MESON Chess Problem Database

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PID: 185671 (8/N7/k7/NR6/B7/p7/8/5K2 w - - 0 1)

Kuskop, Friedrich Amandus Leopold

The Times, 1909

8/N7/k7/NR6/B7/p7/8/5K2

#3

5 + 2

6490 yacpdb 2018

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Rb7?
      • threat
        • 2.S7c6
          • 2...a2
            • 3.Bb5#
        • 2.Bb5+
          • 2...Kxa5
            • 3.Sc6#
      • 1...a2
        • 2.Bb5+
          • 2...Kxa5
            • 3.Sc6#
      • 1...Kxa5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Rb8!
      • threat
        • 2.S5c6
          • 2...a2
            • 3.Bb5#
        • 2.S7c6
          • 2...a2
            • 3.Bb5#
        • 2.Bb5+
          • 2...Kxa5
            • 3.Sc6#
          • 2...Kxa7
            • 3.Sc6#
      • 1...Kxa5
        • 2.Sc6+
          • 2...Kxa4
            • 3.Rb4#
          • 2...Ka6
            • 3.Bb5#
      • 1...Kxa7
        • 2.Sc6+
          • 2...Ka6
            • 3.Bb5#
      • 1...a2
        • 2.Bb5+
          • 2...Kxa5
            • 3.Sc6#
          • 2...Kxa7
            • 3.Sc6#

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