Herlin

A line-piece should come to thematic line beyond the critical square. To accomplish this it first makes a move along the parallel line and by-passes the critical square, i.e. it makes a peri-critical move.

Complete Herlin maneuver: The unit that will be interfered with starts its maneuver from the thematic line.

Alias: Pericritical Indian.

Kluxen, Wilhelm

Die Schwalbe, 1947

1st Prize

Example: Herlin
h#4  (4+4)

1.Bd1 Re6 2.Be2 Bg6 3.Kc4 Bf7 4.Bd3+ Re4#

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FEN: 8/7K/8/2p5/P3R3/1kpB4/2b5/8

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Takács, Péter

Ébersz, Kornél

Magyar Sakkvilág, 1934

1st Prize

Example: Herlin
h#5  (3+3)

1.Kd7 Bb1 2.Ke6 Rc2 3.Kf5 Rc3+ 4.Kg4 Bd3 5.Kh3 Bf5#

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FEN: 2k5/7B/8/3p4/7n/8/5R2/7K

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Paliulionis, Viktoras

Die Schwalbe, 1988

Comm.

Example: Herlin
h#6  (2+4)

1.Ba8 Bb7 2.Rh2 Kd7 3.g3 Bc8 4.Kg2 Ke6 5.Kh3 Kf5 6.Bg2 Kg5#

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FEN: 2K5/8/8/8/6p1/8/3r2b1/5k1B

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Abdurahmanović, Fadil

Ellinghoven, Bernd

feenschach, 1997

2nd Prize

Example: Herlin
h#6  (2+9)

1.Rf5+ Ke6 2.Qf4 Bd5 3.Qb4 Bf3 4.Kc4 Bh5 5.Rb5 Bf7 6.c5 Ke5#

Complete Herlin maneuver.

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FEN: 8/8/2p5/1k2K3/8/2rp2n1/B3br2/3n1q2

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Paliulionis, Viktoras

harmonie-aktiv, 2013

1st HM

Example: Herlin
h#10.5  (2+4)

1...Bc2 2.d5 Bg6 3.Re7 Be8 4.Re1 Kc7 5.Kf3 Kd6 6.Ke2 Ke5 7.Kd1+ Kd4 8.Qe2 Kc3 9.d4+ Kb3 10.d3 Ba4 11.d2 Kb2#

Complete Herlin maneuver.

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FEN: 2K5/1r1p4/8/1q6/B5k1/8/8/8

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Abdurahmanović, Fadil

Ellinghoven, Bernd

Orbit, 2000

1st Prize

Example: Herlin
h#5.5  (2+6)

1...Ba3 2.Sf6 Bc1 3.Rdd8 Bg5 4.Kd6 Kd4 5.Ke7+ Ke5 6.Rd7 Bxf6#

Pericritical Maslar.

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FEN: 4rn2/3n1p2/8/2B1k3/3r4/2K5/8/8

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Paliulionis, Viktoras

The Problemist Supplement, 2022

Example: Herlin
h#5  (3+6)

1.Bf7 Ba6 2.Ke6 Bf1 3.Be5 g4 4.Sd5 Bh3 5.Qe7 g5#

Complete Herlin maneuver.

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FEN: 2B5/8/3r1n2/4k3/7q/K5b1/b5P1/8

Meinking, Dan

StrateGems, 2001

5th Prize

Example: Herlin
h#6.5  (2+6)

1...Bf3 2.Qd8+ Ke4 3.Kc6 Bg4 4.Sf3 Kf5 5.Kd7 Kg6+ 6.Ke8 Bh5 7.Bd7 Kg7#

Herlin (x2) on parallel lines.

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FEN: B7/4p3/8/qk6/7n/3K3b/8/5r2

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