MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 135556 (8/4p1Q1/4p3/8/2P1kp2/1P6/1P2PP2/3K4 w - - 0 1)

Holden, Herb

StrateGems, 2009

8/4p1Q1/4p3/8/2P1kp2/1P6/1P2PP2/3K4

#3

7 + 4

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Qf6?
      • threat
        • 2.Qxe6+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Qd5#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Qe6
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Qd5#
          • 2...f3
            • 3.Qg4#
        • 2.f3+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qb6#
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Qb6#
      • 1...f3
        • 2.exf3+
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Qc3#
      • 1...exf6!
    • 1.f3+?
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qg1#
      • 1...Kf5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qg5!
      • 1...Kd4
        • 2.f3
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qg1#
            • 3.Qc5#
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Qg1#
      • 1...f3
        • 2.e3
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Qg6#
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Qg6#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.f3+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qg1#
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Qg1#

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).