Helledie theme

H#3-4: The motive for the first black move becomes apparent only after the second white move has been played, or later. Black must play first.

⧖ Theme of the TT held in Thema Danikum 114/2004 on the occasion of the 50th birthday of Holger Helledie (Denmark, *1951).

Heinonen, Unto

Thema Danicum, H. Helledie-50 JT, 2004

1st Prize

Example: Helledie theme
h#4 2.1... (4+12)

1.Sg7 e3 2.fxe3 Sg6 3.Kd3 Kh7 4.Rc3 Sf4#
1.Rf7 b4 2.axb4 Sc6 3.Kc4 Kg8 4.Bc3 Sa5#

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FEN: 7K/r7/8/pprbN2n/3npp2/1Pk5/2pbP3/8

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Witztum, Menachem

Thema Danicum, H. Helledie-50 JT, 2004

2nd Prize

Example: Helledie theme
h#3 2.1... (7+7)

1.Rc5 Sef6 2.Qd8 Sf8 3.Qd6 Sg6#
1.Bc4 Shf6 2.Qh2 Sd6 3.Qf4 Sf7#

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FEN: 4N2q/7N/b1p5/r2Pk1P1/pK4P1/p1P5/8/8

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Garai, Toma

Probleemblad, 1993

Comm.

Example: Helledie theme
h#3 b) wPa4→e5  (3+12)

a) 1.Sce4 Qxe2 2.Rd6 Qxf1 3.R1d4 Qb5#
b) 1.Sg4 Qxd2 2.Bb5 Qxd1 3.Qc4 Qd6#

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FEN: 8/8/5n1p/p1k5/P6K/1pnQ2p1/3rb3/3rbq2

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Ott, Markus Johannes

Schach-Aktiv, 1993

1st Prize

Example: Helledie theme
h#3 2.1... (4+7)

1.Ra4 Sf5 2.Ke2 b4 3.Rf1 Sd4#
1.Ba4 Sf2 2.Ke3 b3 3.Sf3 Sd1#

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FEN: 7K/8/8/8/3r1rN1/3p1kN1/1P1p4/3bn3

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Paliulionis, Viktoras

4th FIDE World Cup, 2015

2nd Comm.

Example: Helledie theme
h#9  (2+4)

1.Qb8 Ka5 2.Kb7 Ba3 3.Kc6 Bd6 4.Kd5 Bxb8 5.Kc4 Bd6 6.Kb3 Ba3 7.Ka2 Kb4 8.Ka1 Kb3 9.Sb1 Bb2#

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FEN: k7/8/K7/4p3/8/1qn5/1B6/8

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Zajic, Helmut

Die Schwalbe, 1978

Example: Helledie theme
h#3  (6+6)

1.Rf6 e6 2.Ke5 Sxf6 3.Kxf6 Se8#

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FEN: 1B2Nr2/1pNK4/1P4n1/4Pnb1/3k4/8/8/8

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