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PID: 211321 (7k/p5pq/1R5p/5P2/8/1B6/Q7/K7 w - - 0 1)

Gibbins, Norman Martin

The Observer, 1922

(First published on Sun Feb 12 1922)

7k/p5pq/1R5p/5P2/8/1B6/Q7/K7

#3

5 + 5

2425 San Francisco Chronicle 1922
15239 Valois Notebooks 2020

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Qg6
      • 2.fxg6
        • threat
          • 3.Rb8#
        • 2...axb6
          • 3.Qa8#
    • 1...axb6
      • 2.Qa8+
        • 2...Qg8
          • 3.Qxg8#
    • 1...g5
      • 2.Qb2+
        • 2...Qg7
          • 3.Rxh6#
  • Keys
    • 1.Qg2!
      • threat
        • 2.Qa8+
          • 2...Qg8
            • 3.Qxg8#
      • 1...Qxf5
        • 2.Rxh6+
          • 2...Qh7
            • 3.Qa8#
          • 2...gxh6
            • 3.Qg8#
      • 1...Qg6
        • 2.fxg6
          • threat
            • 3.Rb8#
            • 3.Qa8#
      • 1...Qg8
        • 2.Rxh6+
          • 2...Qh7
            • 3.Qa8#
          • 2...gxh6
            • 3.Qxg8#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Qb2+
          • 2...Qg7
            • 3.Rxh6#
      • 1...g6
        • 2.Qa8+
          • 2...Kg7
            • 3.f6#
          • 2...Qg8
            • 3.Qxg8#

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