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PID: 41383 (3K4/7Q/7R/3k4/8/8/8/3B4 w - - 0 1)

Massmann, Wilhelm Karl Heinrich

2nd Prize, Pauly MT, 1948

3K4/7Q/7R/3k4/8/8/8/3B4

#3

4 + 1

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Qe4+?
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Rc6+
          • 2...Kb5
            • 3.Qa4#
      • 1...Kxe4!
    • 1.Qf5+?
      • 1...Kc4
        • 2.Rh4+
          • 2...Kc3
            • 3.Qc2#
      • 1...Kd4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Rh4!
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Qc7+
          • 2...Kb5
            • 3.Be2#
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Bb3#
      • 1...Ke5
        • 2.Qe7+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Bf3#
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Bc2#
      • 1...Kc6
        • 2.Qc7+
          • 2...Kb5
            • 3.Be2#
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Bb3#
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.Rh5
          • threat
            • 3.Qg6#
            • 3.Qh6#
            • 3.Qd7#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Qc7#
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Qg6#
            • 3.Qe7#
      • 1...Ke6
        • 2.Qe7+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Bf3#
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Bc2#

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