Cyclic Zilahi
A Zilahi theme in a helpmate with three or more phases, where the white piece that gives mate in one phase is captured in the next; the piece captured in the final phase gives mate in the first phase, thus forming a closed cycle.
See also: Extended cyclic Zilahi; Zilahi.
Chepizhny, Viktor
Shakhmatnaya kompozitsiya, 2011
Prize
1...Bh5
2.Qe2
Be8#
1...Sd5
2.Se3
Sb4#
1...Rb7
2.Rb8
Rc7#
1.Qxe2
Rb7
2.Qb5
Rc7#
1.Sxe3
Bh5
2.Sd5
Be8#
1.Rxb8
Sd5
2.Rb7
Sb4#
Molnár, Árpád
Olympic Tourney, 1982 (v)
2nd Prize
1.Rxb4
Sc4
2.Bd7
Bd6#
1.Rxd5
S4xd5+
2.Ke6
Rf6#
1.Rxf8
Bf7
2.Kd8
Sc6#
1.Bxb6
Re8+
2.Kd7
Bc6#
1.Bxb8
Rf7+
2.Kd6
Sc4#
Semenenko, Oleksandr
E. Migdal MT, 2015
1st Prize
1.Bxd3
Se4
2.Re3
Bc3#
1.Qxc5
Bc3+
2.Kd5
Be4#
1.Qxb4
Rd5+
2.Kc3
Se4#
1.Bxg5
Be4
2.Be3
Rd5#
FEN: 8/3pb3/1q1p4/2R3N1/1Bpk4/1p1B1P2/1p2b3/3rrn1K
External links:
- YACPDB: 402585
Hernitz, Zvonimir
Wola Gulowska, 1995
1st Prize
1.Sxf4
Kg1
2.Sd5
Sc5#
1.Rxd3
c3
2.Rd5
Sg5#
1.Qxf3
Kh2
2.Qd5
f5#
Semenenko, Oleksandr
Semenenko, Valery
9th WCCT, 2013
1st Place
1.Sxd3
Rg2
2.Qf6
Rg7
3.d5
Bd7#
1.Sxa4
Rh2
2.Bg4
Rh6+
3.Kf5
Sxd6#
1.Sxc4
Rf2
2.Sfe5
Rf8
3.Qe7
Sf4#
Semenenko, Oleksandr
Bulletin Loschinski & Umnow 100 MT, 2012
1st Prize
1.Bb3
Sxc3
2.Kxc3
Rxd5
3.Qb4
Bxe5#
1.Bc6
Rxd5+
2.Kxd5
Bxe5
3.Qc5
Sxc3#
1.gxf4
Bxe5+
2.Kxe5
Sxc3
3.Qf6
Rxd5#
Feather, Christopher John
The Problemist, 1998
2nd Prize
1.Rh2
gxh4+
2.Qxh4
Sxf3#
1.Rb5
Sxf5
2.Sxf5
Se4#
1.e4
Sxg4
2.fxg4
gxf4#
FEN: 6n1/7b/1R6/4ppkp/1r1N1pqn/1P2PpPr/3b1Np1/1K6
External links:
- PDB: P0576584