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PID: 58080 (3K4/5p2/2R4P/4NP2/P1pk4/P1N5/3P2P1/8 w - - 0 1)

Fillery, William Edmund Frank

Chess Life, 1958

3K4/5p2/2R4P/4NP2/P1pk4/P1N5/3P2P1/8

#3

10 + 3

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Ra6?
      • threat
        • 2.Ra5
          • 2...f6
            • 3.Rd5#
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Sd7+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Rd6#
      • 1...f6
        • 2.Ra5
          • 2...fxe5
            • 3.Rd5#
      • 1...Kxe5!
    • 1.Rb6?
      • threat
        • 2.Rb5
          • 2...f6
            • 3.Rd5#
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Sd7+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Rd6#
        • 2.Rb5+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Rd5#
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Se4#
            • 3.Rd5#
      • 1...f6
        • 2.Rb5
          • 2...fxe5
            • 3.Rd5#
      • 1...Kxe5!
    • 1.Rd6+?
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Se4#
      • 1...Kxe5!
    • 1.Rf6?
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Sd7+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Rd6#
      • 1...Kxe5!
  • Keys
    • 1.g3!
      • 1...Kxe5
        • 2.Rc5+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Rd5#
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Se4#
          • 2...Kf6
            • 3.Se4#
      • 1...f6
        • 2.Rd6+
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Se4#
          • 2...Kxe5
            • 3.Rd5#

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