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Problem Display

PID: 14189 (6nq/6pb/3P4/p1PBQ1P1/p3P3/p4p2/P1P2B1P/rkNK4 w - - 0 1)

Palatz, Franz Ferdinand Ludwig

Deutsches Wochenschach, 1923

6nq/6pb/3P4/p1PBQ1P1/p3P3/p4p2/P1P2B1P/rkNK4

#3

12 + 10

SOLUTION

SOUND
Sets
- 1...Rxa2
  - 2.Bxa2#
- 1...g6
  - 2.Qxh8
    - 2...Rxa2
      - 3.Bxa2#
    - 2...Sf6
      - 3.Qb8#
    - 2...Sh6
      - 3.Qb8#
    - 2...Se7
      - 3.Qb8#
Tries
- 1.Sb3?
  - threat
    - 2.Sd2#
    - 2.Qxa1#
  - 1...Kxa2+
    - 2.Qxa1#
  - 1...Rxa2
    - 2.Sd2#
  - 1...g6
    - 2.Sd2#
  - 1...axb3!
- 1.Qe8?
  - threat
    - 2.Qb5#
    - 2.Qb8#
  - 1...Kb2
    - 2.Bd4+
      - 2...Kb1
        3.Qb5#
        3.Qb8#
  - 1...Rxa2
    - 2.Bxa2+
      - 2...Ka1
        3.Bd4#
        3.Qe5#
      - 2...Kb2
        3.Bd4#
        3.Qe5#
  - 1...g6!
Keys
- 1.Qc3!
  - threat
    - 2.Sb3
      - threat
        3.Sd2#
        3.Qxa1#
      - 2...Kxa2+
        3.Qxa1#
      - 2...axb3
        3.Qxb3#
    - 2.Bd4
      - threat
        3.Qxa1#
      - 2...Rxa2
        3.Bxa2#
  - 1...Bxe4
    - 2.Sb3
      - threat
        3.Sd2#
        3.Qxa1#
      - 2...Kxa2+
        3.Qxa1#
      - 2...Bxc2+
        3.Qxc2#
      - 2...axb3
        3.Qxb3#
    - 2.Bd4
      - threat
        3.Qxa1#
      - 2...Bxc2+
        3.Qxc2#
      - 2...Rxa2
        3.Bxa2#
  - 1...g6
    - 2.Qxh8
      - 2...Rxa2
        3.Bxa2#
      - 2...Sf6
        3.Qb8#
      - 2...Sh6
        3.Qb8#
      - 2...Se7
        3.Qb8#

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