MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 155608 (n7/4NK2/2p5/8/3pk2p/1n5Q/7B/8 w - - 0 1)

Geary, William

The Field, 1909

(First published on Sat Jul 17 1909)

n7/4NK2/2p5/8/3pk2p/1n5Q/7B/8

#3

4 + 6

15239 Valois Notebooks 2015

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Sc8?
      • threat
        • 2.Sd6+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Qf5#
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Qxb3+
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Sd6#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Bd6#
      • 1...c5
        • 2.Sd6+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Qg2#
            • 3.Qf3#
      • 1...d3!
    • 1.Bg1?
      • threat
        • 2.Qf5#
      • 1...Ke5
        • 2.Qf5+
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Bh2#
      • 1...Kf4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Sf5!
      • threat
        • 2.Sd6+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Qf5#
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Qxb3+
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Sd6#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Bd6#
      • 1...d3
        • 2.Qg2+
          • 2...Kxf5
            • 3.Qg6#
      • 1...c5
        • 2.Sd6+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Qg2#
            • 3.Qf3#

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).