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PID: 145181 (3B4/8/p7/P1k5/1RNN2P1/8/2B5/2K5 w - - 0 1)

Steinitz, Julius

Breslauer Zeitung, 1889

3B4/8/p7/P1k5/1RNN2P1/8/2B5/2K5

#3

8 + 2

14986 White-Hume Collection 2012

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Se3?
      • threat
        • 2.Be7#
      • 1...Kxb4
        • 2.Be7+
          • 2...Kc3
            • 3.Se2#
          • 2...Kxa5
            • 3.Sc4#
      • 1...Kd6!
  • Keys
    • 1.Sb6!
      • threat
        • 2.Be7#
      • 1...Kxb4
        • 2.Be7+
          • 2...Kc3
            • 3.Se2#
          • 2...Kxa5
            • 3.Sc4#
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.g5
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Be7#
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bc7#

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