Lommer theme
A promoted piece moves away and later returns to its promotion square to be captured.
⧖ Harold Maurice Lommer (United Kingdom, 1904–1980). The theme name was introduced by Marko Ylijoki in his article "Lommer, I presume" in Tehtäväniekka 3/2025.
See also: Schnoebelen theme.
Lommer, Harold Maurice (corr. Y. Bilokin)
New Statesman, 1956
h#4 (3+6)
1.h1=B+
Kb8
2.Bxa8
a7
3.Bh1
a8=Q
4.Kh3
Qxh1#
Ylijoki, Marko
Tehtäväniekka, 2023
h#5.5 (4+9)
1...h4
2.a1=R
h5
3.Ra4
h6
4.Rxd4
h7
5.Ra4
h8=Q
6.Ra1
Qxa1#
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FEN: 8/p4p2/8/2Kp4/3Pp3/3pP3/p1pp3P/2k5