MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 33509 (n2bB2n/8/4Np2/pp1k1Pp1/1P2p3/N1P4p/1K1P3Q/8 w - - 0 1)

Laws, Benjamin Glover

1st Prize, North Middlesex Magazine, 1880

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#3

9 + 10

3316 Chess Problem Text Book 1887
3571 An English Bohemian 1933

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...a4
      • 2.Sd4
        • threat
          • 3.Bc6#
      • 2.Sxd8
        • threat
          • 3.Bc6#
  • Keys
    • 1.Sc4!
      • threat
        • 2.Se3#
      • 1...Kxc4
        • 2.Bc6
          • threat
            • 3.Qe2#
          • 2...Kd3
            • 3.Bxb5#
      • 1...bxc4
        • 2.b5
          • threat
            • 3.Bc6#
      • 1...e3
        • 2.Qh1+
          • 2...Kxc4
            • 3.Qe4#
      • 1...Bb6
        • 2.Sc7+
          • 2...Kxc4
            • 3.Bxb5#
            • 3.Qe2#
          • 2...Bxc7
            • 3.Se3#
          • 2...Sxc7
            • 3.Sxb6#

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