Meerane theme
The first and the last moves are completely identical. This means:
- The starting and ending squares of the two moves are identical.
- The types of the moving piece is identical (though it does not necessarily have to be the same physical piece).
- In the case of captures in the thematic moves, the type of the captured piece must also be identical in both moves.
The following Meerane theme forms are identified in Helpmate Analyzer:
- The first white move is identical to the mating move.
- The first black move is identical to the mating move.
- The first and last black moves are completely identical.
- Reciprocal forms.
See also: Kozhakin theme.
Jonsson, Bernt Christer
Mat Plus, 2009
2nd Prize
1...Sf3
2.Kd5
Sxe5
3.Kxe5
Sg1
4.Rd5
Sf3#
1...Sc3
2.Rb4
Sxa4
3.Kb5
Se2
4.Kxa4
Sc3#
Paliulionis, Viktoras
Rimkus, Mečislovas
Die Schwalbe, 2018
1.Sb4
cxb4
2.Kc3
bxa5
3.Kb4
c3+
4.Kxa5
Kd4
5.Sd5
Kc5
6.Sb4
cxb4#
Luce, Sébastien
Die Schwalbe, TT-214, 2019
2nd HM
1...Sf6
2.Sg5
Sxh5
3.Kf3
Sf4
4.Kg4
Sd5
5.Kh5
Sf6#
1...Sc7
2.Kd3
Sxa6
3.Kc4
Sb4
4.Kb5
Sd5
5.Ka6
Sc7#
Paliulionis, Viktoras
Die Schwalbe, TT-214, 2019
2nd Prize (Miniatures)
1.Qe2
Be4+
2.Qdd3
Kf6
3.Kd1
Ke5
4.Qa6
Kd4
5.Sd2
Kc3
6.Qe1
Kb2
7.Qae2
Bc2#
Abdurahmanović, Fadil
Die Schwalbe, 2010
1st Prize
1.Be6
Kd1
2.Qe5
Ke2
3.Kf5+
Kf3
4.Bb3
Bc4
5.f6
Bg8
6.Be6
Bh7#
Rehm, Hans Peter
Schach-Echo, 1988
1st Prize
1.Bh5
Kc1
2.Kg4
Kd1
3.Kh4+
Ke1
4.Bd1
Kf2
5.Se2
Kf3
6.Sg3+
Kf4
7.Bh5
hxg3#