MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 31461 (K6Q/2p1R1B1/2P5/p1kP1p2/p3p3/1P4p1/2n5/4bB2 w - - 0 1)

Bull, Cecil Alfred Lucas

1st Prize, Hampstead and Highgate Express, 1915

K6Q/2p1R1B1/2P5/p1kP1p2/p3p3/1P4p1/2n5/4bB2

#3

8 + 9

15 British Chess Magazine 1915
5371 Sonatas in Chess 1960

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Kb6
      • 2.Bd4+
        • 2...Sxd4
          • 3.Qxd4#
  • Keys
    • 1.Bf8!
      • threat
        • 2.Rxc7+
          • 2...Kxd5
            • 3.Bc4#
          • 2...Kb6
            • 3.Rb7#
      • 1...Kb4
        • 2.Rxe4+
          • 2...Kxb3
            • 3.Bc4#
      • 1...Kxd5
        • 2.Re6
          • threat
            • 3.Bc4#
            • 3.Qe5#
          • 2...Kxe6
            • 3.Bc4#
      • 1...Kb6
        • 2.Re8
          • threat
            • 3.Rb8#
      • 1...axb3
        • 2.Kb7
          • threat
            • 3.Rd7#
          • 2...Kb4
            • 3.Rxe4#
          • 2...Kxd5
            • 3.Qe5#
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Re5#
            • 3.Rd7#
      • 1...Sa3
        • 2.Re6+
          • 2...Kxd5
            • 3.Qe5#
          • 2...Kb6
            • 3.Qd4#
        • 2.Rd7+
          • 2...Kb6
            • 3.Qd4#
      • 1...Se3
        • 2.Re6+
          • 2...Kxd5
            • 3.Qe5#
          • 2...Kb6
            • 3.Qd4#
        • 2.Rd7+
          • 2...Kb6
            • 3.Qd4#
      • 1...e3
        • 2.Re8+
          • 2...Kxd5
            • 3.Bg2#
          • 2...Kb6
            • 3.Rb8#

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).