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PID: 13187 (3K4/3N4/2ppp2p/3k2p1/3p2B1/7N/2Qn4/6Rb w - - 0 1)

Rayner, James

1st Prize, Lebanon Herald, 1882

3K4/3N4/2ppp2p/3k2p1/3p2B1/7N/2Qn4/6Rb

#3

6 + 9

1253 Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement 1882
15 British Chess Magazine 1890
187 The Chess Bouquet 1897
15 British Chess Magazine 1898
15239 Valois Notebooks 2021

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Sb1
      • 2.Qb3+
        • 2...Ke4
          • 3.Re1#
    • 1...Sb3
      • 2.Qxb3+
        • 2...Ke4
          • 3.Re1#
    • 1...Se4
      • 2.Qb3#
      • 2.Qa2#
    • 1...d3
      • 2.Qxd3#
    • 1...e5
      • 2.Sb6#
      • 2.Sf6#
  • Tries
    • 1.Kc7?
      • threat
        • 2.Qxc6#
      • 1...Sc4
        • 2.Qg6
          • threat
            • 3.Bxe6#
            • 3.Qxe6#
          • 2...d3
            • 3.Qxd3#
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Be6#
      • 1...c5!
    • 1.Ke7?
      • threat
        • 2.Bxe6#
      • 1...d3
        • 2.Qxd3#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Sb6#
        • 2.Sf6#
        • 2.Be6#
      • 1...c5!
    • 1.Rc1?
      • threat
        • 2.Qxc6#
      • 1...Sc4
        • 2.Qxc4+
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re1#
      • 1...c5!
    • 1.Qb3+?
      • 1...Sc4
        • 2.Bf3+
          • 2...Bxf3
            • 3.Qxf3#
        • 2.Qf3+
          • 2...Bxf3
            • 3.Bxf3#
      • 1...Sxb3!
    • 1.Qc5+?
      • 1...Ke4
        • 2.Re1+
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Sf2#
      • 1...dxc5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Be2!
      • 1...c5
        • 2.Qa2+
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Qxe6#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Qa8#
          • 2...Sb3
            • 3.Qa8#
          • 2...Sc4
            • 3.Qa8#
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Qa8#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Sb6+
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Qg6#
      • 1...Bg2
        • 2.Bc4+
          • 2...Sxc4
            • 3.Qxg2#
      • 1...Bf3
        • 2.Qc4+
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Qxe6#
          • 2...Sxc4
            • 3.Bxf3#
      • 1...Be4
        • 2.Qa2+
          • 2...Sb3
            • 3.Qxb3#
          • 2...Sc4
            • 3.Bxc4#
            • 3.Qxc4#
      • 1...h5
        • 2.Rxg5+
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Sf4#

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