MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 144775 (8/3N1kB1/6R1/4R3/8/2K5/8/6Q1 w - - 0 1)

Barbier, Georges Emile

City of London Chess Magazine, 1874

8/3N1kB1/6R1/4R3/8/2K5/8/6Q1

#2

6 + 1

14868 Pirnie Collection 2012

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Re7+?
      • 1...Kg8
        • 2.Sf6#
        • 2.Bd4#
        • 2.Be5#
        • 2.Bf6#
      • 1...Kxe7!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qa7!
      • 1...Kxg6
        • 2.Sf8#
      • 1...Kg8
        • 2.Sf6#

FEATURES

  • Static
    • TYPE = INCOMPLETE_BLOCK
    • CHANGED MATES = 0
    • ADDED MATES = 2
    • REMOVED MATES = 0
  • Sets
  • Tries
    • Try
      • R(C);CHECK
      • Refutation
        • K(a);P-FLIGHT,XR(C)
  • Actual
    • Q(A);
    • Vars
      • K(a);S_FLIGHT,XR(D)::S(E)
      • K(a);S_FLIGHT::S(E)
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).