Meson Chess Problem Database

Home
Latest Additions
- #2
- #3
- #4
- #5
- Stats
Books
- All composers (SLOW)
- By initial letter
Magazines
- PID
- General
- Matrix
- All sources/quoters (SLOW)
- By initial letter
- Awards
- Composers
- Decades
- Quoters
- Sizes
- Soundness
- Sources
- Stipulations
- Years
Contact
Back to BDS Website

Problem Display

PID: 239429 (B5Q1/k1b5/1p2n3/1PB5/8/8/8/3K4 w - - 0 1)

Arnell, Alfred Wilhelm Theodor

Illustrirte Zeitung, 1876

B5Q1/k1b5/1p2n3/1PB5/8/8/8/3K4

#3

5 + 4

6490	yacpdb	2021

SOLUTION

SOUND
Sets
- 1...Sd4
  - 2.Qc8
    - threat
      - 3.Qb7#
- 1...Sf4
  - 2.Qc8
    - threat
      - 3.Qb7#
- 1...Sg5
  - 2.Qd5
    - threat
      - 3.Qb7#
    - 2...Kb8
      - 3.Qb7#
  - 2.Qc8
    - threat
      - 3.Qb7#
- 1...Sg7
  - 2.Qd5
    - threat
      - 3.Qb7#
    - 2...Kb8
      - 3.Qb7#
  - 2.Qc8
    - threat
      - 3.Qb7#
- 1...Sf8
  - 2.Qd5
    - threat
      - 3.Qb7#
    - 2...Kb8
      - 3.Qb7#
  - 2.Qg2
    - threat
      - 3.Qb7#
    - 2...Kb8
      - 3.Qb7#
Keys
- 1.Bh1!
  - threat
    - 2.Qa8#
  - 1...bxc5
    - 2.Qa8+
      - 2...Kb6
        3.Qa6#
  - 1...Bd8
    - 2.Qg2
      - threat
        3.Qb7#
        3.Qa8#
      - 2...Kb8
        3.Qb7#
  - 1...Sd8
    - 2.Qa2+
      - 2...Kb8
        3.Qa8#
  - 1...Sf8
    - 2.Qa2+
      - 2...Kb8
        3.Qa8#
    - 2.Qd5
      - threat
        3.Qb7#
        3.Qa8#
      - 2...Kb8
        3.Qb7#
        3.Qa8#
    - 2.Qg2
      - threat
        3.Qb7#
        3.Qa8#
      - 2...Kb8
        3.Qb7#
        3.Qa8#
  - 1...Bb8
    - 2.Qg2
      - threat
        3.Qb7#
        3.Qa8#
        3.Qa2#

FEATURES

NOT CLASSIFIED

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).