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PID: 35767 (4QnK1/7p/2N3p1/3kP2b/1p6/1N1P4/n7/4b3 w - - 0 1)

Heathcote, Godfrey

2nd Prize, Western Daily Mercury, 1920

(First published on Fri Jan 9 1920)

4QnK1/7p/2N3p1/3kP2b/1p6/1N1P4/n7/4b3

#3

6 + 8

15239 Valois Notebooks 2020

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Sc3
      • 2.Sxb4#
    • 1...Se6
      • 2.Qd7#
    • 1...Sd7
      • 2.Qxd7#
  • Tries
    • 1.Scd4?
      • threat
        • 2.Qb5#
      • 1...Se6
        • 2.Qxe6#
      • 1...Sd7
        • 2.Qe6#
      • 1...Sc3!
    • 1.Se7+?
      • 1...Ke6
        • 2.d4
          • threat
            • 3.Sc5#
          • 2...Sd7
            • 3.Qf7#
      • 1...Kxe5!
    • 1.Sd8?
      • threat
        • 2.Qb5#
      • 1...Bf2
        • 2.Qb5+
          • 2...Bc5
            • 3.Qxc5#
        • 2.Qe7
          • threat
            • 3.Qd6#
          • 2...Bc5
            • 3.Qxc5#
      • 1...Sc3!
    • 1.Qf7+?
      • 1...Se6
        • 2.Qd7#
      • 1...Kxc6!
    • 1.Qb8?
      • threat
        • 2.Qd6#
      • 1...Ke6
        • 2.Sbd4+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Qd6#
            • 3.Qb5#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.Qd8#
      • 1...Kxc6!
    • 1.Qd8+?
      • 1...Ke6
        • 2.Sbd4#
      • 1...Sd7
        • 2.Qxd7#
      • 1...Kxc6!
    • 1.Qxf8?
      • threat
        • 2.Qd6#
      • 1...Ke6
        • 2.Qf7#
      • 1...Kxc6!
  • Keys
    • 1.Kf7!
      • threat
        • 2.Se7+
          • 2...Kxe5
            • 3.Qb8#
      • 1...g5+
        • 2.Kf6
          • threat
            • 3.Se7#
          • 2...Sd7+
            • 3.Qxd7#
          • 2...Sg6
            • 3.Qd7#
            • 3.Qe6#
      • 1...Bh4
        • 2.Sxb4+
          • 2...Sxb4
            • 3.Qb5#

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