MESON Chess Problem Database

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PID: 78444 (6k1/2R3p1/6p1/2K3P1/B7/8/8/8 w - - 0 1)

Herlin, Theodore Adrien Louis

La Palamede, 1845

6k1/2R3p1/6p1/2K3P1/B7/8/8/8

#3

4 + 3

3713 Snap 2008

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Bc2?
      • 1...Kf8
        • 2.Bxg6
          • 2...Kg8
            • 3.Rc8#
      • 1...Kh8
        • 2.Bxg6
          • 2...Kg8
            • 3.Rc8#
      • 1...Kh7!
    • 1.Rc8+?
      • 1...Kh7
        • 2.Be8
          • 2...Kg8
            • 3.Bxg6#
          • 2...Kh8
            • 3.Bxg6#
      • 1...Kf7!
  • Keys
    • 1.Be8!
      • 1...Kh7
        • 2.Rc8
          • 2...Kg8
            • 3.Bxg6#
          • 2...Kh8
            • 3.Bxg6#
      • 1...Kf8
        • 2.Bxg6
          • 2...Kg8
            • 3.Rc8#
      • 1...Kh8
        • 2.Bxg6
          • 2...Kg8
            • 3.Rc8#

This anticipates 185520(1909)

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