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PID: 57049 (5K2/2B5/1p2p3/1N3p1B/2N1kp2/5p2/2bpp3/n2rb3 w - - 0 1)

Howard, Kenneth Samuel

Pittsburgh Post, 1926

5K2/2B5/1p2p3/1N3p1B/2N1kp2/5p2/2bpp3/n2rb3

#4

5 + 12

5089 The Enjoyment of Chess Problems 1943

SOLUTION

  • SOUND
  • Keys
    • 1.Se5!
      • threat
        • 2.Bxf3+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Bxb6#
      • 1...Ke3
        • 2.Bxb6+
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Bxf3+
              • 3...Kxe5
                • 4.Bd4#
      • 1...Kd5
        • 2.Be8
          • threat
            • 3.Bc6+
              • 3...Kc5
                • 4.Bd6#
          • 2...Ke4
            • 3.Bc6+
              • 3...Ke3
                • 4.Bxb6#
          • 2...Kc5
            • 3.Bd6+
              • 3...Kd5
                • 4.Bc6#
      • 1...Sb3
        • 2.Bxf3+
          • 2...Ke3
            • 3.Bxb6+
              • 3...Sd4
                • 4.Bxd4#
              • 3...Sc5
                • 4.Bxc5#

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