MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 37756 (8/3p4/R2N2r1/K5B1/4p3/kp3p2/1r1nb3/1nN1bq2 w - - 0 1)

Greenwood, William M

Cassell's Family Paper, 1857

8/3p4/R2N2r1/K5B1/4p3/kp3p2/1r1nb3/1nN1bq2

#3

5 + 12

1842 The White King 1914
5373 Conquering Kings 2004

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Bc4
      • 2.Be7
        • threat
          • 3.Sxc4#
          • 3.Sb5#
        • 2...Rxd6
          • 3.Bxd6#
        • 2...Bb5
          • 3.Sc4#
          • 3.Sxb5#
    • 1...Sc3
      • 2.Be7
        • threat
          • 3.Sc4#
          • 3.Sb5#
        • 2...Sc4+
          • 3.Sxc4#
        • 2...Rxd6
          • 3.Bxd6#
  • Keys
    • 1.Be7!
      • threat
        • 2.Sc4#
        • 2.Sb5#
      • 1...Sc4+
        • 2.Kb5+
          • 2...Ba5
            • 3.Sxc4#
          • 2...Sa5+
            • 3.Sc4#

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).