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PID: 185870 (6bb/pN1Bpr1p/3P4/4BR2/pNp5/k1P5/5pP1/1R3K2 w - - 0 1)

Smith, James Alfred John

The Observer, 1932

(First published on Sun Mar 20 1932)

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#3

10 + 10

15239 Valois Notebooks 2018

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Rf6
      • 2.Bf4
        • threat
          • 3.Bc1#
    • 1...Rg7
      • 2.Bf4
        • threat
          • 3.Bc1#
    • 1...exd6
      • 2.Sxd6
        • threat
          • 3.Sxc4#
          • 3.Sb5#
    • 1...e6
      • 2.Sa5
        • threat
          • 3.Sxc4#
  • Keys
    • 1.Bf6!
      • threat
        • 2.Ra5
          • threat
            • 3.Rxa4#
      • 1...exd6
        • 2.Sxd6
          • threat
            • 3.Sxc4#
            • 3.Sb5#
      • 1...exf6
        • 2.Rxf2
          • threat
            • 3.Ra2#
      • 1...a5
        • 2.Rxa5
          • threat
            • 3.Rxa4#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Bg5
          • threat
            • 3.Bc1#
      • 1...e6
        • 2.Sa5
          • threat
            • 3.Sxc4#

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