MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 27099 (8/R7/2p5/2N1k3/8/2P1N3/3R4/7K w - - 0 1)

Dobbs, Gilbert S

American Chess Bulletin, 1936

8/R7/2p5/2N1k3/8/2P1N3/3R4/7K

#3

6 + 2

5088 How to Solve Chess Problems 1945

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Sc4+?
      • 1...Kf4
        • 2.Rg2
          • threat
            • 3.Rf7#
          • 2...Kf3
            • 3.Rf7#
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Rf7#
      • 1...Kf6
        • 2.Rg2
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Rf7#
      • 1...Kf5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Rg2!
      • 1...Kf4
        • 2.Sc4
          • threat
            • 3.Rf7#
          • 2...Kf3
            • 3.Rf7#
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Rf7#
      • 1...Kd6
        • 2.Sd3
          • threat
            • 3.Rg6#
          • 2...Ke6
            • 3.Rg6#
      • 1...Kf6
        • 2.Sc4
          • 2...Kf5
            • 3.Rf7#

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).