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PID: 45924 (3Bn2b/1r1P4/3kN3/1bN1R3/3KBP2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1)

Vaughan, Colin V

Sunday Chronicle, 1943

(First published on Sun Dec 12 1943)

3Bn2b/1r1P4/3kN3/1bN1R3/3KBP2/8/8/8

#2

8 + 5

56 The Problemist 2002
14867 BCPS Library 2017
15239 Valois Notebooks 2020

SOLUTION

  • NO_SOLUTION
  • Sets
    • 1...Bf1
      • 2.dxe8S#
    • 1...Be2
      • 2.dxe8S#
    • 1...Bd3
      • 2.dxe8S#
    • 1...Bc4
      • 2.dxe8S#
    • 1...Ba6
      • 2.dxe8S#
    • 1...Bxd7
      • 2.Sxb7#
    • 1...Bxe5+
      • 2.fxe5#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sg5?
      • threat
        • 2.Sf7#
      • 1...Bxe5+
        • 2.fxe5#
      • 1...Bc4
        • 2.dxe8S#
      • 1...Rxd7!
    • 1.Sc7?
      • threat
        • 2.Sxe8#
      • 1...Bxe5+
        • 2.fxe5#
      • 1...Rxc7
        • 2.Be7#
      • 1...Bxd7
        • 2.Sxb7#
      • 1...Sxc7
        • 2.Be7#
      • 1...Sf6
        • 2.Re6#
      • 1...Sg7!

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