MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 256894 (b7/6Q1/1P1pp3/3k4/Np5R/P3P3/6K1/8 w - - 0 1)

Gleave, Walter

English Mechanic and World of Science, 1889

(First published on Fri Oct 25 1889)

b7/6Q1/1P1pp3/3k4/Np5R/P3P3/6K1/8

#3

7 + 5

15239 Valois Notebooks 2022

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Bc6
      • 2.Rd4#
      • 2.Qd4#
    • 1...bxa3
      • 2.Qc3
        • threat
          • 3.e4#
        • 2...e5
          • 3.Qc4#
    • 1...b3
      • 2.Qc3
        • threat
          • 3.e4#
        • 2...e5
          • 3.Qc4#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sc3+?
      • 1...bxc3
        • 2.Qxc3
          • threat
            • 3.e4#
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Qc4#
      • 1...Kc5+!
    • 1.Rxb4?
      • threat
        • 2.Qc3
          • threat
            • 3.e4#
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Qc4#
        • 2.e4+
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Qc7#
      • 1...Kc6
        • 2.e4
          • threat
            • 3.Qc7#
        • 2.b7
          • threat
            • 3.bxa8Q#
            • 3.bxa8B#
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.bxa8Q#
            • 3.bxa8B#
          • 2...Bxb7
            • 3.Qxb7#
          • 2...d5
            • 3.Rb6#
      • 1...e5!
    • 1.Rc4?
      • threat
        • 2.Qd4#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Qf7#
        • 2.Qg8#
      • 1...Kxc4+!
    • 1.Qc3?
      • threat
        • 2.e4#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Qc4#
      • 1...bxc3!
    • 1.Qf8?
      • threat
        • 2.Qf3+
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Rh5#
      • 1...Kc6
        • 2.Qxa8+
          • 2...Kb5
            • 3.Rxb4#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.Rh7#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Qc8
          • threat
            • 3.Qc4#
          • 2...e4
            • 3.Rh5#
          • 2...Bc6
            • 3.Qg8#
      • 1...Ke5+!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qh8!
      • 1...Kc6
        • 2.Qxa8+
          • 2...Kb5
            • 3.Rxb4#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.Rh7#
      • 1...bxa3
        • 2.Qc3
          • threat
            • 3.e4#
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Qc4#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Qc8
          • threat
            • 3.Qc4#
          • 2...e4
            • 3.Rh5#
          • 2...Bc6
            • 3.Qg8#
      • 1...Bb7
        • 2.Rd4+
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Qe8#
      • 1...b3
        • 2.Qc3
          • threat
            • 3.e4#
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Qc4#

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).