MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 45007 (8/5Q2/7B/8/4k3/1N6/6p1/6K1 w - - 0 1)

Cook, Eugene Beauharnais

New York Albion, 1857

8/5Q2/7B/8/4k3/1N6/6p1/6K1

#3

4 + 2

1679 American Chess Nuts 1868

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Sd2+?
      • 1...Ke5
        • 2.Bf4+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Qc4#
      • 1...Kd4!
    • 1.Qd7?
      • 1...Ke5
        • 2.Sc5
          • 2...Kf6
            • 3.Qe6#
      • 1...Kf3!
  • Keys
    • 1.Sc5+!
      • 1...Kd4
        • 2.Be3+
          • 2...Kc3
            • 3.Qb3#
          • 2...Kxe3
            • 3.Qf2#
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Qe6#
      • 1...Ke5
        • 2.Qd7
          • 2...Kf6
            • 3.Qe6#

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