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Problem Display

PID: 229795 (1Nn5/n3p3/1p1pp3/1p1k1P2/1p5P/1P1NK3/3P4/8 w - - 0 1)

Boswell, Edward

Sunday Chronicle, 1948

(First published on Sun Feb 8 1948)

1Nn5/n3p3/1p1pp3/1p1k1P2/1p5P/1P1NK3/3P4/8

#3

7 + 9

15239	Valois Notebooks	2021

SOLUTION

SOUND
Sets
- 1...Sc6
  - 2.Sa6
    - threat
      - 3.Sc7#
    - 2...Sd4
      - 3.Saxb4#
    - 2...Sa5
      - 3.Saxb4#
    - 2...Se5
      - 3.Sdxb4#
      - 3.Saxb4#
    - 2...S6a7
      - 3.Saxb4#
    - 2...Sb8
      - 3.Saxb4#
    - 2...Sd8
      - 3.Saxb4#
- 1...exf5
  - 2.Sf4+
    - 2...Kc5
      - 3.d4#
    - 2...Ke5
      - 3.Sd7#
- 1...e5
  - 2.Sxb4+
    - 2...Kc5
      - 3.S8a6#
Tries
- 1.Sxb4+?
  - 1...Kc5
    - 2.S8a6#
  - 1...Ke5!
- 1.Sf4+?
  - 1...Kc5
    - 2.d4#
  - 1...Ke5!
Keys
- 1.h5!
  - 1...exf5
    - 2.Sf4+
      - 2...Kc5
        3.d4#
      - 2...Ke5
        3.Sd7#
  - 1...Sc6
    - 2.Sa6
      - threat
        3.Sc7#
      - 2...Sd4
        3.Saxb4#
      - 2...Sa5
        3.Saxb4#
      - 2...Se5
        3.Sdxb4#
        3.Saxb4#
      - 2...S6a7
        3.Saxb4#
      - 2...Sb8
        3.Saxb4#
      - 2...Sd8
        3.Saxb4#
  - 1...e5
    - 2.Sxb4+
      - 2...Kc5
        3.S8a6#

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