MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 53817 (8/8/5B2/2QKNk2/8/5P2/8/8 w - - 0 1)

Downer, GR

Chess, 1942

8/8/5B2/2QKNk2/8/5P2/8/8

#2

5 + 1

5454 Near Snap 2009
  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Qg1?
      • threat
        • 2.Qg5#
      • 1...Kf4
        • 2.Qg5#
      • 1...Kxf6!
  • Keys
    • 1.f4!
      • 1...Kxf4
        • 2.Qf2#
      • 1...Kxf6
        • 2.Qf8#

Anticipated by 207974(1927)

This anticipates 77768(1991)

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).