MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 24642 (7K/1PB1p2B/3Nk3/4Pp2/p7/P7/2P5/1Q6 w - - 0 1)

Halliwell, Ernest

Manchester Weekly Times, 1890

(First published on Sat Jan 25 1890)

7K/1PB1p2B/3Nk3/4Pp2/p7/P7/2P5/1Q6

#3

9 + 4

187 The Chess Bouquet 1897
15239 Valois Notebooks 2021

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Kd7
      • 2.Qb5+
        • 2...Ke6
          • 3.Bxf5#
          • 3.Bg8#
        • 2...Kxc7
          • 3.b8Q#
  • Tries
    • 1.Bg8+?
      • 1...Kd7
        • 2.Qb5+
          • 2...Kxc7
            • 3.b8Q#
      • 1...Kxe5!
    • 1.Qb3+?
      • 1...Kxe5
        • 2.Se4+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Qd3#
          • 2...Kxe4
            • 3.Qd3#
      • 1...Kd7
        • 2.Qb5+
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Bxf5#
            • 3.Bg8#
          • 2...Kxc7
            • 3.b8Q#
      • 1...axb3!
    • 1.Qb4?
      • threat
        • 2.Qc4+
          • 2...Kxe5
            • 3.Se4#
            • 3.Se8#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.e6#
            • 3.b8S#
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Qa5+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Bb6#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.b8S#
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Bxf5#
        • 2.Qc4+
          • 2...Kxe5
            • 3.Se4#
            • 3.Se8#
      • 1...Kd7
        • 2.Qb5+
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Bxf5#
            • 3.Bg8#
          • 2...Kxc7
            • 3.b8Q#
      • 1...exd6
        • 2.Qxd6+
          • 2...Kf7
            • 3.Bg6#
      • 1...Kxe5!
    • 1.Qb5?
      • threat
        • 2.Bxf5#
        • 2.Bg8#
      • 1...f4
        • 2.Bf5#
        • 2.Bg8#
      • 1...exd6!
    • 1.c4?
      • threat
        • 2.Qxf5#
      • 1...Kxe5
        • 2.Sb5+
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Qxf5#
          • 2...Kf6
            • 3.Qxf5#
      • 1...Kd7
        • 2.Qb5+
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Bxf5#
            • 3.Bg8#
          • 2...Kxc7
            • 3.b8Q#
      • 1...exd6!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qb6!
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Qa5+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Bb6#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.b8S#
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Bxf5#
      • 1...Kxe5
        • 2.Sxf5+
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Qc6#
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Se3#
      • 1...Kd7
        • 2.Qb5+
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Bxf5#
            • 3.Bg8#
          • 2...Kxc7
            • 3.b8Q#
      • 1...exd6
        • 2.Qxd6+
          • 2...Kf7
            • 3.Bg6#
      • 1...f4
        • 2.Bg8+
          • 2...Kxe5
            • 3.Qb2#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.e6#
            • 3.b8S#

This is a version

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).