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PID: 45164 (8/2bN3p/3p3N/pP1k1PPp/K1p1p2B/2P1P3/1P1P1P2/8 w - - 0 1)

Cook, Eugene Beauharnais

Wilke's Spirit of the Times, 1867

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#3

12 + 8

1679 American Chess Nuts 1868
5078 The Chess Compositions of E B Cook (Keidanz) 1927

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Bb8
      • 2.Sg8
        • threat
          • 3.Sgf6#
          • 3.Se7#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sf6+?
      • 1...Ke5
        • 2.Bg3#
      • 1...Kc5!
    • 1.d4?
      • threat
        • 2.Sf6#
      • 1...cxd4 ep
        • 2.b3
          • threat
            • 3.c4#
      • 1...exd4 ep
        • 2.f3
          • threat
            • 3.e4#
      • 1...Bd8!
  • Keys
    • 1.d3!
      • 1...cxd3
        • 2.b3
          • threat
            • 3.c4#
      • 1...exd3
        • 2.f3
          • threat
            • 3.e4#
      • 1...Bd8
        • 2.d4
          • 2...Bxg5
            • 3.Sb6#
          • 2...Bb6
            • 3.Sxb6#
            • 3.Sf6#
          • 2...Bf6
            • 3.Sb6#
            • 3.Sxf6#
          • 2...Bc7
            • 3.Sf6#
          • 2...Be7
            • 3.Sb6#
      • 1...Bb6
        • 2.Sf6+
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.d4#
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bg3#
      • 1...Bb8
        • 2.d4
          • threat
            • 3.Sb6#
            • 3.Sf6#

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