MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 28506 (8/BBK5/8/8/6PP/3k4/1P4R1/8 w - - 0 1)

Wurzburg, Otto

Pittsburgh Post, 1925

8/BBK5/8/8/6PP/3k4/1P4R1/8

#4

7 + 1

5065 Chess Problem Gems by Eight Eminent American Composers 1972
3773 FIDE Album (1914-1944) (II) 1972
3325 Wurzburg Artistry 1974
145 StrateGems 1998
56 The Problemist 2002
268 Chess Life 2004

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Keys
    • 1.Kb6!
      • threat
        • 2.Ka5
          • 2...Kc4
            • 3.Be4
              • 3...Kb3
                • 4.Bd5#
            • 3.Rd2
              • 3...Kb3
                • 4.Bd5#
            • 3.Re2
              • 3...Kb3
                • 4.Bd5#
              • 3...Kd3
                • 4.Ba6#
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Kc5
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Rf2
              • 3...Ke3
                • 4.Kc4#
          • 2...Kf4
            • 3.Kd5
              • 3...Kf3
                • 4.Ke5#
      • 1...Kc4
        • 2.Rd2
          • threat
            • 3.Bd5+
              • 3...Kb4
                • 4.Rd4#
            • 3.Ka5
              • 3...Kb3
                • 4.Bd5#
          • 2...Kb3
            • 3.Bd5+
              • 3...Ka4
                • 4.Rd4#
              • 3...Kb4
                • 4.Rd4#
          • 2...Kb4
            • 3.Bd5
              • 3...Ka4
                • 4.Rd4#
      • 1...Kd4
        • 2.Re2
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Ba6+
              • 3...Kd4
                • 4.Kc6#
          • 2...Kc4
            • 3.Ka5
              • 3...Kb3
                • 4.Bd5#
              • 3...Kd3
                • 4.Ba6#

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