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Long fairy helpmates 3

In the Czechoslovak album 1985-87 I found handful of longer fairy helpmates that can be of interest to our readers.

Tichomir Hernadi 2nd HM SU + SS 1986 (541 Sachova Skladba 7. 1986)	1.Kc7 Ra1 2.Kb8 Rxh1 3.Ka7 Rxh8 4.Ka6 Ra8# 1.Rc6 Rxh8 2.Rc7 Rxh1 3.Kc8 Ra1 4.Bd7 Ra8# Two big squares by white rook in opposite directions. Note that grasshoppers play no one move...

h#4 (2+6) 0+2 grasshopper 2.1.1....

Miroslav Bily 1st HM Sachove Umenie 1985	a) 1.Sf4 Be7 2.Ke5 Bg5 3.Gg4 Kc5 4.Ge4 gxf4# b) 1.Sf6 Bg6 2.Qe7 g4 3.Ke6 Kc6 4.Ge5 gxf5# 'Obvious' echo with (0,1) shift.

h#4 (3+5) grasshopper g7 b) d6 -» f7

Miroslav Henrych 2nd Special Mention Probleemblad 1987	1.Kd4 d3 2.MAd5 Kg4 3.b2 Kf3 4.b1MA Ke2 5.MAc3 Ne6# 1.MAf5 Kg4 2.b2 Kf3 3.b1N Ke2 4.Ke4 Ne6 5.Nd5 d3# Cycle of 5 white moves in 2 solutions.

h#5 (3+4) nightrider a4, mao e3 2.1.1....

Jaroslav Brada Comm SU + SS 1986	a) 1.g4 Sxe2(Sg8) 2.g3 Sxg3(pg7) 3.c1Q Sxe4(pe7) 4.Qc6 Sxf6(pf7) 5.Qe8 Sh7# b) 1.Bh5 Bxg5(pg7) 2.Be8 Bxf6(pf7) 3.c1R Bd4 4.Rg1 Bxg1(Rh8) 5.Rg8 Bc5# Blocks of many flights, partly by black moves, partly by reborn black pieces after white captures.

h#5 (2+10) Circe b) bishops c1, e2

Tichomir Hernadi 2nd Prize SU + SS 1986 (470 Sachova Skladba 5. 1986)	1.Kh8 Kg3 ... 11.Kh8 Ka4 12.L(xa6)a5+ Kxa5 ... 24.Kh8 Kf4 25.Kh7 Kxe3 ... 45.Kh7 Kf6 46.Kh8 Kxg6 47.e3 Kxh5 48.Kh7 g6+ 49.Kh8 g7+ 50.Kh7 g8Q# Long journey by white king to give black necessary free move by pawn. Locusts are very suitable for restricting movement as they cannot move without meal in the form of opposite pieces, but ...

h#50 (5+10) 1+5 locust

Tichomir Hernadi 1228 Probleemblad 7-8 1987	1.Ka8 Ke8 ... 21.Ka8 Kxc6(Qd8) ... 42.Kb8 Kxd8 ... 67.Ka8 Kxf3 ... 93.Ka8 Kxc8(Qd8) 94.f3 Qec6# ... well, Madrasi condition is of course even more restrictive.

h#94 (6+12) Circe, Madrasi 0+3 locust

Comments to Juraj Lörinc.
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