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Problem Display

PID: 45752 (3N2b1/1p6/1R2p3/npB1k1K1/1p2p3/1P6/P4PB1/8 w - - 0 1)

Cook, Eugene Beauharnais

Seaforth Expositor, 1868

3N2b1/1p6/1R2p3/npB1k1K1/1p2p3/1P6/P4PB1/8

#3

8 + 8

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

SOLUTION

SOUND
Sets
- 1...e3
  - 2.f4#
Keys
- 1.Rd6!
  - 1...Sxb3
    - 2.axb3
      - 2...Bf7
        3.Sxf7#
      - 2...Bh7
        3.Sf7#
      - 2...e3
        3.f4#
      - 2...b6
        3.Sc6#
  - 1...Sc4
    - 2.Rd3
      - 2...exd3
        3.f4#
      - 2...Bf7
        3.Sxf7#
      - 2...Bh7
        3.Sf7#
      - 2...Sb2
        3.Bd6#
      - 2...Sd2
        3.Bd6#
      - 2...Sa3
        3.Bd6#
      - 2...Se3
        3.Bd6#
      - 2...Sa5
        3.Bd6#
      - 2...Sb6
        3.Bd6#
      - 2...Sd6
        3.Bxd6#
      - 2...e3
        3.f4#
      - 2...b6
        3.Sc6#
  - 1...Sc6
    - 2.Rd7
      - 2...Sxd8
        3.Bd4#
      - 2...Bf7
        3.Sxf7#
      - 2...Bh7
        3.Sf7#
      - 2...Sd4
        3.Bxd4#
      - 2...Sa5
        3.Bd4#
      - 2...Sa7
        3.Bd4#
      - 2...Se7
        3.Bd4#
      - 2...Sb8
        3.Bd4#
      - 2...e3
        3.f4#
      - 2...b6
        3.Sxc6#
  - 1...b6
    - 2.Bxb4
      - 2...Sxb3
        3.Sc6#
      - 2...Bf7
        3.Sxf7#
      - 2...Bh7
        3.Sf7#
      - 2...Sc4
        3.Sc6#
      - 2...Sc6
        3.Sxc6#
      - 2...Sb7
        3.Sc6#
      - 2...e3
        3.f4#

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