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PID: 12932 (3N4/8/4p2p/3Nk3/3p3P/3P4/K7/6Q1 w - - 0 1)

Townsend, Alonzo

Huddersfield College Magazine, 1874

3N4/8/4p2p/3Nk3/3p3P/3P4/K7/6Q1

#3

6 + 4

1693 English Chess Problems 1876

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Sf7+?
      • 1...Kxd5
        • 2.Qc1
          • threat
            • 3.Qc4#
      • 1...Kf5!
    • 1.Qh2+?
      • 1...Kf5
        • 2.Qf4+
          • 2...Kg6
            • 3.Qf7#
      • 1...Kxd5!
    • 1.Qe1+?
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.Qxe6+
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Qc6#
      • 1...Kxd5!
    • 1.Qg3+?
      • 1...Kf5
        • 2.Qf4+
          • 2...Kg6
            • 3.Qf7#
        • 2.Qf3+
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Sf7#
          • 2...Kg6
            • 3.Qf7#
      • 1...Kxd5!
    • 1.Qg6?
      • threat
        • 2.Qxe6#
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.Qxe6+
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Qc6#
      • 1...exd5
        • 2.Qxh6
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Qg5#
      • 1...Kxd5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qc1!
      • 1...Kxd5
        • 2.Sf7
          • threat
            • 3.Qc4#
      • 1...Kf5
        • 2.Qf4+
          • 2...Kg6
            • 3.Qf7#
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.Qc6+
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Qxe6#
      • 1...exd5
        • 2.Qxh6
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Qg5#
      • 1...h5
        • 2.Sf7+
          • 2...Kxd5
            • 3.Qc4#
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Qg5#

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