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PID: 4541 (1r2b3/8/8/R7/Pk2N3/rP1P4/1P1N4/3KB3 w - - 0 1)

Laws, Benjamin Glover

Brief, 1878

1r2b3/8/8/R7/Pk2N3/rP1P4/1P1N4/3KB3

#2

9 + 4

15 British Chess Magazine 1890
3571 An English Bohemian 1933
  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Kc2?
      • threat
        • 2.Sb1#
        • 2.Sf1#
        • 2.Sf3#
        • 2.Sc4#
      • 1...Rc8+
        • 2.Sc4#
      • 1...Rxb3
        • 2.Sxb3#
      • 1...Ra1
        • 2.Sb1#
      • 1...Kxa5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Sc5!
      • threat
        • 2.Sb1#
        • 2.Sf1#
        • 2.Sf3#
        • 2.Sc4#
        • 2.Sde4#
      • 1...Ra1+
        • 2.Sb1#
      • 1...Bh5+
        • 2.Sf3#
      • 1...Kxa5
        • 2.Sc4#
      • 1...Rxb3
        • 2.Sdxb3#
      • 1...Rb5
        • 2.Sde4#
      • 1...Bb5
        • 2.Sde4#
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