MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 267133 (8/8/4N3/8/2K1kpP1/5r2/8/7Q w - - 0 1)

Caine, Walter Edmund

The Problemist, 1955

8/8/4N3/8/2K1kpP1/5r2/8/7Q

#3

4 + 3

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Ke3
      • 2.Qe1#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sd4?
      • threat
        • 2.Sc6
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke5!
    • 1.Sc5+?
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke5!
    • 1.Sg5+?
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke5!
    • 1.Sc7?
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke5!
    • 1.Sg7?
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke5!
    • 1.Sd8?
      • threat
        • 2.Sc6
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#
        • 2.Sf7
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke5!
    • 1.Sf8?
      • threat
        • 2.Sg6
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#
        • 2.Sd7
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Qe1#
      • 1...Ke5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Qa1!
      • threat
        • 2.Qd4#
      • 1...Rc3+
        • 2.Qxc3
          • 2...f3
            • 3.Qe1#
            • 3.Qd4#
      • 1...Rf1
        • 2.Qc3
          • threat
            • 3.Sc5#
            • 3.Sg5#
          • 2...f3
            • 3.Qd4#
      • 1...Rf2
        • 2.Qc3
          • threat
            • 3.Sc5#
            • 3.Sg5#
          • 2...f3
            • 3.Qd4#
      • 1...Ra3
        • 2.Sg5+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#
      • 1...Rb3
        • 2.Sg5+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#
      • 1...Rd3
        • 2.Sg5+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#
      • 1...Rg3
        • 2.Sg5+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#
      • 1...Rh3
        • 2.Sg5+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Qe1#

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).