Meson Chess Problem Database

Home
Latest Additions
- #2
- #3
- #4
- #5
- Stats
Books
- All composers (SLOW)
- By initial letter
Magazines
- PID
- General
- Matrix
- All sources/quoters (SLOW)
- By initial letter
- Awards
- Composers
- Decades
- Quoters
- Sizes
- Soundness
- Sources
- Stipulations
- Years
Contact
Back to BDS Website

Problem Display

PID: 65183 (5N2/5p2/3k4/1Q1Bp3/4P3/8/2K5/8 w - - 0 1)

Howard, David M

Problem Observer, 2006

5N2/5p2/3k4/1Q1Bp3/4P3/8/2K5/8

#3

5 + 3

SOLUTION

SOUND
Sets
- 1...Kc7
  - 2.Qc6+
    - 2...Kb8
      - 3.Qb7#
    - 2...Kd8
      - 3.Qd7#
Tries
- 1.Kc3?
  - threat
    - 2.Qd7+
      - 2...Kc5
        3.Qc6#
  - 1...Kc7
    - 2.Qc6+
      - 2...Kb8
        3.Qb7#
      - 2...Kd8
        3.Qd7#
  - 1...Ke7!
- 1.Qa6+?
  - 1...Kc5
    - 2.Kc3
      - threat
        3.Sd7#
        3.Qc6#
  - 1...Kc7
    - 2.Qc6+
      - 2...Kb8
        3.Qb7#
      - 2...Kd8
        3.Qd7#
  - 1...Ke7!
- 1.Qb7?
  - 1...Kc5
    - 2.Qb8
      - 2...Kd4
        3.Qa7#
        3.Qb6#
      - 2...f5
        3.Se6#
      - 2...f6
        3.Se6#
  - 1...f6
    - 2.Se6
      - 2...f5
        3.Qc7#
  - 1...f5!
- 1.Qb8+?
  - 1...Kc5
    - 2.Kd2
      - 2...Kd4
        3.Qa7#
        3.Qb4#
        3.Qb6#
      - 2...f5
        3.Se6#
      - 2...f6
        3.Se6#
    - 2.Kc3
      - threat
        3.Sd7#
        3.Qb4#
    - 2.Kd3
      - threat
        3.Sd7#
    - 2.Sd7+
      - 2...Kd4
        3.Qa7#
        3.Qb6#
  - 1...Ke7!
Keys
- 1.Qe8!
  - 1...Kc5
    - 2.Qb8
      - 2...Kd4
        3.Qa7#
        3.Qb6#
      - 2...f5
        3.Se6#
      - 2...f6
        3.Se6#
  - 1...Kc7
    - 2.Qc6+
      - 2...Kb8
        3.Qb7#
      - 2...Kd8
        3.Qd7#
  - 1...f5
    - 2.Se6
      - threat
        3.Qd8#
  - 1...f6
    - 2.Se6
      - 2...f5
        3.Qd8#

FEATURES

NOT CLASSIFIED

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).