Cycle of captures

At least 3 pieces are cyclically capturing and captured.

Feather, Christopher John

The Problemist, 1998

2nd Prize

Example: Cycle of captures
h#2 3.1... (7+14)

1.Rh2 gxh4+ 2.Qxh4 Sxf3#
1.Rb5 Sxf5 2.Sxf5 Se4#
1.e4 Sxg4 2.fxg4 gxf4#

Cycle of captures: sq-qp-ps.

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FEN: 6n1/7b/1R6/4ppkp/1r1N1pqn/1P2PpPr/3b1Np1/1K6

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Kolesnik, Mikola

7th FIDE World Cup, 2019

1st Prize

Example: Cycle of captures
h#3.5 3.1... (7+15)

1...Rxh1 2.Bxg6 Rxb1 3.Bxe4+ Sxe4 4.Ba3 Sc3#
1...Bxh5 2.Sxg5 Bd1 3.Sxe4 Rxe4 4.Ka3 Rxa4#
1...Sxf3 2.Rxh4 Sxd2 3.Rxe4 Bxe4 4.a3 Bxb1#

Cycle of captures rb-bs-sr and BR-RS-SB.

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FEN: 1q6/4p3/2K1P1B1/pP2p1Nb/p3P2R/4pn2/kb1p2p1/nr5r

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