MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 137162 (K7/4n1p1/N1Bk4/4N3/7Q/2p1pp2/3b3B/3b4 w - - 0 1)

Wurzburg, Otto

1st Prize, Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, 1919

K7/4n1p1/N1Bk4/4N3/7Q/2p1pp2/3b3B/3b4

#3

6 + 8

14721 Australasian Chess Magazine 1919

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Sf5
      • 2.Qd8+
        • 2...Ke6
          • 3.Sc5#
          • 3.Sc7#
          • 3.Bd5#
    • 1...g6
      • 2.Qf6#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sf7+?
      • 1...Ke6
        • 2.Sd8+
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Be4#
      • 1...Kxc6!
  • Keys
    • 1.Sc7!
      • threat
        • 2.Qb4+
          • 2...Kxc7
            • 3.Qb8#
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Kb7
          • threat
            • 3.Sd3#
            • 3.Sd7#
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Sd3#
            • 3.Sd7#
            • 3.Qb4#
        • 2.Qd4+
          • 2...Kxd4
            • 3.Se6#
      • 1...Kxc7
        • 2.Qxe7+
          • 2...Kb6
            • 3.Qa7#
          • 2...Kc8
            • 3.Bb7#
            • 3.Qd7#
      • 1...Sxc6
        • 2.Sc4+
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Bd6#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.Sb6#
      • 1...Sd5
        • 2.Sb5+
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Qd4#
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Bd7#
      • 1...Sc8
        • 2.Kb7
          • threat
            • 3.Sd3#
            • 3.Sd7#
            • 3.Qb4#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Sd3#
            • 3.Sd7#
        • 2.Qd8+
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Sa6#
      • 1...c2
        • 2.Sd7+
          • 2...Kxc6
            • 3.Qa4#

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