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PID: 117218 (1n3Q1B/1p6/pP2k3/P7/8/8/K4N2/3N4 w - - 0 1)

Lane, Henry Fitzgerald William

1st Prize, Boys' Own Paper, 1897

1n3Q1B/1p6/pP2k3/P7/8/8/K4N2/3N4

#3

7 + 4

6490 yacpdb 2009
14867 BCPS Library 2011

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Qe8+?
      • 1...Kf5
        • 2.Qg8
          • threat
            • 3.Qg4#
          • 2...Kf4
            • 3.Qg4#
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.Se4+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Se3#
      • 1...Kd5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Sd3!
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Sc3+
          • 2...Kc4
            • 3.Sb2#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Se5#
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Sc5#
      • 1...Kd7
        • 2.Sc3
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Se5#
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Sc5#
          • 2...Sc6
            • 3.Sc5#
      • 1...Sc6
        • 2.Sc5+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Se3#

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