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Problem Display
PID: 135759 (5B2/8/p7/Pp2R3/1P1pN3/kP1p4/p7/K2B4 w - - 0 1)
Prideaux, Henry Maxwell
The Field, 1916
(First published on Sat Sep 2 1916)
#3
8 + 6
SOLUTION
- SOUND
- Tries
- 1.Sc5?
- 1...Kxb4
- 2.Sa4+
- 2...Kxa5
- 3.b4#
- 2...Kxa5
- 2.Sa4+
- 1...d2!
- 1...Kxb4
- 1.Rxb5?
- threat
- 2.Sd6
- threat
- 3.Sc4#
- 2...axb5
- 3.Sxb5#
- threat
- 2.Rd5
- 2...d2
- 3.b5#
- 2...d2
- 2.Re5
- 2...d2
- 3.b5#
- 2...d2
- 2.Rf5
- 2...d2
- 3.b5#
- 2...d2
- 2.Rg5
- 2...d2
- 3.b5#
- 2...d2
- 2.Rh5
- 2...d2
- 3.b5#
- 2...d2
- 2.Rb6
- 2...d2
- 3.b5#
- 2...d2
- 2.Rb7
- 2...d2
- 3.b5#
- 2...d2
- 2.Rb8
- 2...d2
- 3.b5#
- 2...d2
- 2.Sd6
- 1...d2
- 2.Sd6
- threat
- 3.Sc4#
- 2...axb5
- 3.Sxb5#
- threat
- 2.Rd5
- 2...d3
- 3.b5#
- 2...d3
- 2.Re5
- 2...d3
- 3.b5#
- 2...d3
- 2.Rf5
- 2...d3
- 3.b5#
- 2...d3
- 2.Rg5
- 2...d3
- 3.b5#
- 2...d3
- 2.Rh5
- 2...d3
- 3.b5#
- 2...d3
- 2.Rb6
- 2...d3
- 3.b5#
- 2...d3
- 2.Rb7
- 2...d3
- 3.b5#
- 2...d3
- 2.Rb8
- 2...d3
- 3.b5#
- 2...d3
- 2.Sd6
- 1...axb5!
- threat
- 1.Re7?
- 1...Kxb4
- 2.Re6+
- 2...Kxa5
- 3.b4#
- 2...Kxa5
- 2.Rb7+
- 2...Kxa5
- 3.b4#
- 2...Kxa5
- 2.Re6+
- 1...d2!
- 1...Kxb4
- 1.Sc5?
- Keys
- 1.Rc5!
- 1...Kxb4
- 2.Rc6+
- 2...Kxa5
- 3.b4#
- 2...Kxa5
- 2.Rc6+
- 1...d2
- 2.Rc2
- threat
- 3.Rxa2#
- 2...Kxb3
- 3.Rc3#
- threat
- 2.Rc2
- 1...Kxb4
- 1.Rc5!
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