MESON Chess Problem Database
Problem Display
PID: 156471 (8/8/7N/4p1Bp/1N1P4/5kpB/3P4/4K2R w K - 0 1)
Howard, Kenneth Samuel
The Observer, 1929
(First published on Sun Apr 7 1929)
#3
8 + 4
| 14986 | White-Hume Collection | 2016 |
| 15239 | Valois Notebooks | 2018 |
SOLUTION
- SOUND
- Sets
- 1...e4
- 2.Rf1#
- 1...e4
- Tries
- 1.Kf1?
- threat
- 2.Bg2#
- 1...g2+
- 2.Bxg2+
- 2...Kg3
- 3.Rh3#
- 2...Kg3
- 2.Bxg2+
- 1...Ke4!
- threat
- 1.Bf5?
- threat
- 2.Bd3
- threat
- 3.0-0#
- 2...Kg2
- 3.Be4#
- 2...g2
- 3.Rh3#
- threat
- 2.d3
- threat
- 3.Be4#
- 2...Kg2
- 3.Be4#
- 2...g2
- 3.Rh3#
- 2...e4
- 3.Bxe4#
- threat
- 2.0-0+
- 2...Ke2
- 3.Bd3#
- 2...Ke2
- 2.Bd3
- 1...exd4
- 2.Bd3
- threat
- 3.0-0#
- 2...Kg2
- 3.Be4#
- 2...g2
- 3.Rh3#
- threat
- 2.d3
- threat
- 3.Be4#
- 2...Kg2
- 3.Be4#
- 2...g2
- 3.Rh3#
- threat
- 2.0-0+
- 2...Ke2
- 3.Bd3#
- 2...Ke2
- 2.Bd3
- 1...h4
- 2.Bd3
- threat
- 3.0-0#
- 2...Kg2
- 3.Be4#
- 2...g2
- 3.Rh3#
- threat
- 2.d3
- threat
- 3.Be4#
- 2...Kg2
- 3.Be4#
- 2...g2
- 3.Rh3#
- 2...e4
- 3.Bxe4#
- threat
- 2.0-0+
- 2...Ke2
- 3.Bd3#
- 3.Bg4#
- 2...Ke2
- 2.Bd3
- 1...e4!
- threat
- 1.0-0+?
- 1...Ke2
- 2.Sf5
- threat
- 3.Sxg3#
- 2...g2
- 3.Sg3#
- 2...h4
- 3.Bg4#
- threat
- 2.Sf5
- 1...Ke4!
- 1...Ke2
- 1.Kf1?
- Keys
- 1.Bf1!
- threat
- 2.Bd3
- threat
- 3.0-0#
- 2...Kg2
- 3.Be4#
- 2...g2
- 3.Rh3#
- threat
- 2.Bd3
- 1...Ke4
- 2.Bd3+
- 2...Kf3
- 3.0-0#
- 2...Kxd4
- 3.Be3#
- 2...Kf3
- 2.Bd3+
- 1...g2
- 2.Be2+
- 2...Kg3
- 3.Sf5#
- 2...Ke4
- 3.Rh4#
- 2...Kg3
- 2.Be2+
- 1...e4
- 2.Rh4
- threat
- 3.Rf4#
- 2...g2
- 3.Rh3#
- threat
- 2.Rh4
- threat
- 1.Bf1!
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