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PID: 24167 (8/1K6/2p2Q2/2kN4/2P5/P7/8/8 w - - 0 1)

CW of Sunbury (Charles White)

The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle, 1869

8/1K6/2p2Q2/2kN4/2P5/P7/8/8

#3

5 + 2

5172 Chess Problems by C W of Sunbury 1885
15 British Chess Magazine 1886
3238 777 Chess Miniatures in Three 1908
15351 SCPF/BCPS Black Books 2017
14986 White-Hume Collection 2017

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...cxd5
      • 2.Qf4
        • 2...dxc4
          • 3.Qe5#
        • 2...d4
          • 3.Qc7#
  • Tries
    • 1.Kc7?
      • 1...cxd5
        • 2.Qc3
          • 2...dxc4
            • 3.Qe5#
          • 2...d4
            • 3.Qb4#
      • 1...Kxc4!
    • 1.Qc3?
      • 1...cxd5
        • 2.Kc7
          • 2...dxc4
            • 3.Qe5#
          • 2...d4
            • 3.Qb4#
      • 1...Kd6!
    • 1.Qe5?
      • threat
        • 2.Se3#
        • 2.Sb6#
      • 1...cxd5
        • 2.Qxd5#
      • 1...Kxc4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qh4!
      • threat
        • 2.Qe4
          • 2...Kd6
            • 3.Qe7#
          • 2...cxd5
            • 3.Qxd5#
      • 1...cxd5
        • 2.Qf4
          • 2...dxc4
            • 3.Qe5#
          • 2...d4
            • 3.Qc7#

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