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PID: 154453 (8/8/2B5/2kNK3/8/2P3P1/7R/8 w - - 0 1)

Burnham, Lincoln

St. Louis Globe Democrat, 1915

(First published on Sun May 2 1915)

8/8/2B5/2kNK3/8/2P3P1/7R/8

#3

6 + 1

14986 White-Hume Collection 2015

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Rh7?
      • 1...Kxc6
        • 2.c4
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Rc7#
      • 1...Kc4!
  • Keys
    • 1.c4!
      • 1...Kxc4
        • 2.Ba4
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Bb5#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Rc2#
        • 2.Rb2
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Bb5#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Rc2#
      • 1...Kxc6
        • 2.Rh7
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Rc7#

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