MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 166239 (2b4q/2P1R1p1/3p3b/BPkp4/4p2Q/2p2N1n/4B3/5K2 w - - 0 1)

Abela de la Torre, Aurelio

3rd Prize, Source?, 1877

2b4q/2P1R1p1/3p3b/BPkp4/4p2Q/2p2N1n/4B3/5K2

#3

8 + 10

14986 White-Hume Collection 2018

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Bf4
      • 2.Sd4
        • threat
          • 3.Sb3#
        • 2...Kxd4
          • 3.Bb6#
    • 1...Bf5
      • 2.Sd4
        • threat
          • 3.Sb3#
        • 2...Kxd4
          • 3.Bb6#
    • 1...exf3
      • 2.Qb4#
    • 1...e3
      • 2.Qb4#
      • 2.Qd4#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sd4?
      • threat
        • 2.Sb3#
      • 1...Kxd4
        • 2.Bb6#
      • 1...Qf8+!
    • 1.Qf2+?
      • 1...Be3
        • 2.Qxe3+
          • 2...d4
            • 3.Qxd4#
      • 1...e3
        • 2.Sd4
          • threat
            • 3.Sb3#
          • 2...Kxd4
            • 3.Bb6#
      • 1...Sxf2!
    • 1.Qxe4?
      • threat
        • 2.Qb4#
        • 2.Qd4#
      • 1...Be3
        • 2.Qb4#
      • 1...d4
        • 2.Qc6#
        • 2.Qxd4#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Qb4#
      • 1...g6
        • 2.Qb4#
      • 1...dxe4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qf6!
      • threat
        • 2.Qxc3#
        • 2.Qd4#
      • 1...gxf6
        • 2.Sd4
          • threat
            • 3.Sb3#
          • 2...Kxd4
            • 3.Bb6#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Qxd6+
          • 2...Kxd6
            • 3.Bb4#
      • 1...g6
        • 2.Qxd6+
          • 2...Kxd6
            • 3.Bb4#

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).