MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 161282 (8/3K4/7p/2pkp1P1/4R2R/5P2/5P2/8 w - - 0 1)

Rice, William Bayard

Der Westen, 1915

8/3K4/7p/2pkp1P1/4R2R/5P2/5P2/8

#3

6 + 4

14986 White-Hume Collection 2017

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Rh5?
      • threat
        • 2.gxh6
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Rhxe5#
        • 2.g6
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Rhxe5#
      • 1...hxg5
        • 2.Rxg5
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Rgxe5#
      • 1...c4!
    • 1.g6?
      • threat
        • 2.Rh5
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Rhxe5#
      • 1...h5
        • 2.Ra4
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Ra5#
          • 2...e4
            • 3.Rxh5#
        • 2.Rxh5
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Rhxe5#
      • 1...c4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Ra4!
      • threat
        • 2.gxh6
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Ra5#
          • 2...e4
            • 3.Rh5#
      • 1...hxg5
        • 2.Rhg4
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Ra5#
          • 2...e4
            • 3.Rxg5#
      • 1...e4
        • 2.fxe4+
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.f4#
      • 1...h5
        • 2.g6
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Ra5#
          • 2...e4
            • 3.Rxh5#

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).