MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 225005 (8/8/2Npn3/2bk4/b5K1/2rN1P2/P7/1Q5B w - - 0 1)

Smith, Thomas

Era, 1868

8/8/2Npn3/2bk4/b5K1/2rN1P2/P7/1Q5B

#3

7 + 6

6490 yacpdb 2020

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Bb5
      • 2.f4+
        • 2...Kc4
          • 3.Sb2#
    • 1...Bd4
      • 2.f4+
        • 2...Kc4
          • 3.Sa5#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sdb4+?
      • 1...Kc4
        • 2.Qf1+
          • 2...Rd3
            • 3.Qxd3#
      • 1...Bxb4!
    • 1.Sf4+?
      • 1...Kc4
        • 2.Sa5+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Qe4#
        • 2.Qf1+
          • 2...Rd3
            • 3.Qxd3#
      • 1...Kxc6!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qb5!
      • threat
        • 2.Sdb4#
        • 2.f4#
      • 1...Rc4+
        • 2.f4+
          • 2...Re4
            • 3.Sdb4#
      • 1...Rxd3
        • 2.f4+
          • 2...Rf3
            • 3.Bxf3#
      • 1...Bxb5
        • 2.f4+
          • 2...Kc4
            • 3.Sb2#

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).