MESON Chess Problem Database
Problem Display
PID: 12491 (n1Q5/1P4N1/8/3pp2p/6qp/5Rpk/Kp2P3/1B2N1B1 w - - 0 1)
Andrade, Barry Jack da Costa
The Observer, 1923
(First published on Sun Aug 5 1923)
#3
9 + 9
| 2185 | Sunday Chronicle | 1945 |
| 56 | The Problemist | 2009 |
| 15239 | Valois Notebooks | 2017 |
SOLUTION
- SOUND
- Sets
- 1...Qf5
- 2.Bxf5#
- 2.Qxf5#
- 1...Qe6
- 2.Qxe6#
- 1...Qd7
- 2.Qxd7#
- 1...Qxc8
- 2.bxc8Q#
- 2.bxc8B#
- 1...e4
- 2.Sxh5
- threat
- 3.Sf4#
- 2...Qxc8
- 3.bxc8Q#
- 3.bxc8B#
- 2...Qf5
- 3.Qxf5#
- 2...Qe6
- 3.Qxe6#
- 2...Qd7
- 3.Qxd7#
- threat
- 2.Sxh5
- 1...Qf5
- Tries
- 1.Ra3?
- threat
- 2.Qf5
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Qf5
- 1...e4
- 2.Sxh5
- threat
- 3.Sf4#
- 2...Qxc8
- 3.bxc8Q#
- 3.bxc8B#
- 2...Qf5
- 3.Qxf5#
- 2...Qe6
- 3.Qxe6#
- 2...Qd7
- 3.Qxd7#
- threat
- 2.Sxh5
- 1...d4!
- threat
- 1.Rc3?
- threat
- 2.Qf5
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Qf5
- 1...e4
- 2.Sxh5
- threat
- 3.Sf4#
- 2...Qxc8
- 3.bxc8Q#
- 3.bxc8B#
- 2...Qf5
- 3.Qxf5#
- 2...Qe6
- 3.Qxe6#
- 2...Qd7
- 3.Qxd7#
- threat
- 2.Sxh5
- 1...d4!
- threat
- 1.Re3?
- threat
- 2.Qf5
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Qf5
- 1...e4
- 2.Sxh5
- threat
- 3.Sf4#
- 2...Qxc8
- 3.bxc8Q#
- 3.bxc8B#
- 2...Qf5
- 3.Qxf5#
- 2...Qe6
- 3.Qxe6#
- 2...Qd7
- 3.Qxd7#
- threat
- 2.Sxh5
- 1...d4!
- threat
- 1.Rxg3+?
- 1...Kxg3
- 2.Qc3+
- 2...Kf4
- 3.Qe3#
- 2...Qf3
- 3.Qxf3#
- 2...Kf4
- 2.Qc3+
- 1...hxg3!
- 1...Kxg3
- 1.Qxg4+?
- 1...hxg4
- 2.Se6
- threat
- 3.Sg5#
- 2...gxf3
- 3.Bf5#
- threat
- 2.Se6
- 1...Kxg4!
- 1...hxg4
- 1.Qf5?
- threat
- 2.Se6
- threat
- 3.Sg5#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Ra3
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Rb3
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Rc3
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Re3
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Se6
- 1...Sc7
- 2.Ra3
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Rb3
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Rc3
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Re3
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Ra3
- 1...d4
- 2.Se6
- threat
- 3.Sg5#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Se6
- 1...e4!
- threat
- 1.bxa8Q?
- 1...e4
- 2.Sxh5
- threat
- 3.Sf4#
- 2...Qxc8
- 3.Qxc8#
- 2...Qf5
- 3.Qxf5#
- 2...Qe6
- 3.Qxe6#
- 2...Qd7
- 3.Qxd7#
- threat
- 2.Sxh5
- 1...d4!
- 1...e4
- 1.Ra3?
- Keys
- 1.Rb3!
- threat
- 2.Qf5
- threat
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Qxf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- threat
- 2.Qf5
- 1...d4
- 2.Se6
- threat
- 3.Sg5#
- 2...Qxe6
- 3.Qxe6#
- 2...Qf5
- 3.Bxf5#
- 2...Qg5
- 3.Sf4#
- 3.Sxg5#
- threat
- 2.Se6
- 1...e4
- 2.Sxh5
- threat
- 3.Sf4#
- 2...Qxc8
- 3.bxc8Q#
- 3.bxc8B#
- 2...Qf5
- 3.Qxf5#
- 2...Qe6
- 3.Qxe6#
- 2...Qd7
- 3.Qxd7#
- threat
- 2.Sxh5
- threat
- 1.Rb3!
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