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PID: 20320 (8/2K5/kBp2p2/1pp4p/5r1r/1Q6/4b3/8 w - - 0 1)

Speckmann, Werner

1st Prize, Die Schwalbe, 1960

8/2K5/kBp2p2/1pp4p/5r1r/1Q6/4b3/8

#4

3 + 9

3749 FIDE Album (1959-1961) 1966
5862 An ABC of Chess Problems 1970
4640 Chess Wizardry: The New ABC of Chess Problems 1996
23 Die Schwalbe 2013

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Keys
    • 1.Qe6!
      • threat
        • 2.Qc8#
      • 1...b4
        • 2.Qxe2+
          • 2...Rc4
            • 3.Qa2+
              • 3...Kb5
                • 4.Qa5#
          • 2...c4
            • 3.Qa2+
              • 3...Kb5
                • 4.Qa5#
      • 1...Bg4
        • 2.Qa2+
          • 2...Ra4
            • 3.Qg8
              • threat
                • 4.Qa8#
              • 3...b4
                • 4.Qc4#
              • 3...Bc8
                • 4.Qxc8#

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