Pickabish
Mutual interference between a bishop and a pawn standing on its game-array square.
See also: Grimshaw; Kubbel-Grimshaw; Nesic theme.
Alias: Pickabish theme.
Manhart, Markus
Schach-Aktiv, 1988
4th Prize
h#2 b) bKf3→h4
(5+5)
a) 1.Bd6
Be3
2.g6
Bb7#
b) 1.d6
Bg4
2.Bg6
Bd8#
Semenenko, Valery
Moscow Tourney, 2001
Comm.
h#2 b) bPf5→e5
c) wBb8→a6
(5+5)
a) 1.Qd6
Kf7
2.Ke5
Ra5#
b) 1.d6
e4+
2.Kd4
Ba7#
c) 1.Bd6
d4
2.Ke4
Bb7#
Kubbel-Grimshaw + Pickabish.
Abdurahmanovic, Fadil
Kovachevitsh, Marjan
The Macedonian Problemist-15 JT, The Macedonian Problemist, 2015
2nd Prize
h#2 b) wPa2→b4
c) wPa2→c3
(6+8)
a) 1.d6
Rg4+
2.Kc3
Bg7#
b) 1.Rxb5
Bc5
2.Bd6
Bf7#
c) 1.Rd6
Bd3+
2.Kc5
Rg5#
Grimshaw + Pickabish + Nesic.
Bogdanov, Evgeny
Chess Leopolis, 2007
1st Prize
h#2 b) bQc8→e8
c) -bSe2 +bPh6
(6+10)
a) 1.Bd6
f7
2.Kc5
Kf6#
b) 1.d6
Be7
2.Kc5
Ke6#
c) 1.Rd6
Rh5
2.Kc5
Kf4#
Grimshaw + Pickabish + Nesic.