Indian
To allow the opposing king a flight, a line-piece moves across a critical square so that a second unit can temporarily occupy that square and thereby create a shut-off (subsequently moving away from the critical square).
See also: Critical move; Maslar theme; Cheney-Loyd theme.
Alias: Helpmate Indian theme.
Loyd, Samuel
The Chess Monthly, 1860 (version)
1.Kf6
Ra8
2.Kg7
Bb8
3.Kh8
Be5#
Ebert, Hilmar
Maslar, Zdravko
diagrammes, 1980
Special Prize
1.Ke7
Be1
2.Kd6
Kd2
3.Kc5
Bd1
4.Kb4
Kc2+
5.Ka4
Kb2#
Laurent, Marcel
Waldstein, Néandre
Themes-64, 1970
1.Rh4
Bg2
2.Sf4
f3
3.Kd5
Kb4
4.Se6+
f4#
Paliulionis, Viktoras
Maroc Echecs, 2019
1st Prize
1...Bd4
2.Kc4
Bh8+
3.Kd5
Kg7
4.f5
Rd4+
5.Ke5
Kf7#
1.Kc2
Re8
2.Kd3
Be7
3.Ke4
Bf8+
4.Kf5
Re5+
5.Kf6
Bg7#
Meinking, Dan
Wiehagen, Rolf
F. Abdurahmanovic-60 JT, StrateGems, 2000
2nd Prize
1...Re2
2.Kc4
Rxa2+
3.Kb3
Rf2
4.Bb1
Be2
5.Ka2
Bc4#
1...Be2
2.Ke4
Bxg4+
3.Kf4
Bd1
4.g5
Re2
5.Kg4
Re4#
Rehm, Hans Peter
Schach-Echo, 1988
1st Prize
1.Bh5
Kc1
2.Kg4
Kd1
3.Kh4+
Ke1
4.Bd1
Kf2
5.Se2
Kf3
6.Sg3+
Kf4
7.Bh5
hxg3#
Abdurahmanović, Fadil
Ellinghoven, Bernd
idee & form, 2000
2nd Prize
1.Ba2
Sb3
2.Kf8
Kxe6
3.e1=R+
Kf6
4.Re8
Sc5
5.Bg8
Sd7#
Paliulionis, Viktoras
Die Schwalbe, 1988
Comm.
1.Ba8
Bb7
2.Rh2
Kd7
3.g3
Bc8
4.Kg2
Ke6
5.Kh3
Kf5
6.Bg2
Kg5#
Koludrovic, Branko
The Problemist, 1986
1st Prize
1.Bg3
Be7
2.Kf4
Kb8
3.Bh3
Kc7
4.Kg4+
Kd7
5.g5
Ke6
6.Kh4+
Kf6
7.g4
Kg6#
Indian (white)
Indian (bicolor, incomplete)
Takács, Péter
Ébersz, Kornél
Magyar Sakkvilág, 1934
1st Prize
1.Kd7
Bb1
2.Ke6
Rc2
3.Kf5
Rc3+
4.Kg4
Bd3
5.Kh3
Bf5#
Indian (white, pericritical)
Paliulionis, Viktoras
harmonie-aktiv, 2013
1st HM
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#
Abdurahmanović, Fadil
Ellinghoven, Bernd
The Problemist, 2000
3rd Comm.
1...Bh4
2.Bh2
g3
3.Kc7
Kf4
4.Bxg3+
Kg5
5.Kd8
Kf6
6.Bc7
Kf7#
Abdurahmanović, Fadil
Ellinghoven, Bernd
Orbit, 2000
1st Prize
1...Ba3
2.Sf6
Bc1
3.Rdd8
Bg5
4.Kd6
Kd4
5.Ke7+
Ke5
6.Rd7
Bxf6#