MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 79659 (8/8/1R6/2K5/2N5/p3P3/8/kB6 w - - 0 1)

Huck, Edward

The Field, 1937

(First published on Sat Aug 21 1937)

8/8/1R6/2K5/2N5/p3P3/8/kB6

#3

5 + 2

3713 Snap 2008

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Bc2?
      • 1...Ka2
        • 2.Rb3
          • 2...Ka1
            • 3.Rxa3#
        • 2.Ra6
          • 2...Ka1
            • 3.Rxa3#
      • 1...a2!
    • 1.Bd3?
      • 1...Ka2
        • 2.Ra6
          • threat
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Ka1
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Kb3
            • 3.Rxa3#
      • 1...a2!
    • 1.Be4?
      • 1...Ka2
        • 2.Ra6
          • threat
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Ka1
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Kb3
            • 3.Rxa3#
      • 1...a2!
    • 1.Bf5?
      • 1...Ka2
        • 2.Ra6
          • threat
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Ka1
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Kb3
            • 3.Rxa3#
      • 1...a2!
    • 1.Bg6?
      • 1...Ka2
        • 2.Ra6
          • threat
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Ka1
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Kb3
            • 3.Rxa3#
      • 1...a2!
  • Keys
    • 1.Bh7!
      • 1...Ka2
        • 2.Ra6
          • threat
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Ka1
            • 3.Rxa3#
          • 2...Kb3
            • 3.Rxa3#
      • 1...a2
        • 2.Rg6
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Rg1#

Anticipated by 26434(1892)

This anticipates 70352(1950), 40815(1978)

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).