MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 45991 (8/p1K5/6R1/1k1B4/p2B4/8/2P5/8 w - - 0 1)

Shinkman, William Anthony

Revue d'Echecs, 1903

8/p1K5/6R1/1k1B4/p2B4/8/2P5/8

#3

5 + 3

3925 The Golden Argosy 1929
14986 White-Hume Collection 2012

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Sets
    • 1...a5
      • 2.Rb6#
    • 1...a6
      • 2.Rb6+
        • 2...Ka5
          • 3.Bc3#
  • Tries
    • 1.Rb6+?
      • 1...Ka5
        • 2.Bc3#
      • 1...axb6!
    • 1.c4+?
      • 1...Ka5
        • 2.Bc3#
      • 1...Kb4!
  • Keys
    • 1.Ra6!
      • threat
        • 2.Bc3
          • threat
            • 3.Ra5#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Ra5#
          • 2...Kxa6
            • 3.Bc4#
      • 1...Kb4
        • 2.Bc6
          • threat
            • 3.Rxa4#
          • 2...Ka3
            • 3.Rxa4#
          • 2...Kc4
            • 3.Rxa4#
          • 2...a3
            • 3.Ra4#
      • 1...Kxa6
        • 2.Bc4+
          • 2...Ka5
            • 3.Bc3#

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).