MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 4596 (8/4Q3/4B3/4B3/2P5/1K3p2/RN2kN1P/8 w - - 0 1)

Shinkman, William Anthony

Hartford Times, 1881

8/4Q3/4B3/4B3/2P5/1K3p2/RN2kN1P/8

#2

9 + 2

3925 The Golden Argosy 1929

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Ke3
      • 2.Sbd1#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sbd3+?
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qc5#
        • 2.Qg5#
        • 2.Qa7#
      • 1...Kf1!
  • Keys
    • 1.Bh3!
      • 1...Ke1
        • 2.Sbd3#
      • 1...Kd2
        • 2.Bf4#
      • 1...Kxf2
        • 2.Bd4#
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Sbd1#

FEATURES

  • Static
    • TYPE = INCOMPLETE_BLOCK
    • CHANGED MATES = 0
    • ADDED MATES = 3
    • REMOVED MATES = 0
  • Sets
    • K(a);P-FLIGHT::S(B)
  • Tries
    • Try
      • S(B);CHECK
      • Refutation
        • K(a);S_FLIGHT
  • Actual
    • B(H);
    • Vars
      • K(a);P-FLIGHT::S(B)
      • K(a);P-FLIGHT::B(G)
      • K(a);P-FLIGHT,XS(C)::B(G)
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).