Tempo move
A move that, without adding or subtracting any possibilities, allows the opposite side to play as if the side making the tempo had not moved.
Special cases of tempo moves are:
See also: Tempo maneuver; Allowing tempo; Lindner 1 theme.
Kricheli, Josif
Ideal-Mate Review, 1983
1st Prize
h#4 b) rotate 180
(2+4)
a) 1.Rd6
Kf4
2.Ra6
Kf5
3.Kc6
Ke6
4.Rb6
Rc8#
b) 1.Rf2
Rh1
2.Bd1
Ke6
3.Kf3
Kf5
4.Be2
Rh3#
Tempo move (zugzwang avoidance).
Paros, György
Magyar Sakkelet, 1955
1st Prize
h#3 (5+12)
1.g6
Qa1
2.Kb6
a5+
3.Kc7
Qe5#
Tempo move (waiting).
Kricheli, Josif
Problem (corr.), 1968
2nd Prize
h#3 b) bBe7→c3
(5+15)
a) 1.Sc2
Rf4
2.Kd6
Kc1
3.Qc5
Rd4#
b) 1.Sb5
Rg4
2.f2
Bf4
3.Kb4
Bd6#
View in Helpmate Analyzer
FEN: 8/4b3/2p1p1p1/q1k3Pb/1R1n4/pp3pBp/p6P/rn1K4
External links:
- PDB: P0523944
Wong, Peter
feenschach, 1995
1st HM
h#2 (4+12)
b) bPd3→d7
c) bPd3→a7
d) bPd3→b3
a) 1.Qe3
Kh2
2.Kd4
Sxe6#
b) 1.Se7
Kg3
2.Kd6
Se8#
c) 1.Rb7
Kg1
2.Kb6
Sa8#
d) 1.Ra3
Kxf2
2.Kb4
Sxa6#
wK tempo, wK cross, bK star.