MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 44987 (5n2/2p1B3/2R1p1P1/4k3/2P1B2P/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1)

Cheney, George Nelson

Source?, 0000

5n2/2p1B3/2R1p1P1/4k3/2P1B2P/5K2/8/8

#3

7 + 4

1679 American Chess Nuts 1868

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Bb4?
      • threat
        • 2.Bc3#
      • 1...Kf6
        • 2.Bxf8
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bg7#
      • 1...Kd4!
    • 1.Bxf8?
      • threat
        • 2.Bg7#
      • 1...Kf6
        • 2.Ke3
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bg7#
        • 2.Bb1
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bg7#
        • 2.Bc2
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bg7#
        • 2.Bd3
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bg7#
        • 2.c5
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bg7#
      • 1...Kd4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Ba3!
      • threat
        • 2.Bb2#
      • 1...Kf6
        • 2.Bxf8
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bg7#

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).