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PID: 37244 (k5K1/PrB5/8/2pQ4/1p1p1p2/8/3p3b/8 w - - 0 1)

Speckmann, Werner

2nd Prize, L'Echiquier de France, 1956

k5K1/PrB5/8/2pQ4/1p1p1p2/8/3p3b/8

#4

4 + 8

23 Die Schwalbe 2013

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Keys
    • 1.Kh8!
      • threat
        • 2.Qg8+
          • 2...Kxa7
            • 3.Qa2#
          • 2...Rb8
            • 3.Qxb8#
            • 3.axb8Q#
      • 1...d1Q
        • 2.Qg8+
          • 2...Kxa7
            • 3.Qa2+
              • 3...Qa4
                • 4.Qxa4#
      • 1...d1B
        • 2.Qg8+
          • 2...Kxa7
            • 3.Qa2+
              • 3...Ba4
                • 4.Qxa4#
      • 1...b3
        • 2.Qc6
          • threat
            • 3.Qe8+
              • 3...Kxa7
                • 4.Qa4#
              • 3...Rb8
                • 4.Qxb8#
                • 4.axb8Q#
      • 1...c4
        • 2.Be5
          • threat
            • 3.Qd8+
              • 3...Kxa7
                • 4.Qa5#
              • 3...Rb8
                • 4.Qxb8#
                • 4.axb8Q#

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