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PID: 136864 (8/1K1pk3/3N4/2Bp4/8/5R2/6P1/8 w - - 0 1)

Cook, Eugene Beauharnais

The Chess Monthly (Morphy/Fiske), 1857

8/1K1pk3/3N4/2Bp4/8/5R2/6P1/8

#4

5 + 3

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Keys
    • 1.Sf7+!
      • 1...Ke6
        • 2.Sg5+
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.g4
              • threat
                • 4.Rf5#
      • 1...Ke8
        • 2.Se5
          • threat
            • 3.Rf8#
          • 2...d6
            • 3.Bxd6
              • threat
                • 4.Rf8#
              • 3...Kd8
                • 4.Rf8#
        • 2.Bd6
          • 2...d4
            • 3.Se5
              • threat
                • 4.Rf8#
              • 3...Kd8
                • 4.Rf8#
            • 3.Sg5
              • threat
                • 4.Rf8#
              • 3...Kd8
                • 4.Rf8#
            • 3.Sh6
              • threat
                • 4.Rf8#
              • 3...Kd8
                • 4.Rf8#
            • 3.Sd8
              • threat
                • 4.Rf8#
              • 3...Kxd8
                • 4.Rf8#
            • 3.Sh8
              • threat
                • 4.Rf8#
              • 3...Kd8
                • 4.Rf8#
      • 1...d6
        • 2.Bxd6+
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Kc6
              • 3...d4
                • 4.Sg5#
                • 4.Sd8#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.Re3
              • 3...d4
                • 4.Re7#
          • 2...Ke8
            • 3.Se5
              • threat
                • 4.Rf8#
              • 3...Kd8
                • 4.Rf8#

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