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PID: 198572 (K3k3/4p3/8/3Q4/8/8/8/6B1 w - - 0 1)

Stewart, John

The Observer, 1944

(First published on Sun Jun 25 1944)

K3k3/4p3/8/3Q4/8/8/8/6B1

#3

3 + 2

15239 Valois Notebooks 2019

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Be3?
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Qe6+
          • 2...Kd8
            • 3.Bb6#
          • 2...Kf8
            • 3.Bh6#
      • 1...e6
        • 2.Qxe6+
          • 2...Kd8
            • 3.Bb6#
          • 2...Kf8
            • 3.Bh6#
      • 1...Kf8!
    • 1.Bc5?
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Qe6+
          • 2...Kd8
            • 3.Bb6#
      • 1...e6
        • 2.Qxe6+
          • 2...Kd8
            • 3.Bb6#
      • 1...Kf8!
    • 1.Qc6+?
      • 1...Kf8
        • 2.Qg6
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Bc5#
          • 2...e6
            • 3.Bc5#
      • 1...Kf7!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qe6!
      • 1...Kd8
        • 2.Bc5
          • 2...Kc7
            • 3.Bb6#
          • 2...Ke8
            • 3.Qxe7#
      • 1...Kf8
        • 2.Qg6
          • 2...e5
            • 3.Bc5#
          • 2...e6
            • 3.Bc5#

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