MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 224678 (K7/2kBp3/p1P5/4R3/8/2B5/8/8 w - - 0 1)

Halkett, James Brooke

The Sunny South, 1887

K7/2kBp3/p1P5/4R3/8/2B5/8/8

#2

5 + 3

6490 yacpdb 2020

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Kb6
      • 2.Ba5#
    • 1...Kd8
      • 2.Ba5#
  • Tries
    • 1.Re6?
      • threat
        • 2.Ba5#
      • 1...Kd8
        • 2.Ba5#
      • 1...a5
        • 2.Bxa5#
      • 1...Kb6!
  • Keys
    • 1.Rd5!
      • threat
        • 2.Ba5#
      • 1...Kb6
        • 2.Ba5#
      • 1...Kd8
        • 2.Ba5#
      • 1...a5
        • 2.Bxa5#

FEATURES

  • Static
    • TYPE = THREAT
    • CHANGED MATES = 0
    • ADDED MATES = 1
    • REMOVED MATES = 0
  • Sets
    • K(b);S_FLIGHT::B(A)
  • Tries
    • Try
      • R(B);
      • Threat
        • B(A)
      • Vars
        • K(b);S_FLIGHT::B(A)
        • P(a);::B(A),XP(a)
      • Refutation
        • K(b);S_FLIGHT
  • Actual
    • R(B);
    • Threat
      • B(A)
    • Vars
      • K(b);S_FLIGHT::B(A)
      • P(a);::B(A),XP(a)
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