Festina lente

A pawn's initial double-move is divided into two parts. [FIDE Album] Festina Lente is a Latin phrase meaning "make haste slowly" and is famous for being first used by the Roman Emperor Augustus.

Kampmann, Bruno

diagrammes, 1998

2nd Prize

Example: Festina lente
h#7 2.1... (2+5)

1.Sf3 Kg7 2.h5 g4 3.h4 g5 4.h3 g6 5.h2 gxf7 6.h1=R f8=Q 7.Rb1 Qa3#
1.Kb2 g3 2.Kc3 g4 3.Kd4 g5 4.Ke5 g6 5.Kf6 Kh5 6.Kg7 gxf7 7.Kh8 f8=Q#

Festina lente (white).

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FEN: 3b4/5b1p/7K/8/8/8/6Pn/k7

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Avner, Uri

The Problemist, 2012

Example: Festina lente
h#2* 2.1... (6+14)

1...d4#

1.Bb3 d3 2.Bc4 d4#
1.Bd3 Bf3 2.Bf5 Sd7#

Festina lente (white).

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FEN: 8/8/pp1ppN2/qp1Nk3/rrb3Bp/2K4P/pn1P4/b7