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PID: 24071 (8/1n2P2K/3p2p1/2p3pk/6pr/4ppr1/6p1/1b6 w - - 0 1)

Giese, Ernst

2nd Prize, Neue Leipziger Zeitung, 1933

(First published on Sun Sep 10 1933)

8/1n2P2K/3p2p1/2p3pk/6pr/4ppr1/6p1/1b6

#3

2 + 13

5810 Minimalkunst im Schach 2006
14986 White-Hume Collection 2013

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Rgh3
      • 2.e8S
        • threat
          • 3.Sf6#
          • 3.Sg7#
  • Keys
    • 1.Kg7!
      • threat
        • 2.e8Q
          • threat
            • 3.Qh8#
        • 2.e8R
          • threat
            • 3.Rh8#
      • 1...Rh1
        • 2.e8Q
          • threat
            • 3.Qh8#
          • 2...Kh4
            • 3.Qh8#
        • 2.e8R
          • threat
            • 3.Rh8#
          • 2...Kh4
            • 3.Rh8#
      • 1...Rh2
        • 2.e8Q
          • threat
            • 3.Qh8#
          • 2...Kh4
            • 3.Qh8#
        • 2.e8R
          • threat
            • 3.Rh8#
          • 2...Kh4
            • 3.Rh8#
      • 1...Rhh3
        • 2.e8Q
          • threat
            • 3.Qh8#
          • 2...Kh4
            • 3.Qh8#
        • 2.e8R
          • threat
            • 3.Rh8#
          • 2...Kh4
            • 3.Rh8#
      • 1...Rgh3
        • 2.e8S
          • threat
            • 3.Sf6#
      • 1...Ba2
        • 2.e8Q
          • threat
            • 3.Qxg6#
            • 3.Qh8#
      • 1...Sd8
        • 2.exd8Q
          • threat
            • 3.Qh8#
        • 2.exd8R
          • threat
            • 3.Rh8#

1933 is given in "Das Grosse Internationale Schachmeisterturnier zu Kemeri in Lettland 1937", so not sure which is correct. Thanks to Steven Dowd for this info. 1933 also given in White-Hume Collection, so amended accordingly.

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