MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 152992 (4R3/8/5Q2/B1p5/2K1B1p1/3P2p1/4k1r1/5b1n w - - 0 1)

Blaine, Harry (Harley, Brian)

Morning Post, 1935

(First published on Sat Sep 14 1935)

4R3/8/5Q2/B1p5/2K1B1p1/3P2p1/4k1r1/5b1n

#2

6 + 7

15290 Harley Scrapbook 2014

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Ke3
      • 2.Bxg2#
      • 2.Bd5#
      • 2.Bc6#
      • 2.Bg6#
      • 2.Bb7#
      • 2.Bh7#
      • 2.Ba8#
    • 1...Rf2
      • 2.Bf3#
    • 1...Sf2
      • 2.Bf3#
  • Tries
    • 1.Qxf1+?
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Bxg2#
        • 2.Bd5#
        • 2.Bf5#
        • 2.Bc6#
        • 2.Bg6#
        • 2.Bb7#
        • 2.Bh7#
        • 2.Ba8#
      • 1...Kxf1!
  • Keys
    • 1.d4!
      • threat
        • 2.Bc2#
      • 1...Kd1+
        • 2.Qxf1#
      • 1...Ke3+
        • 2.Bd3#
      • 1...Sf2
        • 2.Bf3#

FEATURES

  • Static
    • TYPE = THREAT
    • CHANGED MATES = 0
    • ADDED MATES = 2
    • REMOVED MATES = 1
  • Sets
    • R(d);SBLOCK::R(F)+B(C),DCHECK
    • S(b);SBLOCK::R(F)+B(C),DCHECK
  • Tries
    • Try
      • Q(E);CHECK,XB(a)
      • Refutation
        • K(c);S_FLIGHT,XQ(E)
  • Actual
    • P(A);
    • Threat
      • R(F)+B(C)
    • Vars
      • K(c);CHECK,S_FLIGHT::QAR2(E),XB(a)
      • K(c);CHECK,P-FLIGHT::R(F)+B(C)
      • S(b);SBLOCK::R(F)+B(C),DCHECK
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).