MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 53150 (8/8/R5P1/1p1p1N2/1P1P1B2/2kBp3/2P1P1K1/8 w - - 0 1)

Blumel, Richard

British Chess Magazine, 1881

8/8/R5P1/1p1p1N2/1P1P1B2/2kBp3/2P1P1K1/8

#3

10 + 4

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Bxe3?
      • threat
        • 2.Bc1
          • 2...Kxb4
            • 3.Bd2#
        • 2.Ra2
          • 2...Kxb4
            • 3.Bd2#
      • 1...Kxb4
        • 2.Bd2#
      • 1...Kb2!
    • 1.Ra2?
      • threat
        • 2.Bxe3
          • 2...Kxb4
            • 3.Bd2#
      • 1...Kxb4
        • 2.Bg3
          • 2...Kc3
            • 3.Be1#
      • 1...Kd2!
    • 1.Ra3+?
      • 1...Kd2
        • 2.Bxe3+
          • 2...Kd1
            • 3.Ra1#
          • 2...Ke1
            • 3.Ra1#
      • 1...Kb2!
  • Keys
    • 1.Sxe3!
      • threat
        • 2.Sd1+
          • 2...Kxb4
            • 3.Bd2#
            • 3.Bd6#
          • 2...Kxd4
            • 3.c3#
            • 3.e3#
      • 1...Kb2
        • 2.Sd1+
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.c3#
            • 3.c4#
      • 1...Kd2
        • 2.Sxd5+
          • 2...Kd1
            • 3.Ra1#
          • 2...Ke1
            • 3.Ra1#
      • 1...Kxd4
        • 2.Sxd5
          • 2...Kxd5
            • 3.Rd6#

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).