MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 58022 (8/8/8/2pp3B/3p3B/8/3k4/Q6K w - - 0 1)

Melissinos, Dionyssios

British Chess Magazine, 1884

8/8/8/2pp3B/3p3B/8/3k4/Q6K

#3

4 + 4

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...d3
      • 2.Be1+
        • 2...Kc2
          • 3.Bd1#
        • 2...Ke3
          • 3.Qe5#
      • 2.Bg5+
        • 2...Kc2
          • 3.Bd1#
  • Tries
    • 1.Qa2+?
      • 1...Kc3
        • 2.Be1+
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Qe2#
      • 1...Kd3
        • 2.Bg6+
          • 2...Kc3
            • 3.Be1#
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qf2#
      • 1...Ke3!
  • Keys
    • 1.Bg6!
      • threat
        • 2.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke2
        • 2.Qf1+
          • 2...Kxf1
            • 3.Bd3#
          • 2...Kd2
            • 3.Qe1#
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Bg5#
            • 3.Qf2#
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qf1
          • threat
            • 3.Bg5#
            • 3.Qf2#
          • 2...Kd2
            • 3.Qe1#
      • 1...d3
        • 2.Qb2+
          • 2...Kd1
            • 3.Bh5#
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qf2#

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).