MESON Chess Problem Database

Problem Display
PID: 62969 (1B4Q1/3p3K/4p2p/n2k4/1P1NR3/1Ppr1P2/8/1b1R3B w - - 0 1)

Holford, JM

Chess, 1944

1B4Q1/3p3K/4p2p/n2k4/1P1NR3/1Ppr1P2/8/1b1R3B

#2

10 + 8

SOLUTION

  • COOKED
  • Sets
    • 1...d6
      • 2.Qxe6#
  • Tries
    • 1.Sf5?
      • threat
        • 2.Se7#
      • 1...Sc6
        • 2.Se3#
      • 1...Kc6!
    • 1.Sxe6?
      • threat
        • 2.Sd4#
        • 2.Sd8#
      • 1...dxe6
        • 2.Qxe6#
      • 1...Rd4
        • 2.Sxd4#
        • 2.Sd8#
      • 1...Kc6!
    • 1.Qg5+?
      • 1...e5
        • 2.Qxe5#
        • 2.Qg8#
      • 1...hxg5!
  • Keys
    • 1.Re5+!
      • 1...Kxd4
        • 2.Qg1#
        • 2.Qg4#
    • 1.Rxe6!
      • threat
        • 2.Re4#
      • 1...Rxf3+
        • 2.Sc2#
      • 1...Rxd4+
        • 2.Rg6#
      • 1...Kxd4
        • 2.Re4#
      • 1...dxe6
        • 2.Qd8#

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).