switchback

switchback

A piece leaves a square, and then later in the solution returns to it by the same route.

Kwiatkowski, Marek
Wola Gułowska, 2001
2nd Prize
FIDE Album 2001-03

mate in 3 moves

Tura Waldemar – E.Iwanow-85 – 2018 – selfmates – 2

Tura, Waldemar
E.Iwanow-85, 2018
4th Prize

selfmate in 3 moves

triangulation

triangulation

The piece returns to a square where it has already been after visiting at least two other squares.

Rusinek, Jan
The Problemist, 1997
4th Prize

win

Parzuch Stefan – Moskovskaya Matryoshka – 2017 – helpmates

Parzuch, Stefan
Moskovskaya Matryoshka, 2017
Special Prize

helpmate in 2 moves
b) black Bd3

volgograd theme

volgograd theme

A key and threat from one phase become respectively a threat and mate in another.

Scheme:
1.A ~ 2.B, 1…a 2.(C)
1.D ~ 2.A, 1…a 2.B

Bruch, Wieland; Degener, Udo
Schach, 1997
Prize
FIDE Album 1995-97

mate in 2 moves

Banaszek Marcin – Die Schwalbe – 2017 – helpmates

Banaszek, Marcin
Die Schwalbe, 2017
1st Prize

helpmate in 5.5 moves
b)Ke1->h1

Stocchi combination

Stocchi combination

Changed play in three phases with transferred mates from first to second and simple change from second to third phase.

Scheme:
1.X a 2.A, 1…b 2.B
1.Y c 2.A, 1…d 2.B
1.Z c 2.C, 1…d 2.D

Stocchi, Ottavio
Tijdschrift v. d. KNSB, 1954
2nd Prize

mate in 2 moves

Jasik Andrzej – In Memory of Generation (Gia Nadareishvili) – 2021 – studies

Jasik, Andrzej
In Memory of Generation (Gia Nadareishvili), 2021
honourable mention

win

Brzozowicz Jarosław – Polski Związek Szachowy – 2019 – selfmates

Brzozowicz, Jarosław
Polski Związek Szachowy, 2019
3rd honourable mention

selfmate in 2 moves