MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 32869 (3R2B1/1N2k3/4p3/BP3pP1/rp1KpPP1/p1PRPP2/P1Nb4/8 w - - 0 1)

Bettmann, Henry Wald

The White King, 1914

3R2B1/1N2k3/4p3/BP3pP1/rp1KpPP1/p1PRPP2/P1Nb4/8

#3

15 + 8

20 De Problemist 1929

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Keys
    • 1.Sxb4!
      • 1...Bxc3+
        • 2.Kxc3
          • threat
            • 3.Sc6#
            • 3.R3d7#
      • 1...Bxe3+
        • 2.Kxe3
          • threat
            • 3.Sc6#
            • 3.R3d7#
      • 1...e5+
        • 2.Kd5
          • threat
            • 3.Sc6#
          • 2...Rxb4
            • 3.Bxb4#
      • 1...exd3
        • 2.Kxd3
          • threat
            • 3.Sc6#
          • 2...Rxb4
            • 3.Bxb4#
      • 1...exf3
        • 2.Kc4
          • threat
            • 3.R3d7#
          • 2...Rxb4+
            • 3.Bxb4#
      • 1...fxg4
        • 2.Kxe4
          • threat
            • 3.R3d7#
          • 2...Rxb4+
            • 3.Bxb4#
      • 1...Bc1
        • 2.Ke5
          • threat
            • 3.Sc6#
            • 3.R3d7#
      • 1...Be1
        • 2.Kc5
          • threat
            • 3.Sc6#
            • 3.R3d7#

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