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PID: 54450 (n6K/4p3/p3N2Q/P2k1pP1/bp3B2/1P1p4/8/8 w - - 0 1)

Barrow, John Hugh

Western Daily Mercury, 1916

(First published on Fri Dec 29 1916)

n6K/4p3/p3N2Q/P2k1pP1/bp3B2/1P1p4/8/8

#3

7 + 8

5257 Chess Problems by J H Barrow 2004
15239 Valois Notebooks 2019

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Ke4
      • 2.Qh1#
  • Keys
    • 1.Qf8!
      • threat
        • 2.Qxf5+
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Sd8#
      • 1...Ke4
        • 2.Qxa8+
          • 2...Bc6
            • 3.Qxc6#
      • 1...Kc6
        • 2.Qxa8+
          • 2...Kb5
            • 3.Qd5#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.Sc5#
            • 3.Sf8#
      • 1...Kxe6
        • 2.Qc8+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Qc4#
          • 2...Kf7
            • 3.Qg8#
          • 2...Bd7
            • 3.Qc4#
            • 3.Qg8#
      • 1...Bxb3
        • 2.Qxf5+
          • 2...Kc4
            • 3.Qc5#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Sd8#

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