MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 152475 (R5N1/8/4p1p1/4K2p/7k/6p1/6P1/8 w - - 0 1)

Anonymous

Glasgow Herald, 1895

(First published on Sat Mar 23 1895)

R5N1/8/4p1p1/4K2p/7k/6p1/6P1/8

#3

4 + 5

14986 White-Hume Collection 2014

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Kf6?
      • threat
        • 2.Ra4#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Ra4+
          • 2...e4
            • 3.Rxe4#
      • 1...g5!
    • 1.Sf6?
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Sg4
          • 2...Kxg4
            • 3.Ra4#
          • 2...hxg4
            • 3.Rh8#
        • 2.Rh8
          • 2...g4
            • 3.Rxh5#
      • 1...Kg5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Sh6!
      • threat
        • 2.Ra4+
          • 2...Kg5
            • 3.Sf7#
      • 1...Kg5
        • 2.Sf7+
          • 2...Kg4
            • 3.Ra4#
          • 2...Kh4
            • 3.Ra4#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Sg4
          • 2...Kxg4
            • 3.Ra4#
          • 2...hxg4
            • 3.Rh8#

FEATURES

NOT CLASSIFIED
HTML5 logo

Developed and maintained by Brian Stephenson.
Implemented with HTML5, MySQL, Perl (with, inter alia, CGI::Simple, HTML::Template & XML::LibXML) & CSS/Javascript (jQuery, Bootstrap & DataTables).