Originals
Vol II, No.21-24, Winter 1999

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Original Helpmate Three- and Moremovers

543. Sinisa Perunicic
Yugoslavia
21K4r6S1k2B14b






h#3 211111 3+3
1.Rf5+ Ke7 2.Ke5 Bf3 3.Bd4 Sd3#
1.Rc4 Sd3 2.Kd5 Ke7 3.Bd4 Bf3#
The same white moves appear in a cyclic order and interestingly lead to two quite different ideal mates.[MV]

544. Srecko Radovic & Nebojsa Joksimovic
Yugoslavia
2q24kpB4R9p9K






h#3 211111 3+4
1.Qf8 Bb1 2.Qf4 Rc2 3.Ke4 Rd2#
1.Qa6 Rh4 2.Qd3 Bg4 3.Ke4 Be6#
Double Indian. Geomatrically interesting relation of BQ, WR and WB locations prevent the alternation in the BQ to path.[MV]

545. Sinisa Perunicic
Yugoslavia
14S13K5k1s5P2r15S






h#3 211111 4+3
1.Rd3 Kf4 2.Sc3: Se3+ 3.Kd4 Se6#
1.Sc3: Kd6 2.Kd4 Sd2 3.Rd3 Sf5#
Miniature with cyclic change of black moves with ideal mates.[A]

546. Leonid Makaronez & Semion Shifrin
Israel
6b5r3p6K3p7p4p6B2k1p1R






h#3 b) BRe7-->b4
c) BKc2-->b2
3+8
a) 1.Kd3 Bc8 2.e1B Re2 3.Bc3 Ba6:#
b) 1.Kc3 Bd7 2.e1S Ba4 3.Sd3 Rc2#
c) 1.Ka1 Be6 2.e1R Bd5: 3.Rb1 Ra2#
Three minor promotions of the unpinned BP. The gradual shortening of first white moves are charming.[MV]

547. Jorma Paavilainen
Finland
9sq2RK8pBb1r3p3PpP4P1k7r






h#3 b) BKe3-->d3 6+9
a) 1.Qf4: Bc7 2.Qf1 Rf1: 3.Bd3 Bf4#
b) 1.Qc3: Rc7 2.Qe1 Be1: 3.Rd4: Rc3#
Different elements in a hopefully coherent form.[A]
... More than coherent diagonal/orthogonal presentation of Umnov, annihilation, BQ sacrifice and delayed Umnov.[MV]

548. Tode Ilievski
Macedonia
1b7B6qp7pps4R2skP2pPp3P4P4K






h#3 b) WPg3-->g4 7+10
a) 1.Qa4: Bc6 2.Sf3 Be8 3.Qd4 Bg6#
b) 1.Qb7: Rc4 2.Sf4: Rc3: 3.Qd5 Re3#
Zilahi made by unpin captures and "black Umnov".[MV]

549. Vladan Vuckovic
Yugoslavia
32k1SK20S






h#4 3+1
1.Kb4 Ke3 2.Kc3 Sb3 3.Kc2 Kf2 4.Kd1 Se3#
The mate must be on the edge, but the BK prefers another one.[A]
This and following two originals "survived" the search for the maching examples on Niemann Collection CD.

550. Vladan Vuckovic
Yugoslavia
kS6SS20K






h#4 4+1
1.Ka7: Kf6 2.Kb6 Ke7 3.Kc7 Sa6+ 4.Kc8 Sd6#
BK takes the most distant knight and then goes carefuly around remained two.[A]

551. Vladan Vuckovic
Yugoslavia
43K5P1SS6k






h#4 4+1
1.Ke1 Kc2 2.Kf2 Kb1 3.Ke1 Sf3+ 4.Kd1 Sc3#
Switchback, but "from far away".[A]

552. Borislav Stojanovic
Yugoslavia
8pp14B7k15P14K






h#6 3+3
1.b5 Bb6 2.Kb4 a4 3.ab6 a5 4.Ka4 a6 5.Ka5 a7 6.Ka6 a8Q#
A rare example with sacrifice of the only white officer in a long helpmate with a subtle determination of black moves. The basic idea is taken from Abdurahmanovic's fourmover (see diagram below), but implemented in a quite different way.[MV]
Fadil Abdurahmanovic
Mat 1973
K3b8B1p7p6RP7k






h#4* 4+4
1... Be6 2.Bg6 hg6 3.hg6 Rg3 4.g5 Rh3#
1.hg5 Bg6 2.hg6 h6 3.Kh5 h7 4.Kh6 h8Q#

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