MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 44049 (8/8/2R5/4k3/4p3/2P1P1K1/4B3/8 w - - 0 1)

Gardner, John Carey

Maryland Chess Review, 1874

8/8/2R5/4k3/4p3/2P1P1K1/4B3/8

#5

5 + 2

SOLUTION

  • COOKED
  • Keys
    • 1.Bg4!
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Bd7
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Kg4
              • 3...Kd5
                • 4.c4+
                  • 4...Ke5
                    • 5.Re6#
    • 1.c4!
      • 1...Kf5
        • 2.Bg4+
          • 2...Kg5
            • 3.Bh3
              • 3...Kh5
                • 4.Kf4
                  • 4...Kh4
                    • 5.Rh6#
            • 3.Bd7
              • 3...Kh5
                • 4.Kf4
                  • 4...Kh4
                    • 5.Rh6#
            • 3.Bc8
              • 3...Kh5
                • 4.Kf4
                  • 4...Kh4
                    • 5.Rh6#
        • 2.Kh4
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Kh5
              • 3...Kf5
                • 4.Bg4+
                  • 4...Ke5
                    • 5.Re6#
            • 3.Bd1
              • 3...Kf5
                • 4.Bg4+
                  • 4...Ke5
                    • 5.Re6#
            • 3.Bf1
              • 3...Kf5
                • 4.Bh3+
                  • 4...Ke5
                    • 5.Re6#
            • 3.Bh5
              • 3...Kf5
                • 4.Bg4+
                  • 4...Ke5
                    • 5.Re6#
            • 3.Ra6
              • 3...Kf5
                • 4.Bg4+
                  • 4...Ke5
                    • 5.Re6#
            • 3.Rb6
              • 3...Kf5
                • 4.Bg4+
                  • 4...Ke5
                    • 5.Re6#
            • 3.Rh6
              • 3...Kf5
                • 4.Bg4+
                  • 4...Ke5
                    • 5.Re6#
        • 2.Bf1
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Kh4
              • 3...Kf5
                • 4.Bh3+
                  • 4...Ke5
                    • 5.Re6#
          • 2...Kg5
            • 3.Bh3
              • 3...Kh5
                • 4.Kf4
                  • 4...Kh4
                    • 5.Rh6#

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).