MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 39634 (3K4/3P4/3N4/p1PPP3/kP6/1p6/1B6/8 w - - 0 1)

Prcic, Mike

1st Prize, StrateGems, 2001

3K4/3P4/3N4/p1PPP3/kP6/1p6/1B6/8

#3

8 + 3

145 StrateGems 2003
102 Probleemblad 2004
56 The Problemist 2004
23 Die Schwalbe 2005
136 Problem Observer 2010

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Kc7?
      • 1...axb4
        • 2.d8Q
          • 2...Ka5
            • 3.Qa8#
        • 2.d8R
          • 2...Ka5
            • 3.Ra8#
      • 1...Kxb4!
    • 1.Ke7?
      • 1...axb4
        • 2.d8R
          • 2...Ka5
            • 3.Ra8#
      • 1...Kxb4!
    • 1.Kc8?
      • 1...Kxb4
        • 2.d8Q
          • 2...Ka4
            • 3.Qh4#
          • 2...Kxc5
            • 3.Qxa5#
          • 2...a4
            • 3.Qb6#
      • 1...axb4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Ke8!
      • 1...Kxb4
        • 2.d8Q
          • 2...Ka4
            • 3.Qh4#
          • 2...Kxc5
            • 3.Qxa5#
          • 2...a4
            • 3.Qb6#
      • 1...axb4
        • 2.d8R
          • 2...Ka5
            • 3.Ra8#

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).