MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 67980 (8/8/1P1N1p2/3R1P2/pRBP2Kp/P3kp1P/2prPrP1/2Q1b1B1 w - - 0 1)

Lyris, Basil D

1st Prize, Hlas l'udu, 1969

8/8/1P1N1p2/3R1P2/pRBP2Kp/P3kp1P/2prPrP1/2Q1b1B1

#3

14 + 9

5406 Selected Chess Compositions by Greek Composers 2004

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Sb5?
      • threat
        • 2.Rd6
          • threat
            • 3.Re6#
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re6#
        • 2.Rd7
          • threat
            • 3.Re7#
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re7#
        • 2.Rd8
          • threat
            • 3.Re8#
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re8#
      • 1...fxe2
        • 2.Rd6
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re6#
        • 2.Rd7
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re7#
        • 2.Rd8
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re8#
      • 1...fxg2
        • 2.Rd6
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re6#
        • 2.Rd7
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re7#
        • 2.Rd8
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Re8#
      • 1...Ke4!
    • 1.Bb5?
      • threat
        • 2.Rc5
          • threat
            • 3.Rc3#
      • 1...fxe2
        • 2.Bxa4
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Rb3#
      • 1...fxg2!
    • 1.Re5+?
      • 1...Kxd4
        • 2.Qb2#
        • 2.Qa1#
      • 1...fxe5!
    • 1.Qxe1?
      • threat
        • 2.Bxf2#
        • 2.Qxf2#
      • 1...Rxe2
        • 2.Bxf2#
        • 2.Qc3#
      • 1...Rd1
        • 2.Bxf2#
      • 1...Rd3
        • 2.Bxf2#
        • 2.exd3#
        • 2.exf3#
      • 1...Rxd4+!
  • Keys
    • 1.Ba6!
      • threat
        • 2.Rc5
          • threat
            • 3.Rc3#
      • 1...fxe2
        • 2.Rbb5
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Rb3#
      • 1...fxg2
        • 2.Rdb5
          • 2...Kxe2
            • 3.Re5#

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).