MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 28976 (8/6Q1/8/8/8/pp1B4/1p4K1/k3N3 w - - 0 1)

Wurzburg, Otto

Lasker's Chess Magazine, 1905

8/6Q1/8/8/8/pp1B4/1p4K1/k3N3

#3

4 + 4

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Sf3?
      • 1...a2
        • 2.Sd4
          • threat
            • 3.Sxb3#
      • 1...Ka2!
    • 1.Be4?
      • 1...a2
        • 2.Sd3
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Qxb2#
      • 1...Ka2!
    • 1.Bf5?
      • 1...a2
        • 2.Sd3
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Qxb2#
      • 1...Ka2!
    • 1.Bg6?
      • 1...a2
        • 2.Sd3
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Qxb2#
      • 1...Ka2!
    • 1.Qd4?
      • 1...a2
        • 2.Bf1
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Qd1#
        • 2.Be2
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Qd1#
        • 2.Bc4
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Qd1#
        • 2.Bb5
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Qd1#
        • 2.Ba6
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Qd1#
      • 1...Ka2!
  • Keys
    • 1.Bh7!
      • 1...Ka2
        • 2.Qg6
          • threat
            • 3.Qb1#
          • 2...Ka1
            • 3.Qb1#
          • 2...b1Q
            • 3.Qxb1#
          • 2...b1S
            • 3.Qxb1#
          • 2...b1B
            • 3.Qxb1#
          • 2...b1R
            • 3.Qxb1#
      • 1...a2
        • 2.Sd3
          • 2...Kb1
            • 3.Qxb2#

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).