MESON Chess Problem Database
Problem Display
PID: 40988 (1Q6/7K/4p2p/1R6/p7/5k2/8/4R3 w - - 0 1)
Wurzburg, Otto
1st Prize, Densmore MT (Pittsburgh Gazette-Times), 1918
#3
4 + 4
| 81 | Chess | 1952 |
| 45 | Schach | 1952 |
| 23 | Die Schwalbe | 1965 |
| 5065 | Chess Problem Gems by Eight Eminent American Composers | 1972 |
| 3773 | FIDE Album (1914-1944) (II) | 1972 |
| 3325 | Wurzburg Artistry | 1974 |
| 145 | StrateGems | 1998 |
| 56 | The Problemist | 2002 |
SOLUTION
- SOUND
- Sets
- 1...h5
- 2.Rg5
- threat
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qf8#
- 2...Kf2
- 3.Qg3#
- threat
- 2.Rg5
- 1...h5
- Tries
- 1.Re3+?
- 1...Kf2
- 2.Qg3+
- 2...Kf1
- 3.Re1#
- 3.Rb1#
- 2...Kf1
- 2.Qg3+
- 1...Kg2
- 2.Rb1
- threat
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qb2#
- 2...Kf2
- 3.Qg3#
- threat
- 2.Qg3+
- 2...Kf1
- 3.Re1#
- 3.Rb1#
- 2...Kh1
- 3.Re1#
- 3.Rb1#
- 3.Rh5#
- 2...Kf1
- 2.Rb1
- 1...Kxe3!
- 1...Kf2
- 1.Rxe6?
- 1...Kf2
- 2.Qg8
- threat
- 3.Rf5#
- 2...Kf1
- 3.Rf5#
- 2...Kf3
- 3.Rf5#
- threat
- 2.Qg8
- 1...Kg2
- 2.Qg8+
- 2...Kf1
- 3.Rf5#
- 2...Kh1
- 3.Rh5#
- 3.Rxh6#
- 2...Kf2
- 3.Rf5#
- 2...Kh2
- 3.Rh5#
- 3.Rxh6#
- 2...Kf3
- 3.Rf5#
- 2...Kh3
- 3.Rh5#
- 3.Rxh6#
- 2...Kf1
- 2.Qg8+
- 1...Kg4
- 2.Re3
- threat
- 3.Qg3#
- 2...Kh4
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qf4#
- threat
- 2.Re3
- 1...h5
- 2.Rg5
- threat
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qf8#
- 2...Kf2
- 3.Qf4#
- 3.Qf8#
- threat
- 2.Rg5
- 1...a3!
- 1...Kf2
- 1.Rb3+?
- 1...Kg4
- 2.Re4+
- 2...Kf5
- 3.Qf4#
- 3.Qe5#
- 2...Kg5
- 3.Qe5#
- 2...Kh5
- 3.Qe5#
- 2...Kf5
- 2.Rg3+
- 2...Kh4
- 3.Rh1#
- 2...Kf5
- 3.Qe5#
- 3.Qf8#
- 2...Kh5
- 3.Rh1#
- 2...Kh4
- 2.Qg3+
- 2...Kf5
- 3.Rf3#
- 2...Kh5
- 3.Rh1#
- 3.Re5#
- 2...Kf5
- 2.Re4+
- 1...axb3!
- 1...Kg4
- 1.Rg5?
- threat
- 2.Qg3#
- 2.Qf8#
- 1...Kf2
- 2.Qg3#
- 1...e5
- 2.Qf8#
- 1...hxg5!
- threat
- 1.Qf4+?
- 1...Kg2
- 2.Re2+
- 2...Kg1
- 3.Rb1#
- 3.Qc1#
- 2...Kh1
- 3.Rb1#
- 3.Qc1#
- 3.Qh2#
- 3.Qf1#
- 2...Kh3
- 3.Rh2#
- 3.Rh5#
- 2...Kg1
- 2.Rb2+
- 2...Kh3
- 3.Rh1#
- 3.Re3#
- 3.Rh2#
- 2...Kh3
- 2.Rh5
- threat
- 3.Rh2#
- threat
- 2.Re2+
- 1...Kxf4!
- 1...Kg2
- 1.Re3+?
- Keys
- 1.Rbe5!
- 1...Kf2
- 2.R5e3
- threat
- 3.Qh2#
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qb2#
- 2...Kg2
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qb2#
- threat
- 2.R5e3
- 1...Kg2
- 2.R5e3
- threat
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qb2#
- 2...Kf2
- 3.Qh2#
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qb2#
- threat
- 2.R5e3
- 1...Kg3
- 2.Rg5+
- 2...Kf2
- 3.Qg3#
- 2...Kf3
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qf8#
- 2...Kh3
- 3.Rh1#
- 3.Qg3#
- 2...Kh4
- 3.Qg3#
- 2...Kf2
- 2.Rg5+
- 1...Kf4
- 2.R1e3
- threat
- 3.Qb4#
- 2...Kg4
- 3.Qb4#
- threat
- 2.R1e3
- 1...Kg4
- 2.R1e3
- threat
- 3.Qb4#
- 2...Kf4
- 3.Qb4#
- 2...Kh4
- 3.Qb4#
- threat
- 2.R1e3
- 1...a3
- 2.Qb3+
- 2...Kf2
- 3.R5e2#
- 2...Kg2
- 3.R5e2#
- 2...Kf4
- 3.R1e4#
- 2...Kg4
- 3.R1e4#
- 2...Kf2
- 2.Qb3+
- 1...h5
- 2.Rg5
- threat
- 3.Qg3#
- 3.Qf8#
- 2...Kf2
- 3.Qg3#
- threat
- 2.Rg5
- 1...Kf2
- 1.Rbe5!
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