MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 222529 (8/1Kp5/N7/1k6/2p5/2B5/BP6/8 w - - 0 1)

Taffs, Anthony John

US Problem Bulletin, 1964

8/1Kp5/N7/1k6/2p5/2B5/BP6/8

#3

5 + 3

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Ka4
      • 2.Bxc4
        • threat
          • 3.Sc5#
        • 2...c5
          • 3.Sxc5#
  • Tries
    • 1.Bb3?
      • 1...c6
        • 2.Bd1
          • 2...c5
            • 3.Sc7#
        • 2.Bc2
          • 2...c5
            • 3.Sc7#
      • 1...cxb3!
    • 1.Bxc4+?
      • 1...Ka4
        • 2.Sc5#
      • 1...Kxc4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Bb1!
      • 1...Ka4
        • 2.Kc6
          • 2...Kb3
            • 3.Sc5#
      • 1...c5
        • 2.Sc7+
          • 2...Ka4
            • 3.Bc2#
      • 1...c6
        • 2.Bc2
          • 2...c5
            • 3.Sc7#

FEATURES

NOT CLASSIFIED
HTML5 logo

Developed and maintained by Brian Stephenson.
Implemented with HTML5, MySQL, Perl (with, inter alia, CGI::Simple, HTML::Template & XML::LibXML) & CSS/Javascript (jQuery, Bootstrap & DataTables).