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PID: 4775 (8/8/3B4/1K3P2/3k4/5R2/2B5/8 w - - 0 1)

Locock, Charles Dealtry

England, 1891

8/8/3B4/1K3P2/3k4/5R2/2B5/8

#2

5 + 1

5454 Near Snap 2009
  • SOUND
  • Keys
    • 1.Rf2!
      • 1...Kc3
        • 2.Be5#
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Bc5#
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Rd2#

Anticipated by 1953(1859)

This anticipates 234958(1894), 120937(1898), 57017(1900), 31183(1902), 175166(1902), 181896(1905), 50715(1907), 184830(1908), 189845(1912), 178324(1915), 193481(1915), 75889(1920), 206553(1925), 206593(1925), 231389(1927), 76533(1933), 76553(1936), 101951(1939), 19270(1943), 76843(1947), 51132(1950), 184308(1950), 51583(1965), 213018(1967), 121122(1980), 240454(1992)

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