MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 200592 (8/7p/4K1kp/6p1/8/5PP1/1P6/7Q w - - 0 1)

Schirdewan, Udo

Deutsches Wochenschach, 1918

(First published on Sun Dec 8 1918)

8/7p/4K1kp/6p1/8/5PP1/1P6/7Q

#3

5 + 4

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Qb1+?
      • 1...Kh5
        • 2.Kd5
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.Ke5
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.Kf5
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qh1#
            • 3.fxg4#
        • 2.Kd6
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.Kf6
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
            • 3.Qh1#
        • 2.Kd7
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.Ke7
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.Kf7
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.Qc2
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.Qd3
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.Qe4
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
            • 3.Qxg4#
        • 2.Qxh7
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.b3
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
        • 2.b4
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Qf5#
      • 1...Kg7!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qh5+!
      • 1...Kxh5
        • 2.Kf5
          • 2...g4
            • 3.fxg4#
      • 1...Kg7
        • 2.Qf7+
          • 2...Kh8
            • 3.Qf8#

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).