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PID: 189333 (7K/3B2N1/3P3p/3k4/3pNPP1/1Pb2r2/5P2/1Q6 w - - 0 1)

Kidson, Henry Edwin

Leeds Mercury, 1886

7K/3B2N1/3P3p/3k4/3pNPP1/1Pb2r2/5P2/1Q6

#3

10 + 5

14986	White-Hume Collection	2019

SOLUTION

SOUND
Sets
- 1...Rd3
  - 2.Sh5
    - threat
      - 3.Shf6#
    - 2...Kxe4
      - 3.Bc6#
Keys
- 1.Qd3!
  - threat
    - 2.Be6+
      - 2...Kc6
        3.Qa6#
    - 2.Qb5+
      - 2...Kxe4
        3.Qf5#
  - 1...Rxf2
    - 2.Be6+
      - 2...Kc6
        3.Qa6#
  - 1...Rxd3
    - 2.Sh5
      - threat
        3.Shf6#
      - 2...Kxe4
        3.Bc6#
  - 1...Rxf4
    - 2.Qb5+
      - 2...Kxe4
        3.Bc6#
  - 1...Re3
    - 2.Se8
      - threat
        3.S8f6#
        3.Sc7#
      - 2...Rxe4
        3.Qc4#
        3.Qb5#
    - 2.Be6+
      - 2...Kc6
        3.Qa6#
  - 1...Rg3
    - 2.Sh5
      - threat
        3.Shf6#
    - 2.Se8
      - threat
        3.S8f6#
        3.Sc7#
    - 2.Be6+
      - 2...Kc6
        3.Qa6#
  - 1...Rh3
    - 2.Se8
      - threat
        3.S8f6#
        3.Sc7#
    - 2.Be6+
      - 2...Kc6
        3.Qa6#
  - 1...Bb4
    - 2.Be6+
      - 2...Kc6
        3.Qa6#
    - 2.Qb5+
      - 2...Kxe4
        3.Qf5#
      - 2...Bc5
        3.Bc6#
        3.Qc6#
        3.Qb7#
  - 1...Ba5
    - 2.Qb5+
      - 2...Kxe4
        3.Qf5#

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