Gate-opening

A piece moves off a line, so enabling a line-piece to move across the vacated square.

Sammelius, Carel Johan Robert

The Problemist, 1985

(corr. V. Paliulionis)

Example: Gate-opening
h#6  (2+10)

1.Bd2 Sxe4 2.Ba5 Sd6 3.Re6 Sxf5 4.Rb6 Sxg7 5.Qh7 Se6 6.Qa7 Sc5#

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FEN: 8/6p1/k4p1b/1b3p2/3pp3/2N3K1/8/1q2r3

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