MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 151673 (8/2p5/pP6/kp1B4/Np2P3/2R5/1PK5/4BR2 w - - 0 1)

Harley, Brian

The Field, 1902

(First published on Sat Jun 21 1902)

8/2p5/pP6/kp1B4/Np2P3/2R5/1PK5/4BR2

#3

9 + 5

15290 Harley Scrapbook 2014
15239 Valois Notebooks 2021

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Kxa4
      • 2.Ra3+
        • 2...bxa3
          • 3.Bb3#
          • 3.b3#
  • Keys
    • 1.Bc6!
      • 1...b3+
        • 2.Rxb3+
          • 2...Kxa4
            • 3.Ra3#
          • 2...b4
            • 3.Bxb4#
            • 3.Rf5#
      • 1...Kxa4
        • 2.Ra3+
          • 2...bxa3
            • 3.b3#
      • 1...bxc3
        • 2.Bxc3+
          • 2...Kxa4
            • 3.Ra1#
          • 2...b4
            • 3.Rf5#
      • 1...bxa4
        • 2.Rf5+
          • 2...Kxb6
            • 3.Bf2#
      • 1...cxb6
        • 2.Ra3
          • 2...bxa4
            • 3.Rxa4#

FEATURES

NOT CLASSIFIED
HTML5 logo

Developed and maintained by Brian Stephenson.
Implemented with HTML5, MySQL, Perl (with, inter alia, CGI::Simple, HTML::Template & XML::LibXML) & CSS/Javascript (jQuery, Bootstrap & DataTables).