MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 219776 (6B1/B2K4/1N2pp2/1pk1N1n1/8/p1p1P3/P3bn2/1Q6 w - - 0 1)

Holford, JM

British Chess Magazine, 1924

6B1/B2K4/1N2pp2/1pk1N1n1/8/p1p1P3/P3bn2/1Q6

#2

8 + 9

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Sc6?
      • threat
        • 2.Qb4#
      • 1...b4
        • 2.Qxb4#
      • 1...Sd3!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qf5!
      • threat
        • 2.Sd3#
      • 1...Kb4
        • 2.Sc6#
      • 1...exf5
        • 2.Sd5#
      • 1...fxe5
        • 2.Qf8#
      • 1...Bd3
        • 2.Sxd3#
      • 1...Sd3
        • 2.Sxd3#

FEATURES

  • Static
    • TYPE = THREAT
    • CHANGED MATES = 0
    • ADDED MATES = 5
    • REMOVED MATES = 0
  • Sets
  • Tries
    • Try
      • S(D);
      • Threat
        • QAB1(A)
      • Vars
        • P(e);::QAB1(A),XP(e)
      • Refutation
        • S(b);
  • Actual
    • Q(A);
    • Threat
      • QAR(A)+S(D),DCHECK
    • Vars
      • K(f);S_FLIGHT::S(D)
      • P(h);XQ(A)::B(F)+S(E)
      • P(i);OGATE,P_SPINP(i),XS(D)::QAB(A)
      • B(a);::QAR(A)+S(D),DCHECK,XB(a)
      • S(b);::QAR(A)+S(D),DCHECK,XS(b)
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).