Meson Chess Problem Database

Home
Latest Additions
- #2
- #3
- #4
- #5
- Stats
Books
- All composers (SLOW)
- By initial letter
Magazines
- PID
- General
- Matrix
- All sources/quoters (SLOW)
- By initial letter
- Awards
- Composers
- Decades
- Quoters
- Sizes
- Soundness
- Sources
- Stipulations
- Years
Contact
Back to BDS Website

Problem Display

PID: 48870 (6b1/5n1p/1R6/2R3p1/1P1kpr2/6B1/2KPB3/8 w - - 0 1)

Pierce, James

Source?, 0000

6b1/5n1p/1R6/2R3p1/1P1kpr2/6B1/2KPB3/8

#3

7 + 7

3501	Chess Problems by Pierces	1873

SOLUTION

SOUND
Sets
- 1...Rf1
  - 2.Rd6+
    - 2...Sxd6
      - 3.Be5#
- 1...Rf2
  - 2.Rd6+
    - 2...Sxd6
      - 3.Be5#
- 1...Rf3
  - 2.Rd6+
    - 2...Sxd6
      - 3.Be5#
- 1...Rg4
  - 2.Rbb5
    - threat
      - 3.Rc4#
      - 3.Rd5#
    - 2...Se5
      - 3.Bxe5#
    - 2...Sd6
      - 3.Be5#
    - 2...Sh6
      - 3.Be5#
    - 2...Sd8
      - 3.Be5#
    - 2...Sh8
      - 3.Be5#
  - 2.Rd6+
    - 2...Sxd6
      - 3.Be5#
- 1...Rh4
  - 2.Rbb5
    - threat
      - 3.Rc4#
      - 3.Rd5#
    - 2...Se5
      - 3.Bxe5#
    - 2...Sd6
      - 3.Be5#
    - 2...Sh6
      - 3.Be5#
    - 2...Sd8
      - 3.Be5#
    - 2...Sh8
      - 3.Be5#
  - 2.Rd6+
    - 2...Sxd6
      - 3.Be5#
- 1...Se5
  - 2.Rd6+
    - 2...Bd5
      - 3.Rcxd5#
      - 3.Rdxd5#
- 1...Sd6
  - 2.Rxd6+
    - 2...Bd5
      - 3.Rcxd5#
      - 3.Rdxd5#
- 1...Sh6
  - 2.Rd6+
    - 2...Bd5
      - 3.Rcxd5#
      - 3.Rdxd5#
- 1...Sd8
  - 2.Rd6+
    - 2...Bd5
      - 3.Rcxd5#
      - 3.Rdxd5#
- 1...Sh8
  - 2.Rd6+
    - 2...Bd5
      - 3.Rcxd5#
      - 3.Rdxd5#
Keys
- 1.Bf3!
  - threat
    - 2.Bf2+
      - 2...e3
        3.Bxe3#
        3.dxe3#
  - 1...Rxf3
    - 2.Rd6+
      - 2...Sxd6
        3.Be5#
  - 1...exf3
    - 2.Bf2+
      - 2...Ke4
        3.d3#
  - 1...e3
    - 2.Rd5+
      - 2...Kc4
        3.d3#

FEATURES

NOT CLASSIFIED

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).