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PID: 12756 (8/3N2kn/4Kp2/6p1/6P1/6N1/8/1Q6 w - - 0 1)

Barbier, Georges Emile

The Westminster Papers, 1870

8/3N2kn/4Kp2/6p1/6P1/6N1/8/1Q6

#3

5 + 4

4817 English Mechanic and World of Science 1874
14986 White-Hume Collection 2019
15239 Valois Notebooks 2020

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Kh6
      • 2.Kf7
        • threat
          • 3.Sf5#
          • 3.Qg6#
          • 3.Qh1#
  • Tries
    • 1.Qb8?
      • threat
        • 2.Sf5+
          • 2...Kg6
            • 3.Qe8#
            • 3.Qg8#
      • 1...Kg6
        • 2.Sf5
          • 2...Sf8+
            • 3.Sxf8#
        • 2.Qe8+
          • 2...Kh6
            • 3.Sf5#
          • 2...Kg7
            • 3.Sf5#
        • 2.Qg8+
          • 2...Kh6
            • 3.Sf5#
      • 1...Kh6
        • 2.Sf5+
          • 2...Kg6
            • 3.Qe8#
            • 3.Qg8#
      • 1...f5
        • 2.Sxf5+
          • 2...Kg6
            • 3.Se5#
            • 3.Qe8#
            • 3.Qg8#
      • 1...Sf8+!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qg6+!
      • 1...Kxg6
        • 2.Sf5
          • 2...Sf8+
            • 3.Sxf8#
      • 1...Kh8
        • 2.Kf7
          • threat
            • 3.Qg7#
            • 3.Qg8#

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