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PID: 188414 (NK5B/8/3p4/pQpp1Rp1/1b2k3/r3P1n1/3pPP2/1rRb1n2 w - - 0 1)

Caine, Walter Edmund

To Alain White, 1945

NK5B/8/3p4/pQpp1Rp1/1b2k3/r3P1n1/3pPP2/1rRb1n2

#3

9 + 13

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Ra1
      • 2.Qd3#
    • 1...Ra2
      • 2.Qd3#
    • 1...Rd3
      • 2.Qxd3#
    • 1...Ra4
      • 2.Qd3#
    • 1...Bb3
      • 2.Qd3#
    • 1...Bc3
      • 2.Qxb1+
        • 2...Bc2
          • 3.Qxc2#
    • 1...c4
      • 2.Qxd5#
    • 1...g4
      • 2.Rf4#
  • Keys
    • 1.Qb7!
      • threat
        • 2.Qxd5#
      • 1...Kxf5
        • 2.Qh7+
          • 2...Kg4
            • 3.f3#
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Sc7#
      • 1...Sxe3
        • 2.Rc4+
          • 2...Kxf5
            • 3.Qf7#
          • 2...Sxc4
            • 3.Qxd5#
        • 2.f3+
          • 2...Kxf5
            • 3.Qf7#
      • 1...Sxf5
        • 2.Rc4+
          • 2...Sd4
            • 3.Qh7#
      • 1...Rd3
        • 2.Rc4+
          • 2...Kxf5
            • 3.Qf7#
          • 2...Rd4
            • 3.Qxd5#
      • 1...Bb3
        • 2.Qh7
          • threat
            • 3.Rf4#
            • 3.Re5#
          • 2...Sxe3
            • 3.f3#
          • 2...Sxf5
            • 3.Qh1#
      • 1...Bc3
        • 2.Qxb1+
          • 2...Bc2
            • 3.Qxc2#

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