MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 42068 (8/8/1Q4p1/B3k1N1/1Pp3p1/4p3/6P1/7K w - - 0 1)

Rowland, Thomas B

Science Monthly, 0000

8/8/1Q4p1/B3k1N1/1Pp3p1/4p3/6P1/7K

#3

6 + 5

187 The Chess Bouquet 1897

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...Kf4
      • 2.Qf6+
        • 2...Kg3
          • 3.Se4#
    • 1...Kd5
      • 2.Qc5#
  • Tries
    • 1.Qxe3+?
      • 1...Kf5
        • 2.Bc7
          • threat
            • 3.Qf4#
            • 3.Qe5#
          • 2...Kf6
            • 3.Qe5#
        • 2.Bd8
          • threat
            • 3.Qe4#
      • 1...Kf6!
    • 1.Qd4+?
      • 1...Kf5
        • 2.Bd8
          • threat
            • 3.Qf6#
            • 3.Qe4#
      • 1...Kxd4!
    • 1.Qc5+?
      • 1...Kf4
        • 2.Bc7#
      • 1...Kf6!
    • 1.Qe6+?
      • 1...Kf4
        • 2.Qf6+
          • 2...Kg3
            • 3.Se4#
      • 1...Kd4!
    • 1.Qf6+?
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Bb6
          • threat
            • 3.Qe6#
      • 1...Kxf6!
  • Keys
    • 1.b5!
      • threat
        • 2.Qc5+
          • 2...Kf4
            • 3.Bc7#
          • 2...Kf6
            • 3.Bc3#
      • 1...Kf4
        • 2.Qf6+
          • 2...Kg3
            • 3.Se4#
            • 3.Be1#
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Bc3
          • threat
            • 3.Qd4#
            • 3.Qc6#
        • 2.Qe6+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Qd6#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Qe5#
      • 1...Kf5
        • 2.Qc5+
          • 2...Kf4
            • 3.Bc7#
          • 2...Kf6
            • 3.Bc3#
      • 1...c3
        • 2.Qc5+
          • 2...Kf4
            • 3.Bc7#
          • 2...Kf6
            • 3.Bxc3#
      • 1...g3
        • 2.Qe6+
          • 2...Kd4
            • 3.Qd6#
          • 2...Kf4
            • 3.Sh3#

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).