MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 242550 (8/p2N3K/5p2/P4k2/5p2/5N2/5P2/4Q3 w - - 0 1)

Bull, Thomas Porter

Brownson's Chess Journal, 1877

8/p2N3K/5p2/P4k2/5p2/5N2/5P2/4Q3

#3

6 + 4

6490 yacpdb 2021

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Kh6?
      • threat
        • 2.Kh5
          • 2...a6
            • 3.Sd4#
            • 3.Sh4#
      • 1...a6
        • 2.Qe8
          • 2...Kg4
            • 3.Qh5#
      • 1...Kg4!
    • 1.Qe2?
      • 1...Kg4
        • 2.Sxf6+
          • 2...Kh3
            • 3.Qf1#
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Qe5#
      • 1...a6!
    • 1.Qe5+?
      • 1...Kg4
        • 2.Qh5+
          • 2...Kxh5
            • 3.Sxf6#
      • 1...fxe5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qe8!
      • 1...Kg4
        • 2.Qh5+
          • 2...Kxh5
            • 3.Sxf6#
      • 1...a6
        • 2.Kh6
          • 2...Kg4
            • 3.Qh5#

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).