MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 242904 (8/1pK2pp1/b2BkN2/5R2/2p5/6p1/8/1B6 w - - 0 1)

Fothergill, Percival Guy Laugham (PGLF)

The Field, 1902

(First published on Sat Jul 12 1902)

8/1pK2pp1/b2BkN2/5R2/2p5/6p1/8/1B6

#3

5 + 7

15239 Valois Notebooks 2021

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Sd5?
      • threat
        • 2.Sf4#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...f6!
    • 1.Sh5?
      • threat
        • 2.Sf4#
        • 2.Sxg7#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Sg7#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...g6
        • 2.Sf4#
        • 2.Sg7#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...f6!
    • 1.Sd7?
      • threat
        • 2.Sc5#
        • 2.Sf8#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...b6
        • 2.Sf8#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...f6!
    • 1.Sh7?
      • threat
        • 2.Sg5#
        • 2.Sf8#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Sxg5#
        • 2.Sf8#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...f6!
    • 1.Se8?
      • threat
        • 2.Sxg7#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Sg7#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...g6
        • 2.Sg7#
        • 2.Re5#
      • 1...f6!
    • 1.Rf3?
      • threat
        • 2.Re3+
          • 2...Kxf6
            • 3.Be7#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Be4
          • threat
            • 3.Bd5#
      • 1...g6
        • 2.Be4
          • threat
            • 3.Bd5#
      • 1...gxf6!
  • Keys
    • 1.Rf1!
      • threat
        • 2.Re1+
          • 2...Kxf6
            • 3.Be7#
      • 1...gxf6
        • 2.Bf5+
          • 2...Kd5
            • 3.Rd1#
      • 1...c3
        • 2.Ba2+
          • 2...Bc4
            • 3.Bxc4#
      • 1...g5
        • 2.Be4
          • threat
            • 3.Bd5#
      • 1...g6
        • 2.Be4
          • threat
            • 3.Bd5#

FEATURES

NOT CLASSIFIED
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).