MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 45423 (K3B2n/3P3p/7k/6R1/7P/8/8/8 w - - 0 1)

Shinkman, William Anthony

Dubuque Chess Journal, 1872

K3B2n/3P3p/7k/6R1/7P/8/8/8

#3

5 + 3

1829 The Theory of Pawn Promotion 1912
3925 The Golden Argosy 1929

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Tries
    • 1.Rg8?
      • 1...Sg6
        • 2.d8Q
          • threat
            • 3.Qg5#
          • 2...Kh5
            • 3.Qg5#
          • 2...Se7
            • 3.Qd2#
      • 1...Sf7!
    • 1.d8Q?
      • 1...Sf7
        • 2.Qf6#
      • 1...Sg6!
    • 1.d8S?
      • 1...Sf7
        • 2.Sxf7#
      • 1...Sg6!
  • Keys
    • 1.d8B!
      • 1...Sg6
        • 2.Bf6
          • 2...Sxh4
            • 3.Rh5#
          • 2...Sf4
            • 3.Bg7#
          • 2...Se5
            • 3.Bg7#
            • 3.Rh5#
          • 2...Se7
            • 3.Bg7#
            • 3.Rh5#
          • 2...Sf8
            • 3.Bg7#
            • 3.Rh5#
          • 2...Sh8
            • 3.Bg7#
            • 3.Rh5#
      • 1...Sf7
        • 2.Bf6
          • threat
            • 3.Bg7#
          • 2...Sxg5
            • 3.hxg5#
        • 2.Be7
          • threat
            • 3.Bf8#

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).