Orthodox reflex mates 2


Stanislav Vokál
2903 Stella Polaris 4 / 1969

1.e5? th. 2.g5 Qxd4#, 1...Rg5!
1.g5? th. 2.e5 Qxd4#, 1...Re5!

1.Qb6! th. 2.Qxb4+ Bxb4 3.d3 Bc3#
1...Rb7 2.g5 ~ 3.e5 Qxd4#
1...Rb8 2.e5 ~ 3.g5 Qxd4#

Logical approach in reflex mate - white by threat removes good defences and thus allows continuations with reciprocal exchange of 2nd and 3rd moves.









r#3 (11+9)

Slobodan Mladenovic
Miodrag Mladenovic

1st HM The Problemist 1989

1.Qf8? th. 2.Qxe7+ Be6 3.Rxa3 Sxa3#
1...Kf6 2.e5+! Kxe5 3.Ra1 bxa1Q#
1...Kd6 2.Bf4+! Bxf4 3.Sc1 bxc1Q#
1...e6 2.Bd4+! Sxd4 3.Sc3 Qc2#
1...d5!

1.Qd8? th. 2.Qxe7+ Be6 3.Rxa3 Sxa3#
1...Kf6 2.Bd4+! Sxd4 3.Sc3 Qc2#
1...Kd6 2.e5+! Kxe5 3.Ra1 bxa1Q#
1...e6 2.Bf4+! Bxf4 3.Sc1 bxc1Q#
(1...d5 2.Bd4+ Sxd4 3.Sc3 Qc2# again)

Lacny cycle in known orthodox mechanism, but with nicely varying mates.









r#3 (11+13)

Hans Peter Rehm
2nd Prize The Problemist 1984

1.dxc8Q+? Ke4 2.Qe6#
1.dxc8R+? Ke6 2.Rc6#
1.dxc8B+? Kc4 2.Be6#
1.dxc8S+? Kc6 2.Rc7#

1.Bxg3! th. 2.e4+ K~ 3.Bf4 Bf4#
1...e5 (2.e4+? Kd6! 3.dxc8Q#) 2.dxc8Q+ K~ 3.Rd1 cxd1Q#
1...Rh4 2.dxc8R+ K~ 3.Rd1 cxd1Q#
1...Qxa6 (2.e4+? Kc6! 3.dxc8Q#) 2.dxc8B+ K~ 3.Rd1 cxd1Q#
1...Qa7 (2.e4+? Kc6! 3.dxc8Q#) 2.dxc8S+ K~ 3.Rd1 cxd1Q#

Tries including AUW are refuted by reflex-mate-specific means with bK's star.









r#3 (11+11)

Arno Tüngler
6973 feenschach 119 - 1996

White wants to force Black mate by removing Sg6 and Kf5 from h7-b1 and then Bb1 axb1Q#, but 1.Sg6~+? Kxe5! 2.S#

1.Rb8! th. 2.bxc4 ~ 3.Rb1 axb1Q#
1...Sb2 2.Sf4+ Kxe5 3.Bb1 axb1Q#
1...Sd2 2.Sh4+ Kxe5 3.Bb1 axb1Q#
1...Sa5 2.Sxe7+ Kxe5 3.Bb1 axb1Q#
1...Sb6 2.Sf8+ Kxe5 3.Bb1 axb1Q#
1...Sd6 2.Sh8+ Kxe5 3.Bb1 axb1Q#
1...Sxe5 2.Sxe5+ Kxe5 3.Bb1 axb1Q#

1.Rb4? Sxe5! 2.Sh4#
1.Rb7? Kf6! 2.bxc4 e6! 3.Rxf7#

Rich fight in threemove reflexmate. Idea in variations (3/4 of knight's wheel by both sides) is well done, also the threat motivation and refutations of tries aren't simple.









r#3 (11+13)

Peter Kniest
4th Prize Die Schwalbe 1968

1.Qb1! f5 2.Qb4! f4 3.Qb6! f3 4.Qa6! f2 5.Qe2 fxg1Q#

Mating picture is immediately visible, but... White must enter e2 with queen precisely on 5th move and as he must move with his queen only to safe squares (to avoid chance of giving mate to Black), it is not so simple to loose a tempo, it is possible only through b-file with witty stop at b4. Crystal clear position with unbelievable tempo fight.









r#5 (4+2)

C. Seneca
3rd HM Thémes-64 1956

1.Rc5! c6 2.Rc4! c5 3.Rc3! c4 4.Rc2! c3 5.Ra2 c2+ 6.Ka1 c1Q#

White rook must be very careful. It must visit only squares from which it cannot give mate on last rank or d-file.









r#6 (4+2)

Comments to Juraj Lörinc.
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