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Problem Display

PID: 170562 (5N2/8/b7/5B1K/5B2/5k2/8/2Q5 w - - 0 1)

Massmann, Wilhelm Karl Heinrich

Basler Nachrichten, 1955

5N2/8/b7/5B1K/5B2/5k2/8/2Q5

#3

5 + 2

6490	yacpdb	2018

SOLUTION

SOUND
Sets
- 1...Ke2
  - 2.Qe3+
    - 2...Kd1
      - 3.Qd2#
    - 2...Kf1
      - 3.Bh3#
- 1...Kg2
  - 2.Bh3+
    - 2...Kf2
      - 3.Qe3#
    - 2...Kf3
      - 3.Qe3#
    - 2...Kxh3
      - 3.Qh1#
- 1...Bf1
  - 2.Qxf1#
- 1...Bd3
  - 2.Bxd3
    - threat
      - 3.Qf1#
    - 2...Kf2
      - 3.Qf1#
    - 2...Kg2
      - 3.Qf1#
- 1...Bb7
  - 2.Qf1#
- 1...Bc8
  - 2.Qf1#
Tries
- 1.Bd3?
  - threat
    - 2.Qf1#
  - 1...Kf2
    - 2.Qf1#
  - 1...Kg2
    - 2.Qf1#
  - 1...Bxd3!
- 1.Bh3?
  - threat
    - 2.Qe3#
  - 1...Ke2
    - 2.Qf1#
  - 1...Kf2
    - 2.Qe3#
  - 1...Ke4!
- 1.Bg4+?
  - 1...Kf2
    - 2.Be3+
      - 2...Kg2
        3.Qg1#
      - 2...Kg3
        3.Qg1#
  - 1...Kg2
    - 2.Bh3+
      - 2...Kf2
        3.Qe3#
      - 2...Kf3
        3.Qe3#
      - 2...Kxh3
        3.Qh1#
  - 1...Ke4!
Keys
- 1.Qe1!
  - threat
    - 2.Be4+
      - 2...Kxf4
        3.Sg6#
  - 1...Kg2
    - 2.Bh3+
      - 2...Kf3
        3.Qe3#
      - 2...Kxh3
        3.Qg3#
        3.Qh1#
    - 2.Be4+
      - 2...Kh3
        3.Qg3#
        3.Qh4#
        3.Qh1#
        3.Qe3#
  - 1...Kxf4
    - 2.Sg6+
      - 2...Kf3
        3.Be4#
      - 2...Kxf5
        3.Qe5#
  - 1...Bd3
    - 2.Be4+
      - 2...Kxf4
        3.Sg6#
      - 2...Bxe4
        3.Qf1#

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