MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 229681 (R7/1p3p2/bp2pp2/4P3/4pP1B/1B6/2K3p1/k4nR1 w - - 0 1)

Russell, HA

Sunday Chronicle, 1948

(First published on Sun Jan 18 1948)

R7/1p3p2/bp2pp2/4P3/4pP1B/1B6/2K3p1/k4nR1

#3

7 + 10

15239 Valois Notebooks 2021

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...e3
      • 2.Be1
        • threat
          • 3.Bc3#
        • 2...Sd2
          • 3.Bxd2#
    • 1...b5
      • 2.Rd8
        • threat
          • 3.Rd1#
    • 1...fxe5
      • 2.Bf6
        • threat
          • 3.Bxe5#
  • Tries
    • 1.Be1?
      • threat
        • 2.Bc3#
      • 1...Sd2
        • 2.Bxd2#
      • 1...Se3+!
    • 1.Bf2?
      • threat
        • 2.Bd4#
      • 1...e3
        • 2.Be1
          • threat
            • 3.Bc3#
          • 2...Sd2
            • 3.Bxd2#
      • 1...fxe5!
    • 1.Bxf6?
      • 1...b5
        • 2.Rd8
          • threat
            • 3.Rd1#
      • 1...e3!
    • 1.exf6?
      • 1...e3
        • 2.Be1
          • threat
            • 3.Bc3#
          • 2...Sd2
            • 3.Bxd2#
      • 1...b5
        • 2.Rd8
          • threat
            • 3.Rd1#
      • 1...e5!
  • Keys
    • 1.f5!
      • 1...exf5
        • 2.Bxf6
          • threat
            • 3.e6#
      • 1...fxe5
        • 2.Bf6
          • threat
            • 3.Bxe5#
      • 1...e3
        • 2.Be1
          • threat
            • 3.Bc3#
          • 2...Sd2
            • 3.Bxd2#
      • 1...b5
        • 2.Rd8
          • threat
            • 3.Rd1#

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).