supanet.com please ensure that you provide your name and identify the puzzle(s) that you are providing the solution to.  You can submit several entries on one e-mail if you wish.  You can optionally identify your county, school or club together with your age group (eg U7, U8 ... U18, 18+ etc) if you wish.  These will be added to the league table above.
  7. Good luck, get solving and get e-mailing.