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PID: 196288 (1K6/5p2/4p2B/5p2/P2k4/1Q1N1P2/8/8 w - - 0 1)

Laws, Benjamin Glover

Western Daily Mercury, 1918

(First published on Fri May 24 1918)

1K6/5p2/4p2B/5p2/P2k4/1Q1N1P2/8/8

#3

6 + 4

15239 Valois Notebooks 2019

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Sb4?
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Qc3+
          • 2...Kb6
            • 3.Qc7#
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Qc7#
      • 1...Ke5
        • 2.Qc3+
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Qc7#
      • 1...f6
        • 2.Bf8
          • threat
            • 3.Sc6#
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Qe3#
      • 1...f4!
    • 1.Qc3+?
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Qc5#
      • 1...Kxc3!
    • 1.Qb4+?
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Qc5#
      • 1...Kxd3!
  • Keys
    • 1.Sf4!
      • 1...Kc5
        • 2.Qb5+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Se2#
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Bf8#
      • 1...Ke5
        • 2.Qc3+
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Qc7#
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Se6+
          • 2...fxe6
            • 3.Be3#
      • 1...f6
        • 2.Kc7
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Sxe6#
            • 3.Qc3#
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Qb2#
            • 3.Qc3#
            • 3.Qe3#
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Se6#
        • 2.Sxe6+
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Bf4#
        • 2.Bf8
          • 2...Ke5
            • 3.Qe3#
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Se2#
            • 3.Se6#
            • 3.Qd3#

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