MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 188614 (2N1n3/KbP4R/p1k1pPp1/8/P7/1p4Q1/4P3/8 w - - 0 1)

Challenger, Alfred Clement

The Observer, 1937

(First published on Sun Dec 26 1937)

2N1n3/KbP4R/p1k1pPp1/8/P7/1p4Q1/4P3/8

#3

8 + 7

15239 Valois Notebooks 2019

SOLUTION

  • NO_SOLUTION
  • Sets
    • 1...Ba8
      • 2.e4
        • threat
          • 3.Qc3#
        • 2...Kc5
          • 3.Qc3#
        • 2...Sg7
          • 3.Qd6#
        • 2...Sd6
          • 3.Qxd6#
    • 1...Sd6
      • 2.Qxd6#
    • 1...Sxf6
      • 2.Qd6#
    • 1...Sxc7
      • 2.Qd6#
    • 1...Sg7
      • 2.Qd6#
  • Tries
    • 1.Rh4?
      • threat
        • 2.Rc4+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Sb6#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.Sb6#
        • 2.Rd4
          • threat
            • 3.Qc3#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Qc3#
          • 2...Sd6
            • 3.Qxd6#
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Qc3+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.e4#
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Sb6+
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Rc4#
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Rc4#
      • 1...Kd7
        • 2.Sb6+
          • 2...Kc6
            • 3.Rc4#
      • 1...Bxc8
        • 2.Rd4
          • threat
            • 3.Qc3#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Qc3#
          • 2...Sd6
            • 3.Qxd6#
      • 1...b2
        • 2.Rc4+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Sb6#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.Sb6#
      • 1...a5
        • 2.Rc4+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Sb6#
          • 2...Kd7
            • 3.Sb6#
      • 1...e5!
    • 1.e4?
      • threat
        • 2.Qc3#
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Qc3#
      • 1...Sg7
        • 2.Qd6#
      • 1...Sd6
        • 2.Qxd6#
      • 1...Bxc8!

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).