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PID: 35757 (K1R5/1P2p3/4p3/2Pkp3/P3b2R/1P1p1p2/3P1P2/8 w - - 0 1)

Anderson, Gerald Frank

Western Daily Mercury, 1919

(First published on Fri Feb 28 1919)

K1R5/1P2p3/4p3/2Pkp3/P3b2R/1P1p1p2/3P1P2/8

#3

9 + 7

2740 Adventures of my Chessmen 1924
15239 Valois Notebooks 2019

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.b8Q?
      • threat
        • 2.Qb4
          • threat
            • 3.Qc4#
            • 3.Qxe4#
        • 2.Qb7+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Rxe4#
            • 3.Qxe4#
      • 1...Bf5
        • 2.Qb7#
      • 1...Bg6
        • 2.Qb7#
      • 1...Bh7
        • 2.Qb7#
      • 1...Kd4+!
  • Keys
    • 1.b8R!
      • 1...Kd4+
        • 2.Rb7
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Rd7#
      • 1...Bf5
        • 2.Rd8+
          • 2...Kxc5
            • 3.Rc4#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Rbc8#
      • 1...Bg6
        • 2.Rd8+
          • 2...Kxc5
            • 3.Rc4#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Rbc8#
      • 1...Bh7
        • 2.Rd8+
          • 2...Kxc5
            • 3.Rc4#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Rbc8#

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