MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 158171 (2n5/pQ3BKp/8/2k2p2/5N2/2N5/8/6n1 w - - 0 1)

Geary, TW

British Chess Magazine, 1906

2n5/pQ3BKp/8/2k2p2/5N2/2N5/8/6n1

#3

5 + 6

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Kd6
      • 2.Sb5+
        • 2...Kc5
          • 3.Sd3#
        • 2...Ke5
          • 3.Sd3#
      • 2.Se6
        • threat
          • 3.Qc7#
        • 2...Ke5
          • 3.Qd5#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sb5?
      • threat
        • 2.Sd3#
      • 1...Kb4
        • 2.Qa6
          • threat
            • 3.Sd3#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Sd3#
      • 1...Sb6!
    • 1.Sd3+?
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.Sb5#
      • 1...Kd4!
    • 1.Se6+?
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.Qc7#
      • 1...Kc4!
    • 1.Qd5+?
      • 1...Kb4
        • 2.Qc4+
          • 2...Ka3
            • 3.Qb3#
          • 2...Ka5
            • 3.Qb5#
      • 1...Kb6!
    • 1.Qb4+?
      • 1...Kc6
        • 2.Be8+
          • 2...Kc7
            • 3.Se6#
      • 1...Kxb4!
    • 1.Qc7+?
      • 1...Kb4
        • 2.Sd3+
          • 2...Ka3
            • 3.Qa5#
            • 3.Qc5#
        • 2.Qc4+
          • 2...Ka3
            • 3.Qb3#
          • 2...Ka5
            • 3.Qb5#
      • 1...Kd4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Bd5!
      • threat
        • 2.Se6+
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Qc7#
      • 1...Kd4
        • 2.Qb4+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Sd1#
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Sd3#
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.Sb5+
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Sd3#
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Sd3#
      • 1...Sb6
        • 2.Qe7+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Sb5#

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).